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American Druggist
AND
Pharmaceutical Record,
A Semi-montlily Illustrated - -
Journal of Practical Pharmacy.
CASWELL A. MAYO, Ph.G.,
EDITOR.
THOMAS J. KEENAN, Lie. Phar.,
ASSOCIATE EDITOR.
Volume XL.
January to July, 1902.
NEW YORK:
PuBusHED BY AMERICAN DRUGGIST PUBLISHING CO., 62 to 68 West Broadway.
1902.
INDEX TO VOLUME XL.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD
Abroma AnffUBtlfoUom 70
AcetanlUd dentlfrloe 223
Acetic aciil flaclal, loss of
■trengtb Dy evaporatloiL.lOS
ether, Quality of 161
"Acid alcohol/' meaning of
term 105
Acid benxolc, quality of 215
cacodyllc 166
cacodyllc, teats for purity. 165
phosphomannltic 337
salicylic, synthetic, prepara-
tion of. 183
scetodephlcum 48
sulphuric, manufacture of,
by new contact method.. 283
Aconite, market quality of... 161
Acopyrln 70
Adeps lan» h/drosus, U. S. P.
method of determining mois-
ture 161
Adrenalin 70
Adulteration of drugs, the 104
Advertising as an Inyestment. 18
display, novel 188
logical 76
to physicians 195
AjTurin 70
Albargtn 70
Alboferrin 70
Albumin, new reagent for 104
Alcohol tax. movement for re-
peal of. 220
sale of by druggists 106
tax-free, the fl^t for 172
test for wood In grain 161
Allamanda Cathartfca 220
Alloxan, some reactions of . . . .166
Almond cream §06
Aloes. Curacao loi
quality of commercial
grades 162
Aloln. action of alkalies on. . .106
suggested new pharmaco-
poelal requirements for... 216
Alphareunol 70
Knssln I02
American trade abroad 261
Ammonlacum. limit of Imnarl-
, ties ....161
Amyi salicylate 70
Amasmln fo
Anderson. W. C. on 8. N.
Jones' new contract plan. . .202
Anise, poison. Import of Into
China 271
Anonaceln 70
Anozol 70
Antlarthrln 70
Antleplleptlc serum 70
Anti-fat preparations 106
Antlsputol 70
Antitoxin, diphtheria. Intro-
duction of Into n. 8.
Fharmacopcela 6
recognition of by the U. 8.
PharmacopoBla 84
government manufacture of.800
posology of 6
preservation of. 7
^^iVJrlne sallcylaeetate. 70
Antitussln VerwelJ 70
Apallagln 70
A. Ph. A., editorial on ap-
nroachlng meeting. 209
Aphthenol 70
Apparatus, gas washing 276
seltzosene 388
Apprenticeship, before or after
college course 76
Apprentice problem, the. In
Scotland 11
training of 96
Army pharmacists, correspond-
ence 20
Arsenle-sallcyl-cannabls-plaster
mull 70
Arsycodlle 70
Artemassln pills 70
Asparagus seeds, examination
, of 166
Assimilation in plants, energy
of 886
Associations :
Alabama, 317 ; Alumni of
Chicago College. 158 ;
Alumni, N. Y. C. P., 86;
American Chemical Soci-
ety. 15; American Blee-
tro-Chemlcal Society, 284;
American Medical. 341 ;
A. Ph. A., 202 ; Baltimore
Drug Bowlers'. 228; Cen-
tral New York. Alumni of
N. Y. C. Py 26; Chicago
Wholesale Drug Bowlers'.
228; Colorado. 343; Con-
necticut, 343; Delaware.
343; Drug Merchants of
America, 166: Drug Sec^
tlon. Board of Trade, 65 ;
Drug Trade Club of New
York. 114; Brie County
(N. Y.), 291; IlllnoU,
816; Kansas, 818; Kings
Countv (N. Y.), 55, 115,
173.285: Louisiana, 318 ;
Lynchburg (fVa.), 176 ;
Manhattan (N. Y.). 52
115, 173, 204, 236, 287;
Manufacturing Perfumers',
109; Massachusetts. 841;
Minnesota Drug Clerks'.
206: Missouri, 341; New-
burgh Drunjsts', 114;
New Haven IConn.), 261 ;
New Jersey, 175, 816 ;
New York Wholesale Drug
Bowlers'. 228; O. K. f
Wholesale Druggists' Bx-
change. 821; Oklahoma,
318 ; PhUadelphIa Drug
Bowlers', 228 ; Proprie-
tary Association of Amer-
ica, 258; Retail Druggists'
Association of AnneArun-
del County IMd.), 202;
Society of Crnemfeal In-
dustry, 111; South Caro-
lina,, 818 : Southern
Wholesale Druggists'.
178; Southern Wholesale
Druggists', 817 ; T^xas.
818 ; Troy Pharmaceuti-
cal, 87; Wholesale Drug-
fists' of the South Atlan-
ic States, 817.
Asthma powder 246
Atarsvle 108
Atomic weights 144
Australasia, a market for
American goods 264
Balldon. H. B., literary at-
tainments of ....222
Ballard. J. W.. portrait 881
price paper on good buying. 881
Balsam copaiba, resins of 10
Peru, note on purity test.. 216
tolu. unsatlsfactoriness of
purity test 216
Basket dyes 106
Bee-keeping 137
Belgium, drug business and
trade outlook in 809
Belladonna, alkaloldal require-
ments of 216
Benslne. sale of prohibited in
New York drug stores 289
Benzoin, note on quality of
commercial 216
Berberlne. estimation of 104
Isomerism with canadlne. . .102
Bermuda drug store, a 114
Bieser, C. L., portrait sketch . . 81
Bile reaction, Bhrlich's 189
Biliary calculi, composition
of 187
Bins, storage, for bottles. ... 8
Blsmutol 70
Blsmutose 70
Black water fever, use of cas-
sia beareana In 108
Blood, distinguishing tests
for 42
Board of Pharmacy (N. Y.)
election muddle.. 284, 814, 345
examination questions 388
BoABDS OF Phabmact:
Connecticut, 178 ; Kentucky,
^262 ; Massachusetts. 233 ;
Michigan, 180; Missouri,
262; New Jersey, 291;
New York. 17, 207, 257,
291, 814. 319; Pennsyl-
vania. 115, 321; South
Carolina, 206 ; Tennes-
see, 266.
Bollformln 70
Bookkeeping system \247
Book RaviBws:
Anallsa Chlmlca Qualltatlve-
dl Sostanze minerali ed
Organlche e Blcerce Tos-
slcologiche. By P. E.
Alessandrl 280
Arbeits methoden fur Or-
ganlsch-Chemlsche Labo-
ratorlen. By Lassar-
Cohn 281
Bogus Hollow. By B. F.
Franklin 78
Die Rohstoff des Pflansen-
relch's. By Julius Wies-
ner 280
Drug Club Book 319
Blementary Manual of Study
for Young Druggists .... 106
Formulary of New Reme-
dies. By H. Bocqulllon-
Llmousln 140
Hager's Pharmaceutlsch-
Technlsches Manuale. By
Wllhelm Arnold and WUly
Wobbe 281
Laboratory Guide to the
Study of QnaltlUtlve
Analysis. By Bailey and
„Cady 169
Manuale del Chlmlco B del
Industrials. By Lulgl
Oabba 280
Pharmaceutlsche Kalender.. 79
Proceedings of the Blghth
Annual Meeting of the
Manufacturing Perfumers*
Association 288
Rlcettarlo Industrials. By
L. Ghersl 249
Soda Water Formulas. By
E. G. Bberle 880
Study In Pharmacy, A. By
John Uri Lloyd 249
Treatise on Pharmacy. By
Charles Caspari, jr 2
Vorlesungen uber Bakterlen.
By A. i>e Banr 168
Vorschrlftenbuch fur dro-
gistexL By G. A. Buch-
helster ... 197
Webster's Dlctionarjr.*. . '. .889
Borogen 70
Bradt, W. L.. portrait 204
Brannolln 70
Breitenbach va, Thayer 282
Bromal alcohols, study of 137
Bromopan 70
Brooklyn College of Pharmacy,
proposed new building 207
Brown, C. H. (See Druggists'
Course in Optics.)
Brunor, E., prescription filing. 67
Buchanan, C. G.. small helps.. 243
Buck, Louis, use of soft cap-
sules for filling volatile oll8.131
Business building, 49, 79, 107,
141. 169, 197. 225. ^49. 307. 340
Butter analysis 76
Cacodyllc compounds. 221
Caldnol 70
Calcium glyceroarsenate 70
phosphate, a test for purity
of 137
Calcimines for coating wood . . 334
Calmlne 70
Camel hair pencils 834
Camphidon 70
Camphor, production of In
China 269
Canadlne, isomerism with ber-
berlne 102
Cantharldes. antidote for. . . .838
Candy colors. 46
Capsicum petrolatum 224
Capsule filling at the counter..223
Capsules with oils, method of
filling 104
Carbonic acid gas, liquid, use
of in carbonators . . -. 188
Carnegie institution, plan and
scope of 19
Cascarilla, a croton bark sub-
stitute for. 246
Cassia bark, source of 270
beareana In black water
fever 108
fistula, insects preying on . . 275
Catheter lubricant 189
Cerevisine 71
Chamois skins 46
real nature of 281
China, indigenous drugs of.. .269
state of pharmacy in 41
Chinese drugs 269
Chlnotropin 220
Chloral, properties of 274
Chloromethyi-menthyl ether.. 71
Chloropepsold 70
Christ as an apothecary 195
Christmas presents in phar-
macy 108
Chrysoleln 71
Chuchuarln 71
Cinchona elixir, fortified 71
Cinchonlne sulphocreosotate. . 71
Clnnamlc add, amount of in
cinnamon water. 101
Clnnamyl-caoodyllc add 71
Citrate iron and quinine 10
Citric add, new process of
manufacture 48
Coal-tar derivatives, color re-
actions of 104
Coating for wooden frames. . .884
Coca, liquid extract of 877
Cocaine, methods for detection
of 41
and quinine spray 11
and suprarenal solution.... 40
Cod fish, salt, decomposition of 76
liver oil compounds 806
Coffee, history of and com-
merce in 288
Collstlna 71
Collapsible tube, uses of. the. 801
COLLIOaS OF PaABKACT :
Brooklyn, 207, 286, 818;
Buffalo, 258 ; Chicago,
281 ; Iowa University
School of Pharmacy, 208 :
College of Pharmacy of
the City of New York,
171. 280 ; Phlladdphla,
51, 144, 172, 280, 288;
St. Louis, 230, 268;
School of Pharmacy,
Northwestern University,
203; Western University
of Pennsylvania, Dep't of
Pharmacy, 208.
Collodion solution of ammonia
and iodine 44
Coloring for incandescent
globes 18, 189
for lamp chimneys 279
Color reactions of coal-tar de-
rivatives 104
Colvin, W. P.. portrait 227
Colytlclne 71
Contrayerva 71
Copper in drugs and chemi-
cals, note on presence of. Ill
isovalerianate 101
Coptis chlnensis 270
teeta 270
Corpulin 71
-CORRBSPONDENCE :
Drug journals, the misuse of 78
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
CoBkEsroNMHca (contlniMd) :
H«rt, Jo«., The tUIng of W*-
•crIpUoM 143
J. MadUon Ta;lor, U.D., A
blDt to mumfaetnrinc
pbannadiU 388
Joaet, BImoa N., A' Mmadj
lor iDbttltntloo. 301
Llord, J. Del, For ■ moua-
■mnt OTor I>c Bice's
SImpwn.'w.'c.V'Ttie'lliliiala
BoanI oF Appointment. . ■ 48
CoiTdalli. alkilolOi ol 106
Co«nietlc lotion 245
Congh powder IM
Counter' preicrlblng 38
CraTon. Indellblooll 3T»
Cresm lor chapiied bands 105
Creosote plllB, mode of pre-
parlns ST4
to maak odor of 373
Crowu Perfnmerr Co., iketcb
of founder 10
Caba, condltloDH la 144
Caeumber cream lOB
extract lOB
Juice lOB
Catamelhyl 71
Cut price evil Id tbe drug
lra3». the 185
Dandroir lotion 346
DarllDg, DnlEht, tb«
beit routine metbod of mak-
ing BupposUotles IBO
DairaoD. w. A. (Bee Store
MBnagiment.}
Tbe uaes ot tbe coUapalble
tube 801
Dental suppl; department, a.
In the druK store 347
Dentifrices, precipitation ot
BOBP from 1«6
De Pur, K. W„ portrait 124
Derlval 71
Dermasapol 71
DermoEon 71
Dextrin moontant 100
Dinner, compllmentarj, to
Tbomss Uabea 313
Dlslntectlon of linen B
DUaoclatlon tbeor;, explana-
tion of 180
Diuretic powder for horaes. . .240
Doctor, small helps foe the. . .248
DoH, an unnauar 13
Dms adulteration 144
ioamals, how to read niost
prollUbl; 138
stores, neir, and founx meii.138
to increase prestige of . . . SO
Druggists and public Birali>..394
Dmg^ committee to report on
purltT of SB
Dye recipes 234
ram 2T0
DTca. vegetable for wicker
work IM
Drmal 11
Ear drops 246
Baton, W. H., portrait
sketcb 297
Bbert, Albert B., drufglsts
and poUtlea 294
Ddneatlon, pharmaceutical.. . .277
Ehrllcb'B reaction 139
Bllilr, aionatlc l»B
paregoric 9
sweetening 44
terpln hidrale and codeine., 198
Elmlra. hlilorleal sketch ot
city 22T
Emannel, lools. portrait 120
the best method of encap-
aulBllag liquid drugs 120
Emplorer's liability defined. . .128
responsibilities of 213
BmulBloD, note on 10
Bmulslon cod Urer oil SOS
pelTOlenm, with hypophos-
pbltea 40
chlorofarm and oil. to pre-
Encapsulatlng rolatile oils.
best methoa of 128
EsbBcb's reagent. madlQed,... 74
Ergot, new process tor fluid
extract 101
Broslu 71
EsMtice ot lemon, soluble 140
Ethyl endlsmlne carbonate 71
Bthylol 71
Eubloee 71
Eacampbol 13, 4S
Bogotorm 71
EiamlnaClon question* ot Illi-
nois Board 187
New Xork Boatd 167
critlettm of. 388
Excise crusade, the New Xolk.SM
law and dmgglBt ....138
enforced agBlnat anv-,„.
glsU 204
need for obBotrance of bj
.,srr •■;■■•■■■■•.■. I?
BxhlblU at the A Fb. A SIS
Export trade, American IBT
ODSnlnga tor IvB
opportanltleator..lse. 3B1, S08
E^xtract arenailn 71
horaechestnot seed. ...... .. JJ
nqnorlce, preparation of 278
malt wlui cod liver oil 40
fluid, for making tinctures.. 98
Bitralt de canoe 71
Fats, method ot determining _
Iodine t^tate ot .41
Fellows. A. E., portrait .181
Ferments, digestive, history oLlOB
origin and hlstorr of Bl
FerralMn 71
Fire Insurance on drug*, new
rates of 280
FlBxseed, adulterated 104
I'leab reducers 106
Florida water 280
Fly paper, sticky 27D
Food adulteration 144
Foot and moutb dlseaae, treat-
ment ot 220
powder 247
Formaldehyde disinfection. ... 42
Forman 71
Formnzol 71
France opportunities for
American trade In. 251
Frost bite, ointment for 74
Funnel, W, 8., Prescript loo
aiing 68
(lalega 71
T Galenical preparation.
plea tor 43
Gane, B. H.. presence ot cop-
per In drngs Ill
Gasterlne 40. 71
Oelone 103
Geranlm Tl
Ginseng, varieties of 260
Oluton 71
Olycogenol 71
Qorman, H. A., my thesis 182
Goto. Setsusto, a Japanese
pharmacist 338
Qualseol salphonate ot trl-
phenyl guaoldln. Tl
terpln 71
terpln-chlor.lehthyol 71
GuaJaform 104
Qattacura tablet* Tl
Haarlem oil 47
HRmaphoKOl 71
Hnmatofor Tl
QRmotorm-hBmatogMi Tl
Halmose 71
Balr tonic 248
wash, BappnaceoDB I8D
Hamlin. B., Jr., portrait
aketch 338
Henry. Dr. A., drugs and medi-
cine* ot China 269
Herb tea 77
tlermophenyl 71
Hetoform 71
Hnang-llen 270
Hyde, B. M.. portrait 204
Hydrargotln 71
Hydrogen, borated dloxtds of..
Hypnoiie -. 166
l^Kbt'hVd'rin'""iXi'""i 71
Ichthyol, derivation ot the
word and sabatanca 104
IchthyosotB 71
Illnmlnatlng oil, testa tor. . . .168
IU.UBTRATIONa :
A Bermuda drag store. 114 :
Backgrounds tor *bow win-
dows, 244 : Ballard. J.W..
Krtralt. 831 : Bieser, C.
portrait, 31 ; Bins tor
storing bottles, B ; Bm-
nor, Emlle. portrait, 85 ;
Ch. Del acres pharmacy
In Brusaela, 300: ChrU-
ty'a coUapalble tube flller.
301 : Cllfte, W. L.. por-
trait. 202 ; Collapsible
tube, 301 : Collapsible
tube flller. 301 : Curtain
ring, 271; De Poy, K.
W., 124 ; Diploma of
■ward of French Exposi-
tion to Auaaiu^ Dauo-
olHT, 290 : Display stands,
272; Dohme, Choa. E.,
Krtralt, 814 : Eaton, W.
. portrait, 297; Binira
iLLDVTBATioMS (contlnnsd) :
town ball, 2S7; FeUowa,
A. B., 181 : Frame* for
window trims, 218 :
Frame work tor window
displays. 192; Gas wash-
ing uparatns. 270 ; Qrlt-
Dth.T. W., portrait. 254 ;
Hamlin. B.. Jr., portrait,
233 ; Batding, Herbert
B., portrait, ~S54 : Hoff-
mann, Fr.. portrait, 314 :
Holiday window display,
101; Hyde, Byron U.,
portrait, IT: Interior of
Cb. DeWre • pharmacy
In Brussels. 310: Lesn-
inc. rbonia*, portrait,
305 ; Haben, Thomas,
288 : McLeOdl Geo. B.,
124 : Uembers ot the
Cocked Hat Leagne of Bt.
Louis, 115 : Merrlom, A.
B., portrait, 205; Ulttel-
l>acb'B prescription flte,
60 ' FerKctlou soda toun.
tain. 94 ; Piatt. Henry B.,
portrait, 200 ; Preacrlp-
tlou check, triplicate, 89 ;
PrtBcrlptlon counter,
305 : Freacrlptlon flllng,
67 : Puff, Myron, portrait.
831 ; Buhl, II. F^ portrait,
331 ; Sedberry, H. H.. por-
trait. 212 : Show window
curtalna, 271 ; Show win-
dow platforms, 163 ;
Slpp, J. D., portrait, 64 ;
Spratt, John C^ 148:
Thompson. W. 8., por-
trslt, 19 ; Trefetben, A.
J., 124 ; Tufts. J. W., por-
trait, 84 : Two otflcers of
the American Chemical
Hhleldf ' the ■ Oliver, 03 ;
Van Nort. J. F., 174 ;
Water motor, a simple,
a : Window display de-
signs, 304 ; Window
stands, 272; Window
trim designs, 316 : Wirs"
tube press, SOl. „,_
Indene, blmolecular 248
Index Kewensla, the _86
Indian red root -276
Infusions, best methods of^^
preparing 223
Ink, water proof drawing 106
Iodine flgnre of fats, new
metliod of determining... 41
loXffid'meat jii I re. ■-■.■.'. '.■.'.■.■.'. 71
meat powder 71
lodocol 71
lodogenol ,21
tonlsation, explanation at.... 160
Iron picrate •._■■■ v." ■ "
pytophonibate and phospho-
ric acid Incampatibie. ...234
Jalap. dstermlnatlon of
i^D content 222
Jamec. Dr. E. J., address to
the graduatea ol North-
wectem CnivetaltT 208
Jamrosin 8?
Jegnirltol ....- 71
Jobbers, proposed consol Ida-
Johnson, ' J." T.. an iitempo-
raneous method of flUbiK
capsules ; ..183
Jones, Simon N., a remedy tor
robstltntion 201
Kataer, L., The Weft Coaat
of Mexico ss a market tor _„
American goods 806
Kebler, L. F., portrait.,... ..181
Teats and standarda ot the
Pharmacopoeia. 161, SIB
Kemp, Edward, portrait 21
Kerr, W. W,, Proceedlnga of
a pharmaceutical conven-
Knighta'of'the RoBd.isi. 64,
124, 183, 212, 824. SB2
Kola syrup ,■.■■■. '^^
Kolbe process for sslicylic
flcld 132
"Kommera," the, s plea tor.. 160
Kordof an gum ■ 187
Kooaso. conatittfents of. 102
Kobel-Tlcmann test tor or-
ganic imparities la water,
Ku«w?n°. ::!::::::io2
Kussotoiln 102
Label paste 806
Labels for shelf bottles.. 338
Lacnantbes tlnctorla 276
Lactanio ■ - 98
Law. RalnsB, proposed amend-
..106
Levlco ochre. ... _ .. _ ^
■■ Licensed Draggiat," atatn*
of In New York ;■ ■.;•!*
Licenaes, eichanglDC of N«W
York Ig
Limanol "
Linen, disinfection o
Llqaor Bales by p"—
fllloaolphlnl .^.. --
Llteratuia. pbannaclsta In... U.
Lloyd, 1. V; address to the
New York College of Pbar-
Loffig. t H!,'PrMslit statu*' of
P^rm'W of
Lycotorm ■ Eg
Lygosln compounds *o
Lysulfol Oo
M'*..c."°".":..f°~-!|8.
dinner to. 812
Sketch ot the iitarary ca-
reer ot H. B. Balldon...2^
McDougsrs powder,.^.. IjO
McLeod. Geo. B„ portrait. . ,124
McKlnley memorial B8
Maltogen ■ ■ ■ ., 08
Hanufng. U. G. ISee Business
Building.) , „
Manufacturing Chemists Rag-
Istratlon Bureso 287
Marine Hospital Service, the. 83
Martlndale, Wm., death of. ..U8
Maryland, new pharmacy '""j^g
Meat pr'eservallVB 12
Medlglycln ■.■-■■,■■■,■ ™
Uemmel, Ebimeo, A Blmpie
process ot making sop-
posltorlcB 218
Mentborol ■ -,■:,■■■ "''
Mercuric chloride solution.
Mercuric lodocacodyiate. 103
Mercury, detection of, In f^-gg-
M^li" Qei>'. 'li.'.'pirtrlUt .' ' .' .'204
Messina essences, manufacture
Msthenyl-ortbo-anisldin 98
Mexico, drug business In.. ...308
Microscopical preparations, """^^^
Microscopic oculaia. new 248
MUk analysis.. ...... ....-■■ 78
Mlttelbach, Wm., Prescription ^^
MoliT^daveiopment of in il<l-jgj
Moos, growth of on nortli ■'''•-n^
Motor, water' an improviaed.. 8
Monntant, gelatin. ^
Hn-erb, a food fnngo* 370
Mnsoi : -25
!i^oaf^arfSSSr;thi:::'a
N'"&^rXb-.v..:.:.::.:^
N.A.H.D.not«...16^84.M
plea for »•
NsphU as a poison... 886
Nerve force nature of 1B7
Netherland pharmaceutical 8o-
New Year"* preaents In Phar-
macy ...lira
Nsw York pharmacy law
amendmenta "
Niotorm ■.■...■■■■..;■:;.■
Nnx vomica, fluid extract,
preparation of . . . . • ■ ■ ''g
N. W^ D. A. committee* 18
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
Ohio's put la N. A. B. D. eon-
Tmtlon 16
OH, bargunot, mumfaetnre
of 106
citron. mulufsctnTe of.... 168
lemon, mumlactnre of,... 166
maattrd. iMa/ or S86
ormon. mtumttctor* of 166
Oils, Tolatlle, detannliu.tloD of
In (plces 2TD
Opium, deodoTlHd, prepara-
tion of. ITa
iDtrodoctlon of Into China.. 360
■moklng, eTlla of. 368
Optica, drnffUta' coanw In..T,
89, TB, 184, 16i, ai9^ 278
908, 8AS
Oaborn, G., on old-faahloned
profetaionallttn 298
Oaaln 99
Otto of nwa, prodacUon and
pnrltj oL 11
Oudatlon br copper aalta, ef-
fecta of 10
Oaonatlne 99
Ptllndiam chloride. M
FaDbotano. therapeutics
of 808
Fanldehjde IneompatlbU wltb
potaiafDni bromide lOB
PaieHrle, Bllxir of 9
Petn&i 99
Perrr, J. C; on S. N. Jonea'
Dew contract plan 202
Peroxide of alllcateaT 688
Peraodlna 99
Petrol 99
Pharmaceatleal ooDTentlon,
proceedlnga of a T4
Pbarmadata Id tlteratnra. . . . 11
llcenae, ho* obtained In
New Yor* 224
protnotlon of in Marine
Boaplt&l aerrlce Bl
Pharmacol orleaL aaaar of
drnsB 104
Pbarmacopedlea 3TS
Pbarmacopedr, propoaed new
word 278
Pbarmacopoeia, proiren of
work on SDO
t««ta and standards of. 161, SIS
the new Croatian 276
Pbarnaclat*. nnmber of T«gl»-
t«rad. In Great Britain aad
tbe TTnltcd StatM U9
Fhannaey moo&k tbe «nel«ot
Bcntlana 1»4
BoaM ot New Tork, antO-
catlon ot. 85
Caiparl's treatise on 3
ealcal, profitable elde of.. 44
Is China 41
iMpector arrested IS, 8G
law (N. Y.J, bearlnzOD.... M
New York, amblgQl|T in... 384
legiilatloD In New Tork, re-
view of mesaures psssed
br lestaUtnre. 304
obllBitlons of. 342
■practical," skit on 187
present status of 3
woman's, the first S76
Ptienaeylphenetadln 00
Phenol cellnloid. 09
Phosphorus, detection of. 169
preparatlona In medicine,
TiclasJtudes ot 108
^ospbomsnuitlc add 887
Photorraphlc sappllea, aole of
In amg Mores 44
Pboto paste 100
PbrslclBiia. dragglsta' rela-
tlona^th....... »»
Pbraol 90
Fine consb core 328
Plant aniijlslB 76
Plants, enerBj of asalmllatloD
of 888
Plantose 90
Pneumln 90
Poisons, sale of br drugBlat*,
llahllltr defined S4
sale of in ETanee 321
Pomade Honsrolse. 224
Posts] Isw* on malUnf of liq-
uids 348
PotMS. bromide and paralde-
hjde Incompatible 108
Preacrlptlon cheek, trlptlcats
{iilustratMl) 80
min». 1, 87
iaborstorr, antem In. 88
record, practical 48
armbol. proper attitude ot
dmsBlat uiward. 46
PrescriptTons. checking, flllns
and pricing of 88
Frlngle, J. M., Fraacrlptlou fll-
Proi^ memorial, Caniegle
and 2
PnK, Hyron, portrait 8S1
prise paper on coed bnTing.883
FropbTlactol 99
Proprietsrr medicine makers'
annual meeting 242
Protelds. eatlmatTon of br tbl-
oalnamlne 16S
Pnlmoform 99
Pnrgatln 09
Poroform 00
Prramldon campborat*. 90
aallcjlate 09
Qnlnlne acetTlsallcTlate 320
dlanlpbate, purity of.. . . 10
mixture, chocolate 806
salpbocreoBotate 230
snlphophenolate 230
nretbane 198
Qulnotroplne 320
Rachltol 90
Badal 90
Radio-actlTltr 4S
Raines law, propoaed amend-
ments to!. ...vTrr. 827
Reaction between magneainm
■nipbate. antlpTrlne and so-
dlnm sallcTlate 108. 377
Beagents, preserratlon of 48
"Bed Albnmen " exposed.... 12
Registration Burean, Mana-
factOTlng Chemists' 387
Interchange of between Con-
necticut. New Jersey and
New York 228
of labels 248
Rheumstlo 46. 09, 106
Rhubarb, botanical origin of.. 270
aeat of Hie trade In 370
Rice, Charlea, neglected grave
Rice memorial ' fund '. '. '. 68.' 81,
98. lOe. 143. ITl. 201. 288
Rose, otto, production and
purity of II
Rubber, sonree of. 103
Rnhl. H. F.. portrait 831
prlie paper on good buying. 839
Saccharine Itgnlda, add mer-
curic nitrate in anal jals ot . 331
Bales, apedal, as a meana ot
adTertlsIni; 76
Ballcyllc add, synthetic prepa-
ration A .V:iS8
BlTcerln-ester 99
BsIoloEthophosphlnat* 330
Baloqulnlne 09
Sanatolyn 00
Saa-dil 370
Sander, Rano, dinner to 143
Sangostol 99
SsDgnlnol 09
Hanto Domingo, OPPortonltles
for the ssle of onus In. . .282
Satlnette starch finish. 18
Scent, Cblneee hair oil 270
Bears, C. B^ portrait 204
SedberiT, Q. H., portrait
sketch 213
Seidllts powders, quality of. . CI
Salenopyrln 09
Seltsogene apparatos 889
Senna, active constituents ot. . 43
Septofonns 00
Shammj skins 4D
Bhelt bottles, Isbels for 888
Sheppsrd, 8. A. D., Prescrip-
tion filing TO
Show globe colors 47, 77
Show window dreMlng. 884
Slop, J, D., portrait sketch.. 64
BIdonal 320
Bklnner, B. P., Ajnerlean trade
abroad 281
Bloan, Q. W., Tlie manufac-
ture at sapposltorlee 210
Bnake venom, antidote f.jr 388
Soap powdera. 47
liquid, for aurgeona' nae...l72
medicated eoeoannt oil 12
Boda water law of New York. . 31
Sodium bl-lodo4allcTlate 98
giycerophoepliate \u powder
form! 306
thtoaulpbate. chemlatry ot. .102
Solanam ehenopodlnnm 377
BolQtlon magnealum citrate,
almpte method of keeping. 198
" per deeenaum " 194
Bolvosol llthlam. 220
potassium 220
Soum Africa, American trade
In 202
Sonth African trade, expected
boom In. 811
Bplegler's resgent, modified.. 48
Bplrltus mindererll 248
Spray, cocaine and quinine. . . 11
Staebler, R., A mold device for
encapanlning volatile oils. .ISO
Starch gloM 18
Stevens, L. F., portrait sketch . 180
The beet routine method ot
making suppositories 180
Sroaa UaNMUUMNX-.B, 88,72.
08. 183, 162, 191, 219. 244,
371. 804, 884
SuBSCUBXRs' Di sens sioHB. an-
nouncement, 1, 88, 66, 98,
137. 188, 241. 367, 299
evidences of appreciation of. 188
Prescription flluu 87
Tbe bevt method ot encap-
sulating liquid drugs 129
The best routine method of
making tupposltorles. . . . .180
What rules should be fol-
lowed In bnylns goods T. .839
Substitution, a remedy for. ..301
Sneramlne 220
Sngar analysis, nnlfl cation ot
methods of 196
quantitative determination
of, In urine 886
Sappoaltorles, best roatlne
methods of msklng 189
manufacture of 218
new bases for 78
oreu, a new S7B
Swedish Pbarmaeopoila assay
methods 43
Byrap glycerophosphates comp. 40
horseradish 321
hypophoephltea Co 270
kola 838
ledtbin 40
manganese eaecbarate 104
Tablets, compressed, ioinbil-
Ity of 81
Talcum powder, violet 806
Tsnnalln 330
Tannochrome 330
Tarchlol 198
Tartar emetic, Impurltlea In.. 162
Tartropben 220
Test, albumen In urine 48
dlatlngnlablng. for blood.. 43
tor purity of myrrh 11
78
TmOu deaet. bandy
Tesfiffor lliamlnatlng oil :
Thesis, my, by Uedora A.
Gorman 183
niloeol serum 220
Thloslnanin 229
"niampson, W, B., portrait
aketch 10
Thurston, Asor, storage bins
for bottles 8
Tbymatol 320
Tincture Crataegl DxyacanthB.320
dlfltaJla, valne ot. ST8
Iron, tartrated 9
nui vomica, pr^aratlon ot. 11
opium, deodorised. 172
silpbyus Isclnstns.
TlnctDres from fluid i
solid residue content ai...x«o
Titles, pioprletarT, right to
use of. 334
Tobscco leaf. Imitating Ba-
vena 140
Todd, J. B., portrait 204
Tonic pills for don 348
Toning solution, platinum. ... 12
Tooth paste. 48, 238
wash 77, 238
Trade-marka, how to take oat. 248
Trefetben, A. J., portrait 134
Trlferrln 220
Tube, collapsible, ose* ot the.. 301
TDberenloI albumin 220
Tnbercnlosla by coogbing 172
Tu-chnng 369
Tnrpentlhe eomponnda 372
with phosphorus. Iodine snd
bromine 272
Typhase 339
Typhoid tever test 139
Tyrotoxlcon, antidote for 838
Upas tree, paleanani nature
ot 67
United States, the, ae a
world's market 241
Crea, ose* of In tberapeutlci.198
tTrlne analysis, tunnel for 276
methods of preserving. 194, 222
sugar test 9, B8S
Dror. 220
D rosin
VBlerydlne 108
Validol camphorate.....220
Tan Cleve, A. T., Improvised
water motor 8
Vanilla, commercial position
ot 78
extract, detection of tonka
. In 196
Tanlllln. commercial position
of ^ 76
Van Bteenburgh, W. M., Sup-
pository making. 316
Tarnish remover 12
Tlolet tslcnm powder 306
water 896
TIslon, physiology of 7
Tidatll* oils, eDcapsolating ot.
Warner, Frank, Prescrip-
tion filing 66
Water analysis. 224
filtration of 61
softener 236
source ot error Id Snbel-
Tlemann'B test tor organic
impurities In water 221
Weill s. I. U.. Tinctures from
fiuld extracts 98
methods of fllilnf capsulea
with volatile ofla 131
Whisky, aale of on prescrlp-
Whooplng cough embrocation. 40
Wilkinson's liniment. 40
Wines, comparative value of
new and old for use ot sick, 274
Wine of pepsin 40
sweet ralaln. composition ot. 10
Wood stains. 77
Woman's pharmacy, the first. .276
Wool tat, tertlng_of 161
Wooten, T. VT^ht Cut-price
evil In the drug trade 188
World's Fair. Strtoula, 1908.174
Window dressing 48-
Yoblmbl bark, botanical
source of. 168
•Vomol 220
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
bditoriai.s ^ 1, 2
Obzoxnai. Abticles:
An Improvised Water Motor, by A. T. Van Cleve 8
Bins for the Storage of Bottles, by Asor Thurston 8
The Present Status of Pharmacy and Its Possible Improve-
ment, by Bit H. liong 8-6
Diphtheria Antitoxin and Its Recognition by the United States
Pharmacopceia, by Joseph W. England 6
Dbuqgibts' Coubbx in Optics :
The Physiology of Vision T
Dspartmbnt of Stork Managbkrnt:
The New Year 8
Cbsam of Curbrnt Litbbatitbe :
Borated Dioxide of Hydrogen, The Passage of Wines through
the Fresh Residue of Grapes, The Disinfection of PatiattS*
Linen, Elixir of Paregoric, Tartrated Tincture of Iron, On
the Clinical Determination of the Presence of Sugar In the
Urine, by Orthonltroplienylpropionic Acid 9
The Purity of Quinine Blsnlphate, Citrate of Iron and Quinine,
The Resins of Balsam of Copaiba, Contributions to the Study
of Emulsin, Tlie Effects of Oxidation by Copper Salts 10
Notes on Pure Otto of Roses, The Official Test of Myrrh, On
the Preparation of Tincture of Nux Vomica, The Apprentice
Problem from a Scottish Point of View 11
Qubbibs and Answbbs :
To Remove VamiiAi, An Unusual Dose, Medicated Cocoanut Oil
Soaps, "Red Albumen," Toning to Produce Carbon Effects,
Acid Preservative for Meat 12
Star|:h Gloss, Dyes for Solution in Collodion, Bucamphol 18
Business Building:
Some Facts and Figures 18
Nbws of thb Dbuo Wobld 15-82
w
E again invite the attention of our readers to the
new department of Subscribers' Discussions,
which will be a feature of the American Druggist for
1902. The question for the first discussion is What is the
Best Method of Filing Prescriptions? This question is
one of practical interest and is intended to call out many
replies. Whoever among our Subscribers sends us the
most satisfactory answer will receive a prize of $10.00.
The answers must reach us on or before January 21, and
the award will be announced as soon after that date as
practicable. The object of these discussions being to se-
cure information which will be of service to pharmacists,
it is hoped that all who are in a position to reply will do
so. Another question will be announced in our next
issue.
DR. RICPS GRAVE.
TTHE Pharmaceutical Review, of Madison, Wis., pub-
-*- lishes in its January issue an editorial note calling
attention to the fact that the grave of Dr. Charles Rice, in
Woodlawn Cemetery, New York, is as yet unmarked
by any monument or tablet; and the disagreeable im-
pression one derives from a reading of the article is that
the friends of Dr. Rice have allowed the dead ' to be
forgotten. The article closes with the solemn injunction
not to " entirely forget the resting place of Dr. Rice and
mark the spot in a measure befitting the character and
temper of the man."
The editor of the Review appears to be unaware of
the fact that steps have already been taken by the friends
of the late revered chairman of the Committee on Re-
vision of the U. S. Pharmacopceia looking to the adequate
marking of his grave. A movement to this end has been
initiated by the United States Pharmacopceial Conven-
tion, and there will be no question about the memory of
Dr. Rice being kept green by the representatives of
American pharmacy. Professor Coblentz and Professor
Rusby, of New York, have been active, as have other
New York friends of the deceased, and the pharmaceu-
tical journals are ready to unite in the movement when
the plans are fully developed. The American Drucxhst
favors a general subscription for a monument over Dr.
Rice's grave, and will be glad to receive and forward to
the present chairman of the Committee on Revision any
donations sent for this purpose.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
CASPARTS PHARMACY.
MANY of our readers will recall the editorial notice
_ of Caspari's " Treatise on Pharmacy," which was
published in the American Druggist for November ii,
1895, soon after the book made its appearance. As briefly
noted in the American Druggist for November 11,
1901, page 291, a new (2d), revised and enlarged edi-
tion was issued from the press of Lea Brothers & Co.
last November.*
Our favorable impression of the book on its first ap-
pearance is strengthened by a study of the latest revision.
Those who are familiar with literature of this kind agree
that for orderly arrangement of subjects, conciseness and
eminent practicality, this treatise holds the premitmi.
One can scarcely dip into the work at any part, whether
in search of information regarding the most recent teach-
ings on the constitution of the alkaloids, or for solutions
to such problems as present themselves day by day in the
experience of the l^usy pharmacist, without being im-
pressed with the author's intimate knowledge of matters
connected with the practical work of pharmacy.
Science in any of its branches is seldom an alluring
study, and it is much to the credit of Professor Caspari
that he has been able to present subjects of such infinitude
of details as pharmacy and pharmaceutical chemistry in
so interesting and instructive a form. In these respects
Caspari's Pharmacy gains by comparison with older
works; though, in expressing this opinion, we are con-
scious of our limitations, and realize the difficulty of put-
ting ourselves in the position of a beginner who has not
yet come under the influence of the charm that grows
with ati extended acquaintance with drugs and their
manipulation. We are among those who subscribe cheer-
fully to the saying, " Once a druggist, always a drug-
gist ; " for —
Yon may break, you may shatter the vase, If you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
And so the experienced pharmacist who has grown to
love his calling is quick to appreciate evidences of a like
sympathy in others, a s)mipathy which, revealed however
inadequately, finds oftenest its highest expression in the
literature of the craft
Pharmacy has progressed in many of its branches
since the work was first written, and the present edition
lias been brought fairly up to date by the inclusion of much
new matter, the chapters on Specific Gravity, Solutions,
Compressed Tablets and Tablet Triturates, Plasters and
Ointments and Suppositories having been largely rewrit-
ten. Considerable new matter has also been added to the
chapters on Syrups, Pills, Powders, Percolation, Mix-
tures, Alkaloids, Alcohol and its Derivatives, and Vola-
tile Oils; while new chapters on Prescriptions and the
Assay of Alkaloidal Drugs have been introduced. The
two last named chapters must be regarded as important
additions, especially to the student.
The typography of the book has been improved in
1 A TBCATin Off Pbabmaot for Rtudents and Pharmacista. By Charles
<Hupari, Jr., Ph.O.. Profeasor of the Theorr and Practice of Pharmacy to the
Maryland College of Pharmacy. Second edition, teytaed and ©nJiWd. , I",'"-
Sated with aoiwood cuts and a portrait plate. Lea Brothers A Co., Philadel-
pSa and New York, 1901. Pp. Jriii-m Loloth, |4.«1. __
many respects, the use of heavy faced type for titles be-
ing, in our opinion, a distinct improvement, while the
many new and interesting illustrations on pp. 52, 60,
61, 86, 132, 177, 178, 181, 213, 214, 215, 216, 218, 219,
351* 352, 387, 388, 390, 402, 403, 446, 461, 642, 680 and
681 should prove very serviceable, and certainly add to
the value of the book. We think we are not mistaken in
our belief that every one of these new illustrations ap-
pears in a text-book of pharmacy for the first time.
The resumf of analytical methods in use among chem-
ists for the determination of the constituents of volatile
oils, which is given on pp. 679, 680 and 681, is an addition
which will commend itself particularly to advanced stu-
dents.
For superior finish of paper, typography and illus-
trations the publishers deserve great credit, for in this
respect the book is in a class of its own. The frontis-
piece, consisting of a plate of portraits oh fine half-tone
paper of " the leaders of American pharmacy during the
last half of the nineteenth century," is an innovation in
a work of this kind, which will not, in our opinion, meet
with universal approval, though doubtless having a
special interest of its own for students of the history of
pharmacy in the United States.
A few typographical errors have been noticed, two of
which must be annoying to the author. On page 18, third
line from bottom, the date 1890 should be i89i,andon page
60, seventh line from bottom, & X number of degrees
bXa
should obviously be ^ ^ "^^^^ ^^ ^' ^^^ On page
23, sixth line from top, Al^KaCSOJ should be ALK,
CARNEGIE AND THE PROCTER MEMORIAL.
ANDREW CARNEGIE has donated the sum of ten
million dollars in five per cent, bonds for the estab-
lishment of an institution devoted to higher education
and the encouragement of research. The scope and pur-
poses of the institution are set forth at length in our news
columns. In explaining the purpose of the foundation
Mr. Carnegie says:
It is proposed to found in the city of Washin^rton, in the
spirit of Washington, an institution which. vHth the e(h
operation of institutes new or hereafter esttiblished, there or
elsewhere, shall in the broadest and most liberal manner en-
courage investigation, research and discovery; encourage the
application of knowledge to the improvement of mankind;
provide such buildings, laboratories, books and apparatus as
may be needed, and afford instruction of an advanced char-
acter to students whenever and wherever found, inside or
outside of schools, properly qualified to profit thereby.
The clause italicised offers a possible solution of the
problem before the Procter Memorial Committee. That
committee can scarcely hope to provide a fund large
enough to erect and maintain an independent research
laboratory, but they probably could secure sufiicient funds
to equip, or possibly to build and equip, as a Procter
Memorial Laboratory, a wing to a large central laboratory
such as will probably be erected by the Carnegie Institu-
tion. The intimation that co-operation will be welcomed
by the Institution would warrant the Procter Memorial
Committee in laying some such proposal before the di-
rectors. J
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
AN IMPROVISED WATER MOTOR.
By a. T. Vam Clbtb,
BtDEtuuntOB. K. T.
THE accompanying sketch gives the outlines of a water
motor which I have constructed to run drug mills
or tablet machines. Its method of construction may be
briefly described as follows: On a small wooden cart
wheel are fastened curved strips of tin, as shown in the
A simple Water Uotor.
sketch. To the axle of the wheel is fastened a belt, con-
nected with another wheel attached to the machine which
it is desired to operate by means of water power. A
hose nozzle is attached to the water faucet connecting
with the city main, and the drive wheel of the motor is
arranged under the faucet in such a manner as to receive
the full force of the water.
BINS FOR THE STORAGE OF BOTTLES.
By Azor Thubston,
Qraod Bspld>. O.
PROBABLY only a few druggists consider the storage
of empty bottles of sufficient importance to make
any special arrangements for the same, but prefer to push
the cases, as received, under the counter, or in any other
convenient place.
The accompanying illustration shows an arrangement
_ " f ' _ ' I
Ik
rj
BIDS lor Storing Bottles.
for the storing of ^, i, 2, 4, 8 and 16 ounce bottles.
When a case of bottles is opened they are all washed and
placed in the proper bin, and are then ready to be trans-
ferred to the prescription case, as needed.- The illustra-
tion represents the front and end view of the bin drawn
to the scale of J4 inch to the foot. The bottom of each
bin is movable, and thus the bin is readily cleaned from
any accumulation of dust.
If the bins are placed in the basement, the shelving
above the bins can be utilized for storing ether, chloro-
fortn, hydrogen dioxide and other substances that should
be kept in a cool place. The space under the bins can be
utilized for the storage of jugs, cans, etc.
Bins as represented can be built for a few dollars, and
the satisfaction of always having clean bottles at hand
more than repays the moderate expense and trouble en-
tailed.
THE PRESENT STATUS OF PHARMACY AND
ITS POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENT.'
Bt Eu H. IiOKQ, H. D.,
BoOalo. S. T.
THE wording of our topic implies the need of improve-
ment in the pharmacy of to-day. It should not be
construed as meaning that pharmacy has not improved
along most essential lines ; neither should it be under-
stood as assuming the right of the physician to exercise
dictatorial censorship over the phannacist. There are
certain phases of the relationship of pharmacy to medi-
cine which must engage our attention or medical science
as a whole will sufTer ; and our present topic is intended
to furnish opportunity to outline some of these, and, with
the aid of our esteemed pharmaceutical friends, to dis-
cuss in a harmonious way some of the fundamental defi-
ciences. The hope is indulged that the future may wit-
ness efforts at improvement which shall be characterized
by co-operation and forbearance based upon that common
honesty and courtesy which are possessed not by one pro-
fession only, but in large degree by the representative men
of both.
Let us, therefore, look through and behind the glar-
ing evils of the present day pharmacy, such as substitution,
counter prescribing, etc., which we all recognize only to
condemn, and seek the causes and conditions which have
brought forth and which perpetuate the same.
pharmacy's dependence upon medicine.
Pharmacy has been called the handmaid of medicine.
Her normal relation is certainly one of helpfulness and
dependence. But we as physicians must remember that
the helpfulness is bom of a need of that help which many
fail to appreciate and also that the dependence of pharma-
cy implies an ability on our part to direct, to educate and
to fix standards for our dependent. Furthermore, the
question of ideals has more than a passing influence
upon the character of pharmacy. Particularly at the
present time, when it is a question
whether pharmacy in the future shall be
a trade with business ideals or a pro-
fession with humanitarian ideals, should
this thought engage our minds. Phar-
macy naturally locks to medicine for her
ideals. Is she disappointed?
But let us not separate the two too
widely. Pharmacy must be regarded as
a part, a special branch, of medical sci-
ence; and this relation is emphasized by
the present tendency in medical schools,
where a course in practical pharmacy is
coming to be regarded as essential to a
medical education.
BEST THOUfiHT OF PHARMACY ABREAST OF PROGRESS IN
ALL LINES.
The abili^ also that parmacy has shown in meeting
our needs in the way of more precise medication and pleaa-
anter preparations, in the isolation of active principles of
drugs, and in processes of assay which guarantee a cer-
tain quality of preparation, should be appreciated. But
in order that our respect for our helpers may not rest
solely upon these achievements it is asserted that the best
thought in pharmacy to-day is fully abreast of progress
in all practical lines. If any are indined to doubt the as-
sertion, ccMivincing support of the same may be found in
the history of the United States Pharmacopceia during
the past sixty years. In the successive revisions of this
< A paper reid b«rore tha Bair«l» Aeaduv o( MedlelDc and e^
tributed tor poblleitloD In the Amimmx IttnooisT.
Ilr
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARM ACETJl ICAL RECORD
admirable book pharmaceutical aid has been in the in-
crease since 1840, when it was first invited to the work of
revising this our standard of materia medica. In the edition
of 1840 the value of pharmaceutical assistance was evi-
denced by the introduction of the process of percolation as
a means of exhausting drugs. Since that time representa-
tive pharmacists have regularly participated in the work,
and their interest in the book even led to their delegates
outnumbering those from medical bodies in the last phar-
macopoeial convention. Corresponding with this en-
larged pharmaceutical influence we note very great im-
provements in the book amcmg which is that of the adop-
tion of the metric system in its formulas.
I admit that this is taking pharmacy at its best, and that
some minds will at once draw a comparison with the aver-
age drug store which may be very disparaging to the latter ;
but I maintain that, in spite of the commercial atmosphere
of the ordinary store, pharmacy is making a steady im-
provement, largely unaided by us, and that its best men
are anxious to keep pace with the rapid progress of medi-
cine in the sphere of their relation to it.
EVIDENCES OF IMPROVEMENT.
Now, what are some of the evidences of improvement?
In the line of literature, we find that, while during the
fifty years from 1829 to 1879 there were established in the
United States four pharmaceutical journals, or an aver-
age of one in twelve and one-half years, during the six-
teen from 1880 to 1895, inclusive, there were established
twenty, or an average of one every ten months.
In the line of restrictive legislation, previous to 1880
the practice of pharmacy in this country was practically
restricted except in five States and three cities. Since
1880 there have been enacted thirty-nine State laws which
originated in pharmaceutical bodies. These laws in the
mam require four years' experience and an examination
in order to obtain license to practice.
Still greater evidence of progress is seen in the in-
crease of colleges of pharmacy, from three in 1840 to fifty
in 1895, and this without the existence of any legal neces-
sity of a college training on the part of pharmacists. This
advance cannot be bom of any commercial spirit, but must
be expressive of an ambitioii to prepare well to meet the
recognized need of trained men. But it is evident that
the college training of pharmacists should be as broad as
is possible within reasonable limits. The maxim, "A lit-
tle knowledge is a dangerous thing/' is probably nowhere
better or more generally exemplified than in our drug
stores. The average dispenser without college training
possesses some knowledge of medicine above that needed
in his work and he frequently uses that knowledge im-
properly. But the college man, if properly trained, though
possessmg a larger knowledge of facts pertaining to medi-
cine, has learned when not to use them. In other words,
our college-trained men are not as a rule engaged in il-
luminating the fences, in counter-prescribing, and in sub-
stituting. The commercial so pre-eminent in the phar-
ytXBiix of to-day with deficient training must be held
ittt|^y responsible for such abuses, while the progress in
)$dil6ii^idn, as shown in the increase of colleges, gives hope
trt^H feetter state of aflFairs in the future.
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i^^WWWr THE PHARMACIST OUGHT TO BE, BUT IS NOT.
;'.J;et us now consider another feature of our subject —
Qiie ^t some importance — ^the individual pharmacist. We
]|^ye^ drawn outlines of the picture of what he may be, and
w|5\are very sure we know what he ought to be, but is not.
Our, average pharmacist of to-day is a commercial man,
and nbf the professional man we should want him to be.
-Whjr^is^is? The reason is not far away if we follow
the path of the drug clerk. And truly his path is not an
inviting one. From the beginning of his apprenticeship
as bottle washer and errand boy he sees the motto of the
store plainly visible everywhere, and that motto is — busi-
ness. He sees how things are done behind the counter.
His employer is not a professional man, may even ridi-
cule the college graduate. In his school of experience he
has learned to place highest value upon the business qual-
ities in a clerk and therefore the professional aspirations
of the college man are all' moonshine to him. Do not
blame him too severely, for he was trained in a business
environment.
WHY THE PHARMACIST IS A COMMERCIAL MAN.
But it is evident that the whole atmosphere of {he store
is such as to favor a perpetuation of his kind unless our
clerk has professional instincts and is able to rise above
the level of his surroundings. Even then his advisers are
likely to take the business view and remind him that he
need not go to college, he can study up and pass the State
Board, and get his license, and what more does he want?
Now just reflect upon the situation cf our clerk and im-
agine what will be the bent of his mind by the time he
comes to be manager of a store, add the business necessi-
ties that attach to the modem pharmacy, and the question
why our average pharmacist is a commercial man is an-
swered.
Most colleges have abolished the requirement of a
number of years of drug store experience as a prerequi-
site for graduation. This must be regarded as an ad-
vance, for we will probably agree that after a certain
amount of experience the earlier the college training is
had the higher will be the ideals and more ethical will be
the practice of the pharmacist. , A long experience of the
ordinary drug store kind taken alone is certainly inimical
to a professional development.
INFLUENCES ADVERSE TO PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT.
But there are still other influences which help to make
the pharmacist what he is. The rush of trade — soda
water, cigars, candies, and the like, the appeals to turn his
windows to account through well-paying advertisements,
living or otherwise, the resurrection of celebrities of the
past to preside over the cigar department, etc. In such
a whirl of interests how can he be expected to give scien-
tific pharmacy his first attention? He knows that infe-
rior fruit syrups will be criticised more than inferior
drugs. He knows that the cigar customer will not wait
while the prescription is being compounded, so the latter
has to. In short, the average pharmacist has to subor-
dinate the scientific to the commercial. He is not wholly
to blame. The conditions and usages which he has to
face require it to a great degree. But we are led to say
that, from our viewpoint, while the training of the phar-
macist may be said to be simply deficient in character, the
prominent features of the average drug store are an abom-
ination.
SOME THINGS THE PHARMACIST HAS TO ENDURE FROM
THE DOCTOR.
Our pharmacist further has to undergo a certain disci-
pline. He has not only to consult the needs of the doctor
but to humor his whims. He has to bear his criticisms,
not always consistent or seasoned with charity, but does
not usually trust to his own tact to retaliate profitably.
He is aflFected, more than he sees fit to complain of, by
the changing fashions and fads in medical practice. The
doctor often does the experimenting at his expense.
When he is asked to stock up with a high-priced new arti-
cle he cannot refuse; but when, at the end of the
year, he finds the stock lessened by the filling of
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one prescription, he murmurs not, but the bal-
ance in that transaction is on the wrong side of
the ledger. His thoughts we will not reveal. But I do
think that the educated and ethical pharmacist might be
expected to regard with some contempt the physician who
passes by the potent official preparations on his shelf, be-
cause of ignorance of their action, or inability to properly
prescribe them, but calls for one after another semi-pro-
prietary mixture whose chief recommendation is its ex-
tensive advertisement. What a short step to the sale of
fully patented preparations.
THE USE OF TABLETS AND A DECADENCE OF THE ART OF
PRESCRIBING.
These thoughts come so naturally in a discussion of
this topic that I will presume upon your indulgence a lit-
tle further. Legitimate pharmacy now for a number of
years has had to endure serious competition from the
tablet manufacturer /and his ubiquitous agent. We do
not propose to discuss the comparative value of drugs in
form of their liquid extracts or in the pleasanter tablet
forms ; but it is evident that with certain drugs the use of
tablets is to continue and must be accepted as a normal
departure. But the use of tablets, as well as of other
ready made combinations, encourages an unwholesome
tendency to depend upon others for our formulae.
And were I a pharmacist my bitterest reflection would
be upon the decline of independent combining and pre-
scribing on the part of physicians. Prescribing is des-
tined to become a lost art unless our medical schools take
warning and educate better along these lines.
The decision against taking a college course is very
often compelled by the meagemess of the ordinary clerk's
salary. Indeed, small is the financial inducement to take
a course of training which is optional, when after time
and money is expended the probable income for years
will not exceed twelve or fifteen dollars per week.
It is said that all pharmacists save money. But that is
due less to any large income or virtue on their part, than
to the providential conditions which compel them to stick
so closely to business that they haven't time to spend it.
CO-OPERATION BETWEEN DOCTOR AND DRUGGIST.
Now as to improvement in pharmacy. Every think-
ing physician owes it to medical science as a whole to give
serious thought to this subject. We cannot get along
without pharmacy, much as we may condemn the prac-
tice of the commercial pharmacist. You have doubtless
seen in the foregoing remarks indications of a conviction
that the medical profession is to some degree responsible
for the present state of pharmacy. The writer is further
convinced that no great improvement can occur without
our thoughtful aid, and that the future usefulness of phar-
macy requires a constant and considerable co-operation
of physician and pharmacist.
Our thought must extend in five directions : To the
college, to legislation, to the pharmacist, to the store, and
to ourselves. In the first two our aid must be less direct,
but a brief allusion will indicate what should be our atti-
tude. The colleges of pharmacy are probably as good as
they are likely to be under present conditions. They have
to provide an optional course of training for students who
attend voluntarily, many of whom are obliged, for finan-
cial reasons, to work in a drug store while attending. And
let me state that there are many more ambitious young
men who would gladly take a college course if there were
sufficient opportunities for them to aid themselves in such
way, but who are obliged to content themselves with a
license granted by a board of pharmacy, and they aid to
swell the ranks of the less ethical because less educated
pharmacists.
OBLIGATORY COLLEGE TRAINING.
Pharmacy has reached that stage of educational prog-
ress when a college training should be required by law.
Medicine passed that stage many years ago and should
now encourage and aid pharmacy to secure the benefits of
such legislation. The result of such a law would be
fewer pharmacists and better colleges, the devel-
opment of the professional and lessening of the commer-
cial spirit, and this is what physicians should always fos-
ter. I believe no step could result in as great improve-
ment in a short time as the enactment of laws making a
college training obligatory upon the student of pharmacy.
COLLEGE TRAINING SHOULD BE BROAD.
The objection will be here raised that the colleges will
teach too much of the use of medicines and make counter
prescribers of their graduates. I do not fear this for one
moment. And I repeat^ for the sake of emphasis, what
appears earlier in the paper, that the little knowledge of
medicine possessed by the commercial pharmacist is a
dangerous thing, but that the greater knowledge pos-
sessed by the professional man is a safeguard against the
improper use of his knowledge. This must be just as
true here as in medicine, where the better training in a
special line leads to a practice restricted to that line. The
college training should therefore be as broad as is possi-
ble within proper limits. One thing in addition to the
essentials seems specially important. That is the study
of hygiene. A knowledge of the infectious and of proper
sanitation would render him a valuable coadjutor to the
physician in his community, where an intelligent public
sentiment is so often wanting.
THERE ARE PROFESSIONAL PH.\RM AGISTS.
Our thoughts for the improvement of the pharmacist
are partly involved in our previous considerations. Fur-
ther than that he should be regarded as the ally and equal
of the physician and as possessing in some directions
knowledge and skill superior to the physician. Through-
out this paper free use is made of the terms commercial
and professional as applied to pharmacy and pharmacist.
Are they not ^^d terms to employ? They will tend to
preserve in our minds the distinction between what phar-
macy largely is to-day and what it should be. They will
aid in discriminating between what should be aided and
what should be discouraged. And we must remember
that there are professional pharmacists. There is great
need of more.
PROFESSIONAL PHARMACIES.
The same distinction will apply to stores. And we
must remember that there are also professional pharma-
cies. In some cities there are strictly legitimate prescrip-
tion pharmacies and there might be in every city or town,
with the aid of the medical profession. With a knowl-
edge of present conditions it is entirely proper, if not in-
deed a duty, for the physicians to discriminate between
stores for the compounding and dispensing of their pre-
scriptions. Whatever the future has in store for phar-
macy, a thoughtful regard and co-operation on the part of
physicians would probably lead to two kinds of stores —
the professional, where chief attention would be given to
compounding prescriptions, and to commercial stores,
where soda-water, cigars and proprietaries might be sold,
scissors sharpened, bicycles mended, or anything you
please.
INFLUENCE OF MEDICINE UPON PHARMACY.
In introducing our final direction of thought — ^toward
ourselves, permit me to quote from the first part of the
paper the following : " Pharmacy naturally looks to med-
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icine for her ideals. Is she disappointed ? " Our influ-
ence upon pharmacy, by our personal attitude toward the
pharmacist, is inevitable. Our own ethical standard tends
to determine his. Due courtesy toward him, therefore,
will command a more careful attention to our needs, not
upon the ground of policy, but because his standard of
action is raised. On the other hand an inconsiderate be-
havior on our part will tend to make his assistance in our
practice only perfunctory, and will degrade the standard
of his service. Our conception of professional ethics
should be such as to lead us to treat with the utmost fair-
ness and courtesy any one who is engaged in applying to
any branch of medical science a skill supposedly equsd to
our own in any direction.
xDIPHTHERIA ANTITOXIN AND ITS RECOG-
NITION BY THE UNITED STATES
PHARMACXJPOEIA/
By Joseph W. England,
Pbiladelphia.
AT the meeting of your association in Richmond in May,
1900, the writer read a paper urging the pharmacopoeial
recognition of diphtheria antitoxin. Since that time a
new edition of the German Pharmacopoola has been issued,
and for the, first time in the history of pharmacopoeias,
diphtheria antitoxin has been recognized.
The importance of the official recognition of antitoxin can-
not be overestimated. Fortunately antitoxin has been pre-
pared In the past by reliable firms, but the only way to safe-
guard its quality in the future and prevent unscrupulous firms
marketing spurious products is to officially recognize it, fol-
lowing somewhat the lin6s of requirements of the German
Pharmacopoeia.
This authority, after defining diphtheria antitoxin as " blood
serum from horses immunized against diphtheria poison,"
provides for a njanner of testing and selling. It requires also
that a vial of the liquid shall be labeled with the name of the
maker, the content of immunizing units in each cubic centi-
meter, and the total number of units in each vial. The liquid
has the odor of the preservative (trlkresol or phenol), and must
not contain more than a alight precipitate. The serums are
all numbered by governmental authority and after their num-
bers have been called in are not allowed to be dispensed.
It will be noted especially that the content of immunizing
units in each cubic centimeter and the total number of units
in each vial are required to be stated on the label. This is an
admirable provision, and, with the official recognition of anti-
toxin by the United States Pharmacopceia, it should be re-
quired. It is to the credit of the American manufacturers
that one of their number was the first In the world to protect
the quality of antitoxin by dating each package with its
"life," so that old or weakened antitoxin could not be ad-
ministered. The numbering system of the German Pharma-
copoeia does not compare' in simplicity and efficiency with
the dating system. . . .
Briefly, diphtheria antitoxin i4S prepared by a reaction be-
tween the tissues of horses and Injected diphtheria toxins,
whereby an antitoxin Is formed. To prepare the toxins, diph-
theria bacilli are grown in faintly alkaline bouillon; toxins
are produced, and the bacilli are killed by the addition of
trlkresol, and their dead bodies filtered out.
The strength of the toxin solution is- determined by its
Injection into guinea pigs, and It is then injected In gradually
increasing amounts into horses, until trial bleedings demon-
strate that the animal will produce antitoxin of sufficient
strength to be valuable, when full bleedings are made, this
period being from four to six months. The blood Is collected
in sterile bottles, set aside for a time to clot, and the serum
is pipetted off and preserved with trlkresol. The serum is
then standardized, the standardization being expressed In Im-
munizing units. A unit is the amount of antitoxin necessary
to protect a standard weight guinea pig (one-half pound in
weight) against 100 times its minimum fatal dose of toxin.
The finished product Is placed In glass tubes, containing from
260 to 600 units to each Gc, and hermetically sealed.
In the making of this diphtheritic antidote the natural
processes that take place In a human body infected with diph-
theria are duplicated in the horse, with this difference: That
^ Read before the St. LoqIb meeting of the American Pharmacentlcal
Association, held September 19, 1901.
in the human body the diphtheria organisms multiply with
almost unthinkable rapidity and as rapidly" develop virulently
poisonous toxins (which are the causes that bring about death),
while in the horse its body is not infected by the diphtheria
bacilli at all, but, subjected to a toxin free from bacteria, de-
velops an antitoxin capable of combatting diphtheria and its
effects in the human body In the same manner as does the
body itself.
In other words, when antitoxin Is used in the treatment of
diphtheria the natural immunity of the human body is greatly
Increased, Just as we may give certain enzymes— diastase, pep-
sin, pancreatln, papoid, etc.,— to fortify the natural digestive
processes.
Commercially, antitoxin is sold In this country in vials
containing either (1) over 250 units In each Gc. or (2) over 600
units In each Gc. In Germany, according to the German Phar-
macopoeia, it is sold in vials containing a total of from 100
to 3,()00 units, the general range of doses in Germany being
from 200 to 1,500 units, antitoxin containing over 800 units to
each Gc. being called high potency antitoxin.
DOSE AND USES.
In this country much more successful results In reducing
the mortality rate in diphtheria have been achieved than in
foreign lands, and this has been brought about by the fact
that American physicians inject antitoxin earlier In the dis-
ease and inject a far larger number of units. The death rate
from diphtheria abroad is fully 10 per cent; in this country it
is one-half this. Where the Germans, for example, Inject
usually from 200 to 1,500 units, the Americans have been using
from 500 to 1,(X)0 units for immunizing doses, and from 1,000
to 8,(X)0 units for curative doses, doubled in quantity at the
second injection If necessary, the trend of practice being dis-
tinctly toward still higher doses; and the results of the Amer-
ican practice speak for themselves In Its cutting of the death
rate in two.
The advantage of using high potency antitoxin rests In the
fact that smaller volumes are required for injection, and the
less the volume the more rapid the absorption. While the
high potency antitoxin weakens more quickly than the low
potmcy, it can lose a much larger number of units and still
remain much more effective than a weakened low potency
serum. The disadvantages of using very high potency serums
(1. e., 600 units and over to each Gc.) rests In the fact that as
few horses yield it the supply is Limited. American physicians
use very high potency serum for very grave cases and the
lower potency serum for average cases. The supply of anti-
toxin containing 250 or 800 units to each Gc. is practically
unlimited. If the Pharmacopoeia recognizes diphtheria anti-
toxin. It would sem to be the part of wisdom to follow the
general trend of medical practice toward larger doses, and
require not less than 250 or 300 units in each C!c., and more
if practicable. In this way the usual dose of from 2 to 8 or
10 Gc. would represent from 5(X) to 3,(X)0 units or more.
It must not be forgotten that the basis of value in an anti-
toxin Is always the number of units it contains. At the same
time good medical practice demands that the volume of
liquid to be injected should not be too large, should be uniform
in amount, and should be uniform In unit strength, so that no
matter what make of antitoxin was used, the same volume
of liquid would always contain the same number of units.
THE LIMIT TO TBE DOSE.
The limit of dose of antitoxin that may be safely admin-
istered has never been definitely fixed. In a most Interesting
and instructive paper by Dr. John H. McGollom, of the Boston
Glty Hospital, entitled "A Plea for Larger Doses of Anti-
toxin," published in the Medical and Surgical Report of the
Boston Glty Hospital for 1900, he reports upon 5,000 cases of
diphtheria in which were employed injections of from 6,000
to 10,(X)0 units as initiatory doses, repeated every four hours*
and as much as 60,000 to 100,000 units administered in from
12 to 24 hours.
In the class of apparently hopeless cases, where further
or any administration of antitoxin has been heretofore thought
to be futile. It has proven beyond a question of doubt, by Dr.
McGollom, that antitoxin has a positive value and should be
administered In all stages of the disease. It matters not how
advanced or severe the conditions may be, antitoxin should
be administered in large doses, frequently repeated. The
absolute safety to the patient of large doses of antitoxin has
been demonstrated.
Probably one of the most frequent Inquiries made by phy-
siclans is, how much antitoxin is It safe to administer? In
reply to this it may be stated, as proven by the experiments
of Dr. McGollom, from 500 to 100,000 units in 12 to 24 hours,
the initiatory dose being from 2,000 to 10,000 units, according
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to the Beverity of the type. A repetition of the dose should be
made at Intervals of not less than 4 to 6 hours or more often
If necessary. The treatment being perfectly harmless, there
can be no danger of over administration; the only danger
lies In. insufficient amounts being administered.
THB IMtfUNIZINO DOSE.
For immunizing the dose is from 500 to 1,000 units. Chil-
dren require as large a dosage as adults, since they are much
more susceptible to the disease.
In order to get the best results with antitoxin It should
be administered as early in the disease as possible.
The following interesting laboratory experiments, demon-
strate the necessity of administering sufficient antitoxin, or
else no beneficial results will be noted:
Where 10 units of antitoxin have saved from death a guinea
pig poisoned with toxin, 9 units of the same serum, used under
the same conditions, with a guinea pig of the same family
and weight, have failed to save life.
This Illustration is merely pointed out as a cause why it is
that when an insufficient dosage of the remedy has been ad-
ministered there is no apparent benefit from the treatment.
Another feature is interesting, likewise, and that is the
necessity of administering double the amount when the dose
is repeated. In diphtheria there is an active bacillus develop-
ing and growing at a rapid rate. When an insufficient amount
of antitoxin is administered, by the time a repetition of the
dose is made a sufficient time has elapsed for this bacillus to
increase and multiply and develop toxins, which latter arc
rapidly absorbed by the system, and the conditions are as bad,
if not worse, than they were at the time injections were first
made. Consequently the same amount of a second injection
would not be of benefit, whereas double the amount of anti-
toxin would probably overcome and neutralize the toxin^.
THB PBESEKVATION OF ANTITOXIN.
Antitoxin should be kept in a moderately cool place, ice
chest preferred, and it should be kept from exposure to light.
Antitoxin has a tendency to gradually lose strength, and
for this reason should be dated with the date when it is to
be returned for fresh stock. The usual life of an antitoxin,
before it begins to deteriorate to any appreciable extent, is
about six months.
Should antitoxin be administered after the expiration of
the time that it should have been returned, its administration
would be perfectly safe, but the product would not be of
full strength, and with a life-saving remedy no hazardous
risks should be taken.
DRUGGISTS* COURSE IN OPTICS
G>iidfictcd by C H* Bfowa» VLD^
President of the PhlUdelphia Optical College
This series of papers is designed to furnish information wkiek
is required by druggists for the intelligent handling of a line
of optical goods. The first of the series appeared in our issue
for September 24, igoo.
THa PHYSIOLOGY OF VISION.
THE eye is certainly the most useful, as it is the most
wonderful, of all our organs of special sense. The
organs of touch, taste and smell, in order to perform
their functions, must be placed in actual contact with the
foreign substances which excite their activity ; but the
sense of sight is not so limited, but is equally sensitive
to the impressions of light, whether it comes from an
object close at hand or from the immeasurable distances
of the fixed stars.
The eye is in more direct communication with the
brain and mind than is any other organ, and thus it often
expresses the strongest passions and the most tumultuous
emotions, as well as the gentlest thoughts and most deli-
cate sentiments. Much of this external intelligence that
dwells in the eyes is marred in persons who §quint or
who are near-sighted. How often are we influenced in
our judgment of the character of others whom we meet
for the first time by the expression of their eyes.
The cavity of the eye-ball is like a room with but one
window, where all the light which enters must come from
the front, and necessarily strikes the back wall of the
apartment The construction of the eye-ball, in its gen-
eral arrangement as an organ of vision, is very much
like an optical instrument, and as such is subject to the
same physical laws as govern any other optical instru-
ment. Images of external objects are formed in the eye
exactly as they are formed in a photographers' camera,
where they fall upon a chemically sensitive plate and
are made permanent by the chemical changes induced by
light. In the eye they fall upon the nervously sensitive
retina, and the impression they make is immediately con-
veyed to the brain by the fibers of the optic nerve, so that
it is reallv not the eye that sees, but the brain, as it is
only after the brain takes cognizance of the image that
is formed in the eye that the visual act is complete.
The convex lens of the camera, which can be screwed
in and out to receive clear images of objects at different
distances, is represented in the eye by the crystalline lens,
which has the faculty of changing its convexity, and thus
accommodating the eye for far and near distances. The
blackened inner surface of the camera is represented by
the choroid, which lines the whole inner surface of the
sclerotic with a dark pigment, and thus prevents reflec-
tions within the eye and absorbs the excess of light which
has passed through the substance of the retina.
The conditions necessary for clear and satisfactory
vision are as follows:
I St. A well defined image must be formed on the
retina at the yellow spot.
2d. The impression there received must be conveyed
quickly and directly to the brain.
The optician is more particularly concerned in the
first of these conditions, as it is his business to so correct
existing optical defects as to make it possible for a dis-
tinct image to be formed upon the retina.
But if, after a perfect image is formed, the conduct-
ing power of the nerve is so much impaired as to be
incapable of conveying the impression of the image to
the brain, then the case passes beyond the province of
the optician, and requires treatment at the hands of the
oculist.
If either the conducting function of the optic nerve
or the perceptive function of the retina should be abol-
ished, there would be no vision at all ; but when the retina
and optic nerve are healthy, the quality of vision depends
entirely upon the transparency of the refracting media
and upon the perfection'of the optical images which they
form. Vision may, therefore, be imperfect either because
the refracting media of the eye have lost their trans-
parency, or because the images cast upon the retina are
blurred by some optical defect.
THE REFRACTING MEDIA.
The refracting media of the eye are the cornea, the
aqueous humor, the crystalline lens and the vitreous
humor.
The cornea is capable in a twofold manner of re-
fracting and converging the rays of light that fall upon
and traverse it; it affects them first by its density, and
in the second place by its convexity. After the ray of
light has passed through the cornea it next^ traverses the
aqueous humor, which humor affects the ray but very
little, its chief use being to maintain the proper convexity
of the cornea, and at the same time to furnish a medium
in which the movements of the iris can take place.
In regard to the vitreous it may be said that its prin-
cipal use appears to be to give the proper distention to
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the globe of the eye-^ball, and also to keep the surface of
the retina at the proper focal distance from the lens.
The crystalline lens is the most important refractory
medium of the eye ; it acts, by virtue of its double convex
form, as a converging lens, bringing to a focus the lumi-
nous rays that pass through it.
STORE MANAGEMENT.
Coodu d ed by W. A. Dawiocu
In addition topudlishin^ a series of articles covering the commer-
cial side of pharmacy, the editor oj this department will en-
deavor to discuss, criticise, advise and give information on
any question pertaining to the business management of the
drug store propounded by readers of the Ameucan Dkuogist.
This feature oJ the department is intended U> constitute a busi-
ness query column for the readers of the Ambucan Druggist,
amd all queries regarding business matters addressed to it will
be freely answered.
THE NEW YEAR.
NOW that the rush of business consequent upon the
holidays is over, this is a good time to plan store
improvements. A rearrangement of the store fittings, a
new show case or two and a general refurbishing of the
whole interior of the shop and laboratory will help busi-
ness by showing patrons that the proprietor is alive and
up to the times.
The new year is also the season that seems most ap-
propriate to the making of new plans, new resolutions and
new improvements; all mankind feels in some degree a
desire to be better and do better at the beginning of a
new year than at any other time. There is no proprietor
of a pharmacy but what has in mind some improvements
in his establishment that he intends to make " some day ; "
let this be a reminder that there is no better time to carry
out those intentions than at the beginning of the new
year.
NEW IDEAS IN STORE FURNISHINGS.
This department has lately received from the various
makers of store fixtures advertising in the American
Druggist their catalogues, depicting and describing the
latest ideas in modern store furnishing. These catalogues
are rich in suggestion and information for the pharma-
cist who contemplates making any changes in his store
fittings, whether it be the addition of a new show case
of simple design or the installation of an elaborate set of
new fixtures running into the thousands of dollars in cost.
The Department of Store Management is always
ready to offer suggestions and advice to pharmacists who
are contemplating changes in store arrangement or fit-
tings, and will be glad to criticise and advise on any plan
submitted to it. We have on file the catalogues of nearly
every maker of store fittings in all lines, as well as those
who make a specialty of fitting up drug stores. We are
also in possession of the catalogues of makers of display
fixtures, office fittings, makers of specialties for window
trims, card writing, etc., so that we are in a position to
give information as to where a certain style or make of
article used in store furnishing or decoration may be
obtained.
' filing prescriptions.
Apropos of the Subscribers' Discussion on the best
method of filing prescriptions announced in the last issue
of the American Druggist^ it is a noteworthy circum-
stance to me that in the pharmacies to which I have had
access in my career I have yet to see the pharmacy do-
ing a large prescription business that does not file its
prescriptions by pasting them in a book. Every once in a
while some pharmaceutical genius who is young at the
business invents a prescription file that is a marvel of
simplicity and convenience, but they never seem to take
to any great extent, for the reason that nothing will
stand the wear and tear of a large business like a book.
holiday trade.
This year's holiday trade has again strongly impressed
me with the fact that the man who does a large business
is the one who makes adequate preparation for a big
business.
For the past eight years, in the store with which I
am connected, we have made a special bid for holiday
trade, each season making greater preparations than the
preceding year and increasing the amount of business
done. Holiday trade, however, like any other trade, must
be built up. You cannot jump in and do a 'big business
the first year you go at it. It is cumulative in effect and
each year advertises the store for the next year until peo-
ple are educated up to the fact that you always have a
fine display of goods suitable for gifts and get into the
habit of calling to inspect your stock each season before
purchasing their presents. Its advertising value to the
store is considerable, for, besides getting people who are
not regular aistomers to visit the store, some of whom
are sure to become regular patrons, it brings in trade
from the country and smaller towns for miles around, and
thus introduces the store to an ever widening clientele.
As another result we havfe found that our year round
trade in the fancy goods stock is constantlyon the increase
and that we are every year stocking a higher grade of
goods in this line. Seldom a week passes the whole
year round that does not record the sale of a high priced
bit of cut glass or sterling silver for a wedding or birth-
day gift. The demand for articles suitable for prizes
for social parties and for euchre and whist clubs con-
tinues steady all through the winter season.
The strong point. of our holiday campaign is always
our window trims, and no reasonable amount of time and
money is spared to have them well worth coming a good
ways to look at. We have the display ready early in
December, and simultaneously begin our advertising. The
main argument of all our advertising at this season being
the constant repetition in many ways of " Come and look
at our show windows," " Our show windows are one of
the sights of the town, you will miss something if you
do not see them." The local papers send around re-
porters to write a description of the display, and all this,
together with the prestige gained by the displays in
former years, brings the people of the town and a good
many from outside to the store. The materials for this
year's trim cost less than twenty dollars, and consider-
ing that the month's sales exceeded those of previous
years by nearlv a thousand dollars, it was very cheap
advertising.
Readers are invited to submit photographs of their pre^
scription laboratories or any part of them, or a de-
scription of any interesting detail of their arrange-
ment, for publication in this department. For a
' good clear print, suitable for reproduction by the
half-tone process, $i.oo will be paid. The dollar we
offer is not intended as a prize or an award for a
good picture, but simply to repay the sender in some
degree for the trouble or expense involved in the
taking of the picture. Photographs may be un-
mounted and should be sent to the department
editor, IV. A. Dawson, Hempstead, N. Y.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
Cream of Current Literature
A •umm«ry of the leading Articles In contemporary pharmeceutlcal periodieele.
L^nioo Pharmaccttt qtiCf December*
Borated Dioxide of Hydrogen. By L. Delaye. —
Hydrogen dioxide contains a marked proportion of min-
eral acid which is often very irritating. The addition of
boric acid has been suggested to neutralize this eflfect.
To prepare a solution of hydrogen dioxide of this char-
acter Delaye proceeds as follows: He takes a commer-
cial product, determines its volumetric strength and neu-
tralizes it completely. He effects this neutralization by
the addition of a few drops of a i in 30 alcoholic solu-
tion of phenolphthalein, and then, by adding small frag-
ments of pure caustic soda until the liquid assumes a
faintly pink color. Immediately thirty parts in a thou-
sand of boric acid are dissolved in the cold solution. The
liquid thus obtained is clear, colorless and almost taste-
less, although it is clearly acid in reaction when tested
with litmus paper. It may be used as a mouth wash for
a long time undiluted without producing any disagree-
able effect and has all the properties of hydrogen dioxide
prepared in the ordinary manner. Preserved in well
stoppered bottles its stability is not less than that of ordi-
nary hydrogen dioxide solution.
BuUetln Gmiincrcial, November.
The Passage of Wines through the Fresh Residue
of Grapes. By Dr. P. Carles. — ^The vintage of the past
year has been collected in some parts of the world under
deplorable conditions, and in order to get a better return
of wine the expedient of passing the wine through the
residue of grapes and thus increasing the amount pro-
duced has been adopted in some localities. It has been
known for a long time, perhaps for centuries, that the
passage of old wine that has spoiled, become moldy, bit-
ter, viscid, etc., can cure the trouble, and restore the wine.
The residue must be taken from healthy grapes, which
must not have been spoiled by heat, mildew or decay.
If this precaution be not taken the old wine will be
spoiled. The residue of grapes must also be deprived
of its scum, in which mother of vinegar abounds, and it
must be deprived of its wine by draining only, and not
by pressure.
Repertoire de Pharmacif, December.
The Disinfection of Patients' Linen. By Dr. M. P.
Carles. — ^According to the sanitary regulations of France
the Bed clothes, etc., in a case of infectious disease are
removed and sterilized by steam without any preparatory
treatment. Such linen always shows spots which cannot
be washed out by any means. These spots are caused
by heat, which coagulates the proteids of the blood, pus
or other secretions of the body. These coagulative ma-
terials become fixed in the finest meshes of the tissue and
form almost a part of the fabric, so that nothing can re-
move them. This coagulation must, therefore, be
avoided. For this purpose one must remove the proteid
substances, and this can be accomplished by cold water
or by water heated below 70 degrees, containing a non-
coagulating antiseptic. The go<xl antiseptics which cor-
respond to this requirement are limited. The two sub-
stances which can serve in this manner are corrosive
mercuric chloride and mercuric cyanide. In order to
counteract the coagulation produced by mercuric chloride
sodium chloride must be added to the solution, but still
it does not give such good results as the cyanide. The
latter is the best disinfectant for the preliminary washing
of such infected linen. The only disadvantage is that
it is a strong poison. In order to avoid mistakes the
solution should be colored with indigo or potassium
chromate.
Elixir of Paregoric. By L. Daraignez. — ^The author
discovered in the Codex an error in 3ie account of the
preparation of this elixir. The formulae published in
Dorvault's Dispensatory (L'Officine), and in the Formu-
laries of Dujardin-Beaumetz, Yvon, Bouchardat, and
even in Littre's Dictionary, call for 3 Gm. of extract of
opium, 650 Gm. of vehicle (alcohol, 60 per cent.), but
the label or signature states that 10 Gm. of this mixture
contain 5 centigrammes of extract of opium. If these
proportions are correct, the vehicle should be reduced to
600 Gm.
Tartrated Tincture of Iron. By Gaston Pegurier. —
This preparation has been allowed to sink into oblivion
of late, but it is sometimes prescribed. The tartrate of
iron and potassium is one of the best forms of adminis-
tering a soluble iron preparation. In the Codex of 1866
the tincture was prepared by causing a reaction between
iron filings, cream of tartar and water, at first in the
cold, then in a warm solution, after which 90 per cent,
alcohol was to be added. The supplement to the new Co-
dex entirely changed this modus operandi, and prescribed
that the double tartrate of iron and potassium be dis-
solved in distilled water only. This formula does not
describe a tincture, as the menstruum is not alcoholic in
any degree. The Codex, in addition, tells us to preserve
this tincture, when it cannot be preserved for any length
of time in the manner in which it is prepared. Unfor-
tunately, the double salt is insoluble in alcohol, and very
slightly soluble in dilute alcohol. The author therefore
recommends that a new formula be adopted in the Codex,
prescribing an extemporaneous preparation, instead of
the stock tincture. It would be best, however, to sup-
press the formula entirely, as the French Codex contains
a very much better preparation of the same salt, the
syrup of ferric potassium tartrate.
BoUettiiio Chlmico Farmaceutlco, November*
On the Clinical Determitration of the Presence of
Sugar in the Urine by Orthonitrophenylpropionic acid.
By Guglielmo Buini. — The author used this reaction with
success for two years, and found it sufficiently exact for
clinical purposes. The reaction is obtained as follows,
according to Hayeni : The reagent used is a 0.5 per cent,
solution of orthonitrophenylpropionic acid in a 10 per
cent, solution of caustic soda. Five Cc. of this reagent
are allowed to boil with 10 drops of the urine to be
tested. If the liquid shows a dark blue color then the
urine contains at least 0.5 per cent, of glucose, or a quan-
tity of reducing substances which equals that amount of
glucose. The advantages of this reaction are as follows :
(i) The reagent may be preserved indefinitely without
any change. (2) The examination may be conducted
with a few drops of urine. (3) The presence of albumin
has no effect upon the reaction.
The author found that when ten drops of urine were
used there was a well marked blue color, first appearing
as a greenish tinge, but only when the urine contains
more than one-half of one per cent, of glucose this re-
action is constantly obtained, while when less glucose is
present we have to increase the number of drops. A
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small quantity of glucose gives only a greenish tinge,
larger amounts give a blue color, which may also form
if the mixture be cooled. In order to obtain this reaction
it is generally necessary to boil the contents of the test
tube for over half a minute, according to the rapidity
with which the liquid changes color. When the urine
begins to boil it is usually light yellow, then becomes
reddish yellow, and gradually changes to greenish, and
blue. In order to obtain the reaction more sharply the
author used chloroform, a solvent of indigotin. The
chloroform is added to the cooled greenish liquid, and
the whole well shaken and allowed to stand. The chloro-
form will be found colored a beautiful violet color. The
chloroform should be added as soon as the liquid is
cooled, for the access of oxygen destroys the reaction.
In the absence of glucose the urine remains yellow, and
the chloroform does not become colored.
Albumin, peptone, albumose, uric acid, hippuric acid,
pigments, various salts, including the hyposulphites con-
tained in the urine of dogs, are not affected by this re-
agent. There are, however, some substances, such as
kreatinin, that react with the indican reaction, but this
only takes place when 30 drops or more are used.
The Purity of Quinine Bisulphate. By E. Carlin-
fanti. — In all the recent treatises on pharmaceutical
chemistry the test recommended for the differentiation
of pure quinine bisulphate from mixtures of other cin-
chona alkaloids is the ammonia test of Kerner. This
method is also prescribed in all the pharmacopoeias, ex-
cept the recent edition of the British. The test in ques-
tion, however, does not take into account our recent
knowledge concerning the solubility of the various salts
of quinine, and the conversion of these salts into the
neutral sulphate. The various methods proposed for this
conversion included the solution of the neutral sulphate
of quinine, together with the salts of potassium, sodium
and ammonium, derived from the salts operated upon.
These inorganic salts exercise a marked influence over
the solubility of the neutral sulphate, and can change
the amount of ammonia required to precipitate or re-
dissolve a certain quantity of neutral sulphate. In order
to evade this inconvenience the author devised the fol-
lowing method of converting bisulphate into neutral sul-
and ammonium, derived from the salts operated upon,
its water of crystallization and dissolved in from 15 to
20 Cc. of water. The solution is poured into a separator
and shaken with 100 Cc. of ether, to which a slight excess
of caustic soda solution has previously been added. The
two layers, having been allowed to separate, the alkaline
aqueous portion is decanted, and the ethereal solution is
washed three times with small quantities of water, after
which it is filtered and distilled, and a second extraction
is performed on the distillate. The alkaloid thus re-
covered is dissolved in absolute alcoh6l, and to it are
added 1.49 Gm. of quinine bisulphate, and enough alcohol
to make up the quantity evaporated. The solution is now
evaporated on the water bath to dryness, the residue is
dried, and Kerner's test is proceeded with upon the neu-
tral sulphate thus obtained.
Citrate of Iron and Quinine, By Bernardino Tei. —
The following formula has given very good results in
the author's hands: Fifty Gm. of ferric citrate are dis-
solved in enough boiling water, and to this is added a
filtered solution of 5 Gm. of quinine citrate and y2 Gm.
of citric acid, until a complete solution has been ob-
tained. The two solutions united in this manner are
then evaported over a mild heat until a syrupy liquid is
obtained. This liquid is spread upon glass plates, dried.
and removed by scraping the scales off. These scales
are of garnet color, very soluble, and hygroscopic.
Archtv der Pharmade, VoL 239, No. 8*
The Resins of Balsam of Copaiba. By E. Keto. —
The results of the author's extensive series of investiga-
tions on copaiba balsam show that the balsams of co-
paiba and illurin correspond closely to those of the co-
niferae in chemical properties. They consist of ethereal
oils, resenes, so-called resin-acids, and small quantities
of bitter principles. The relative proportion of these
elements cannot be determined on account of the inti-
mate manner in which they are mixed, and of the easy
solubility they bear toward one another. The bulk of
the balsams consists of ethereal oil, the indifferent
resins occur in smaller quantities, and the resinous acids
may be estimated at about 10 per cent, in the Para va-
riety, and from 30 to 40 per cent, in the Maracaiba
variety. The illurin balsams show such close resem-
blance to the genuine copaiba balsams that they are
probably derived from a closely related species. In two
samples the author found illurinic acid. On the other
hand, he was unable to find in any sample the copaibic
acid of Schweitzer-Rose or the metacopaibic acid of
Strauss.
Contributions to the Study of Emulsin. By Dr. G.
Hent. — The author found that amygdalin is not decom-
posed by a ^2 to I per cent, solution of malic acid. A
solution of this kind, however, if mixed with i per cent
pepsin will rapidly attack slices of egg albumin and dis-
solve the latter. The use of a J/2 to i per cent, solution
of malic acid diminishes but does not destroy the influ-
ence of amygdalin upon emulsin.
The Composition of Sweet Raisin JVines. By Dr.
Aug. Schneegans. — These wines are prepared by mincing
raisins, covering them with water and fermenting carefully.
The amount of water is so regulated that at the completion
of the fermentation a sweet wine results. No artificial
addition is used. The wines are perfectly clear and have
a dark, reddish brown color. The author examined three
samples. The first and second were prepared from dif-
ferent varieties of currants, the third from Thyra raisins.
The latter come from Asia Minor, and are not seedless,
like the currants, and therefore the wine is more astrin-
gent. The proportion of alcohol to glycerin in sample i
was 100 to 11.20; in sample 2, 100 to 10.97; in sample
3, 100 to 8.69. Hence the formation of glycerin takes
place in these wines during fermentation in the same pro-
portion as in the ordinary wines.
The Synthesis of Alpha and Gamma Quinolines. By
R. Camps. — An article dealing with the chemical rela-
tions of these compounds.
The Effects of Oxidation by Copper Salts, By Ed.
Scauer. — This paper treats of the oxidising properties of
certain copper solutions that can be utilized in the de-
tection of minute quantities of copper. The guaiacum
copper reaction for hydrocyanic acid, introduced some
years ago by Schoenbein, is an example of this kind. The
author tested the effects of copper salts in oxidizing vari-
ous substances, especially in the presence of cyanides.
The cyanides increase the capacity of copper salts to
oxidize, by virtue of chemical properties. On the other
hand, the author found that certain strong starch-reduc-
ing substances and certain colloidal metals have the
property of increasing the oxidizing power of copper
salts by their mere presence or contact, — a phenomenon
that has not yet been explained.
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Pharmacetilical Toonal, December.
Pharmacists in Literature, By John C. Sclater. — Sec
American Druggist for December 23, pages 378-383.
(December 7.)
Notes on Pure Otto of Roses. By E, M. Holmes,
F.L.S. — ^In this paper, which was read before the Phar-
maceutical Society of Great Britain, Mr. Holmes touches,
among other things, upon the influence of climate and
soil as affecting the delicacy of the odor of otto of roses.
That there is some influence in climate and in soil will
not be doubted by any one who has cultivated roses. The
more richly manured the soil and the moister the atmos-
phere in summer the finer are the roses. There is at the
present moment no absolutely reliable chemical or physi-
cal means of ascertaining the amount of geraniol, or of
Indian oil of geranium, that may be added by unscrupu-
lous manufacturers or venders, either in the still before
distillation or to the oil after distillation. An excess of
white rose leaves, which are richer in stearoptene than
the red leaves, may be added to the flowers before dis-
tillation as a means of giving that crystalline appearance
to otto of roses which is considered so good a criterion
of its genuine character and freedom from adulteration.
This addition might serve to cover the addition of Turk-
ish oil of geranium. The Bulgarian otto of rose is pre-
pared from a branching form of Rosa damascena, while
the French otto of roses is obtained from a different
species — ^viz., a slightly double form of Rosa, centifolia.
The French otto gives the " white rose " perfume. It is
well known that different roses have different perfumes,
and if the odor of the fresh damask rose be compared
with the Bulgarian otto, it will be found that the two are
not absolutely identical. On this point Mr. Holmes says :
" In Kasanlik and elsewhere I am informed it is known
that the roses must be picked in the form of buds ready
to expand, as exposure of the fully opened flowers to
the air for a few hours results in the loss of perfume, the
oil being situated, as shown by Blondel, in the epidermal
cells of the upper and lower surface of the petals. On
this account the buds, with the green calyx attached, are
thrown into the stills. In gathering the roses a sticky
substance adheres to and coats the fingers of the collect-
ors. This is scraped off and made into small round balls
of the size of marbles, and is used to mix with tobacco
and give it a special aroma. For this purpose M. Mitow
says it is chiefly used by the Arabs.
There is no reliable test for the presence of geranium
oil in otto of rose. To insure protection the oil should
be purchased through a reliable source. The high priced
genuine oil is in the end the cheapest, and the pure oil,
freed from the odorless stearoptene, is cheaper than the
oil containing an uncertain quantity of it, in spite of the
enhanced price. The best method of testing the purity
of the odor is probably by rubbing a drop of the otto
with powdered starch or with chalk, or by placing a
particle on a piece of blotting paper, and noting the
changes in odor that it may or may not undergo during
evaporation. A little practice soon enables one to recog-
nize the odor of geranium oil, or of guaiacum wood, and
the different characteristics of Bulgarian, French or Ger-
man otto. (December 14.)
The Official Test for Myrrh. By Henry G. Greenish.
— ^The British Pharmacopoeia test for distinguishing
myrrh from bdellium and false myrrh has proved un-
satisfactory in the hands of Professor Greenish, and he
also finds objections to the methods of the pharmaco-
pceias of other nations. The requirements of the U. S.
Pharmacopoeia would be satisfactory, he considers, if
the test were stated in greater detail. He suggests the
following test, which he says insures accurate results:
it
Half a gramme of coarsely powdered myrrh, occa-
sionally shaken during ten minutes, with 10 Cc of ether,
should afford a filtrate, 2 Cc. of which should yield, when
evaporated, a residue that is slowly colored violet by con-
tact with the vapor of nitric acid." Professor Greenish
has tried Parker's method of making a tincture of the
drug, allowing a few drops to dry on filter paper, and
drawing a glass rod, dipped in nitric acid, across the
portion that had been moistened, when the violet or
purple color is gradually produced — but prefers the
method that he has suggested, and which is stated above.
On the Preparation of Tincture of Nux Vomica, By
Henry G. Greenish, F.I.C., and F. A. Upsher Smith. —
The authors have investigated the cause of the precipi-
tation that occurs in tincture of nux vomica, and suggest
a remedy. The cause of the deposit is stated to be un-
questionably fat, which is introduced in excessive quan-
tity in the concentrated weak percolate, and although
soluble at summer temperatures in the tinctures, is de-
posited when the solvent powder of the menstruum is
lowered by reducing the temperature. The authors,
therefore, suggest a modification of the official process
to get rid of the oil. The general conclusions reached
by the authors are stated as follows:
(1) That the tlnctnre of nux vomica prepared as offlciaUy
directed may be bright at summer temperatures, but deposit
when cooled.
(2) That this deposit Is largely fatty matter.
(3) That nux vomica seeds contain from 2.6 to 4.7 per cent,
of fat.
(4) That the precipitation of fat may be avoided by remov-
ing fat from the concentrated weak percolate before mixing
It with the reserve percolate.
(5) That the removal of the fat Is best effected by evaporat-
ing the weak percolate to one-third of Its volume, filtering
through paper and continuing the evaporation to the volume
given in the British Pharmacopoeia.
(G) That the use of kaolin does not effect the removal of fflCt
better than paper alone; Its use has the advantage that It
hastens filtration.
(7) That the loss of alkaloid resulting from filtration may
be neglected.
(8) That the resulting liquid extract, together with the
tincture made from it, do not deposit fatty matter; a mixture
prepared from the tincture is bright when made.
(9) That the process of repercolatlon presents a product
loaded with fat which cannot be removed by filtration
through kaolin; moreover, the process Is a slow one.
(10) That in our opinion the ofllclal method is the best for
preparing the liquid extract, provided the Improvement sug-
gested in conclusion (5) be adopted.
(11) That a No. 20 powder is more suitable for percolating
nnx vomica seeds than either a No. 40 or a No. 60 powder.
(12) That the extract obtained from the modified liquid
extract is easily red need to powder.
We therefore suggest the following addition to the text of
the British Pharmacopoeia, page 118, under Bxtractum Nucis
VomlCEB Liquidum:— L. 11, bottom, delete the words " remove
the alcohol by distillation; evaporate the residue. . . ."
Insert "distil until the alcohol has been removed and the
liquid is reduced to one-third of its original volume; filter
when cold; evaporate the filtrate. . . ."
The Apprentice Problem, From a Scottish Point of
Vie7V, By W. Lyon. — Difficulty is being experienced
among Scotch pharmacists in obtaining apprentices of
desirable character, especially as regards education, etc.,
and this paper discusses the subject very fully. It has,
however, only a slight interest for pharmacists in this
country, where apprenticeship is unregulated by law.
G>caliie and Quinine Spray,
Cocftlne gr. ilJ
Camphor fr- zt
Quinine gr. x
Oleic acid m. XXX
Liquid paraffin to SJ
DiMOlye and mix
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Q\ieries and Answers
We mhtll be gUd, in this department, to respond to calls for informstlon on sll plisrinsceutic matters.
To Remove Varnish. — E. R. — ^The application
to the varnished surface of a paste made by the addition
to powdered whiting of a strong solution of lye will be
found effective. The paste should be applied with a
brush.
An Unusual Dose. — E. F. C. writes: "In your
Queries and Answers Department for the issue of (Octo-
ber 14, 1 90 1, the following prescription appeared for
criticism :
Amount in each dose.
QuinlB. bisulphat, Jij grs. Ix
8pt aether, nltrosi, Slv 3ij
Tlnct. nucis vom, JIJ 31
Kalli iodid. 5I 5bs
Spto. frumentis, ad Oi about Siv
M. fet signa : Si every three hours.
Was the dose intended to be one ounce (Si) every three
hours, as it is printed? This dose would be very ex-
cessive unless in some exceptional cases."
We find, on looking up the prescription, that an error
was made in stating the quantity of quinine. In the
original quinine 5i was ordered, but even with this
modification the dose of the different ingredients seems
unusually large, a point which was overlooked in our
-criticism of the prescription. We should certainly hesi-
tate about sending out a mixture each single dose of
which contained a drachm of tincture of nux vomica and
so large a single dose of quinine as 30 grains, particular-
ly when such doses were to be taken thrice daily.
Medicated Cocoanut Oil Soaps.— H. D. Com-
pany. — ^The following series of formulas for soaps of the
Icind named in your inquiry appeared in a recent issue of
a Russian contemporary, the Farmatsevtitchesky Jour-
nal: Herb soap — Cocoanut oil, 40 parts; powdered
melilot, 4 parts; liquor sodae, 39 degrees B., 20 parts.
Tannin soap — Cocoanut oil, 40 parts; liquor sodae, 20
parts; tannin, 0.5 part. Pine soap — Cocoanut oil, 288
parts; liquor sodse, 144 parts; pine oil, 12 parts; Russian
turpentine (pinus sylvestri), 4 parts; green coloring,
soluble in fats, i part. Sulphur soap — Cocoanut oil, 8
parts: liquor sodse, 4 parts; sublimed sulphur, i part.
Iodine soap — Cocoanut oil, 288 parts; liquor sodse, 144
parts; potassium iodide (dissolved in 30 parts of water),
12 parts. Birch tar soap — Cocoanut oil, 8 parts ; liquor
sodse, 4 parts ; birch tar, i part. Creolin soap — Cocoanut
oil, 20 parts ; liquor sodae, 10 parts ; creolin, i part. Ox-
gall soap — Cocoanut oil, 600 parts; liquor sodae, 300
parts; Russian turpentine, 10 parts; potassium bichro-
mate (dissolved in 35 parts of water), 5 parts; ox-gall,
72 parts; green coloring soluble in water, i part. The
various combinations are to be saponified secundem
artem. ^
" Red Albumen." — Various inquirers. — ^As was
explained editorially in the American Druggist for De-
cember 9, 1901, page 341, there is no substance known
to the trade as a definite product bearing the name, red
albumen, though dealers in albumen refer the title to
blood albumen, probably for the reason that the blood
from which the albumen is obtained is originally red in
color, though the product itself is colorless. In fact,
dealers in chemicals and dye-stuffs are now offering to
supply the trade with red blood albumen, which is, how-
ever, not the substance which has been recently brought
to public notice under the name of red albumen, which
is a fanciful name for a mixture of unknown composition
that has been advertised as a nutritive food for hens
by the U. S. Salyx Company, of New Concord, Ohio,
which has notified the trade not to sell blood albumen
when " red albumen " is ordered. This company, by the
way, have gained a somewhat unenviable reputation
through the exploitation of other fancifully named sub-
stances, such as " black pepsin,*' " per algretta," hyper-
samphire, etc. The " black pepsin " fraud was exposed by
the Division of Chemistry of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture very soon after it was introduced a few
years ago. " Black pepsin " was brought to the notice
of the trade by methods very similar to those which have
been adopted for the exploitation of " red albumen." We
have not examined the '* red albumen " as sold by the
U. S. Salyx Company, but have seen the statement that
it consists of a mixture of ground oyster shells and red
pepper.
Toning: to Produce Carbon Effects. — E. E.
R., Jr., asks us to print " a formula for treating paper to
produce carbon effects."
Assuming that the paper to be treated is sensitized
albumen paper, a platinum toning solution is indicated.
The following gives pure black tones on paper of the
kind mentioned:
Sodium acetate 2 drachms.
Gk>ld chloride 4 grains.
Platinum chloride 4 grains.
Distilled water 2 pints.
The solution should be allowed to stand over night
before using. For use mix with equal parts of distilled
water. The print should be rinsed in three or four
changes of water before immersing it in the solution.
After the required tone has been produced fix with hypo
in the usual manner.
Acid Preservative for Meat. — F. G. writes:
'" Can you inform me what I must use with pyroligneous
acid to make a compound for preserving meat and im-
parting to it a smoky flavor ? Any information you may
be able to give me will be appreciated."
In these days of short cuts the old-fashioned process
of smoking hams and other meats by exposing them to
the products of combustion of slow-charring wood in
the old-time smoke house is too slow, and it is becoming
more and more the practice among meat curers to apply
the " smoke " with a paint brush. The liquid commonly
used is pyroligneous acid, but not the pyroligneous acid
of commerce, which is deemed unfit for the purpose in-
dicated.
The more finely flavored hams are those which have
been subjected to fumigation with the smoke of oak,
birch or beech wood, while some famous ham-curers
claim to use only the smoke from beech-nuts. It can
be seen, then, that if one wishes to prepare a satisfactory
preservative he must exercise care in the selection of
his pyroligneous acid. Acid produced by the destructive
distillation of the woods named will probably give the
best results, and the simplest way to make certain of a
correctly flavored and uniform product is to do one's own
distilling, or enter into an arrangement with some wood
distiller for a uniform product made from a certain kind
of wood. There are a number of large wood distilling
plants in the Eastern States, some one of which probably
distills from beech wood only, and which might for a
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
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consideration furnish an acid containing the full content
of creosote. Failing in this, one might take a pyro-
ligneous acid lacking in the proper flavor and treat it
with beech wood creosote. Beech wood creosote being
soluble in 150 parts of water, is often used in aqueous
solutions for imparting a smoky flavor to meat, but meat
thus cured lacks the fuller flavor of meat which has been
subjected to fumigation by the smoke arising from the
combustion of beech wood, a fact which is easily com-
prehended when it is borne in mind that the smoke con-
tains other volatile compounds besides creosote, as does
also pyroligneous add.
Starch Gloss. — J. A. G. — Formulas for starch
gloss, or glaze, are numerous. It is supplied in diflferent
forms, as a liquid, powder, or molded into cakes. The
powder variety consists usually of a mixture of powdered
talcum and powdered white soap in varying proportions.
The following formula is given in " Pharmaceutical
Formulas," and the product is said to be popular in Eng- .
land:
Powdered talcum 3 oz.
Powdered white soap 1 oz.
This is put up in one drachm packets to retail at the
equivalent of five cents, with the following label :
Directions.-— Take a piece of new dry flannel and dip it
into the glaze-powder; rub it well over the right side of the
starched article, then proceed to iron in the usual way, when
a beantifnl gloss will be obtained. Put in a little borax in
making the starch to give stiffness, as usuaL
A so-called Satinette Starch Finish has the following
composition :
Powdered talcnm 1 oz.
Powdered white soap % oz.
Powdered borax ^ drachm.
Liquid preparations are preferred by some, and the
following is the formula of a preparation used in large
laundry establishments:
Powdered starch 2 drachms.
Powdered acacia 1% drachms.
Powdered borax 1 drachm.
Glycerin % drachm.
Water .2 oz.
Dissolve the acacia in the water, followed by the
borax and the glycerin ; then incorporate the starch, rub-
bing up to a homogeneous mixture, which should be
strained afterward to exclude any lumps. A tablespoon-
ful of this mixture added to a quart of starch is supposed
to produce the much desired glaze on linen which has
been treated with the mixture.
Dyes for Solution in Collodion.— J. W. R. asks
us to state what particular dye is best adapted for color-
ing a collodion to be used for coating electric light bulbs.
The colors wanted are red, green and blue.
Any of the aniline dyes soluble in alcohol will answer
— ^. g., fuschin for red, resorcin blue M, for blue, and
aniline green D. for green. These or similar dyes can
be purchased through any wholesale druggist, or prefer-
ably from a dealer in essential oils and confectioners'
colors, such as W. J. Bush & Co., 5 Jones lane; Fries
Brothers, 92 Reade street, or Fritzsche Brothers, Barclay
street, New York City.
Eucamphol. — S. E. P. asks us to inform him of a
preparation sold under the name eucamphol, and where
it is obtainable. Any of our readers who have informa-
tion bearing on this query would oblige by sending such
information to us on a postal card.
BUSINESS BUILDING.
Gwdocted by U. G. Manning*
The Department Editor will be pleased to criticise advertisements y
suggest improvements^ and answer all questions coming
within the scope of this department.
SOME FACTS AND FIGURES.
I HAVE never known a single retailer who has done-
good advertising, and enough of it, continuously
for one year, who has failed to get satisfactory results.
Exceptions have doubtless occurred, but I do not know
of them. If any reader of this department has had the
opposite experience I shall be pleased to hear from him.
By good advertising I mean the use of sensible, newsy
ads systematically presented. In the newspapers this*
means a fresh ad at least once a week. If circulars are
relied upon, at least twelve diflferent ones should be sent
out during the year, under a system of distribution that
insures their getting into the hands of those for whom-
intended.
There are few merchants outside the larger cities-
who should not combine both circular and newspaper
advertising, and each method should be carried on a&
systematically as clockwork.
THE OTHER SIDE OF IT.
Also note that the above proposition involves doing
enough advertising. Here is where you catch almost
every advertising grumbler. Most retail advertisers try
to make one horse pull a four-horse load. The necessary
thing is to arrive, and enough power must be applied to-
insure arrival. It is common to find combined with pro-
fessed lack of faith in advertising a boundless hope as to
results.
A merchant spends $75.00 to $100.00 a year in adver-
tising and is disappointed if he fails to get several hun-
dred per cent, on his investment. As a result of the
obvious power of advertising there lurks in the common
mind a superstitious error as to its potency. People go
into it as a sort of gamble. If the first turn of the card
does not yield remarkable winnings they are ready to
condemn. As a matter of fact their attitude is entirely
wrong.
ADVERTISrNG IS AN INVESTMENT.
Advertising is an investment first, last and all the
time. It should be looked upon, not as a lottery, but as a
plain business proposition. It should be handled as sys-
tematically as any other department of business. Time
must be given for the investment to grow, and the ordi-
nary advertiser must be satisfied with a reasonable result.
The advertiser who spends one hundred dollars or less
a year for advertising might easily have his money come
back doubled and still not be able to trace any direct re-
sults from his advertising. The average druggist spends
less than one per cent, of his gross sales for advertising,
when he should spend two and one-half per cent. This
expenditure should be kept up, rtot one year, but every
year, because that is the way to make money out of ad-
vertising. Results are cumulative ; each additional dollar
helps to increase returns from the preceding dollar.
FORCING RESULTS.
The man who wishes to force results, who wishes to
see marked results at once, must back up his wishes with
cash, must spend money freely. This is the last thing
the average advertiser will do; he wants his results to
come from his little expenditure. He can get results
this way, but must remember that they have to be waited
for. For instance, you have an average business, say
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
$8,000, in an average town. Your appropriation for ad-
vertising is $100.00 per year. This is put into one or
more papers having a total circulation of 1,500 copies.
Each paper is perhaps read by three people, making a
total of 4,500 readers a week. You spend $2.00 each
week to reach these people — that is, you expend about
one-seventh of a cent, a week upon each subscriber, or
one-twentieth of a cent, a week on each reader. In other
words, yon spend about seven cents a year advertising
to each family, or two and one-half cents a year to each
individual. Now what do you expect from this two and
one-half cents a year? The remarkable thing about it is
that you dare expect anything, but you can.
If you get on an average from each individual in-
creased trade to the extent of three cents a month, thirty-
five cents a year, your advertising has paid a profit.
As results from advertising are cumulative and your
expenditure per individual is so small, it is obviously
unfair to hope to sec marked results in a short time. It
is even impossible to form any correct idea as to results
in as long a time as a year, because the money spent dur-
ing the latter portion of the year has not had time to
expend its force, and because you carry over into other
years the new customers gained.
Two good customers secured as a result of the entire
year's advertising would in the long run be apt to repay
the entire investment.
THE PERMANENT CUSTOMER.
This brings us to the point commonly overlooked,
which is that the advertising of the average retailer re-
sults in permanent customers rather, than in large imme-
diate sales of the items advertised.
Immediate results are desirable and c^n be had, but
the fact remains that not one druggist in ten can or will
do what is necessary to get them. To force results you
must spend more money than you commonly spend, or
you must make special price inducements (which is an-
other way of doing the same thing).
The moral of this homily is this : If you are spending
a 'relatively small amount for advertising, you can be
quite sure of ultimate results if you are persistent and
systematic, though returns will necessarily be in keeping
with the expenditure and will come slowly. If you
spend, properly, 2j4 per cent, of your sales in advertising
you should see marked results in a year and direct results
as you go along. If you spend considerably more, you
can see immediate results.
What I wish to especially impress is that the man
who is spending comparatively little for advertising
should not be discouraged. It is almost impossible for
him to fail to get profitable returns in time. If he does
not keep at it he will get nothing.
ji Ji Ji
MAKE US USEFUL.
Send in your ads for criticism or suggestion, or ask
questions as often as you like. A little hint on adver-
tising is often of much value. Any information at the
command of this department is always freely given.
CRITiaSM AND COMMENT.
David Loeser, Montclair, N. J., submits the December
issue of his store paper, which is called " Health Notes."
This is a well edited little paper of eight pages, contain-
ing a good selection of miscellaneous matter, interspersed
with advertising. Some of the ads are displayed, others
are in the form of reading notices.
It is hard to get too much of a good thing, but it is a
question whether a four-page paper of equal size would
not do as well, and I believe that a larger proportion of
the space could wisely be devoted to direct advertising.
Too much liberality as to matter is apt to bankrupt one's
supply of material and make later issues a burden, or
After the
GtRIPPB
a troublesome cough usually remains.
The more you cough the sorer your
throat becomes. Don't waste time.
Don't let the hack go on until your
throat becomes raspy and sensitive
so that you can hardly go out with
comfort at night.
Use Loeser's Cough Syrup.
It is soothing and healing. It helps
you discharge the annoying phlegm.
The best testimonial for Loeser's
Cough Syrup is the quantity sold of.it,
over 2000 bottles during the past year.
Loeser's Pharmacies,
lORTCLlIR. I. J.
A Ctood AdTertiaeiMnt.
cause tlie intervals between issues to be extended. Any
store paper should come out at least once a month.
BDITOB BuBIinEBB BXHLDINO:
I inclose under separate cover several advertlsementi
which, if worthy of consideration, please enter in contest for
business publicity.
I enjoy noting each month your comments and crltlclsmsv
and to me, outside of prices current, your department Is the
strongest feature of the American Druggist.
H. G. Plerson.
Homellsville, N. Y.
The ads sent are all good, good enough to pull busi-
ness. The text is better than the display. I very mudi
doubt if these ads are as conspicuous on the page as they
should be. They are sandwiched in between other double
column ads, are without border, and suffer from being
set in unsuitable type.
I believe this advertiser could make a ten strike by
? getting a few fonts of type of a distinctive chanicter
or his exclusive use.
As to the ads sent, the following is the best. It is
good from headline to signature:
Moderate Priced
WaU Paper,
Why should moderate price mean bad art? It
costs no more to print a good pattern In bright
artistic colors than It costs to print a bad pattern
In bad colors. We select all our patterns with this
In view, for we find an artistic design will outsell
a poor one. In a word, we touch the highest public
taste without overshooting It. We Invite your In-
spection. Price begins at 3 cents per single rolL
The Plerson.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY.
Twenlr-ftth Gtaml Meettng Held tl Houdoa Hall, Uolvcntty
(rf PetuwylvanU,
(SpeciiU Correipo7i4enee.)
Pun^ADELPHiA, January 2, 1902.
FOB tha flret time In eleven years the American Chemical
Society bat held Its general meeting la Pblladelpbla. The
local branch, which Is known as tbe Philadelphia Section
of tbe American Chemical Society, and which Is one of tbe
lar^st sections of that organization, fairly oatdld Itself In
■bowing the hospitable nature of Pblladelpblans to tbe visit-
ing members, many of whom had come long distances to at-
tend the meeting. The meeting. In point of attendance and In
the number and Interest of tbe papers read, was one of tbe
moat successful hi the history of tbe organization. There were
about 175 names on tbe registry list of members, and there
were 37 papers offered, many of which bad to be read by title,
owing to the limited Ume available for this purpose.
Tbe sessions were held In Houston Hall, one of tbe numer- >
ous buildings of the Dniverslty of Pennsylvania, and lasted
from 9.30 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, December
SO and 31. At 1 o'clock, on each of these days, a bountiful
lunch was served by the University, and the afternoons were
devoted to sightseeing, a number of Interesting trips having
been planned, whereby the chemists were enabled to visit
many t^hnlcal laboratories and other places of professional
Interest
The opening session on Monday was presided over by J.
Merrltt Matthews, tbe chairman of the local section, who made
tbe address of welcome, and Introduced to the members bis
honor, Samuel H. Ashbrldge, the Mayor of the city of Phila-
delphia. After a brief address by tbe Mayor, who tendered
tbe hospitality of the city to tbe guests, especially Inviting
them to visit tbe new flttratlon experiment stations. Dr. Edgar
F. Smith, vice provost of the University of Pennsylvania, wel-
comed the visitors to the University Itself.
President F. W. Clarke of the United States Geological
Survey, the retiring president of the society, then made an
address, and Albert C. Hale, tbe secretary of the society, read
his annual report. In the secretary's report be called attention
to tbe fact that In 1800 the society bad a membership of 238,
vhlle to-day It Is 1,933. The Philadelphia Sections stands
fourth among tbe local bodies, with Its 116 members.
Various reports were read and adopted, and Dr. William
H. Seaman, of Washington, D. C. reed a reaoiutlon in favor of
governmental adoption of the decimal system In all depart-
ments of tbe Government, except tbe public land surveys.
This resolution was turned over to the Council for consid-
eration. On Monday afternoon tbe trips which were offered
were as follows:
<1) Baldwin Locomotive. Works; United States Mint (2)
City Filtration Experiment Station; Bergner & Engel's Brew-
ery. (3) MIdvale Steel Company's Works. (4) Barrett Mfg.
Company, working up of Coal Tar Oils; United States Arsenal,
special laboratory equipment. (ES) John B. Stetson Company,
bat manufacture; Duugan & Hood, Glazed Kid and Morocco
Works. (6) C. H. Masland & Sons, carpet mills.
Many members took advantage of tbe opportunities offered,
and were hospitality entertained at each of the various places.
On Monday evening, at 8 o'clock. President P. W. Clarke
delivered bis address at tbe rooms of the Acorn Club, 1618 Wal-
nut street. The address, which lasted for about an hour, was
very attentively listened to by all present in It Professor
Clarke outlined the progress of chemistry during tbe past ISO
years, and showed the forces which bad operated to establish
It upon a Arm footing. These forces he declared to be four In
number: (1) Independent work by Individuals who are
prompted by a love of Investigation: (2) Commercial require-
ments; (3) Governmental research laboratories; (4j The work
which has proceeded from educational InstltutlonB. Each of
these was thoroughly considered in all of Its aspects, and atten-
tion was called to tbe possibility of overdevelopment along
certain directions to the exclusion of other equally Important
branches. He stated that physiological chemistry was Just be>
ginning to attain the importance which It should have had long
before. In lUustratlng the wonderful growth of chemistry as
a Klence, he mentioned that he thought It was Bersellus who
had said: " I shall be the last man to know all about chem-
Mry." His address ended with a plea for the establishment
«C rMetrch laboratories where systematic efforts of trained
' From titt PUtatMphto North Amtrleait.
TWO OFFtCEBS Off TUB AMBSICAN CHEMICAL SOCIDTX.
workers would result In giving to the world results which can-
not be obtained by any other method.
After the address was concluded the ladles of tbe Acorn
Club tendered a reception to the members and visitors, and at
10 o'clock the male members of tbe society proceeded to the
University Club at 1510 Walnut street, where a smoker, or
" kommers," as It was called, was held, and where good cheer
reigned supreme until an early hour.
The meeting on Tuesday was principally devoted to the
reading of papers, among which were the following: "Tbe
volumetric estimation of alumina and free and combined
sulphuric add In alums," by Alfred H. White; "Aqua am-
monia: Its Impurities and methods of analysis," by J. D.
Pennock and D. A. Morton; "A method of analyzing oil var-
nishes," by Parker C. McUhenny; "The oxygen bases, a re-
view," by James Xiewls Howe; " Instantaneous chemical reac-
tions and the theory of electrolytic dissociation," by Loula
Kablenherg; "The electro chemical Industries at Niagara
Falls," by Prof. C. P, Chandler; " What are the require-
ments of a course to train men for work In Industrial chem-
istry ? " by W. A. Noyes: " Latest types of formaldehyde re-
generators," by Wm. Dreyfus.
These papers were all listened to attentively, and Profeswr
Chandler, especially, held tbe attention of the members for an
hour, which seemed like fifteen minutes, so Interesting waa
bis description of tbe wonderful electrolytic processes made
possible by tbe harnessing of Niagara.
Tbe list of papers presented shows a remarkable change In
one respect from former lists. It seems to Indicate a reversion
to inorganic work, for a large majority of the papers deal
with Inorganic subjects, and very little was offered along the
lines of organic work, which has held the attention of promi-
nent Investigators for so long.
The trips for Tuesday afternoon were well attended, and
were as follows: (7) Baldwin Locomotive Works; United States
Mint (8) Harrison Bros. & Co., Inc.. manufacture of chem-
icals and paints, electrolytic method for production of sodium;
Philadelphia Navy Yard. (9) Gllllnder &, Sons, glass works;
Quaker City Dye Works. (10) Wetherlll & Bro.. white lead; J.
Bavenson & Son, soap works. (11) City Filtration Bxperiment
Station; GIrard College.
On Tuesday evening a banquet was held at the Hotel Bing-
ham on Market street where the members met for the last
time this year as a body, and where the same good che^ pre-
vailed as at the smoker, only In this case It waa added to ttf
the presence of the ladles.
The next meeting will take place In Pittsburg on June 80
and July 1 of this year. The following officers were elected:
President, Dr. Ira Bemsen, of Johns Hopkins nDlversltr,
Baltimore; members of the council, to serve three years. Dr.
A. A. Noyes, of the Massachusetts InstltDte of TechDologj,
Boston; C. P. McKenna, of New York, and Dr, T. M. Drown,
president of Lehigh University. The following electlona were
announced by tbe council: Secretary, Dr. Albert C. Hale^ of
Brooklyn; treasurer, Albert P. Hallock, of New York; Ubni^
Ian, B. Q. Ijove. of New York; editor. Dr. W. A. Noyes, of
Terre Haute, Ind.; directors, to serve three years, B. B. Smith
and Dr. G. F. Smith, both of New York; Committee on Papers
and Publlcatioas. W. A. Noyes, editor; W. F. HlUetxiad.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
Washington; J. H. Long, Chicago; William McMurtrie. New
York; A. A. NoyeB, Boston; Edward Hart, Easton, Pa.; Dr.
Bdgar F. Smith, Philadelphia; H. N. Stokes, Washington;
H. P. Talbot, Boston; H. W. Wiley, Washington; Finance
Ck)mmitt6e, J. H. Wainwright, Durant Woodman, O. F. Mc-
Kenua, all of New York; Committee on Membership, William
McMurtrie, of New York; C. L. Reese, of Newark, N. J.;
B. G. Love, of New York.
Many prominent chemists from all parts of the country
were present at the various sessions, among whom may be
mentioned Dr. Ira Remsen, of Baltimore, the new president of
the society; H. W. Wiley, F. W. Clark, Chas. B. Dudley, Wm.
McMurtrie, S. P. Sadtler. C. F. Chandler, F. W. Dodge, W. O.
Atwater, Prof. C. A. Doremus, Prof. M. T. Bogert, Prof. C. E.
Pellew and others.
N. A. R. D. NOTES.
Chicago, Jan. 1, 1902.— The following letter has been re-
ceived at national headquarters:
Murfreesboro, Tenn., Noyember 36, 1001. — ^Dr. Joi. R. Noel, organ-
iser, N. A. R. D., Chicago. — ^Dear Sir : After a conference of the of&cers
of the Tennessee State Druggists* Association we have decided to ask
the N. A R. D. to send an organiser to this State tor the purpose of
organizing local associations throughout the State, and this letter is
written for the purpose of conyeylng such Inyltation to the N. A R. D.
We hope the work can begin at an early date. Very respectfully, H. W.
McDonald, president ; R. w. Vickers, secretary ; David J. Kuhn, second *
Tloe-president ; John J. Ingles, first ylce-presldent ; J. C. Trehem, third
vice-president ; J. C. Ammons, treasurer ; J. Ooldbaum, chairman Trade
Interests Committee.
The following are the new officers of the Detroit and
Wayne County Association: President, Albert L. Walker; sec-
retary. Grant W. Stevens; treasurer, Wm. Dupont; all of De-
troit Mr. Chas. F. Mann, who has been officially connected
with the association for about five years, during which time
he has also served the State asaoclation as an officer, says he
Is glad to be relieved of active work, but that he will never
cease to take an abiding interest in the two organizations men-
tioned and the N. A. R. D. Mr. Mann is a stanch advocate of
the tripartite plan, with which plan he is confident " the Na-
tional Association will yet win the day."
A Western manufacturer, referring to the difficulty ex-
perienced by the National Bxecutive Committee in accomplish-
ing the purposes of the N. A. R. D. with the amount of funds
placed in their hands, has this to say: " It seems to us the
retailers do not take Interest enough in their association. In-
asmuch as you have such an enormous number of people to
draw from, the N. A. R D. would be much better off if they
would stir up the retailers to take an interest in its affairs
to the extent of paying a reasonable amount into the national
treasury, say $5 per annum. In this manner you would have
money enough to accomplish a great deal."
Executive Committeeman Bingham has written as follows
to a Southern jobbing house in Alabama: " Organizer Post
has done good work in Alabama. He has organized Mont-
gomery, Anniston, Gadsden and Huntsville, and in this latter
place has succeeded in bringing the druggists together and
stopping cutting^ and I recently saw a letter of thanks written
to him from a prominent druggist there, stating that be had
accomplished for them what they thought was an impossi-
bility—the uniting of the druggists of the city and restoring
prices. Mr. Post endeavors to take in all who handle patents
and gives each member a price schedule agreed on by the
membership. As to the fees charged, of $3.60 and 60 cents,
the 13.60 is the fee fixed as an organization fee and the 60
cents is the annual dues to the N. A. R. D. and is legitimate,
being collected in the several States where we now have or-
ganizers at work. The keynote of success for the tripartite
plan is organization of local affiliated bodies. The results of
the work, as a matter of course, largely, if not entirely, depend
on the organized associations and their faith in each other.
This Mr. Post nor no one else can control. Testimonials from
many cities and towns in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Missouri,
Indiana and other States are in our possession, showing the
great value these organizers have been in cutting localities—
healing breaches and uniting the druggists where before noth-
ing but discord and cutting prevailed. Our national officers
try to make the work self-sustaining by the fees charged, as
above mentioned, which is small compared with the vast
amount of good being accomplished to local druggists wher-
ever associations are organized. I have «gone into detail in
this matter to give you an insight into what the N. A. R. D.
is trying to accomplish: and if it is accomplished it will prove
of great benefit to the three national bodies representing the
drug trade. I hope the druggists of Alabama will take ad-
vantage of this opportunity to organize and work In unison
to uphold the dignity of our profession."
The following is a partial list of the associations that have
recently become affiliated with the N. A. R. D.: Alabama-
Madison County, Northwestern Alabama (comprising Lauder-
dale, Colbert and Franklin counties), Fayette-Lamar Countj»
Tri-County (comprising Walker, Winston and Marion coun-
ties), Tennessee Valley (comprising Morgan, Limestone and
Lawrence counties). Illinois— The following county associa-
tions: Champaign, Cole, Clark, Cumberland, Crawford, Doug-
las, ESdgar, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland, Edwards- Wabash,
Wayne and White. So much interest was manifested in the
organization meeting of the last named association that sev-
eral of the country members drove to town, bringing their
wives and daughters with them. An amicable adjustment of
an unpleasantness of long standing between two druggrists of
the county was effected and the new association starts out
with fine prospects. Iowa—The following county associations:
Adams, Adair, Appanoose, Clarke, Lucas, Madison, Marion,
Monroe and Union. A lady pharmacist. Miss Lulu Snelson,
of Fontanelle, was elected secretary of the association last
named. Kentucky— The following county associations: Crit- .
tenden and Livingston. Michigan— Kent County, with 78 mem-
bers. Grand Rapids is the county seat in this county. Mis-
souri—Cooper County. New York— Oswego County. In this
county prices have been restored to full figure as the result of
the organizer's work. Wisconsin— Grant County, Crawford
County and Richland County.
A vigorous cut rate war in which, after the first day, the
druggists forced the fighting, has been won at Freeport, IlL
In a very short time the cutter was glad to sell out and quit
business. Secretary Jungkunz, after expressing the gratitude
of his association for the help received from the N. A. R. D.,
assures the Executive C!ommittee of their continued loyalty.
An Eastern proprietor finds fault with the N. A. R. D. be-
cause, as he says, the retailers are not living up to their agree-
ment to sell tripartite proprietaries " without argrument," even
where profitable prices can be obtained for these goods. How
much truth there may be in this claim is not known, but loyal
members of the National Association should bear in mind con-
stantly their obligation to give the proprietors who are co-
operating with us the full benefit of their advertising. In this
way only can the success of our plans to increase the profit-
ableness of selling proprietaries be assured. By judicious,
well directed advertising the opportunity is afforded every
druggist to create a demand for his own preparations, and he
ought to be Independent enough to let his goods take care of
themselves and not seek to advance their sale by taking ad-
vantage of the advertising of other manufacturers. The Jus-
tice of this observation will commend itself to every right
thinking druggist.
The attorneys employed by the committee to look after the
litigation by which the anti-trust law of Illinois is to be tested
with reference to the enforceability of legal price restriction
are getting its case in readiness, and it will be pushed with
vigor and the determination to procure for the drug trade
every advantage that can possibly be secured by the operation
of the price restrictive plan. In this connection the committee
urges upon all associations the necessity of keeping It In-
formed of the conditions with reference to price cutting which
exist in the territory covered by .these associations. The com-
mittee is anxious to do all in its power to advance the inter-
ests of the members of the affiliated bodies, but it is powerless
to render any assistance without knowing what aid is needed
and how this help can be effectively rendered. It would be,
of course, the height of injustice to charge the committee with
a lack of concern or a lack of efficiency in correcting the con-
ditions in any given locality if the committee was not informed
of these conditions; and it should not be forgotten that in the
most favorable circumstances the task of keeping track of
more than five hundred associations is not easy of accomplish-
ment
The National Executive Committee takes advantage of the
beginning of the new year to congratulate the association upon
the absence of all disposition to strife and discord which now
happily characterizes the membership, and the determination
everywhere manifested to go forward in the work of increas-
ing the usefulness of the N. A. R. D.
WHAT OHIO SAID.
The ^American Drtigrgrist '^ Vindicated.
[From The Druggiata Circular for January, 1902.]
At the N. A. R. D. convention held at Buffalo in October
last things reached fever heat at times, as all who were pres-
ent, or have read the accounts of the meeting as reported in
the journals, are aware. At one of the most exciting point*
In the meeting E. C. Lingan, of Ohio, jumped to his feet and
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
madu a sbort ep«ccb wblcb bas beea very mucb discussed
since.
Tbere have been various reportB as to wbat Mr. Lfngan
really said, and to ahl those interested in arriving at tbe facts
In tbe case some quotations are here made. To begin witb,
the Circular will repeat what It aatd In Its account of the
meeting, and will add that any remarks which Mr. LIngan
may have made and which It did not report were drowned by
the hieses and cries which tbe Oret sentence of his speecb
elicited. The Circular eald that Mr. LIngan " stated that he
would not be responsible for the continued afflliatlon of hla
State If tills vital matter was Juggled. His speech was re-
ceivi'd with hisses."
.Merck's Market Beport contains tbe following:
Ad Ohio delegate atated that l( dlBCDisloa In reKsrd to price pro-
tection were Bniaehered, " Ohio will not be respoiiBlEle tor ber future
■ailBtlon wilh ths >HOeI>tlon," but wltb a tslr dlBCOiBloD tlie Ohio
detegateB wanld lubmit to tbe rule of tbe majoritj.
The account of the meeting as contained In the Amebican
Dbuooist seems to have been tbe cause of some of tbe con-
tention which has since arisen over the matter. It follows:
would not be respouHlble for her afflfli.
... -_^ initracted to tUe notice that It Che Worceiter plan la
,_. or imothrred. Ohio will wltbdraw from the N. A. B. D."
li declaration gn the part of Ohio did not anee with tbe temper ol the
iherlDs In the allghteit,^ bot waa recelTetTwltb a tumult of hooting
WS
The Era did not report the remarks In question, but W.
Bodemann, of Illinois, has written a letter to that paper In
which the following words occnr;
I heard with mine own earn that a Bentleman ahouted. " Oblo fllea
notice right bare that U the Woccelter plan la relecCed Oblo wltb-
drawi from the N. A. R. D."
Mr. LIngan bas appeared In tbe public prints with a state-
ment whicb Is here reproduced in part:
M7 lansnage on the Boor of the convention, ai can be verlfled by
ateaogTapblc report, waa aa foUowa : " Oblo dealrea to aa; that It
tfala resolution la amotbered or plgeon-boled we will not be reaponalble
tor the future coarae of Ohio In the National Aaaociatlon : but I( the
matter is given a fair dlacnaalon b; the bod; of the convention we will
aubmil to the will of the majority."
Other pnblicHtions which have been examined do not make
any specific nioiition of the speech.
Ptunnacy Law Amendments introduced*
Senator Hill, of Erie County, has Introduced Into tbe Senate
or the State of New York the amendments to the pharmacy
law agreed vpaa at the recent conference of local asBociatlons
held under the auspices of the legislative committee of the
State association. The following Is a summary of the amend-
ments: Subdivision 2, relating to tbe constitution of the board,
after the words: "No person shall be eligible for election to
the State Board of Pharmacy unless he be a citizen of the State
of New York and a resident and licensed pharmacist from that
section of tbe State from which elected," Is amended by the ad-
dition of the following: " And, if elected from the Bastem
Section, unless be also be a member of an incorporated phar-
maceutical society or association as provided In subdivision 4
Immediately following."
Subdivision 4 la amended by striking out tbe first twelve
lines reading: " The election of the members of the State
Board of Pharmacy for the Eastern Section shall occur In the
month of June In each year, two of them shall be elected by
the Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association, two by the Kings
County Pharmaceutical Society and one by the German
Apothecaries' Society," and the addition of the following new
matter: " The election of the members of aald State Board of
Pharmacy for the Eastern Section shall occur In tue month
of June of each year. The State Board of Pharmacy shall
designate a date in said month and a place in tbe Borough of
Manhattan and a place In the Borough of Brooklyn for said
election, and shall give fifteen days' notice of said time and
place to the societies or associations In said section, herein-
after described. At the time and place so designated in the
Borough of Manhattan, three members for aald section shall
be elected, and no person shall be eligible for election, or to
vote at such election, unless he be a resident of one of the
counties of New York, or Westchester, and n member of the
New York State Phamsceutlcal Association, or of an Incor-
porated pharmaceutical association or society In one of the
said counties, whose members are required to be licensed pbar-
maclsta or druggists. At the time and place designated as
aforesaid In the Borough of Brooklyn two members for said
section shall be elected, and no person shall be eligible for
election unless he be a resident of one of the other countieB In
said section and a member of the New York State Pharmaceu-
rical Association, or of one of the incorporateil pharmaceutical
associations or societies In said other counties, whose members
lire required to be licensed pharmacists or druggists."
A bill was Introduced in tbe Legislature on January 9
having for Its object the amending of the public health laws
by excepting regularly licensed and practicing physicians
from the prohibitory clause which prevents them from con-
ducting a drug store, and directing the State Board of Phar-
macy to Issue a license to physicians who present proper
proof that they are legally authorized to practice medicine.
The bin was Introduced by Assemblyman Olln T. Nye, who
iK Ji lnw.vp,r of Watkins, X. Y.
N. Y. STATE BOARD OFj PHARMACY.
Annt«I Meeting and Electionftrf Of&cets,T "
The annual meeting of the New York State Board of Phar-
Liacy waa held at Albany on Monday, January 6, at 10
'clock a.m. President Hobert K. Smither, of Bntfato, called
Byron M. Htdk,
I'realdent of the New York State Board of Pharmacy.
the meeting to order and asked for.a roll call by the Becretary.
Members present were: Clarence O. Blgelow, New York- Al-
bert H. Brundage, Brooklyn; George C. Dlekraan. New York-
Sidney Faber, New York; WilUam Mnlr, Brooklyn; Warren
L, Bradt, Albany; Byron M. Hyde, Rochester; George H
Merrltt. Ithaca: Charles B. Sears, Auburn; Judson B. Todd
Newburgh; Wlllta G. Gregory, Buffalo; Edgar M Jeweu'
Batavia; Alfred M. Palmer, Olean; Geo. Belmann, Buffalo"
Robert K. Smltber, Buffalo.
At tbe suggestion of tbe president, Secretary Paber pre-
sented the reports of the different sectional officers, and read
his own annual report. Tbe secretary's report stated that
there were 3,925 stores registered with the Board as phar-
macies and twelve aa drug stores. Of the total number of
pharmacies registered, 2,235 were located In the Bastem
Section. 1,285 In the Middle and 405 in tbe Western Section
Of the drug stores, two were In the Eaatem, six in the Mid-
dle and four In the Western Section. The stores Inspected
and reinspected were: Eastern Section, 2.869; Middle, 665 and
Western, 358. More than 900 samples of drugs, medicinal
preparations, etc., were examined to see whether they were
up to the standard required by the law. Appllcante for li-
censes were examined In the different sections as follows-
PharmadstB, Eastern Section, 210; Middle, 74; Western 40-
dnigglsts. Eastern Section, 3; Middle. 40; Western, 87. These
were all new applicants. The total number of all applicants
examined. Including those who were reexamined, waa about
President Smitber's annual report to the Ooremor of th»
i8
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
State was then submitted to the Board for its approTal, and
after some discussion and modification was adopted. This
report will be submitted to GoTemor Odell some time this
month, as the law provides.
The Board then adjourned sine die, but came together
immediately after adjournment in order to effect an organiza-
tion for the ensuing year. The members were called to order
by Dr. A. H. Brundage, of Brooklyn, who acted as temporary
chairman. Sidney Faber, of New York, was chosen temporary
secretary, and there were named as tellers for the election of
new officers. Dr. W. G. Gregory, of Buffalo; G. H. Merritt.
of Newburgh. Nominations were then declared in order, and
Byron M. Hyde, of Rochester, was named as president for
the ensuing year, to succeed R. K. Smither. There was no
opposition, but the formality of taking a ballot was carried
out and Mr. Hyde was thereupon declared elected. The vote
for first vice-president was not unanimous, but Albert H.
Brundage, of Brooklyn, was elected. Dr. W. G. Gregory was
unanimously elected second vice-president, and Sidney Faber,
of ^ew York, was chosen general secretary and treasurer.
Meetings of the three branch boards were held synchronously
for the election of branch officers, when the officers who held
office last year were re-elected, the chairmen and secretaries
of the respective branches being named as follows: Eastern
branch, Clarence O. Bigelow, chairman; Sidney Faber, sec-
retary. Middle branch, Ghas. B. Sears, chairman; W. L.
Bradt, secretary. Western branch, B. M. Jewell, chairman;
George Reimann, secretary.
The general Board adjourned to meet in Elmira on June
26, 1902, with the State Pharmaceutical Association, when
an election to fill the vacancy in the Middle branch caused
by the death of J. O. Smith, of Plattsburg, wiU be held. The
appointment by President Smither of Judson B. Todd was
for the interim between the date of the appointment and the
annual meeting of the State Pharmaceutical Association.
Two elections will be held at this meeting. One to fill the
unexpired term of the deceased member, which extended to
January, 1903, and another for the full term of five years
from that date. The fact that two elections must be held is
something that is not generally known in the Middle Section,
but such is the case, nevertheless. It is expected that Jud-
son B. Todd, of Ithaca, will be named to fill the vacancy at
both elections, though other candidates are in the field.
CHARGED WITH EXTORTION.
Phannacy Inspector Held for the Grand Jury.
In the Amebican Dbugoist for November 25, 1901, page
326, and for December 9, 1901, page 363, particulars were given
of the arrest of an inspector of the Eastern Section of the New
York State Board of Pharmacy on a charge of extortion pre-
ferred by a licensed pharmacist in business in Brooklyn. The
attitude of the members of the local branch of the board
toward the case, it will be recalled, occasioned some surprise.
Instead of supporting the pharmacist they put obstacles In
his way and lent their counsel for the defense of the Inspector.
It will be remembered by those who have followed the
history of the case that Mr. Cipes, the plalntiflT. was not pres-
ent in court when the case was called on November 29. Mr.
Cipes explained his absence by stating that he believed court
was not called until ten o'clock. He arrived five minutes be-
fore that time, and was told that the case had been dismissed
because of his absence by Magistrate Higginbotham. The
belief was general upon this disposition of the case that it
would end then and there. Mr. Cipes did not wish to appear
as a persecutor of the man personally, but he at the same time
believed that the Board of Pharmacy should not continue as
one of its officials a man against whom crooked work had been
charged.
" I waited to see what the board would do," said Mr. Cipes
to an American Dbugoist representative the other day. " and
when, according to a report in a drug paper, they came out
with a statement that they had investigated the complaint
and found that it was all a conspiracy, that Mr. Lorenz had
not yet been reinstated, but that he might be, I considered it
my duty to show the board that there was no conspiracy, and
that I had told the truth."
Druggist Cipes. accordingly, on December 17, went to Mag-
istrate Furlong, who had had the case originally, and made out
an affidavit A summons was Issued for Lorenz to appear
and give reasons why the case should not be reopened. He
appeared without his lawyer and the case was for that reason
adjourned until December 24.
On that day there appeared in court the plaintiff, accom-
panied by his lawyer, H. Kayflel, while LorenE and the Board
of Pharmacy were represented by Dr. A. H. Brundage and Hie-
ronimus A. Herold. A motion was made to dismiss the case
on the technical ground that Lorenz was not a State officer,
which Magistrate Furlong denied. Then Mr. Herold asked
for an adjournment on the ground that he had not had
time to prepare the case, but the Magistrate suggested that
as Herold had the matter originally ou November 9 his plea
would hardly stand.
Counsel Herold then asked that the case be put over because
of the absence of Sidney Faber, the secretary of the board.
" What is he expected to testify to ? " asked the Magistrate.
" To the defendant's good character," replied Mr. Herold.
This was hardly believed by the Magistrate to be good
reason for an adjournment, and so the case proceeded.
The most important new testimony at the trial was that
of Dr. M. A. Cohn, a druggist at 47 Belmont avenue. He
testified that Lorenz had called and Informed him that in em-
ploying a junior and leaving this junior in charge of the store
he had violated the law. He called Dr. Cohn's attention to
it and told him to desist Dr. Cohn thanked him, but de-
nied the charge. He said tha,t the junior did not dispense
medicines nor sell poisons, and he always had a registered
clerk to attend to business.
'' But I didn't come for thanks," this witness represented
Lorenz as saying. "The board employs spies to watch you.
These spies must be paid."
*• Then let the board pay them," rejoined Dr. Cohn.
The defendant explained that the thing couldn't be hushed
up that way. The matter would have to be taken to. court
Dr. Cohn then told him that he would be glad to have a test
case made of his right to have a junior in the store.
Mr. Cipes was the next witness. His story has already
been told, but a new feature was his account of a visit from
Lorenz during which Cipes said he was asked if he had any
friends who would like to make a few dollars. All they would
have to do would be to testify that Rubin, Dr. Cohn's junior
clerk, had put up a prescription for them. Then in court they
would merely have to testify according to what they had been
coached to say. Mr. Cipes thanked the inspector on behalf of
his friends, but told him that he knew no one who would fill
the bill.
Mr. Cipes also testified that he heard Lorenz say to the de-
tective on being arrested:
** For God's sake, don't take me to the station house with
this money in my pocket."
In all Mr. Cipes was an hour and a half on the witness
stand. In his efforts to prove a conspiracy Mr. Herold, the
counsel for the board, asked him If he was acquainted with
Dr. A. L. Goldwater, the president of the Greater New York
Pharmaceutical Society. The plaintiff admitted Imowing Dr.
Goldwater, but replied in the negative regarding Dr. Schaplro
and a Mr. Garfield.
Magistrate Furlong appeared to be mystified by this line of
questioning and asked Counsellor Herold as to what he was
seeking to prove.
**I will prove that this man and his gang are in a con-
spiracy," said Mr. Herold. "There is an association which
is to have representation on the board because it has to, but It
will be watched."
" Are you a member of an association ? " asked the Magis-
trate.
" I belong to no association whatever," replied Mr. Cipes.
Mr. Herold showed his surprise at this answer, /ind put no
further questions on that line.
Other testimony was given by Mrs. Cipes, Detective Lynch,
of the Slxty-flfth Precinct, who arrested Lorenz, and who cor-
roborated Cipes In every particular, and another detective who
found the marked bill in Lorenz's pocket
The defendant was then put on the stand in his own behalf.
He was asked whether, as he put the $5 in his pocket, he had
said to Cipes: " Now you will be protected."
He denied that he had said this, but stated that he had told
Cipes Dr. Cohn could not be protected now.
" What do you mean by the word * protected ? ' " he was
asked.
" Secretary Faber told me to say that" was the answer.
'* But what did you mean ? "
" I was told to use those words by Mr. Faber."
This was all that could be gotten out of Lorenz on the
subject He repeated his previous story that Cipes had given
him the $6 as an advance fee for selling Cipes' drug store, but
admitted that he had never sold any store while acting as an
inspector.
When asked whether he had said: " For God's sake don't
taKe me to the station house with this money In my pocket"
Lorenz denied it. What he had said, was: " Don't take me
over this way."
Magistrate Furlong reserved his decision until December
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND
31. when be decided to hold Lorenz Id {300 ball for the Grand
Jury. He beld tbat tbe detectJre, ax an Impartial officer, bad
given testimony tbat had not been explained away, and tbat
Lorenz himself bad made damaging admissions against him-
self.
Despite the teetltUoDy adduced at the trial, the board sought
to vindicate the luspectoi by reinstating him, which was done
at a special meeting. However, In order seemingly to " save
its face," tbe board Immediately afterward " created a va-
cancy " In tbe Brooklyn deportment, and the office which
Lurenz beld has now supposedly ceased to exist.
PHARMACEJTICAL RECORD
William S. Thompson.
THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION.
Scope jmd Plan E^Iaine4.
Andrew Carnegie, in requesting tbe trustees of the Carnegie
iQStltutloM to accept the o£3ce tendered them, explained tbe
plan of the Institution as follows:
It la proposed to found In tbe city of Washington, In tbe
spirit of Washington, an Institution which, with tbe co-opera-
tion of listltutions now or hereafter established there or
elsewhere, shall. In the broadest and most liberal manner,
encourage Investigation, research and discovery; encourage
the application of Icaowledge to the Improvement of mankind;
provide sueh buildings, laboratories, books and apparatus as
may be needed, and afford instruction of an advanced char-
acier to students, whenever and wherever found. Inside or
oursid*! of schools, properly qualified to profit thereby. Among
Its aims aro these;
1. To iDcreaae tbe efflclenv; of tho DDlveraltJei aod otber loatltu-
tloni of Jeaming throushoat the countrj bj ntElIdng and adding to
their existing laeilltlea, and by aldlne teaclicn in the Torloai ItiBtlta-
tloni for experimental and other work. In theie Instltutlong as tac as
may be advliable.
2. To dlicover the eiceptlonal man In ever; department of stadj,
wbenever and wliereTer fonnd, and enable him b; flnanclal aid to make
tbe work for which he s»ms ipeclall; dsalgned nls lite work.
8. To promote orlelDal research, pa;iDg irreat Btteotlon thereto, as
being one of the chief parpoaea of thla Inatltntlon.
i. To Increase faelirtles for blgher education.
S. To enable mcb atodents as ma; tlod Washington the tMit point
for their special studies to STail themselves of such advantages aa may
be open to them In tbe muaenou, libraries, laboratories. oMsrvatar;,
metPoroToElcil, pliclcnltural and forestry schools and kindred Institu-
tions of the several departmentB of tbe uoTemnieot.
Q. To Insure the prompt publication and distribution of the results
of scientific InvestlgBtlou, a neld considered to be highly important.
These and kindred objects may be attained by providing
the necessary apparatus, by employing able teachers from
various institntloua In Washington and elsewhere, and by en-
nbling men fitted for special work to devote themselves to it.
throBgh salaried fellowships or scholarships, or throngb sal-
aries with or without pensions In old age, or tbrougb aid In
other forms to such men as continue tbeir special work at
seats of learning throughout tbe world.
The Board of Trustees elected by the incorporators to
carry out the purposes of the Institution as Indicated are as
follows:
The President of the United States, the President of the Cnlt«d
States Senate, the Speaker of the House of Beprtoentatlves, the Secre-
tary of Snithionlan Institution, the President o( the National Academy
of Bclences, Orover CleTeland. o( New Jersey ; John S. Billings, of New
York: William N. Frew, of Pennsylranla ; L^man ]. Oage, of Illinois:
Daniel C. Oilman, of Maryland ; John Hay, of the District of Columbia ;
Abram B. Hewitt, of New York : Henry L. Hleglnson. of Hassachu-
setta : Henry HltcLcock, of Hlssoocl : Charles L. HutChlnson^f Illinois :
Wllllsm Lindsay, of Kentucky : Seth I<DW, of New York ; Wayne Mac-
Veagb. of PenBflylTRnla : D. O. Mills, of California : S. Weir Ultehell. of
Pennsylvenls ; William W. Morrow, of California; Ellhu Root, of New
York : John C, Spooner, ol WIscoQBin : Andrew D. White, of New York ;
Edward D. White, of Louisiana : Charles !>. Walcott. of the District of
Columbia, and Carroll D. Wright, of the District of Columbia.
It Is understood to be the purpose of Mr. Carnegie to
transfer ?10,000.000 in 5 per cent, bonds to the Board of
Trustees for the purposes above mentioned.
The meeting for organization of the Board of Trustees and
tbe ejection of officers has been called for January 29 at the
ofQce of the Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.
In the development of his plans Mr. Carnegie has consulted
with a number of gentlemen in different parts of the coun-
try. Including the heads of universities and otber sclentiflc
Institutions, and particularly with the Hon. Abram 8. Hewitt.
Dr. Daniel C. Oilman. Dr. John S. Billings. Dr. Charles D.
Walcott and the Hon. Carroll D. Wright.
Tbe promoters of n new Journal for advertisers and pub-
llsben, tbe first numbnr of which made Its appearance last
November, have paid the Aurbican Dbuoois-t the anuanal
compHment of borrowing one of its department heading* for
a title. The new publication Is called Business Building, and
!s pobllsbed from llKi Broadway. New York.
Founder of the Grown Perfumery Company.
At tbe age of 79, when most men are dotards, content to
rest Idle in chimney corners, William S. Thompson, wealthy,
the founder of half a dozen successfnl enterprlsea, has em-
barked in still another. Mr. Thompson's life story is that
of a typically ingenious Yankee. Bom In Connecticut, he
began life as a dry goods clerk, was tbe first to raanufactnre
crinolines in tbe United States, and the first to make corseta
by machinery. He was tbe second person to be operated on
under an aneestbetlc, tbe operation having been performed at
Hartford in 1848 by the discoverer of the ananitbetlc properties
of nitrous oxide gas. At one time he had a thousand em-
ployees, and had factories In New York, London, Paris, Brus-
sels and Anaberg, Saxony. He made his home in Paris for the
last nine years of tbe third Empire, and there entered upon
the manufacture of corsets In a large way, being tbe first per-
son to do so. He originated the " Thompson glove-fitting
corset," which Is still widely known and used. In 1868 he
paid f7S,000 for a patent on a railway spring and established
the Crown Iron Works, at Glasgow, to make them. When he
sold these works In 1SS7 they had spread out so that the
buildings alone covered an acre of ground.
About 1872 Mr. Thompson conceived the idea that tbe
reason for the lack of popularity of English perfumes lay
not so much In the quality of the perfumes as in the lack of
taste in the way they were put up. He organized the Crown
Perfumery Company in London, Where he then lived, and
made a remarkable success, particularly with tbe
Crown Lavender Salts and with the Crab Apple
Blossom perfume. In 1885 Mr. Thompson established the
American branch of tbe Crown Perfumery Company and
expended $100,000 in advertising with the most gratifying
results. Now, Mr. Thompson has recently purchased the
Bnellsh rights to a new form of therapeutic application of
high tension '■lectricnl currents, and Is as enthusiastic as a
lad over its futurp.
Committees of tbe N. W. D. A.
President Walding has announced the following appoint-
ments as chairmen of the respective committees of the Na-
tional Wholesale Druggists' Association:
Arrangcmeuts and Entertainment: Wm. P. Redlngton. San
Francisco. Cnl.
Passenger Rates and Routes: Frank A. Faxon, Kansas
City, Mo.
Fraternal Relations: John B. Purcell, Richmond, Ta.
Relations with Local Associatloiis, City and Interstate:
George W. Latimer, Columbus. Ohio.
Commercial Travelers: W. J. Mooney, Indianapolis, Ind.
Proprietary Goods: 0. F. Shoemaker, Philadelphia, Fa.
Membership: David M. Cowan, Buffalo. N. Y.
Memorials of Deceased Members: Chas. W. Snow, Syra-
cuse. N. T.
Dmg Maitets: Geo. R. Hllller, New Tork, N. T.
Special Committee on Paris Green: Alanson S. Brooks, De-
troit. Mich,
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Special Couiinittee to Take Charge of Suits Brought Against
Members: M. N. Kline, Philadelphia, Pa.
Legislation: M. N. Kline, Philadelphia, Pa.
Adulterations: G. Frank Bailey, Baltimore, Md.
Pharmaceutical Preparations: C. F. Weller, Omaha, Neb.
Revision of Pharmaceutical Lists: Edward H. Nelson, De-
troit, Mich.
Transportation: C. P. Walbridge, St. Louis, Mo.
Paints, Oils and Glass: M. E. Sherman, Des Moines, Iowa.
Fire Insurance: Albert Plant, New York, N. Y.
Special Committee on Commercial Travelers: L. R. Dron-
berger, with the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, St. Louis, Mo.
Trade-Marks: Chas. H. Camp, the Centaur Company, New
York, N. Y.
Credits and Collections: W. A. Hover. Denver, Col.
PHARMACISTS IN THE MILITARY SERVICE
Crttidims of the Medical Supply Service of the Army.
The following correspondence has appeared in the columns
of the New York Sua:
HOSPITAL STEW^ARDS
Are They Adequately Paid Now by the United States
Government ?
'To the Editor of the Sun— Sir: The Sun of a recent date
contained a paragraph about non-commissioned officers of the
army attached to posts who are about petitioning Congress
to make them warrant officers and to increase their pay from
$34 to $75 per month. If post ordnance, commissary and
quartermaster sergeants desire the same rank as gunners and
boatswains at a salary of $75 per month, should stewards and
acting hospital stewards receive less?
From the writer's experience with hospital stewards in the
Philippine Islands for two years and a half, they are better
educated men than were the majority of volunteer officers in
the Philippines, and these stewards' duties were none the less
arduous. It requires years of college study to pass the rigid
examinations required now for hospital stewards. To be brief,
I shall quote Smart's handbook for the hospital corps of the
United States Army. (See page 3.):
"The duties of the stewards and acting stewards are to
look after and distribute hospital stores and supplies; to care
for hospital property; to compound and administer medicines;
to supervise the preparation and serving of food; to maintain
discipline in the hospital and watch over its general police; to
prepare the hospital reports and returns; -to supervise the
duties of the hospital corps in hospital and in the field.
"The steward must be an efficient disciplinarian, expert
clerk, accurate arithmetician, and a trustworthy pharmacist,
with as much knowledge of materia medica, therapeutics and
minor surgery as will enable him to give sound advice and
suitable treatment in the minor ailments and accidents; in
addition he must have that highei: knowledge for use in the
wards which enables the experienced nurse to appreciate the
condition of those who are seriously 111."
In other words, he must be an educated man in the full
meaning of the word, and he must be an expert nurse. Now.
enlisted men with a very limited education— if the three R's
can be .called " education '*— and with a good character and
a few years of army experience, can be promoted to post ord-
nance, commissary, and quartermaster sergeants.
Let these sergeants get $75 per month, and be called
" Mister," if they want, but give more encouragement to the
education and character and experience of stewards and act-
ing hospital stewards.
When a carpenter in the navy gets $75 per month and
board, should acting stewards receive less? The comparison
is actually ricidulous. A graduate nurse in civil life very sel-
dom gets less than $20 per week and board. An acting stew-
ard must be an expert nurse and a pharmacist. At present
his wajres are but $30 per month, the full steward $45 per
month. The very least that an acting steward in the army
should receive is $75 a month with full clothing allowance,
and the hospital or full steward a first lieutenant's pay. An
addition of $10 per month to privates of the hospital corps
would also secure far better nurses.
RiCHABP E. Delanet,
Hospital Corps Nurse.
Fort Adams, R. I., December 8, IflOl.
THE MEDICAL SUPPLY SERVICE.
Its Recent Organization Severely Criticised From the Pharma-
cists' Point of View.
To the Editor of the Sun—Sir: The letter published in your
columns this morning concerning the inadequate pay received
by hospital stewards touches upon one of the weakest spots
in the organization of the United States Army— namely, the
medical supply service.
The system upon which the medical supply service of the
army ;s organized is fairly well suited to the handful of regu-
lars scattered in small detachments all over the United States^
which constituted the United States Army prior to the Span-
ish-American War. The hopeless inadequacy of this method
of organization in the face of an emergency was most abun-
dantly and disastrously demonstrated throughout the Spanish-
American War, and more particularly in the earlier portions.
Even so late in the war as the return of the regular army to
Montauk Point we had the lamentable spectacle of the land-
ing of several hundred invalids at a point which had been
designated weeks before by the Government as a recuperative
station, with absolutely no medical supplies on hand.
As all persons familiar with the circumstances will recall,
the hospital at Montauk Point had from one to two thousand
patients constantly on its rolls, and at the head of the separate
divisions of this hospital, such as the quartermaster's diviaion,
commissary division, the record division and the dispensing
division, there were hospital stewards with the rank and pay
of sergeants. The surgeons were nominally in charge, but had
no detailed knowledge of what was going on in their respective
departments, their time being fully occupied with attention to
the sanitary and medical aspects of the departments under
their supervision. The surgeons were not to blame for this,,
for the fault lies with the organization of the service.
Some idea of the importance of the work of each of these
divisions may be drawn from the fact that in the record di-
vision the sergeant had at one time ^xty clerks continuously
at work. Each ward surgeon brought over his ward book of
cases after each tour of duty to this sergeant (not to a com-
missioned officer), and under his direction all the record work
of this large central hospital was carried on, and carried on,
to his credit be it said, satisfactorily. In the dispensing di-
vision there were as many as fifteen dispensers, and in order
to secure the services of a man with some special pharma-
ceutical skill and training this division was put in charge of
a volunteer hospital steward who had been in the army only
five months, though he was a very competent phjirmacist. a
graduate of the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy. This
sergeant had complete control of the di^ensing division, and
when under the caustic <*riticism of the daily papers the hos-
pital authorities realized the necessity for taking immediate
steps to secure necessary supi)lie8 without waiting longer on
official red tape which was delaying the arrival of tlie sup-
plies already ordered, this steward purchased some thousands
of dollars' worth of supplies wholly upon his own Judgment
as to the needs of the case. One of the commissary stewards
had under his charge at one time $35,000 worth of supplies
for invalids and convalescents, and while he may not have
appeared in the army medical service as being responsible
for these supplies, he was de facto in absolute ,control of them.
The difficulty is that our present system does not meet the
need for skill among pharmacists who should have charge of
the medical supply service. The surgeon-general states that
there is no need for a pharmacist in the army. This might
have been true ten years ago, but it is no longer so, and the
mere detailing of surgeons to act as medical purveyors is
wholly inadequate to meet the needs of the case.
In 1865, at the close of the Civil War, a correspondent of
the Army and Navy Journal outlined a comprehensive plan
for putting the entire medical supply service in the charge
of an expert corps of pharmacists, with rank graded from
that of colonel for the pharmacist-in-chlef to sergeant The
members of this corps, who would hold commissions, would
replace at a lower range of salary those medical officers who
are now detailed to act as medical purveyors, thereby effecting
an economy in salaries. Having this special branch of work
as their permanent vocation, and having an opportunity for
advancement In it, they would take a more intelligent and
keener interest therein. All of these officers would be so
graded and assigned as to always be lower in rank than the
medical officers under whom they are serving, and the entire
corps would be within the medical department and under the
control of the surgeon-general. This plan was very carefully
elaborated by the correspondent In question, who wVote as one
having had experience throughout the Civil War.
Curiously enough, after the war with Spain, after a long
and careful study of the matter, a plan Identical In almost
every particular was elaborated and published by myself with-
out any knowledge of the existence of the above plan. The
fact that two independent students of this subject at an in-
terval of thirty years should have hit upon precisely the same
plan, is In itself an indication that the plan must have some
merit in It.
The late President McKInley once announced himself as
being warmly In favor of some such reorganization, hut h\n
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Iu<l(ii'si lufuc was DuUlfled by the action of Surgeon -GeuenU
Steriiln-r);, who flatly and without Btatlng any reason theretor,
SBVt; bin personal preference la the matter, said that the plan
was nut a good one and would not be adopted. There la no
imssiblllty of aii}r change being made !n this connection ao
long as General Sternberg Is at the head of the army meiUcal
department, for he so completely dominates the Committee on
Military Aftairs that his opinions, whether correct or Incorrect,
will outweigh any argument that may be submitted In favor
of improving this branch of the army medical service. But
General Sternberg retires early next year, and it Is to be hoped
that his aucceesor will either be more liberal minded In this
direction or that his opinion will have leas weight with Con-
General Sternberg Is an officer of bigb scientlflc attain-
ments, bnt as an organizer he is not a consplcooue success,
and save for the brilliant assistance rendered him hy some of
his Immediate subordinates he would have made a conspicuous
failure during the Spanish- American War. When that war
began no one waa so positive aa he that women nurses were
not wanted. Before It closed there was a corps of women .
nurses In the army with a woman at the head of IL He baa
been most positive that pharmacists are not needed In the
army, but I am confident that he will live to see them Intro-
duced to the great betterment of the service.
Caswell A. Mato.
Editor of the Amestcan Druocist .\sn Phaemaceutical
RECor.i).
New York, December 13.
OENBBAL STXRKBERG'S POSITION tmTBHABLK.
Cabweli. a. Mayo, Editor American Dbuggist awd Phar-
maceutical Record:
Sir —Id to-day's Sun I saw a letter from you, dealing with
the question of improvement In the army medical service sup-
ply. I wish to say that I thlnh that your opinion Is one that
almost every physician who served In the volnnteer army dur-
ing the war with Spain will concur in. I served in the capaci-
ties of hospital steward and assistant surgeon, and was on
duty at the First Division Hospital, Second Army Corps,
CampE Alger and Meade, and so feel that I am qualified to
speak. I am of the opinion that all volunteer surgeons, who
had had any experience In hospital and civil practice, were
often Incensed at the apparent disregard for the needs of the
Held hospitals In the way of modern medical supplies. The
medical supply lists were about twenty-flve to thirty years be-
hind the practice of the time In which we were serving.
General Sternberg's position that there is no need of phar-
macists In the army Is untenable. Were there more pharma-
cists the service would be better. It la my experience that 1
get much better results from freshly compounded prepara-
tions than I do from tablets, and I believe that any physician
who will give the time and thought necessary to the study of
the matter, and write correct prescriptions, will agree with
this statement. Every regiment In the Held or In garrison
needs at least one good pharmacist I believe that one reason
for the profexsional stagnation of the surgeons of the army
is tbelr unfamlliarity with drugs. Very sincerely,
Geo. C. Merrimas. M.D.
547 Adams Ave,. Scranton. Pa., Decem1>er 20. 1901.
THE ANTI-SODA WATER LAV.
Moving to Test Its Constitutionalitr.
While no ilet-lBive action has as yet bee.n taken either to
amend Chaptrr 494 oC the Laws of 1900, which practically
forbids the manufacture of soda water in premises used
either wholly or In part as dwelllngfi, or to nullify it by having
It declared unconstltutloaal. neither the drug nor confection-
ery trade or the manufacturers of carbonatlng machines
have been idle since the decision of the Appellate Division of
the Supreme Court was banded down confirming the con-
viction of a confectioner under the law.
A number of meetings have been held and the matter baa
been dlaensaed very thoroughly. While It Is known that the
original promoters of the measure had no Intention to harass
the drug trade by Its passage. It Is also felt that the securing
of an amendment would mean long and arduous work and
great expense. On the coDtrarj-, the consensus of opinion Is
that the Appellate Division's decision would not stand In a
higher Court
The American Drug Trade Protective Association, of 271
Broadway, has been active for several weeks in endeavoring
to impress upon the drug and kindred trades the Importance
of decisive action in the matter before the arrival of the
■ months, when interference with trade will mean
considerable loss in profits. In talking of the matter recently,
F. Howard Collins, counsel for the association, said:
" There Is no doubt whatever that this law means unrea-
sonable and unwarranted Interference with an occupation not
Injurious to the community, and that It Is therefore uncon-
stitutional. It was not intended to interfere with the manu-
facture of soda water, except, perhaps, by those through
whose connivance It was drawn up, -4 numl>er of decisions
of the Appellate Division on the constitutionality of laws
have been reversed by the Court of Appeals, and we are posi-
tive that this one will be reversed If carried to that court.
" It is the Intention of this association to recommend to the
trade that a test case be made, founded upon a new arrest
for alleged violation of the law, to flght it out on Its merits,
every inch of the way. and then if it Is not killed In the lower
courts to carry It up to the Coui-t of Appeals."
ONMury.
Edward Kemp.
Edward Kemp, for four years president of the College of
Pharmacy of the City of New York, died at bis home In this
city of heart disease, on December 21. He had not been In good
health since his return from bis annnal vacation In Europe
last October.
Mr. Kemp was head of the well-known firm of Lanmaii &
Kemp, makers of Murray & Lanman's Florida Water and
other successful proprietary preparations. He was born in
Ireland in 1831. and was thus seventy-one years old at the
time of his death. He came to this country in bis boyhood,
accompanying his widowed mother, who settled In New Yorlt.
His early experience was gained with the firm of Hussey &,
Mdrray, at Old slip, and he was later connected with W. H.
Halsey, a shellac importer, where he acquired a knowledge of
the East India trade, and soon became recognized aa an expert
In shellac. Indigo and East Indian products. In 1863 he en-
tered the firm of Murray & Lanman, and the style of the firm
was then changed to Lanman & Kemp, The Arm did then, as
they do now, a large export business, and Mr. Kemp's earlier
experience served him !u good stead; this, coupled with the ex-
ercise of excellent business judgment, contributed greatly to the
success of Lanman & Kemp. After the death of Mr. Lanman,
Mr. Kemp took on his brother, George, as a partner in the firm.
Mr. Kemp was chosen president of the College of Pharmacy of
the City of New York at the annual meeting Id March, 1896.
and he was re-elected president annually thereafter until IftW,
when he was succeeded by Professor Chandler.
Mr. Kemp was fond of displaying his power, and he liked
the homage of the people among whom he bad cast his lot.
Gossips tell a story, which Is probably more or less exag-
gerated, which Illustrates this phase of bis character. The
story, which we find In the Newark News. Is to the effect that
at one time, many years ago, he wanted the men who were
employed on his cotmtry place to tip their hats to him when
he met them. The men got together and agreed that they
would not do this. The next time Mr. Kemp sauntered out
on his lawu where the men were at work they looked up at
him and then continued at their work without raising thi-lr
hats. Our ni.Tii. who wjis working n little apart from the
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others, tipped bis bat as Mr. Kemp came up. Mr. Kemp
stopped, put bis band in his pool^et, took out a $5 bill and
handed it to the man. When the other men saw this they
turned green with envy. According to the legend they went
down to the barnyard and began to eat hay, saying that men
who would not raise their hats for $6 apiece ought to herd
with cattle, because they did not have human intelligence.
Mr. Kemp was for years a member of the Sixth Company
in the Seventh Regiment. He went to Washington with the
regiment during the CiTil War. He was largely instrumental
in bringing about the erection of the Seventh Regiment Ar-
mory Building.
His will was filed on December 31. It was executed on
December 9, and two codicils were added on the two following
days. Mrs. Augusta Kemp, his widow, receives her husband's
furniture, library and $100,000 in cash. A life interest in Mr.
Kemp's farm, on the Rumson Road, on the Shrewsbury River,
New Jersey, is also left to her.
George, William and Edward Kemp, jr., nephews of the
testator, are left $100,000 each, and $100,000 is bequeathed in
trust for Mrs. Eliza Caldwell, a sister of Mr. Kemp. Other
relatives are remembered. George Massey gets $50,000 in
recognition of his long connection with the firm of Lanman &
Kemp, and the residue of the estate is divided between Mr.
Kemp's nephews. By the last codicil $50,000 is to be divided
among the employees of the firm.
The firm expired on December 31, according to the will, and
the executors are authorized to form a new firm, investing not
more than $500,000 of the funds of the estate.
WILUAM TOWNLEY CASK. ^
On December 23, 1901, G. F. Boehringer & Soehne*s Ameri-
can branch, Emil Levi, manager, 5 and 7 Gedar street, issued
the following notice to the trade:
Having received namerooB inquiries from tlie friends of oar former
represenutlve, W. T. Case, as to his healtb and tbe possibility of his
vlsitinff them sjKain, we beg to inform you that Mr. Case has finally
deeidea to remain abroad, as the state of his health will not permit him
to avain take up the arduous tssk of traveling.
Mr. Case has represented us faithfully for many years, and the
sterling qualities of his character have made for him many friends,
who. we are sure, will regret his retirement as much as we do.
In this connection we beg to say that, as long as we have no repre-
sentative on the road, any orders from our friends will be carefully
executed by sending them direct to the house.
Six days later, on December 29, the intelligence was re-
ceived of the death of Mr. Case at Ardlelgh, Sussex, England,
of cancer. Mr. Case was bom in Liverpool, England, in 1842.
He was apprenticed to a manufacturing establishment, and
after serving his time, went on the road in the interest of the
firm. Later he became connected with a large exporting firm
in London, and traveled considerably in pursuit of business in
Eastern countries. He also represented his firm for a time in
America, visiting Mexico, the West Indian Islands and the
Central American States. In 1888 he settled in the United
States, forming a connection with Merck & Co., and two years
later with the New York house of Boehrlnger & Soehne. Mr.
Case was widely known in the wholesale trade, and he was a
familiar figure at the annual conventions of the National
Wliolesale Druggists' Association, at which he usually served
oil the Committee of Entertainment.
JOHN D. TITSWOBTH.
John D. Titsworth, widely known for many years as a drug
broker, and of late as manager of the downtown branch of
Merck & Co., at 100 William street, died from a stroke of
apoplexy, on Saturday, January 4, while on his way from New
York to his home in Plainfield, N. J., in a Jersey Central train.
A few moments after the train left Bayonne, Mr. Titsworth
complained of feeling unwell. He handed his card to a gentle-
man sitting beside him, and asked if he would assist him.
When the train reached Westfield he was dead. Mr. Titsworth
was a prominent member of the Jerusalem Lodge of Masons,
and was sixty years old at the time of his death. He is sur-
vived by his wife and two sons, Alonzo H. and Nathan R. Tits-
worth.
CHABLBS BAUMBACH.
Major Charles Baumbach, prominent in the drug business
at Milwaukee since the early sixties, died at his home in that
city on Tuesday, December 24, aged 61 years. He engaged in
the drug businesli with Theodore Gerbhardy in 1864, and 1886
the firm was incorporated as the Charles Baumbach Company,
with Major Baumbach as the president. Two years later the
establishment was destroyed by fire, but was immediately re-
opened and did a large business. A few years ago Major
Baumbach disposed of his interest to F. T. Yahr and L. A.
Lange, the latter a well-known Chicago drug man, and the
name of the corporation has since been changed to the Yahr &
Lange Drug Company. Major Baumbach, however, re-
engaged in business as the head of the firm of Baumbach,
Reichel & Co. He is survived by three children. He was a
member of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Loyal
Legion.
F. E. BOEBICKE.
Dr. Francis Edward Boericke, the prominent homeopathic
pharmacist, died recently at his residence at Overbrook, Pa.,
aged 74 years. He had been an invalid for the last fifteen
years. Bom in Glauchau. Saxony, in 1826, Francis Edward
Boericke came to this country during the Revolution of 1848,
and made his home in this city. His father was a prominent
manufacturer and exporter of woolen goods in Glauchau.
Soon after his arrival here the young man obtained a position
as bookkeeper with Plata, a well-known dry goods merchant
in Philadelphia. Following this he became a partner in Andie's
music store. In 1852 he joined the Church of the New Jeru-
salem, and opened a store where religious books were sold in
Sixth street, below Chestnut A year later he was induced by
Dr. Constantine Hering to turn his attention to the preparation
of homeopathic medicines, and by his proficiency and indus-
try soon gained the confidence of leading homeopathists in the
country. In 1854 he married Miss Eliza Tafel, and in 1863 as-
sociated with himself in the pharmacy business as a partner.
Adolph Tafel, his brother-in-law. Dr. Boericke was graduated
from the Hahnemann College in 1863. He received a scholar-
ship and delivered lectures on pharmacy for some time. In
1864 he added to his business an establishment for publishing
homeopathic works, and soon enlarged his trade by estab-
lishing branches throughout the country. In 1893 Major Tafel
died, and after that the firm consisted of Dr. Boericke, Dr. F.
A. Boericke, his son, and Adolph L. Tafel.
Josiah Landis, a prominent Philadelphia druggist, died re-
cently in that city, aged 79.
Robert G. Creamer, formerly a druggist of Patersoa, N. J.,
died recently at the Soldiers* Home, at Hampton, Va.
O. C. Hale, druggrist, of La Crosse, Wis., died recently In
that city. He was 52 years old.
James Hervey, the veteran druggist, of Dubuque, died at
his residence In that city on December 18. He was sixty-eight
years of age.
Adam Conrath, a well-known druggist, of Milwaukee, Wis.,
died recently in that city. He was a native of Germany, and
was 52 years old. He was for some years a partner of Chris-
tian Widule, and in 1882 was appointed a member of the Wis-
consin Board of Pharmacy. He was a member of the Ameri-
can Pharmaceutical Association.
James C. Roller, who was for many years manager for
Smith, Kline & French Company, Philadelphia, died at his
home, 1703 North Eighteenth street, in that city on Januai*y
6. Mr. Roller, for the past year and a half, had been out of
business, his health not permitting him to do work of any
character. Mr. Roller was one of the best known drug men
in Philadelphia, and for many years prior to his connection
with Smith, Kline & French Company was the head of the
firm of Roller &, Shoemaker.
Governor Rogers, of the State of Washington, who died at
Olympia on December 26, had once been a druggist He was
born in Brunswick, Maine, on September 24, 1828, and re-
ceived his education in the village schools. He left home when
still a young boy, and went to Boston, where he learned the
drug business. From 1851 to 1856 he was manager of a drug
store in Boston, and then went to Mississippi, where he estab-
lished a drug business of his own. In 1870 he returned to
Maine, and for five years conducted a drug store in his native
town.
John C. McKee, late of Peterborough, Ontario, where he
conducted a large retail drug business for many years, but
who had for some time been detailing physicians in the United
States for W. Lloyd Wood, general agent in Canada and the
United States for Allen & Hanburys, Ltd., London, England,
walked into the offices of that firm at 81-83 Fulton street, this
city, on Saturday morning, December 21, and died in a chair
about fifteen minutes after entering the place. He had just
arrived from Bridgeport, Conn., and went to the oflSce after
seeing his wife off on the train for Toronto. Mr. McKee was
well and favorably known in Canadian drug circles, and was
for many years a member of the Council of the Ontario Col-
lege of Pharmacy. He leaves a widow and two sons in To-
ronto, where his body was taken for interment.
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GREATER NEW YORK.
Fire at 22, 24 and 26 Reade street on December 22 caused
a loss of sereral thousand dollars In the perfumery manufac-
turing estahUshment of the Theodore Blcksecker Company.
Charles B. Meek, of Brooklyn, and John Budderman, of
Astoria, are directors of the \'niole8ale Drug Trade Bowling
Association, of New York City, incorporated with the Secre-
tary of State.
A Christmas tree coming into contact with a lighted gas
Jet in the window of Claude Johnson's drug store, at 389
Clinton street, Brooklyn, started a fire on Christmas Day
which caused a damage of $500.
The contents of the drug store at 419 Sixth avenue were
recently sold by the sheriff under an execution against Charles
H. Wettlin for $835, In favor of Braen. Bitchey & Co., the sale
realizing about $500. Mr. Wettlin began business there in
March last
The Yitone Manufacturing Company, of New York City,
nave been incorporated at Albany with a capital of $100,000.
Directors: John Lindemann, Charles II. Grube and Valentine
Fink, of New York City. They will manufacture medicinal
tonics, etc.
A lad named Harry Hunt, employed in a drug store at
158th street and Courtlandt avenue, distinguished himself by
rare honesty a few days after Christmas by depositing at a
police station a bag containg diamonds, Jewels and banknotes
to the value of several thousands of dollars, which he had
found on the street.
Willis H. Lowe, of 247 Atlantic avenue, Boston, was in
town last week looking after the interest of his Wil-low brand
specialties in perfumery material for the drug trade. Mr.
Lowe, who has many friends throughout the trade, is very
enthusiastic over his new line, and to judge from his order
book his enthusiasm is contagious.
Miss Wilhelmina Gertz and Walter Peters, of Passaic, N.
J., were married on Christmas in St Joseph's Polish Church.
Miss Gertz is a German, while the groom is a Pole. Both are
well educated and graduated druggists. The marriage is the
culmination of a romance that began in August, 1901, when
Miss Gertz was taking a summer course at the New York
College of Pharmacy.
Clifford Bamsdell, formerly of the firm of Daggett & Bams-
dell, retail druggists. New York, has taken charge of the West-
em branch of the Fraser Tablet Triturate Manufacturing Com-
pany, at 28 Washington street, Chicago, where a first-class
prescription pharmacy is conducted under his management.
Mr. Bamsdell will no doubt be pleasantly remembered by
many of his quondam acquaintances in Manhattan.
** Every employee will receive as a Christmas present a sum
equal to one-half his weeldy salary " was the welcome notice
which greeted the employees of E. Mllhau's drug store, at 167
Broadway, the day before Christmas. The effect of the lib-
erality was shown in the smiling faces and alert actions of
every one about the place, from the soda boy to the manager.
The example is one to be most heartily commended.
The American Drug Company, of Newark, N. J., have been
incorporated. The local agent is Charles F. Gerdes and the
principal office is located at 800 Broad street. The objects «re
to consolidate and conduct drug stores, to manufacture drugs,
medicines, chemicals, paint, etc. The authorized capital is
placed at $126,000, of which $2,100 is paid in by Charles F.
Gerdes, Arthur W. Gerdes and Leonard Wishart
A petition in involuntary bankruptcy has been filed against
Louis I. Cherey, dealer in drugs and druggists' sundries, at
150 Bowery, by the following creditors; Max S. Birkhahn.
$115; William C. Bice, $100, and Hyman Schlmkovitz, $400.
It was alleged that he is insolvent, and on January 2 admitted
in writing his inability to pay his debts and willingness to be
adjudged bankrupt. He has been in business several years.
Scliedules in the assignment of Max Zeller, wholesale dealer
in drugs at 37 Bowery, show liabilities $110,690, nominal assets
$63,7.35 and actual assets $39,716. The principal items in the
assets are: Stock, nominal. $31,726; actual, $13,370; book ac-
counts, nominal, $80,337; actual, $25,000; cash in bank, $1,132.
There are nearly 600 creditors, among them being Edward
Zeller, of Stuttgart, Germany, $26,983; Blise Zeller, of Eis-
lingen, Germany, $7,200; Louise Stumpp, of EisUngen, $3,884;
Julius Zeller, of New York, $16,071, and Oscar Loeffler, $2,678.
Cornelius A. Van der Sande, a druggist, 30 years old, who
recently bought out a drug store at 132 Bedford avenue, Wil-
liamsburg and was to have started in business for himself^
has been missing since December 2d, Van der Sande formerly
had charge of a drug store in Hoyt street, Brooklyn, and
through frugality managed to save enough money to buy the
Bedford avenue store. He moved in rooms over the store and
on Thursday morning he set out for the Internal Bevenue
office to get a license. He paid for it and was told it would
be mailed to him. After leaving the revenue office Van der
Sande went to a nearby stationery store. Since then all trace
of him has been lost His wife notified the police.
Dr. Herman C. H. Herold has been served with notice of
four suits for damages, aggregating $40,800, to be brought
against him as Collector of Internal Bevenue of the Newark*
N. J., district in the Supreme Court, by Johnson & Johnson,
manufacturers of 'medicines and surgical supplies, of New
Brunswick. The suits are brought for stamp taxes assessed
upon various preparations made by the plaintiffs, under the
act of June 13, 1898, relating to proprietary medicines. John-
son & Johnson claimed that the articles in question were not
taxable under the law, and the matter was referred to the
Commissioner of Internal Bevenue, who decided against them.
They sue for the money paid out for the stamps.
The monthly meeting of the New York Section of the
American Chemical Society was held at the Chemists' Club,
108 West Fifty-fifth street, on Friday evening, January 10.
The programme for the evening was as follows: William Jay
Schieffelln and William B. Lamar, '* The estimation of lithium
in lepidolite; " A. L. Winton, Experiment Station, New Haven,
Conn., "The relation of microscopical analysis to chemical
analysis in the examination of human foods, cattle foods and
other vegetable products;" James F. Norris, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Boston, "The commercial synthesis
of indigo; " James Locke, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.,
"On the solubility of some Isomorphous double sulphates;**
George E. Hosch, "A gravimetric method for the estimation
of hydrogen peroxide;" F. G. Wlechmann, "The ion theory
and some of its applications; '* Charles B. Davis, " A new form
of alkalimeter, with new method for estimating carbonic acid
in carbonates." (Demonstration with apparatus.)
RICHARD HUDNUT EXONBRATBD.
After a thorough investigation Collector Bldwell has ex-
onerated Bichard Hudnut, of 92& Broadway, from complicity
in alleged smuggling operations conducted by a steward
named Volkmar, of the Hamburg- American liner Graf Wal-
dersee. Volkmar was arrested on November 23 charged with
smuggling perfumes, some of which were traced to Hudnut's
Pharmacy. Mr. Hudnut, it is stated, has proved to the satis-
faction of the customs authorities that he did not know that
duty had not been paid on the goods.
TREASURER OF THE WAKEMAN FI^ND.
George J. Seabury, of Seabury & Johnson, has subscribed
$200, and is treasurer of a proposed fund of $20,000 to be
raised for Wilbur F. Wakeman, ex- Appraiser of the Port, who
was recently dismissed by President Boosevelt
Bfitt, Loeffler & Co.
The firm of Max Zeller & Co., wholesale druggists, 37 Bow-
ery, New York, have been succeeded by Britt, Loeffler & Co.,
who have issued the following notice to the trade:
The undersigned beg to inform you that they have pur-
chased the stock and fixtures which formerly belonged to Max
Zeller, 37 Bowery, New York. They will continue to do busi-
ness at the old address, Import chemicals, herbs, roots, essen-
tial oils and specialties. The members of the firm were all
employees of Max Zeller, also of his predecessor, Julius Zeller,
F. .7. Britt having been 21 years, Oscar Loeffler 16 years and
Henry Koster 23 years in their service, during which time
they have acquired a thorough knowledge of everything con-
nected with the drug business. Britt, Loeffler & Co.
Reof gfanization of the J* L* & D« St Riker G>.
The following announcement was made by J. L. & D. S.
RIker on January 1:
" John L. Riker and William J. Riker have this day retired
from active business and from this firm.
"J. L. & D. S. Biker."
The retirement from active business of these two men. who
have been the senior partners of a house that for forty yearn
has occupied a leading position in its trade in New York and
wbioh was for many years one of the largest house.s in its
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line in the world, naturally occasioned much comment In the
■trade.
J. L. & D. S. Biker, commission merchants in drugs, started
in business at 46 Cedar street forty-one years ago. It was
afterward moved across the street to 46, and has remained
there ever since.
D. S. Riker died twelve years ago, but William J. Riker,
who joined John L. Riker, of the original firm, was a partner
tor many j-ears.
John L. Hiker when seen said that he would retire from
all active business. His brother, he said, means to spend much
of his time in traveL John L. Riker, as well as his brother. Is
Interested in many enterprises and is a director in several
banks.
Two sons carry on the business, which hAs practically been
presented to them, and a few days since J. L. & D. S. Riker
were incorporated at Albany with $100,000 capital.
Our Edftonal on Red Albumen.
A subscriber writes: " Let me congratulate you upon the
** Blood Albumen '* editorial in the first December issue; you
were surely * Johnny on the spot ' in that, and right up to the
minute. The A. D. is a newspaper for druggists, as well as a
pharmaceutical journal. The information that this editorial
conveyed was well worth the price of a year's subscription to
any pharmacist doing business in the rural districts. Although
I well remembered the * Black Pepsin * fake, I did not tumble
to the thing until I saw your editorial. I have cut out the page
containing it, outlined it heavily with blue pencil and posted
it in a conspicuous place, and refer all inquiries for ' red albu-
men ' to the editorial, for, like other Long Island druggists, we
have had hundreds of calls for the stuff. I had not attempted
to fill any order for it but referred inquiries to the poulterers*
supply houses.
'* What made the enormous demand for it in this section
was that it was boomed on the editorial page of the Brooklyn
£Sagle, in the shape of a letter to the editor from an ' old sub-
scriber,' and it came Just at the time when fresh eggs had
suddenly advanced to 48 cents a dozen. Most Long Islanders
would as quickly doubt the Bible as the Enjfle."
The Liability of
for the Sale of
Defined
From W. H. Torbert, wholesale druggist, Dubuque, Iowa,
we have received the text of the decision of the Supreme Court
of the State of Iowa in a case defining the liability of the
druggist in the sale of dangerous drugs. In communicating
the decision to the American Druooist, Mr. Torbert says:
" This case is .one without parallel in the jurisprudence of
Europe and America, and it defines the definite status of any
pharmacist for liability where he furnishes the article called
for, labeled correctly, and an accident sul)seQuently occurs
occasioning bodily Injury to the purchaser.'* Mr. Torbert
adds: ** I will appreciate it if you will emphasize the fact that
I have made this fight running over four years, not only for
myself, but in the interest and for the protection of the drug
trade of the country, and have conducted it without aid or
assistance from any source.'*
The opinion of the court in part, is that:
" A\ lien a person who has reached the age of discretion, and
who is apparently in the possession of his mental faculties,
applies to a druggist for a certain drug, he represents to the
dealer by Implication at least that he knows its properties and
uses, and that he is a fit person to whom sale thereof may be
made, and that unless there is something connected with th€
transaction or something previously known to the seller, indi-
cating that the would be purchaser cannot safely be intrusted
with the substance, the sale of the substance called for may
be made without explaining its properties or the manner in
which it may safely be used or handled, and that under such
circumstances the seller is not liable in damages for injuries
to the purchaser resulting from the improper use or handling
of the article, no matter how little knowledge the purchaser
may in fact have had of its properties or of the manner in
which it could not be safely used or handled. It appears clear
to us that the vender's legal duty to such a purchaser can go
no further than to give him the Identical substances he calls
for."
Telephonic Sight*
According to cable dispatches from Brussels a Dr. Sylvestre,
formerly an American, but now a naturalized French phy-
sician, has Invented a spectograph, which enables users of the
telephone to soo vixch other.
WESTER N NE W YORK.
Boffalo Drugglsto Complain of Slack Btttloeis— Smallpox of a Mikf
Type Still Prevakut-— Cuitoms Attthortttes Busy with Opitsm
Qua — ^An Ambtttous Woman Phannadst*
{From our Regular Correspondent.)
Bufi'alo, January 9.— For some time past there has been
much complaint of poor business on the part of the Buffalo
druggists. The holiday harvest of old has not fallen to their
part to any amount since the department store was estab-
lished, and nothing of the sort is looked for now, but some-
how the business of this time of the year has grown worse
instead of better, even since it was supposed that these rivals
had taken all special gains out of the Christmas season.
SMALLPOX DYIHa OUT.
Buffalo is enjoying a continuation of general health, even
with an obstinate smallpox visitation among the Polish work-
ing population of a small portion of the east side, but, as seems
the rule of late with this disease, it is very mild, scarcely
any one dying of It, and a great part of the cases being of
days' or weeks' standing before they are discovered. It is the
very mildness of the disease that makes it so hard to fight,
as the people are not afraid of it and often keep at work days
after being taken with it, some even being able to keep at
work and conceal it till fairly well again. The health au-
thorities have worked with great persistence on the Infected
district and now appear to be In command of the situation.
At least, the fear of its spreading over the city has so com-
pletely departed that the sale of vaccine virus has almost
ceased.
OPIUM SMUOOLERS ON THE BORDER.
The customs authorities have been very busy of late with
opium cases. Buffalo is bo near the Canadian border and so
well supplied with Chinamen that it is always a point where
smuggling of this and similar drugs is to be looked for. It is
usually claimed that the poor Celestial Is a mere tool of the
sharper native, but he appears to be a very willing one usual-
ly and as often as any way is in the game on his own account
In December, 1900, a lot of 29% pounds of opium was sehsed
here in the cellar of a Chinese store, that had been smuggled
in from China through British Columbia. It was sold on the
last day of last year to local Chinamen for $9 a pound, not
much more than enough to pay the duty on it Since that
time several Chinamen have been punished for selling opium
without labels and otherwise violating the law.
AN AMBITIOUS WOMAN PHARMACIST.
The city drug store of George B. Jenkins & Co. has been
sold to Mrs. F. B. Locke, wife of the Seneca street druggist
Mrs. Locke graduated last spring from the Buffalo College of
Pharmacy and appears to be ambitious to take up the business
on her own account. Mr. Jenkins has gone to Denver to take
up the same business. Some of the local drug men shake
their heads at the venture, as they say that competition In
the trade is much fiercer in the West than it is East.
PRESENTATION TO THOMAS 6T0DDART.
Thomas Stoddart, the well-kno\^Ti Buffalo druggist, who is
president of the New York State Pharmaceutical Association,
has just been given a most fiattering token of the esteem in
which he is held by the members of the St. Andrew's Scottish
Society, of which he has just retired as president. The gift
was a Gebble edition of the works of Robert Bums. The edi-
tion comes in six volumes, and few finer editions of any author
have been published. On the front fiy leaf of the first volume
is engrossed the emblem of the society and the following in-
scription:
" Presented to Thomas Stoddart, Esquire, by St Andrew's
Scottish Society, December lOth. 1901."
The presentation was made by John Carter, who succeeded
Mr. Stoddart as president of the society. Appropriate remarks
accompanied the presentation, and were briefiy responded to
by Mr. Stoddart. Mr. Stoddart served five terms as president
of tlio St. Andrew's Society.
BUFFALO NEWS NOTES-
Druggist Neil McEachren is still a candidate for the chair-
manship of the Buffalo Board of Aldermen.
F. N. Alderman, of 901 William street, Buffalo, has sold
his drug store to W. Diefenbach. E. A. Darrow remains as
manager.
Henry Deuchler, of the druggist firm of Keller & Deuchler,
Is agent for Horlich's malted milk and travels all over West-
ern Now York as liis special territory.
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Walker &, Lathbury, at Vermont and West avenue, Buffalo,
have sold their drug store to E. R. L. Smith, who has another
store at West avenue and School street.
C. W. Snow & Co., of Syracuse, have been Incorporated at
Albany with a capital stock of $80,000. The company will do
a general drug business. The incorporators are Charles W.
Snow, Orrin J. Snow and Nelson P. Snow.
A new drug store has been opened at Main and Virginls
streets by Hayden & Twokey, two young men, lately clerks
In the Wiltsie store on the same comer. A race is apparently
on for the business of that locality.
A. H. Reimann, son of Secretary George Relmann, of the
western branch of the State Board of Pharmacy, who has
been In the drug store of his uncle at Sag Harbor for some
time, has taken a position in the Scheldt drug store in
Brooklyn.
The Erie County Pharmaceutical Association has lapsed
Into inactivity of late, which is always a sign that the trade
is going along very smoothly. There are some irregularities,
but nothing that looks like an outbreak of price cutting, so the
least done in the case the better.
The next meeting of the Buffalo Druggists' Social Club will
take place in Orpheus Parlors, Music Hall Building, January
15. There will be an entertainment by the specialty troupe
of the club in light theatricals, after which dancing will be
the order of the evening. The club Is in a flourishing condi-
tion, and the proceedings grow In Interest so rapidly that the
management is very much encouraged with what seemed a
-doubtful undertaking when the club was organized last fall.
The Buffalo Druggists' Bowling Club has at length settled
down on the High street alleys for permanent practice and Is
now making them smoke every Friday afternoon, which has
for a long time been the regular date. There are 26 members
of the club and they keep four alleys very warm. The match
game with Cleveland is off for the present, the change of
alleys having something to do with the postponement. A
game with the Unions, of Buffalo, is to come off soon, but the
druggists were obliged to decline the invitation to join the
tournament soon to open in the city, as it was felt that too
much time would be required.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Meeting of the Boston Druggists' Association— Discussing the
Question of Re-registratloa— Nexr Ltcentlates— Officers ot the
M C P. to be Enteftained— The Purity of Drugs in Massa-
chusetts — ^Impure Flavoring Extracts — News of the Hub*
Central New York Altsmm Banquet*
The Central New York students and alumni of the New
York Ck>llege of Pharmacy held their second annual banquet
at Utlca on December 26. About forty of the alumni, students
and invited friends attended.
Dr. H. B. Ferguson, of Little Falls* now Instructor in the
College of Pharmacy, was toastmaster. The toasts were re-
sponded to as follows: The Presidency, Arthur S. Evans, '97,
of Utica; The Secretaryship, Frank N. Rutherford, '97, of
Utlca; A Post-Graduate's Hardship, Dr. Gordon L. Hager.
'97, of Rome; I Wished I Was One, Edward F. Greene, Utica;
I Will Be One, Emll Hansman, Utica; What It Is to Be a Good
Representative, F. J. Dwyer, Utlca; I Am One, J. H. Howarth,
'03, Utica; I Am to Be One, William J. McGurty, Little Falls;
What We Will Be, J. R. Vickers, Utica; I Won't Be a Dead
One, Bert Ambrose, Utica.
Among others present were: William Watson, jr., president
of the Utica Retail Druggists' Association; William F. Cox-
son and Arthur J. Bauer, of Blaikie's; Harry J. Broughton,
H. E. Richards, W. M. Pritchard, of Rome; G. A. Walsh,
Little Falls; Willard H. Roberts, Jay R. Vickers, R. W. John-
son, William Brown, E. C. Ecyke, F. W. Preston, H. Preston,
E. F. Green, M. J. Slavin, Emil C. Hansman, H. D. Staphen-
beck, of Utica.
Regrets were read from Charles F. Chandler, of Columbia
University, president of the New York College of Pharmacy;
Dr. H. H. Rusby, the dean; Prof. Virgil Coblentz, Prof. George
A. Ferguson, Prof. George C. Dlekman, Thomas F. Main,
secretary; C. O. Bigelow, treasurer, and Charles S. Erb, pres-
ident of the alumni association; O. J. Griffin, assistant secre-
tary, all of the college. Regrets were also received from
Dr. Rudolph Gies, A. Meinicke, Eugene A. McCaffery, New
York; B. K. Davidson, Buffalo; Prof. John Oehler, New York;
William A. Hoburg, formerly secretary of the alumni asso-
ciation; Prof. Smith Ely Jelliffe, Dr. Leroy Thomas, Samuel
W. Fairchild, trustee of the college, all of New York; F. C.
Berry, Malone; Dan D. Bronson, Lowvllle; Charles M. Beebe,
Hamilton.
A permanent organization was formed to be called the
Central New York Alumni Association of the New York Col-
lege of Pharmacy. The following officers were elected: Pres-
ident, Dr. Gordon L. Hager, of Rome; secretary, Bert Am-
brose, of Utioa: sergeant>at-arms, Edward J. Martin, of Utica;
treasnr^^r. William J. >f((turtv. of Llttlo Falls.
{From our Regular Correspondent,)
Boston, January 8.— The last meeting of the Boston Drug-
gists' Association was held at Young's Hotel on the evening
of December 31. The guests and speakers were Frederick
G. Pettigrove, chairman of the Prison Commission, and Joseph
F. Scott, superintendent of the Concord Reformatory. They
spoke upon prison reform and matters appertaining thereto.
The following committees were appointed: On annual dinner,
George H. Ingraham, James O. Jordan and Fred. A« Hubbard;
on nomination of officers, Joel S. Ome, George H. Ingraham
and Hon. Gorham D. Gllman. Then followed a general dis-
cussion by the members of this question: "Are we, or are
we not, opposed to re-registration in this State for pharma-
cists?" The yes side brought up the following speakers:
Messrs. Canning, Nixon, Hoyt, Adams and Tilden. Those
who opposed the idea were Messrs. Gllman, Sawyer, Ingra-
ham, Flynn, Roskell and Bartlet. The vote which followed
showed a majority of two opposed to re-reglstration. During
the discussion it was stated that the re-registration question
had recently been considered at a conference between the
members of the board and the officers of the M. S. P. A«,
and that it was decided not to ask for the legislation during
the present year. President Nixon of the board will prepare
and read a paper on this subject at the coming meeting of
the M. S. P. A.
LICENSED BT THE BOARD OF PHARMACY.
A meeting of the Board of Registration in Pharmacy for
examinations was held December 31. Ten candidates were
examined and the following were granted certificates of
registration: Daniel W. Trickey, Boston; John A. Stanton, St.
Johnsbury, Vt; James P. Lynde, Webster; Alvin F. Schmitter,
Holyoke; Edward E. Griffin, Rockport; James M. O'Brien,
Boston.
The Association of the Alumni of the M. C. P., assisted
by the Women's Club of the college, will give a reception to
the trustees, faculty and students at the college building on
the evening of January 15. The officers are making elaborate
plans for entertainment, which Includes a class contest, re-
freshments and dancing. A large attendance and a Jolly
time is anticipated.
According to last month's report of the State Board of
Health, 94 samples of drugs were examined, of which 44 were
found to vary from the legal standard. The samples of drugs
found te be adulterated were acidum tannicum, capsicum,
cera alba, cera flava, glycerinum, liquor calcis, oleum limonls,
oleum olivae, sodii boras, sodli phosphas, spiritus setherls
nitrosi, sulphur lotum, sulphur prsecipitatum, tinctura iodl.
All of the samples of confectionery were found to be of
good quality, but the six samples of flavoring extracts tested
were all impure.
BOSTON NOTES.
There are five druggists in the legislature.
Business in smallpox goods is quieting down.
Now look out for the annual influx of bills inimical to the
drug trade.
William C. Pope is now in St. Louis acting as treasurer
of the St. Louis Granule Company.
O. B. Johnson, of the Dorchester district, is a recent pur-
chaser of a fountain from James W. Tufts.
The Christmas shopping was enormous in extent this year,
and many of the drug stores did a good business and secured
a share of the money.
Stephen P. Sharpies, of Cambridge, is the State Assayer of
Liquors, with a salary of $1,200. Governor Crane thinks the
office a useless one, and that its functions should be assigned
to the State Board of Health. Professor Sharpies does hot
agree with the Grovemor.
Prof. C. F. Chandler, of New York, delivered a lecture on
the evening of December 17, before the Northeastern Section
of the American Chemical Society, at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. His subject was The Electro-Chemi-
cal Industries at Niagara Falls. It was replete with informa-
tion and delivered with Professor Chandler's characteristic
skill before a large audience.
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PENNSYLVANIA.
Convention of tiie American Chemical Society a Notable Success—
A New Discovery in Vaccination— Students of Pharmacy Play
Basket Ball— Interruption to the Game*
{From awr Regular Oarrespandent.)
Philadelphia, January 9.— The twenty-fifth convention of
the American Chemical Society was held in this city on De-
cember 80 and 81, and according to President-Elect Ira Rem-
sen it was the best meeting that has ever been held. " It
was unusual," Professor Remsen said, " not only in point of
attendance, but in the character of the papers and discussions
and the enthusiasm of those who participated, and I think it
win result in great benefit to the society." [A special report
of the meeting will be found elsewhere in this issue.]
VACCINATION ON THE NOSE.
A number of years ago, when vaccination was first prac-
ticed, it was the custom to perform the operation on the arm,
but as civilization has progressed, and the women have be-
come more desirous of attending balls and dressing in
decoUette costume, the operations have been performed on
other parts of the body, but generally in such places where
the mark could not be seen. In some circles it has been a
question what part of the anatomy was most susceptible to
the vaccine virus. A head of one of the departments of
Smith, Kline & French Company has his own views on the
subject, and he considers the nose the most sensitive part of
the anatomy to the action of virus.
It appears that this gentleman has considerable to do with
looking into all new goods that come into the place, and re-
cently a vaccine point inclosed in paraffin wax. hermetically
sealed, was brought to his attention. The seal was broken
and the point, which was covered with glycerin, was ex-
amined. In running his finger over the point the virus stuck
to his finger, and as he had a cold in the head his hand made
many trips to his nose during the day, and in some manner
the virus was conveyed to the tip of his nasal organ, and
now he has a full size vaccine mark, which does not add to
the beauty of his physiognomy.
PB ARM ACT STUDENTS PLAY BASKET BALL.
On December 20 a basket ball game was played between
the Medlco-Chi College pharmacy team and the team com-
posed of students from the Philadelphia College of Phar-
macy. The game was brought to a sudden termination in
the middle of the second half by the referee's giving the game
to the P. C. P boys. It appears that Medico-Chi had a player
from one of the local professional teams playing forward,
but the P. C. P. team did not learn of this fact until after
the second half of the game was well under way. The P. C.
P. team at once protested the game and left the floor, claim-
ing that the game belonged to them, inasmuch as Medico-Chi
was playing a professional. The referee then awarded thfe
same to Medico-Chi by forfeit, but after he had consulted
Secretary Kelly, of the A. A. U., he reversed his decision and
j;ave the jrame to the P. C. P. The score at the time was
tie at 8 to 8. Line-up:
P. C. P. PosiTioy.
Sloblg Forward
D'Allenbentre Forward
Scott Centre
Kyle, Harmenlng Guard
Holstein Gaard
Mbdico-Chi.
. Allen.
. Oammon.
. Hawkes.
. Welmberger.
O'Toode.
QUAKER QTY ITEMS.
The trustees of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
held their regular stated meeting on January 8, but outside
of routine business nothing was transacted. The students are
all back at work after the holidays and everything is going
along smoothly at the college.
On January 8, the second of the course of popular lectures
of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy was given. These
lectures are ail illustrated and there is a great demand for
tickets. Dr. Samuel C. Schmucker gave an interesting dis-
course on Little Brothers of the Air.
The annual meeting of the Smith, Kline & French Company
was held on January 11, and the present officers were re-
elected. The report for the year showed the business done
was greater than ever before and the company to be In a
prosperous condition.
Albert Silverthom, formerly with the Philadelphia Drug
Company, has secured a position with Shoemaker & Busch, of
this city.
OHIO.
Smallpox Epidemk Near Qncixmati A G>iiBpiracy of Sikace—
Practically Ffce Telephone Service in OperaUon— The Volume
of Holiday Trade — Evanston to have a Drug Store*
(From our Regular Oorreepondeni.)
Cincinnati, Jan. 9.— Smallpox is epidemic in Cincinnati and
the suburban cities of Covington, Newport, Bellevue and Day
ton, across the river in Kentucky, and the supply of vaccine
virus has scarcely been equal to the demand, wliich has
steadily increased. Druggists are interested in the announce-
ment made the past week that Health Officer Dr. Clarke W.
Davis was contemplating the matter of issuing a general order
requiring every resident of Cincinnati— men and women and
children— to be vaccinated without delay. There has been a
conference of municipal physicians with this plan in view, but
no orders have as yet been issued. Because four street car
conductors were found to be infected with the disease every
one of the 2,000 employes of the Cincinnati Traction Company,
controlling the street railroad interests of the dty, were vac-
cinated at one time, and all of the men have sore arms. Un-
der an agreement between the local newspapers no mention
of the epidemic is permitted, and the fact that there really la
an epidemic is not generally known. Even the use of tiie word
** smallpox *' is not permitted in the local press, and the rale
is rigidly carried out The disease is particularly virulent in
Newport, Ky., and a quarantine against the city may be de-
clared by the Cincinnati Health Department. The sale of vac-
cine virus and strong disinfectants has enormously increased
in the local drug stores, and every public precaution is being
taken with strong sanitary measures to prevent a further
spread of the disease.
NEW TELEPHONE BATES.
Local druggists are interested In a new rate system in-
augurated January 1 by the Cincinnati & Suburban Telegraph
Company, which concern have a monopoly in the local tele-
phone field. Under the new plan, now effective, whether in
private houses or in places of business, where subscribers so
elect, instruments will be installed and maintained free of
rental, the cost of installation and maintenance to be paid by
the subscriber at the rate of a nickel each time the telephone
Is used, with a guarantee of from five to twenty-five cents a
day, the amount to be regulated by the number of parties on
the line. The charge, however, for the use of the instrument
is established at five cents, no matter what form of party line
is used. Under this system a druggist may have an instru-
ment installed absolutely free of cost in his place of business,
to be maintained entirely by the public, but he must pay if
he desires to use the instrument himself, though no charge
is made for incoming messages. With each telephone there is
to be installed a nickel-ln-the-slot machine, and no charge Is
to be made If the person using the telephone is unable to
reach the person with whom he desires to speak. He is given
the privilege without cost of calling up a business house or
residence and Inquiring if the individual with whom he de-
sires to converse is there. A reduction has also been made by
the company in the measured service rates. Some of the drug-
gists will avail themselves of the new rates offered, while
others prefer the old arrangement, and there is a wide differ-
ence of opinion on the subject, which is left for Individuals
to decide.
THE HOLIDAY BUSINESS.
Cincinnati drujrglsts, wholesalers and retailers, generally
speaking, pronounce the holiday business just ended the best
for many years. Nearly all the larger dealers of late years
have largely increased their stock of sundries and novelty
goods, and these have had a surprisingly strong sale during
the past few weeks. This is especially true in the suburban
retail stores, and this line of business has become a most im-
portant adjunct of the regular trade. With the wholesale
dealers, of whom there are a very large number in Cincinnati,
January is, as usual, their heaviest month, and the business
this year promises to break all ordinary records.
FIRST STORE IN EVANSTON.
A number of Cincinnati druggists have been considering
establishing a store at Evanston, one of the new and most
thriving suburbs of Cincinnati, just beyond the city line.
Though the village has a population of over 3,000, there has
been no drug store there until the past month, when A. C.
Green secured an excellent site in the center of the village
and opened a splendidly equipped modem drug store with a
large line of sundries. Mr. Green has been a cigar salesman for
years past and has had no previous business experience in
the drnjr trade, but he thought he saw a chance for a profit-
able oponiiiir and availed himself of the opportunity.
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MICHIGAN.
ILLINOIS.
A PhyiicUiis' Piufmacal Co. Incorporated— Dr. Bakom^s Myi-
teHow Disappearance— A Druggist Soes tiie Supervisor of the
Townsfiip — ^Average Cost of Prescriptions Eight Gents*
(^Voffi cur Regular Oorretpimdmt.)
Detroit, January &— Michigan druggists, and particularly
those of Detroit, are speculating on the effect which the Phy-
sicians' Pharmacal Company will have on the drug trade.
The articles of incorporation have been filed in LAnsing, and a
laboratory has been purchased at the corner of Ghamplain
and Beaubien streets, Detroit, where the work of manufac-
turing will begin at once.
The capital stock of the company has been placed at $75,000,
with shares at $10 each. The incorporators are the following:
Dr. J. B. Book, 700 shares; Dr. J. J. Mulheron, 700 shares; Dr.
B. B. Hoyt, 700 shares; Dr. Charles L. Finch, 700 shares; C. H.
Bryan and M. L. Pierce, 700 shares each. In addition, 3,800
shares are held in trust, and these may be taken by doctors
located in all parts of the country. Shareholders will be given
:dl supplies at cost. Dr. Book is president; Dr. Mulheron, vice-
president and manager; M. L. Pierce, second vice-president;
Dr. Hoyt, treasurer; C. H. Bryan, secretary.
DR. BALCOM'S MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.
The most mysterious disappearance reported to the police in
many months is now being investigated by the Detroit Police
Department. On the night of Monday, December 16, at 11
p.m., an unknown person is said to have appeared at the office
of Dr. R. A. Balcom, proprietor of the Balcom Pharmacy
Company, 1443 Michigan avenue, and asked the doctor to
make a sick call. He left the drug store, and has never been
seen by his friends since. His relatives believe that he has'
met with foul play. A few weeks ago Dr. Balcom was charged
with a statutory offense, but the case was in such shape that
it was plain to the defendant that he would be declared inno-
cent. The trial was to come up the day after the date of the
disappearance. The company had opened a branch store at
Sand Hill, Mich., and business was good. When Dr. Balcom
left the drug store he had a large sum of money in his posses-
sion.
AN INTBBBSTINO COMPUCAITION IN COVERT
Phy C. Bailey, who has friends in Detroit, is having
troubles of his own in Covert, Mich. He undertook to open a
drug store, and as a necessary precedent, presented a bond
for the approval of the town board. This is a strong local
option county, and on the plea that the sureties on the bond
were insufficient, the board turned Bailey down. Bailey ap-
pealed to both the Circuit and Supreme Courts, but the ac-
tion of the town board was sustained. Subsequently the
Supervisor of the Township, Truman A. Lampson, secured a
complaint from Squire Theo. Randall, charging Bailey with
keeping a place where intoxicating liquors were sold in viola-
tion of the local option law. Now Bailey has instituted suit
by capias charging Lampson and RandaU with conspiracy to
ruin his business, destroy his credit and drive him and his
drug store out of town. He wants damages in the sum of
$10,000, and local druggists are wondering how the interesting
case will end.
NEWS NOTES.
Dr. J. W. Rothacher, the city pharmacist, has compiled a
report which is very interesting to druggists. In a period of
twelve months 23,121 prescriptions were compounded by the
pharmacist at a cost to the city of $1,806.67. August was the
month of the smallest number of prescription, 1,109 being com-
pounded, while the following month was the busiest. Dr. Roth-
acher attending to 3,060 prescriptions. The average cost of a
prescription was about 8 cents.
Out of the goodness of his heart, Frederick F. Ingram, of
Frederick F. Ingram & Co., manufacturing chemists, presented
each of his large number of employees with a Christmas
turkey. Mr. Ingram has bought out his special partners, R. B.
and Chester Messer, of Hastings, Mich., and is now sole pro-
prietor of his big manufacturing plant
Mrs. C. B. Hollister, wife of the proprietor of the Wayne
Hotel pharmacy, has Just returned from an extended trip
through the States. She visited a number of drug stores and
is convinced that Detroit is as good for the drug business as
any city she found.
Walter H. Roesser, druggist, at the comer of East Forest
avenue and St. Antolne street, has bfon confined to his home
for the past three weeks with stoinach trouble.
A Great Pharmaceutical Library Planned for Chicago— The Lloyd
Liiwary VUy Go There— Report of Salt Against N. A R. D.
and N. W. D. A.— A Review of the Wholesale Trade for
1901.
{From our Regular Correspondent.)
Chicago, January 6.— Albert E. Ebert has just made a gift
of books, to the Crerar Library. The gift, while not large, has
produced results of great importance, as it has brought out
the fact that the trustees of the library have established a
pharmaceutical department, and also that they intend that
Chicago shall some day possess the greatest pharmaceutical
library in existence. To accomplish this it will, of course, be
necessary to obtain possession of the famous Lloyd Library at
Cincinnati. Through Mr. Ebert, Prof. John Uri Lloyd has been
in communication with Dr. Clement W. Andrews, librarian
of the Crerar institution. Professor Lloyd informed Dr. An-
drews that it was the intention of himself and his brothers to
turn their immense library over to some institution as soon
as they found the proper place. They prefer to have the 40,000
valuable books remain in the West, and want them to be
where they will do the greatest amount of good. Dr. Andrews
was told to make application for the library, and it is needless
to add that every effort is being made to secure the remarkable
collection.
SCOPE OF THE CBSRAR LIBRARY.
The decision to take such action was reached at a rather
late day, and Mr. Ebert kept at the trustees without success
for a long time before they reached this conclusion. The
Crerar Library is admirably suited to care for any collection
of books. It is purely a reference library of scientific liter-
ature. The present quarters are inadequate, but it is probable
that a magnificent building will be put up on the lake front.
The plan to build there is blocked at present by the action
of the adjoining property holders, some of whom, including
Mrs. Hetty Green, have withheld their consent. It is believed
that they will finally be won over. In case this building is
erected, it is believed Chicago will have first chance to secure
the magnificent Lloyd collection. In addition, it is hoped that
the books, 2,500 in number, belonging to the Chicago College of
Pharmacy, can be obtained. This collection was formed soon
after the great fire of 1871, when contributions were sent to
Chicago from all over the world. Among the contributions
were some extremely valuable works, many of which are not
to be found in the Lloyd collection. These old volumes cannot
be duplicated, and are getting more and more valuable as
time passes.
The hesitation of the trustees of the John Crerar Library
to accept the task of forming a collection of pharmaceutical
books was due to the manner in which the literary field is di-
vided up among local institutions. The Newberry Library has
the greatest collection of medical books in the world, and the
Public Library also covers other fields. It has also been as-
sumed that pharmacy would come under the medical head and
the Newberry Library monopolized the field. It was found
that the scientific field had so many ramifications that the
Crerar Library would have to take In pharmacy along with its
botanical and chemical departments, and therefore the New-
berry Library's field will be narrowed hereafter to therapeutics
and medicine proper.
Druggists, especially Mr. Ebert, are doing all in their power
so that the consent of all who own land along Michigan avenue
will be obtained for the erection of the building on the lake
front. The plans have been drawn and are most imposing.
A SUIT FOR CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE N. A. R. D.
Considerable attention has been given an item which has
appeared in Chicago newspapers recently to the effect that
efforts were being made to have the Attorney-General of Illi-
nois bring action for conspiracy against the N. A. R. D. and
the N. W. D. A. According to report some independent deal-
ers have complained to Attorney-General Hamlin that they
are the victims of discrimination, and are unable to buy goods.
Mr. Hamlin is said to be investigating the charges. The com-
plainants are said to have alleged that because they did not
belong to the general organization, and thus enter into a com-
bination to maintain an established price for patent medicines,
soaps and other articles, the wholesale druggists of the State
have refused to sell them patent medicines. It is said that an
effort will be made to prosecute both organizations under the
antitrust law. In this law severe penalties are provided for
those who combine in order to maintain prices on merchiuidise.
The standing of those who make the charges is not known, as
their names have not been given out. At present they seem
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to be making a lot of dust, but notliiug, practically, has been
done by them.
THE DRUG BUSINESS OF 1901.
In a review of the year's business, printed in one of the Chi-
cago dailies, J. G. Peters, vice-president of the Fuller & Fuller
Company, sums up conditions as follows: " The year 1901 in
the wholesale drug trade has been one of continued prosperity.
The volumo of sales will show an increase of about 10 per
cent, over those of 1900, which was a record breaking year.
The disposition of dealers at so-called remote points to avail
themselves of the advantages Chicago affords as a primarj'
market has been very pronounced. Collections have been very
satisfactory, which is an added evidence of the improved con-
dition of trade interests generally. Values have been weli
maintained, although many staple articles, for economic rea-
sons, show a lower range of values. The outlook for 1902 is
one of great promise. The skies are clear and no cloud ap-
pears on the horizon of a remarkably favorable condition of
commercial interests in general.*'
Another paper printed the following resume: "The drug
business of the city of Chicago for 1901 was a healthy one,
with an advance in the volume of business done of from 10 to
35 per cent. Values remained steady, there being an absence
of speculation. Prices changed but little during the last
twelve months, the year being an exceptional one on that
account/'
M. C. METZQER SUCCEEDS W. C. SIMPSON ON THE BOARD.
M. C. Metzger, of Cairo, has been appointed to the Illinois
Board of Pharmacy, vice W. C. Simpson, of Vienna, whose
term has expired. The better element among the druggists
Is much pleased over this appointment which, very likely, was
made at the suggestion of prominent members of the Chicago
Veteran Druggists' Association. Mr. Metzger had the cus-
tomary Indorsement of the Illinois Pharmaceutical Associa-
tion, and Mr. Simpson, as his term neared its close, also de-
clared in favor of Mr. Metzger. Much to the surprise of local
druggists, they were informed that just at the end of his term
Mr. Simpson had set the political machinery of Southern
Illinois at work at the last moment and was making strong
efforts to secure reappointment The message came in a
telegram and appeals were at once sent to the (Governor to
make the appointment In the usual manner and not to over-
ride the recommendation of the Illinois Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciation. Governor Yates has made the appointment as the
druggists wished him to do, and the members of the Veteran
Association and other drugqlsts are greatly pleased.
THE CHICAQD DRUG TRADE BOWLlNCi LEAGUE
has just entered on the second half of the season, and the
finish promises to be exciting. Inasmuch as the team that
is in first place leads by only a slight margin, and three teams
are tied for second place.
Tho sfandinp: of the clubs follows:
. ^ . . Won. Lost. Percpntajfe.
Sharp & Smith 2r» R .757
Lard, Owen &Co 19 14 .57.^>
B. H. Sargent & Co 19 14 .575
Parke, Davis & Co 19 14 .r.7r.
Buck k Raynor 11 22 .384
A. M. Foster & Co 7 20 .212
In tlic Husiiicss .Men's Lrajiue Baker's men are cutting
quite a swath. January 2 they rolled 1,015 In one round, the
first four-figure mark ever made In this league.
The standing of the several teams In the Business Men's
League Is ns follows:
\Vr»n. Ixist. IVr cent. High, Total. AveraRe.
Publisher 2s P .777 93« 30 955 859 :U-36
Carson. I'lrle & To. .2(i 10 .722 907 30.071 85135-36
Optician 20 10 .722 984 30.047 834 23-36
Drug Trade 22 14 .011 1.015 30.400 846 4-36
Lltho 18 18 .500 870 29.035 806 19-36
Clnco IS 10 .500 893 28.744 708 16-36
Western Electric 17 19 .472 905 29.330 814 3-36
Binders 10 20 .444 927 29.554 820 34-36
Illinois Brick Co 13 23 .361 930 29.018 800 2-36
Broker 13 23 .361 921 2S.922 S0:< 14-30
Produce 1(» 20 .277 906 27.729 770 9-36
Peering 9 27 .250 970 27,962 776 26-36
CHICA.GO NEVS NOTES-
K. II. Sargent, the veteran druggist, who has been ill for a
long time, Is quite low. He has been unable to appear at his
store for a considerable period.
J. P. Aiken has been given a sentence of five years in the
penitentiary for breaking open and robbing receivers of auto-
matic telephones. This Is the first conviction on this charge
that has been secured by the Chicago Telephone Company.
Aiken made his living In this manner for six months.
MISSOURI
Big Tblngi PMrnhed at tfie Annual Alfunni Ball— An Original
Satire on Quacks to be PfCMated— Additloni to the Untfbrm
PHce-Lbt- Minor Notes of Interest*
{From our Regular Correspondent,)
St. Louis, January 6.— There are to be large doings at the
liloderkrantz Hall on the night of February 6. The druggists
will all be there, both the young and the old. The wives,
daughters and sisters of the druggists will be there. So will
the drug clerks, and plenty of them, too; and there will also
be ladies who are not yet related to either druggists or clerks.
The annual entertainment and ball of .the St Louis College of
Pharmacy Alumni Association is booked for this night. It is
always the grandest affair of the season. No proprietor misses
it unless sickness or death keeps him at home. The clerks go
early. If they can get off duty, or come after closing time
if they have to work. Wm. H. Lament has charge of the
entertainment He has had considerable experience In the
theatrical line and for the past three years has shown the
druggists that he was as competent in this line as he was in
winning gold medals at the College of Pharmacy. The play
they have selected is entirely original and entitled Dr. Blow-
er's Sanitarium, and will be a satire on quack doctors.
Nearly all of those taking part in the play are connected
with the local trade and have assisted in these entertainments
for many years past. The following are their names:
Wm. H. Lamont, L. A. Seitz, Theo. F. Hagenow, Paul
Schneider, E. H. Voepel, A. V. Marquardt, Harry Konetszky,
('has. Wagner, Ed. Zanglein, Wm. J. Pfeffer, Ed. Stensel, Miss
Anna Heinrichs, Miss Jenevevie Vallance, Miss Emma Tytle,
Miss Edith Klein and Miss Murphy. The play will be fol-
lowed by supper and dancing.
ADDITIONS TO THE PRICE LIST.
The Retail Druggists' Association of St. Louis has sent a
notice to every druggist in the city to make the following
addition to their scheduled list, which has been in force for
several months:
Not to be sold for less than —
Htearns' Roadi Paste is cts., 2 for 2!S cts.
Sozodont 19 cts. and 55 cts.
BeUadoniia Plasters 15 cts., 2 for 25 cts.
Mellins* Food 38 cts. and 55 cts.
Horlick's Malted Milk 38 cts.. 75 cts. and |2.95
Nestle's Pood 20 cts., 38 cts., 2 for 75 cts., |2.50
Mlcrocide Hair (i rower 7.'» cts.
De Lacy's Hair Grower 71 cts.
Yale's Hair Grower 75 cts.
Danderlne 17 cts.. 34 cts., and 68 cts.
Barry's Tricoptoerous 30 cts.
Hayes* Hair Health 39 cU.
Seven Sisters' Hair Grower :is ct.s. and 75 cts.
Parker's Hair Balssm as rts. and 67 cts.
Ayer's Hair Vigor 67 cts.
UrIVh Hair Balsam 67 cts.
QTY ITEMS.
Mairs & Sheppard have moved their drug store from
Browning, Mo., to 1212 Olive street.
Henry Boardman, chief of the Meyer Bros. Drug Com-
pany's paint department, is back from his long vacation, spent
in California. He says that it is a poor country for such fel-
lows as himself. Everything is so lovely that they do not
need any paint out there.
R. S. VItt has resigned the presidency of the St. Louis Re-
tail Druggists' Association. Mr. Vitt has been foremost in
the fight to stop the cut rate evil in this city, and much of
the good work this association has accomplished has been
due to his untiring energies. Mr. Vitt owns a large and
prosperous drug store in South St. Louis, and he has recently
resumed the study of medicine. These duties are making
such heavy demands upon his time that he has found it
absolutely necessary to drop some of his outside work. He
will continue an active worl^er for the good cause, but feels
that there are others who have more time to attend to the
duties devolving upon the president of the association.
Miss Lotta G. Merrell, daughter of the late J. S. Merrell,
of the J. S. Merrell Drug Company, died of cerebral grip, after
a short illness, on December 30. She was in the prime of
young womanhood, of a most amiable disposition, and be-
loved by all who knew her. She had frequently attended the
meetings of the State Pharmaceutical Association with her
brothers, where she was always a great favorite. She was
very prominent in church and charity work, and her greate.<«t
pleasure seemed to be in making others happy. Besides her
widowed mother, she leaves a sister. Mrs. O. P. Walbrldge, and
throe brothers— Hubert S., Ashbel N. and Geo. R. Merrell.
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'She Drug and Chemical Market
The prices quoted in this report are those current In the wholesale market, and higher prices are paid for retail lots.
The quality of goods frequently necessitates a wide range of prices.
Condition of Trade*
New York, January ii, 1902.
THE volume of trade has increased slightly since the
opening of the year, the demand being somewhat
above the average for this period. Mail order business
continues good, and while the bulk of the transactions
are of a jobbing order, the inquiry extends over a large
variety of articles. There is a good consuming demand,
though notably large transactions are yet the exception.
Regarding prices, we have no changes of special conse-
quence to report, the price fluctuations that have come
to the surface since our last report being mostly in buy-
ers* favor, though considerable steadiness has developed
in some lines. The principal fluctuations are tabulated
below:
HIGHEU. LOWER.
Opium, Tannic acid,
Bserine sulphate, Cream tartar,
Pilocarpine hydrochloride, Lithium carbonate.
Cacao butter. Thymol,
Red rose leaves, Oroton oil.
Spermaceti, Clove oil.
Isinglass, Anise oil.
Nitrate of soda. Ethereal oil,
Gnm chicle, Cubeb berries.
Cod liver oil. Senega root,
, Naphthalin.
DRUGS.
Alcohol has not varied during the interval. A fair, steady
demand is being experienced, and upon the present basis of
values the market is firm in tone. The quotation is $2.55 to
$2.57, as to quantity, less the usual rebate of 2c per gallon
for cash in ten days. Wood is quiet, but steady, with GOc
asked for 95 per cent.
Arnica flowers are maintained in good position, with
numerous Jobbing sales at 8%c to 9%c.
Balsams.— Copaiba is in better supply, but recent arrivals
have not served to weaken the market, stocks having been
much depleted previously. Prime Central American is quoted
at 34c to 36c and Para at 45c to 47c. Peru is moving steadily
in a jobbing way, with the sales at $1.35 to $1.40. Tolu is
quiet and business is confined to small jobbing parcels, which
change hands at 30e to 32c. Canada Fir is moving in a
light jobbing? way at $3.60 to $3.7.5. while Oregon is duU and
featureless at previous prices.
Barks.— Khii has developed some scarcity and holders are
unwilling sellers, especially of powdered nud ground; recent
sales of select were at 15c, and it is doubtful if this price
could be shaded. Wild cherry continues scarce on spot and
current quotations remain at 6c to 15c, as to quality and quan-
tity. Quotations for other varieties of barks are uominaUy
unchanged.
Buchu leaves have developed no action of special im-
portance since our last. The demand continues very light, but
values are unchanged at 20c to 23c. as to quality and quan-
tity.
Cacao butter is fractionally higher, the quotations for bulk
and cakes being 32%c to 33c and 38c to 40c, respectively.
Caffeine continues irregular and unsettled, the leading
• producers having failed as yet to come to any satisfactory
agreement among themselves. Quotations are nominally $3.75
to $4.00, as to quantity and holder.
Cantharides met with very little attention and the market
is tame and featureless, with such sales as are passing of
Russian at 62c to 65c, and Chinese at 45c to 50c.
Cassia buds continue in fair seasonable demand, with,
numerous Jobbing sales at 23c to 25c.
Cocaine is irregular and unsettled, owing to competition,
among holders. While $4.80 to $5.00 is the established quota-
tion, as to quantity, it is intimated in some quarters that
down to $4.75 would be accepted on a firm bid.
Cod liver oil is reported higher at primary' sources, and
the inside quotation for the better known brands has been,
advanced to $23.00.
Colocynth apples are reported firmer and tending upward
at primary sources of supply. Recent foreign advices are to-
the effect that the Spanish variety is in extremely limited,
supply, and prices are risfng. We quote the range at 38c to
45c for Trieste and 16c to 17c for Spanish.
Cream tartar reflects the Influence of keen competition-
among holders, and manufacturers now quote at a decline ta
19c to 19M!C for powdered.
Cubeb berries have lost strength In the interval. Coupled
with a slackened demand is more or less competition among,
dealers, which has .served to send down prices to the basis of
10c to 12c for XX and 10c to 10^ for common.
Cuttlefish bone continues firm under the infiuence of
light arrivals, though prices show no quotable change.
Ergot has been without important demand. The opeih
quotations of the market are 40c to 43c for Russian and 42c
to 45c for Spanish, as to quality and quantity. Higher prices,
are looked for, as the stock is small and under good control.
Eserine sulphate has undergone two advances since our
last, owing to continued scarcity of Calabar bean, the source-
of the alkaloid. Manufacturers now quote 10c per grain ini
5-grain vials and 13c per grain in 1-graln tubes.
Ethereal oil is easier, manufacturers having reduced their-
quotation to $5.75.
Guarana continues selling in a Jobbing way at 75c. Stocks^
continue light and holders are indifferent sellers.
Haarlem oil is passing out to the trade in a Jobbing way
at $1.95 to $2.00, as to holder.
Isinglass has advanced into stronger position, quotations-
for delivery this year having been fixed at a considerable in-
crease over that previously prevailing; 55c is generally
named.
Lyeopodium is meeting with only moderate attention, and:
such Jobbing sales as come to the surface are at 50c to 51e
for unmarked and 53c to 54c for Politz.
Manna is reported higher in tlie primary market, but hold-
ers in this market continue to quote at the old range of 35c-
to 38c for small flake and 70c to 75c for large.
Menthol is firmly held in view of slight scarcity, but cur-
rent quotations show a wide range, .$4.15 to $4.50 being name^.
Morphine Is not particularly active at present, the distribu-
tion being largely regulated by current needs of consumption,
but the market continues steady on the basis of $1.90 to $2.05
for bulk, as to quantity; eighths quoted $2.35 to $2.40.
Opium is fractionally higher, both here and in Smyrna,
but the market lacks strength and the tone is easy. While
natural in cases is held by most holders at $3.05, there are
rumored offerings at a fraction less; for broken lots $3.07^
is paid, and powdered is offered at $3.80 to $3.85, as to test
and quantity.
Pilocarpine hydrochloride has advanced in the foreign mar-
kets to the equivalent of $21.00 per ounce laid down here, but
spot quotations are as yet unaltered.
Quinine has developed no action of any consequence dur-
ing the interval. Both manufacturers and jobbers report a
good jobbing demand, and the tone of the market Is steady
at manufacturers' quotations, or, say, 27c for bulk. Bulk
in second hand offers at 26c to 26^, as to quality and quan-
tity.
Saffron, American, is lower, the revised range being 13c
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to 14c, as to quantity. Valencia is nominally unchanged at
$6.00 to $6.25.
Sugar of milk is passing out into channels of consumption
in satisfactory volume at manufacturers* quotations, or, say,
13c to 14c for i)owdered.
Thymol is neglected and values are fractionally lower,
recent sales being at $2.05.
CHEMICALS.
Acetate of lime has ruled quiet during the interval, but
from previous quotations no changes in the market have oc-
curred, 85c to 90c being named for brown and $1.25 to $1.30
for gray.
Arsenic, white, is a shade firmer, with sales at 3^c to
S\c. Red is quiet, but steady, at 7c to 7^.
Benzoic acid, artificial, is in moderate demand, with small
sales at 37%c to 40c.
Blue vitriol has developed a 'Weaker tone in sympathy
with the market for copper, and we hear of sales at 4^ for
small crystals.
Boric acid is in moderate demand, with numerous sales of
jobbing lots at our quotations.
Chlorate of potash is in request, and the market appears
steady on the basis of 8c to 8%c for domestic crystals and
10%c to 10%c for foreign.
Citric acid is weaker, and while manufacturers continue
to quote 33c to 33^ for barrels and kegs, respectively, these
figures are being shaded in second hands. Sicilian Is held and
selling at 82^.
Formaldehyde refiects the influence of competition among
holders, and values are irregular and unsettled, though 15c
to 16c and 14%c to 15c appear to be the ruling quotations for
38 to 40 weight per cent, and 40 volume per cent., respectively.
Nitrate of soda is stiffening in value under the influence
of improved demand, delays in arrivals, and concentrations
of stock; spot held at $1.97^.
Quicksilver is lower in sympathy with the London market,
and holders now quote 65^c to 65%c, with a fair business
reported at this range.
Tartaric acid has attracted some attention during the in-
terval, owing to rumored offerings at Ic under manufacturers'
prices, and though 2794c has been named in one instance for
crystals, prices generally are not quotably lower, recent sales
of powdered being at 28%c to 29%c.
Tannic acid, crystals, is offered lower by manufacturers,
who now quote 67c to 72c, as to quantity.
ESSENTIAL OILS.
Anise has eased off a trifle in the interval, and the range
of ^the market now stands at $1.22i/^ to $1.25.
Bergamot continues quiet, but steady, at $1.90 to $2.10.
Clove has been reduced by the principal distillers to the
range of 57^c to 60c for cans and bottles, respectively.
Croton is offered at lower figures because of competition
among holders, and buyers are being accommodated at the
range of 90c to $1.00.
Juniper is held with increased confidence, owing to stronger
advices from primary sources, and the advancing tendency of
berries, best brands being held at 60c.
Limes continue dull and prices have been generally re-
vised to the range of $1.90 to $2.00 for expressed and 60c to
70c for distilled.
Peppermint continues firm and H. G. H. has further ad-
vanced to $2.15 from the hands of packers, though $2.00 will
still buy from second hands.
Sassafras, natural, is moving into firmer position, and
values are maintained steadily at the previous range of 39c
to 43c.
Wintergreen is in moderate Jobbing demand, with sales
reported at $1.60 to $1.65 for natural and 50c to 55c for arti-
ficial.
Wormwood is scarce and in demand, and most holders
(luote $6.00 and upward, though $5.75 might be accepted on
a firm bid.
GUMS.
Aloes are held about as before, say 6c to 6^ for cake,
394c to 4c for Curacao and 20c to 25c for Socotrina
Arabics of the different grades continue dull, but values
are unchanged, current sales of first and second being at 40c
to 45c and 30c to 35c, while sorts is held at lie to 14c.
Asafetida is slow of sale for both whole and powdered, but
the price is held firmly at 23c to 25c for prime quality as to
quantity, with 20c named for Inferior descriptions.
Camphor continues held at 57c to 57^ for domestic in
barrels and cases, respectively, while 62c to 64c is named
for Japanese in tablets and slabs.
Chicle is firmer under the influence of reports regarding
reduced crop estimates, and the quoted range shows an ad-
vance of 33c to 85c, as to quality and quantity. The crop
yield this year is reported very light.
Senegal has ruled quiet since our last, but prices are
nominally unchanged at 15c to 21c for the various grades of
picked, 12c to 13c for sorts and 8c to 10c for siftings.
Tragacanth has continued in fair request, and the market
appears steady on the basis of 29c to 30c for Aleppo and 35c
to 90c for Turkey.
ROOTS.
Business in nearly all descriptions of medicinal roots has
seldom been quieter or more featureless than during the period
under review, but notwithstanding this, there has been no
unusual pressure to realize, and dealers express confidence in
the situation. The only changes of importance consist of a
fractional reduction in the price of Senega, which is quoted
51c to r)2c for Western.
SEEDS.
Canary, Smyrna, is firmer, in sympathy with foreign
markets, and spot quotations are well maintained at 3c to
3%c. SicUy held at 3%c to 3%c.
Caraway, Dutch, has marked a fractional advance, in
sympathy with the foreign markets, and 6yic to 5^ is named.
Cardamoms continue in moderate jobbing demand, and
prices are unchanged at 60c to 75c for whole, as to quantity,
and 57%c to 62^ for decorticated.
Coriander is steady, with natural quoted at 2%c to 3c
for natural and 3V^c to 3%c for bleached.
Flaxseed is in improved position, whole clean, being held
at $6.25 to $6.50 per bbl. Ground is also higher, at 3%c to
3%c per lb.
Hemp, Russian, is in moderate demand, with small sales
at 2%c to 2%c.
Mustard, California, is without important change, yellow
being quoted at 4%c to 5%c and brown at 4c to 4%c. Ger-
man brown is held at 3^c to 4c, while 7^^ is named for
Trieste. English yellow is steady at 5%c to 6c.
Poppy, Quince. Rape and the rest of the staple druggists*
seeds are without new or interesting feature.
Was This a Good Dinner ?
The New York Tribune gives, in all the seeming barbarity
of the old Saxon language, the bill of fare used at the elabo-
rate banquet which took place at Delmonlco's recently in con-
nection with King Alfred's millenary celebration. This great
King of England died a thousand years ago; the menu does
not resemble our modem ones, and only boundless faith in
Delmonico*s could have emboldened the many distinguished
guests to partake of a portion of " Juncate-Eboracum " or of
" Sweta-Borys-Heb; " in fact, the only recognizable name in
the whole list is " Apolllnaris," which in a double sense is
familiar in millions of mouths, but even that is not a modem
word, as good St. ApolUnarls died many centuries before King
Alfred was bom.
The unique menu is given as:
Hiaf.
Baedic.
Aef en-Mete.
Ostren.
Olea.
HyraMng Solle.
Baore. Braede.
Boletus.
Praede-Cnxitnlftta.
Sweta-Boryi-Heb.
Fngele. Acetarla.
Janeate-Plomme.
Cyae. Knutu.
ApolUnarls. Attr-Potlo.
Brownis.
ICyrtan.
Janeato-8lM>nieom.
Plflt-Aelfireda.
cSKrytea.
Frayts.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROAD.
Not«s of the Tra.velen Caught on the Fly.
Buffalo.— Arthur C. Stallman, son of tbe senior member of
the Stallman & Futton Company, of N&w York, lately save
the Bulfalo drug trade a call In the Interest of his specialties.
J. 8. MarTio, like all good traveling dmgglate, managed
to Bpend the holidays at his home bere, and gave his spare
time to the trade while in the city, selUag his usual big lot
of goods for Seaburr & Johnson.
P. H.'Estelle, with John Wyeth & Brother, as of old, also
spent holiday week hi Buffalo and took in a satisfactory
amouut of orders In his well known line of trade.
E. G. Reynolds, Buffalonlan still In spite of his long con-
nection with the Syracuse house of Charles Hubbard & Son,
gives every Friday and Saturday to the city. He has some
new stories as well as new goods.
Qeorge E. Burrows, representative of Schleffelln & Co..
covers tlic cily as of yore, beginning the new year early by
calling iiu nil Ills cUKtoiiieis hi ilie lliifTato tratU'.
Justin Keith, representative of J. L. Hopkins & Co., man-
aged to poll hlmeelt together sufficiently out of the Wabash
wreck to reach Buffalo on time and take care of his trade in
good shape. His role aa life saver la very creditable to him.
George H. VanderschaS, Buffalo representative of the
druggists' sundries house of Melnecjce & Co.. with an office
in Elllcott square, has eugaged with the S. H. Wetmore Com-
pany, of New York, and the place la vacant Just now.
Genial George B. McLeod, State traveling agent of the
Empire State Drug Company, spent the holidays with hla
family in Buffalo aud then resumed business on the old
Chu> L. Blem,
Representing Baner & Black, of Chicago.
Ghas. L. Bleser, who Is one of the iravellag staff of Bauer
Jc Black, of Chicago, was born In St. Louis, December 16.
18T4. His early education was obtained in ilie public schools
of his native city. At the age of 14 years he entered the phar-
macy of W. H. Lamont and remained with him until he grad-
uated at the St Louis College of Pharmacy In 1895. He then
entered the employ of Nelson, Baker & Co., where he remained
uQtil May 1, 1901, when he secured his present position with
Bauer & Black, and for which Arm he has covered most of
the Southern, Western and Eastern territory In the capacity
of a "special" He is popular and enet^tic and always a
welcome visitor where he is known. He Is quite an athlete
and fond of all nthlelic sports.
B«<t«n.— L. r. SiihiKiir. niin-suntliig the Oranglne Com-
pany, Chicago. WHS here n few days ago and did a good busl-
Rndolph Wlrtb was around again booking orders for E.
Fougera A Co.. of New York.
E. Benslnger has been talking sponges greatly to the finan-
cial beneflt of the Smith, Klein & French Company, Philadel-
phia.
A. M. Stone sent a large batch of orders from here a short
time ago to the Upjohn Pill & Grannie Company, Kalamazoo,
Mich.
C. E. Keith has been telling the trade abont the specialties
of Seabury & Johnson, of New York.
H. Helnemen is pleased with the bustneos which he did here
in plasters for Bauer & Black, Chicago.
A crude drug salesman is a rare bird, but we have jnat had
a visit from one. It was F. L. Bodeman. representing Parke.
Davis it Co.
W. A. OUlett, New York State agent for Beeman's pepsin
gum, Is not a regular visitor In Buffalo drug stores, but he
spent some time there early in December.
John Paul Jones Is still sending out his racy postals to the
drug trade in the interest of Sharp & Dobme. He made Buf-
falo a visit a short time ago, with the usual good results.'
George A. Wood, who travels for the firm of Hubbard &
Co., but who has been off the road nearly a year on account
of a close call he had from typhoid fever, bas returned to
business and was in Buffalo lately.
C. F. Monroe, representative of Hance Bros. & White, lives
Id Buffalo and was in town to attend the last meeting of the
Buffalo Pharmacists' Social Club, where he won the Oxst prise
at progressive euchre.
J. E. Barrett, formerly with Stoddart Bros.. Buffalo, but
now traveling for the Bnrrough Bros. Manufacturing Com-
pany, spent a proQtable season in the city about tbe middle
of December.
The perfumery firm of C. B. Woodwortb Sous Company,
of Rochester, entertained their traveling representatives at
dinner recently. Tbls dinner la an annual affair with this
company. The traveling representatives of the company every
year at about this time make it a point to be in Rochester at
the home office of the company, and the annual gathering is
made the occasion of festivities that are remembered wltb
pleasure. Those present were: F. E. Woodworth, H. 8. Wood-
worth, P. H. Halloway, New York City; Joseph B. Rose, Chi-
cago; R. Q. Henry, Washington; Mr. Ambler, San Francisco;
W. J. Marsbman. Detroit; T. 8. Chandler. Boston; James H.
Dunlavey, New York State; W. G. Bridgeso, New York State;
John Alexander, Rochester, and C. K. Loomls, Rochester.
Philadelphia.— Bauer & Black's popular representative
here, C. L. Bieaer. bas been transferred to Chicago, whence
be will be assigned to a regular territory in place of doing
special work as heretofore.
Dr. Thos. S. Askew, who at one time represented the Emer-
son Drug Company In Philadelphia, and was latterly wHb
Hance Bros. & White, has recently secnred a position with
the well known perfamery honse of Cbapman & Rogers, and is
working the trade In this city.
John 8. Lane, representing Schleffelln * Co., Nsw York,
was anund among the trade in this vicinity recently. Baal-
nofs was good.
Gilpin, Langdon & Co., of Baltimore, recently had on ex-
hibition at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy a lino of
their crude drugs In powder form. Their orator, 0. M. Ed-
wards, was on hand to explain how they are enabled to sell
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drugs of so pure a quality at so low a price, but the record
of this house is a sufficient guarantee for quality.
W. H. Martin, of the Goodyear Rubber Company, is show-
ing samples to the trade and selling many fat orders.
Chicago.— A new buyer has been installed in the place left
vacant by the death of Harry Jacobowsky, of Morrisson, Plnm-
mer & Go. The newcomer is C. H. EIrieger, who has occupied
a similar position with the Kauffman-Lattimer Gompany, of
Columbus, Ohio, for many years. Mr. Krieger has a wide
acquaintance among salesmen.
Representatives of Parke, Davis & Co. to the number of
fifteen met December 27 at a banquet in the rooms of the
Chicago Athletic Club. Each did a stunt, and as a result all
had a most enjoyable evening.
A large number of salesmen are " lying low " Just at pres-
ent. The taking of Inventories and filling out of lines of sam-
ples is occupying most of their attention. They will soon be-
gin to shake things np, however, with new lines of goods.
W. J. Walters, who represents Johnson & Johnson in the
West, is at the home office. G. W. Stout has also come in from
Indiana and W. W. Mandevllle from Wisconsin. Alexander
Harris is on the way home from a trip to the factory at New
Brunswick, and G. W. St. Clair has just left for the Bast.
St. Louis.— Chas. Bigelow, of Healey & Bigelow, proprie-
tors of the famous Kikapoo Indian Remedies, passed through
this city just before the first of the year on his way to the far
West His firm intend to put several more Indian medicine
shows on the road in the early spring, and he has gone West
in quest of *' hair raisers."
John W. Miller, of the Maltine Company, has been in the
city stirring things up for the first of the year.
G. B. Selff, in charge of Bll Lilly & Co.'s Kansas City office,
spent Xmas with St Louis relatives.
Samuel Livingston, for many years past one of the best
known local drug clerks. Is now booming business for Merck A
Co. in this State.
J. S. Lithicum, that jovial representative of the Bromo-
Seltzer people, has been in town this week. Throughout this
country he is known as " Bromo." The boys all have a good
time when he is around, and the meetings of the Missouri
Pharmaceutical Association would not be a success unless he
was there.
John Goldsmith, for the past year with the local office of the
Searle & Herreth Company, is now making things lively
around town.
Fred. Koch, formerly representing Johnson & Johnson in
Germany, will help look after that firm's interests in this State
during the ensuing year.
The local trade were very sorry to learn of the death of their
old friend, Townley Case, who represented Boehringer &
Soehne for so many years.
Earl Cook, Missouri representative of Johnson & Johnson,
has just returned from a visit to headquarters. He says he
intends to make this a record breaking year for his firm in this
State. He was formerly one of the most popular St. Louis
drug clerks.
Clay Johnson, one of the best known knights of the grip in
Missouri, whose sample cases are labeled " Meyer Bros. Drug
Company." is taking a little rest up in the St. John's Hospital.
It is not from being on a spree, for Johnson has never had time
to learn those things; but some young men who were on a
spree and imagined they were in the wild and wooly West,
took Mr. Johnson, on the street car on which he was riding,
for some fierce animal, and opened fire. The bullet was cut
out of his side at the hospital, and he expects to be out on the
road again in a few days.
Chas. Milne, formerly representing Eli Lilly & Co., has gone
to work for a local dry plate concern. He was at one time one
of the leading local drug clerks and president of that organiza-
tion.
L. A. Fischer, who has been booming business for Bll Lilly
& Co. through the towns of Missouri, has been called in to do
detail work among the physicians of this city.
G. L. Simmons, the well-known traveler for Seabury &
Johnson, has forsaken the drug trade, and Is now connected
with the JFAnsi Life Insurance Company.
A Great Railway*
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway owns and
operates over 6,000 miles of thoroughly equipped road in
Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, North
Dakota, Missouri and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
It owns and operates all equipment in service on its lint^s,
including Sleeping Cars, Parlor Cars and Dining Cars, main-
taining an excellence of service unequaled om any railway
in the world.
It has been a pioneer in the Northwest and West in the
use of the block system in the operation of Its trains, in the
lighting of trains by electricity, heating by steam and many
otiler progressive methods, which have added safety, comfort
and luxury to travel. It is always the leader in that direction.
The Pioneer Limited Trains between Chicago, St. Paul
and Minneapolis have the costliest and handsomest Sleeping
Cars in the world and the best Dining Car service.
Time tables, maps and information furnished on application
to F. A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
** Just a Money Maker " is what the New Idea claims to
be. Write for a sample copy to Frederick Steam & Co., De-
troit, Mich. It is bright, alert and well worth reading.
One of the most useful almanacs recently published is the
Ladies' Birthday Almanac for 1902, which is being distributed
by the Chattanooga Medicine Company, manufacturers of
Thedford's Black Draught and Wine of Cardui. It is dif-
ferent from the ordinary cheap almanac, its accurate pre-
dictions of atmospherical disturbances have been noted, and it
has a circulation of 15,000,000 copies annually.
An attractive little booklet has just been issued by the
Antlkamnia Chemical Company, of St. Louis. It is entitled
"A Start and a Finish*' (a parable), and from the initials
of the author, one may easily judge that it is from the pen.
of Frank A. Rnf, president and treasurer of the company.
Judging from the number of words, there is not much in the
booklet, but calculated from the standpoint of good, hard
common sense, it is full of morals, artistic typographical ef-
fects and useful advice.
Although the holidays are over, the time has not yet passed
in which the usefulness of a seasonable gift like the Lehman
Heater will be appreciated. Physicians especially will find
solid comfort in this article in their carriages, sleighs or auto-
mobiles. Thus far 150,000 of them are in actual use, beini^
heated with Lehman coal, from which there is no smoke or
smell, all unpleasant features of their use being eliminated.
Mention the Ajcebican Dbuggist when you write for circular
and price-list to Lehman Brothers, 10 Bond street. New
York, or James W. Errlnger, 297 Wabash avenue. Chicago,,
the Western sales agent.
According to the claims made by the Puffer Manufacturing-
Company, of 44 to 48 Portland street, Boston, there is no^
secret as to the cause of the popularity of their fountains.
They lead, and they invite the drug trade to prove the state-
ment by sending for the Puffer catalogue, because of the de-
signs, workmanship, heavier material and greater durability
of their apparatus. They claim that they can save the dis-
penser money and give good value, and they are always-
pleased to have their Boston factory or their New York ware-
rooms, at 216 Centre street, New York, inspected by doubters.
Mention this paper when you send for catalogue or call.
The Illinois Medical College held the opening exercises of
its January term at Its new college building, comer of Wash-
ington boulevard and Halsted street, Thursday afternoon.
January 2, 1902, at 2 o'clock. This building was recently pur-
chased by the college at a cost of $50,000. It has been com-
pletely remodeled and newly furnished at a cost of |15,00<».
The most modern appliances and furnishings have been pur-
chased and no better facilities for teaching can be found In*
Chicago. The operating room and hospital are ideal in their
completeness. The school of pharmacy in connection with
this institution will have its opening exercises April 1 In the
new building, with a large increase of space and greatly Im-
proved facilities for teaching.
The well-known firm of Gilpin, Langdon & Co., wholesale
druggists and drug millers, of Baltimoi*e, Md., were incorporated
recently at Trenton, N. J., as a company with a capital stock
of $250,000, divided into shares of a par value of $100. The
directors are Messrs. H. B. Gilpin and Charles F. Husted, of
Baltimore, and Kenneth McLaren, of New Jersey. Officers
will be elected sortly. No stock will be put on sale. The flmt
have been In existence fifi voars.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST
and PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO. JANUARY 27, 1902.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
BDXT0BIAL8 88-86
Obioinal AmcuBs:
Suggeatlona Toward Inereaaing the Preatlge of the Store 86
DBPABnmiT or Stobi UAXAsmMmm:
Syitem in the Preacription Laboratory 88
DBuooiSTf CouBsa iM Optics:
The Physiology of Vision 89
Oatbibbd Formulas :
Syrup of Lecithin, Bmulslon of Petroleum with Hypophoa-
phites, B. P. C, Whooping Cough Embrocation, Wilkinson's
Liniment, Compound Syrup of Qlyoerophosphatea, B. P. C.
Cocaine and Suprarenal Solution, Bztraet of Malt with Cod
LiTer Oil, B. P. C, Pepsin Wine, B. P. C, Oasterine, a new
IMgestant 40
CiBAii or CiTiiBBKT LxxniBuu :
The State of Pharmacy in China, New Methods for the Detec-
tion of Cocaine, A New Method of Determining the Iodine
Figure of Fats 41
The Disinfection of Dwellings by Formaldehyde, lb Distinguish
Between Human Blood and ue Blood of Lower Animals by
Means of Specific Serums. A Contribution to the Study of
the ActlTe Constituents of Senna, The Assay of Drugs Ac-
cording to the New Swedish Phsrmaoopceia 42
A New Reagent for Albumin in the Urine. A Plea for Galenical
Preparations Oyer Alkaloids, Preserration of Common Lab-
oratory Solutions 48
Asunonla, Iodine and Collodion, Sweetening Elixirs, Soma Piur*
ing Adjuncts to a Drug Store, Chamois or JShamy Skins. ... 44
Photographic Supplies m the Drug Store, How to Make a
Tooth Paste^ A practical Prescription Record, A New Proc-
ess for the Manufacture of Citric Acid, Window Suggestions. 46
A Few Don'ts, The Sad Story of the Good DruggisVand the
Bad Business, What Should Be the Attitude ofthe Druggist
Toward the Symbol Prescription He Cannot Read?
Rheumatin 46
QvsBns AKD An awBBS :
That Quinine Mixture, Haarlem Oil, Show Globe Colors, Soap
Powders 47
Bucamphol. Dealer in Second-Hand Drug Fixtures, Acid
Seetodephlcum 48
CoBBBSPomiBKca :
Dr. Rlce^s QrsTe : A Suggestion for a General Subscription, by
Prof. John UH Lloyd; The Illinois Board Appointment,
Sayes on Market Reports 4S
BusiNBss BmLDiNO. : 4ft
NSws OF THE Drug World 50-64
OUR SUBSCRIBERS' DISCUSSIONS.
THE time allowed for manuscripts sent in answer to
the first question : " What is the Best Method of Fil-
ing Prescriptions?" expired on Tuesday, January. 2i.
The number of replies received to this question was grati-
fyingly large, and the papers are distinguished by a high
order of merit, one of them, at least, possessing excep-
tional features of novelty, and outlining a method of
filing prescriptions which will commend itself very highly
to pharmacists who do either a large or small prescription
business. We»will now announce the second question of
the series. It is this : What is the Best Method of Encap-
sulating Liquid Drugs? This subject is one of peculiar
interest at the present time, in view of the frequency with
which liquid preparations of a volatile nature are -pre-
scribed in capsule form, and we may suggest that the chief
points for consideration might be: The treatment of
the hard gelatine capsule to receive the unmixed volatile
fluid — e. g,, creosote; the massing of the volatile fluid
with a suitable absorbent substance ; the manipulation of
chemically incompatible substances in brder to prevent
the decomposition of the mass before it is swallowed —
e. g., ichthyol and magnesium carbonate; when massed,
the handling of the mass and filling of the capsule ; de-
scriptions of instruments and appliances used in filling
capsules. Answers to this second question of the series
are to be received not later than February 25, 1902. They
should be addressed to The Editor, the American Drug-
gist, 62-68 West Broadway, New York.
THE MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE*
A BILL has been introduced into the lower house of
Congress, providing for a change in the title of the
U. S. Marine Hospital Service to that of the Public
Health Service, and also providing for some changes in-
the grades of the surgeons of the service, but making no-
mention of the hospital stewards, thus leaving them un-
changed in the positions they now occupy. While the bill
is understood to meet with the approval of the supervising
Surgeon-General, it does not meet with universal ap-
proval among the surgeons of the service, as it leaves un-
changed several features which have been from time to
time the subject of adverse criticism.
This is practically the only Government service in
which no provision is made for an anal3rtical check upon
the medical supplies purchased. Even the Indian Bu-
reau, which like the Marine Hospital Service is under the
Secretary of the Treasury, has its analytical chemist, who
passes upon, and not infrequently rejects, supplies fur-
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nished by contractors. It is, therefore, eminently desir-
able that a concerted effort be made at this time to secure
better recognition for pharmacy in this branch of the Gov-
ernment service, and we urge every reader of this journal
to write at once to his representative in Congress and to
both the Senators from the State of which he is a citizen
urging the adoption of the amendment to the bill which
is printed in our news columns.
AS TO AN ORGAN OF THE N. A^ R. D*
WE learn with some degree of surprise that the Execu-
tive Committee of the National Association of
Retail Druggists has still under consideration the project
of establishing an organ for that body. The folly of such
a step has been so frequently pointed out, and we think
so clearly demonstrated, as to have convinced any save
the most prejudiced mind. The three reasons which have
been most generally assigned as excuses for taking such
a step as that in contemplation have been, first, the de-
sirability of having an organ to voice the views of the
Executive Committee, and chastise proprietors who fail
to loyally support the N. A. R. D. plan ; the need of an
additional source of revenue, and finally a means of ex-
ploiting the association and its doings in an improved
way.
The answer to the first of the reasons stated is that
the drug trade press has not in any single instance, so
far as we are aware, failed to carry out the wishes of the
N. A. R. D. as to the publication of facts concerning any
recalcitrant manufacturer or jobber. Any concealment
which has been practiced has been due to the failure of
the N. A. R. D. to ask for the publication of facts which
it deemed essential to the furtherance of its plans. As
to the question of revenue, the association will certainly
be leaning upon a very slender reed if it expects to derive
any substantial income from any such arrangement as
that proposed at the Buffalo meeting. The proposition
there submitted pledged the association to a very large
extent — namely,' a certain sum per capita for each of the
members of its associations in membership as a subscrip-
tion to a journal, without giving any definite pledge in
return, save the very shadowy one of 50 per cent, of the
expected profits, which were computed at ten to twenty
thousand dollars. The absurdity of such a proposition
must be apparent to any business man. It would be prac-
tically impossible to draw up a contract along these lines
which would give any assurance to the association of
profit ; and admitting the possibility of a profit, as has al-
ready been pointed out, any profit which mi^ht accrue
would undoubtedly be at some cost in the respect and es-
teem of the proprietary men which would make it very
dearly bought indeed. If the officers of the association
feel that they have the right to exact tribute from the
proprietary medicine interests of the country, they would,
in our opinion, obtain much better results, both in money
and in good will, by soliciting direct subscriptions than
in the very roundabout method of establishing an organ
and taking a portion of the possible profits to be derived
from the advertising end.
Finally, as to the giving out of news, it has been pro-
posed to the Executive Committee that an editor or re-
porter be attached to the secretary's office for the prepara-
tion and dissemination of news through the journals now
established, and that the expenses of this work be borne
jointly by the drug journals somewhat in the manner of
the Associated Press. This proposition is eminently prac-
ticable and one to which we do not doubt the trade press
would willingly accede. With this means provided for
the dissemination of news, it would seem that all reason-
able grounds for the establishment of an N. A. R. D.
organ are removed.
THE REOOGNinON OF DIPHTHERIA ANTI-
TOXIN BY THE PHARMACOPOEIA.
IT will be recalled by our readers that at the Richmond
meeting of the American Pharmaceutical Associa-
tion, held last year, a special committee was appointed
to investigate the question of introducing diphtheria anti-
toxin into the U. S. Pharmacopoeia of 1900-1910. At the
St. Louis meeting of the Association this committee, con-
sisting of Prof. L. E. Sayre, E. H. Houghton, M.D., and
Albert Schneider, M.D., presented a valuable and com-
prehensive report, based upon information obtained from
manufacturers of antitoxin, bacteriologists engaged in
the actual production of antitoxin and biolc^cal prod-
ucts, teachers of bacteriology, health officers in cities
containing over 100,000 population, and prominent physi-
cians, especially those devoting their entire attention to
the subject of diseases of children.
The conclusions and recommendations of the commit-
tee were as follows :
A careful study of these opinions by your committee leads
us to the conclusion that the coming revision of the IT. S.
Pharmacopoeia should follow the example of the Gterman
Pharmacopoeia and officially recognize diphtheria antitoxin.
The product is In almost universal use to-day by progressive
physicians, and it should be possible to officially recognize it
in such a manner that the sick could be protected against
wealsened and worthless serum and the retail druggist could
be protected In its sale. In Germany this is done by the
paternalism of the Imperial Government, but in this country
the whole genius of our national institutions Is against gov-
ernmental paternalism. While It is vitally necessary, if diph-
theria antitoxin be recognized by our Pharmacopceia, that it
be standardized, in order to make recognition of any value, it
would be as unwise to subject the control of the standardisa-
tion to political influences as it would be to issue the U. S.
Pharmacopceia under such auspices. We don't want science
by government in this country!
At the same time It should be possible to provide some
means of controlling the strength of diphtheria antitoxin
without governmental supervision.
We believe that this can be done by requiring of aU manu-
facturers that all diphtheria antitoxin sold as " U. S. P., 1900-
1910," shall state upon the label of each container (1) the
number of immunizing units in each Cc, (2) the total number
of immunizing units in each container, and (3) the date after
which the antitoxin ceases to have the strength claimed for
it, and also that there shall accompany each package sold a
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dated and signed voucher by the manufacturer guaranteeing
(1) the unit strength of the product in each Gc, (2) the total
unit strength of the package, and (3) the date after which
the antitoxin ceases to have the strength claimed for it. It
might be well, also, to require that both label and voucher
shall be numbered with a laboratory number of the lot made.
The Pharmacopoeia should adopt a standard method for
manufacturers to follow in determining unit strength, proba-
bly Bhrlichs' method, and provide for a series of standard
strengths of antitoxin.
By this method the retail druggist could obtain adequate
protection by buying of manufacturers who could and would
guarantee it He would not need to malse costly tests re-
quiring unusual facilities, nor wou|d he be compelled to have
them made by political governmental Inspectors, but he could
secure the fullest measure of protection by placing the burden
of responsibility upon the shoulders of the maker, where it
properly belongs. i
Your committee would therefore recommend that this Asso-
ciation send a copy of this report and the accompanying
communications to the Chairman of the Revision Committee
of the U. S. P. (1000-1910), and ask that, he issue a special
circular to members of the committee, based upon this report,
requesting that a special vote be taken upon the question of
the Introduction of diphtheria antitoxin into the U. S. Pharma-
copceia.
The report was adopted by the American Pharma-
ceutical Association.
The one feature that stands out most prominently in
the report of this committee is the fact that a method
has been provided whereby retail druggists can be
adequately protected in the sale of diphtheria antitoxin
without being compelled to make costly tests requiring
unusual facilities or have them made at their own ex-
pense.
This is most important for the reason 'that the main
opposition to the official recognition of diphtheria anti-
toxin has come from retail druggists, who objected to
becoming responsible for the quality of a product which,
apparently, they could not control. It was frankly ad-
mitted that a remedy which, as Dr. W. W. Keen, of
Philadelphia, recently stated, has reduced the mortality
in Baltimore from 70 per cent, to 5 per cent., and has
saved by its use in New York 1,500 lives during a single
year, was deserving of official recognition, in order that
its quality could be guaranteed to the sick and the dying.
But how best to protect the public against the use of
valueless serums, and how best to protect retail druggists
in the sale of antitoxin, these were difficult questions to
answer.
The committee seems to have solved the difficulty
and has presented an entirely practicable plan. By the
method proposed the responsibility for the quality of the
product would be placed upon the shoulders of the mak-
ers, where it properly belongs, and retail druggists could
obtain protection by buying a "U. S. P." product of
responsible manufacturers who could and would guaran-
tee protection. It only remains for the Committee on
Revision to provide requirements controlling the sale of
products labeled " U. S. P." by manufacturers.
In view of the St. Louis cases, where apparently
tetanus toxins were present in diphtheria antitoxin, it
would be well for the Committee of Revision to i^equire
that the antitoxin shall not only be sterile, but shall be
free from any toxin, a fact demonstrable by control or
physiological tests.
We trust and believe the Revision Committee will
give this question the careful consideration that its im-
portance demands, and will see its way clear to recc^jnize
the remedy, the use of which is to-day the accepted treat-
ment for the infectious disease of diphtheria.
WANTED: AN ALL-STATE BOARD.
WE long, earnestly and consistently urged the unifica-
tion of the several boards of pharmacy having
jurisdiction in this State. The first step toward carrying
out this consummation has been taken, and we now have
a board that in name at least is the New York State Board
of Pharmacy. The work is only half-way done, however,
nor can it be considered as complete until all sectional
diflferences are done away with and we have an all-State
board in fact as well as in name.
The law as it now stands is a compromise, and, like •
most compromises, shows many weak points. There is
a healthy spirit of inquiry abroad as to why the qualifica-
tions of electors are not the same in every section of the
State. The reasons assigned by those who defend the
present status of things are not convincing, and it is only
a matter of time when they will cease to be effective and
the pressure for a uniform qualification for electors all
over the State overcomes all opposition. Indeed, unless
this opposition is shrewd enough to yield gracefully, the
spirit aroused will carry the reform much further than
the mere question of qualification, and will give us an
all-State board devoid of any sectional divisions what-
ever.
Already a strong movement is under way in this city
to throw open the franchise to all licensed pharmacists
and druggists, and to make the Eastern- branch uniform
in its workings with the other branches. The Manhattan
Pharmaceutical Association has taken this position and
urged the adoption of an additional amendment to the bill
to effect this. It is the only logical position to take while
the board is sectionally divided as it is. It is unfor-
tunate for pharmacy generally in Greater New York that
a borough so nearly situated to the old City of New York
as Brooklyn should be in a position to exert an independ-
ent function in the workings of the Eastern branch. The
election for members of the Eastern branch should be
held at one place in the old City of New York, and the
official headquarters of the branch should be situated
there. It is a most absurd and unheard of thing to divide
the work of a branch board, and parcel out its offices as
is now done.
A satisfactory solution of the problem of pharmacy
regulation in the State of New York will not be reached
until the various boards of pharmacy are unified in fact,
as well as in name, and all sectional differences are done
away with.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
SUGGESTIONS TOWARD INCREASING THE
PRESTIGE OF THE STORE.
By Joseph F. Hostellet,
OoUtngdale, Pa.
IN a few modem pharmacies, where some of the finer
business details are regarded, provision is made for
speeding the time patrons voluntarily wait for prescrip-
tions. The means employed to entertain are many : Cur-
rent periodicals, the phonograph, the mutoscope, etc.
There is a deep, underlying strata of practical wisdom
in this proceeding which the superficial thinker is likely
to underestimate. The appreciation felt by a customer
toward any measure that relieves the tedium of waiting
is a significant factor in a business equation.- The bear-
ing it has on the business status of the pharmacist, as
viewed by the public, is analogous to the reception ac-
corded the customer by the druggist or his clerk. The
address of the store attendant may be formal, friendly
or familiar. The inherent faculties of the individual
should tell him unerringly which attitude to assume in
the proper situation. Sometimes, however, something
seems amiss with the intuition of the innate attribute : A
yokel is out of his field. When the public gives palpable
preference to one pharmacy in a town or district, it is
unmistakable that a peculiar something in the particular
atmosphere of this store is the magnet. This something
is business breath and breadth; the magnet is the man.
He has good business judgment, tact and skill; he is a
man of a modern, progressive spirit, and the critique
of his clerks must be nearly on a par. He surrounds
himself with the proper elements of a successful busi-
ness and success is inevitable.
PUBLIC SUPPORT IS CLAIMED BY COURTEOUS ATTENTION
on the part of the store attendants, not by force of num-
bers. Patronage is won by looking to details, by study-
ing the minor elements of a business deportment as they
have bearing on the* essential person of the customer.
Patronage will naturally gravitate toward the point
where human interests and instincts find a token of sym-
pathy. Make a customer feel welcome, at home and at
ease, from their entrance to their departure, and he or
she will come gladly, voluntarily, frequently.
" ENTERTAIN THE WAITING PATRON."
The phonograph or the mutoscope admirably serve
the waiting customer as a happy medium to relieve the
tension of expectancy. Often a customer will wait pa-
tiently for a prescription, be it powder or pills, with a
comfortable chair and a popular periodical. A current
magazine of the day, with bright, crisp fiction and fact,
will shorten the minutes of waiting as though Father
Time had taken pause to look through the pages himself.
For the purpose in view, however, observation points to
the illustrated comic sheet as one of the best and most
appreciated expedients in print. Humor finds an affinity
more often than science or art. This is evidenced by
the dog-eared pages of a Puck or Judge so often seen
beside but little thumbed monthly of more sober thoughts.
The druggist might make capital of this prompting of
human nature by compiling a comic volume of illustrated
humor that would favor his business in every fla^h of
wit, a volume that would cleverly turn seasonable jest
into serious advertising.
SUGGESTION FOR A STORE SCRAP-BOOK OF WIT AND HUMOR.
Let a book of large blank pages and an attractive
binding be procured ; select carefully illustrations of pure
humor from some of the many available sources, and,
with the aid of a paste-pot and brush, group them to
advantage in the pages of the scrap-book. Colored illus-
trations among the black and white will lend an artistic
tone to the volume and greatly enhance the value of the
book as an appeal to the eye. Each* page will present
but a few selections. Beneath each illustration the drug-
gist will carefully pen a brief, befitting commentary upon
the witticism, appropriating the gist or the tenor of the
jest as an advertising advantage. For example: Beneath
one of Gus Dirk's inimitable conceptions of insect life
the druggist will print or write, in red or black ink,
something in the following vein :
Did you ever see anything funny about a bug? You might
smile at the way Smith's Insect Chaser makes them " take to
the tall grass." Insect Chaser, 10 cents per package.
As an apt comment upon one of the familiar "en-
gagement " jokes, the druggist might say :
We can offer the proper stationery whenever congratula-
tions are in order. Pure Irish linen paper and envelopes, 30
cents per box.
Golf or football humor could be commented upon in
these words:
A rub down with Smith's Triple Strength Witch Hasel Is
the proper supplement to a golf game. It Is a tonic to tired
muscles and makes you feel fresh the day after. Price, 40
cents per pint.
An illustrated joke on the artist or painter might be
commented upon in this way :
Smith's Anti-Spot removes paint stains—and lots of other
spots. 15 cents per bottle.
One of the colored travesties upon the tramp so fre-
quently seen in the comic world might offer an oppor-
tunity to carry this counsel to the reader:
To discourage a tramp, offer him n cake of soap. Butter-
milk soap, 10 cents per cake.
These few examples express the writer's ideas merely
in a general way; to be more specific would restrict the
scope of the suggestions; they should clearly convey to
the reader, however, the idea in mind.. Such a highly
original and interesting volume, if carefully and aptly
compiled, should not only prove entertaining to waiting
patrons, but materially benefit business as a novel and
remunerative advertisement for the pharmacy in general
and certain items of stock in particular. Entertain the
wating patron !
PATRONS WITH PREFERRED CLAIMS.
Just as an investor may hold preferred stock, certain
patrons of a store are tacitly understood to have a " pre-
ferred claim " upon the attention of the druggist. Little
courtesies and concessions are always granted a certain
few, whose patronage is most regular and remunerative.
This is sanctioned by the schools of trade and traffic and
is one of the traditional tactics of a legitimate business
policy. Favor foi" favor is a fixed and immutable law
of society. One of the cardinal virtues of the writer's
preceptor as a business man was his ambition to please
patrons. As " boy " in the store the writer g^reatly ap-
preciated this element of a sound business policy, because
it offered frequent opportunities to get beyond the con-
fines of drug counters and cases, up town to deliver a
prescription, down town to a jobber's to quickly fill an
order for something not in stock. A call for an un-
familiar article was never met with the simple assertion,
" We haven't it in stock." Without exception the cus-
tomer was told : " We can get it for you." And invari-
ably the article was procured, even if an appeal had to
be made to the manufacturer in some distant city.
Patrons of the store were made to feel that at this phar-
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macy their wants would surely be filled, properly and
as quickly as circumstances would allow. Nothing was
permitted to delay the delivery of prescriptions. Meals
must wait, lesser duties were postponed.
Our list of " good customers " included several fam-
ilies whose visits to the store were so frequent as to seem
daily. Of course, in a busy store, this is not unusual.
There are many families, particularly where there are
children, in which some member is most always a doctor's
patient. Very often the writer was deputed to ask the
wants of a steady patron when he happened in their
neighborhood. No concerted effort was made along this
line, however, the patronage seeking the man in the old,
orthodox way.
A DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR THE DRUG STORE.
Now it seems to the writer that a druggist in a
home district " might establish a delivery system with
much pecuniary profit, much like business men of other
callings find advantageous. With the telephone and the
apprentice as delivery clerk, the system would be in-
stalled. To a few of the most persistent customers it
would be tentatively suggested that the delivery clerk
call once a day, " when in the neighborhood," to learn
if anything in the drug line was wanted, explanation
being offered that a delivery system had been inaugu-
rated which would save customers much time and trouble,
the delivery clerk making daily calls and delivering
promptly anything that might be desired. If the cus-
tomer could be called up by 'phone, this would simplify
the system a trifle without affecting the result, except
possibly to the advantage of the customer, who could
request a delivery at any hour of the day.
DOZING DRUGGISTS — NOT DOSING.
•
Now every druggist knows full well that even his
" very good customers " sometimes buy elsewhere.
This may be the result of one of many influences, — ^bar-
gain offers, some other store being closer on a stormy
day, one of the servants having a preference for another
pharmacy, etc.; very often the head of the house will
bring a prescription or some article of the drug list from
down town on his way home from business, to save his
wife or sister the necessity of getting dressed to go to
the druggist's. This is not business fiction we are put-
ting pen to, my druggist friend ; it is fact — fact put into
plain speech by an observer in a position to observe and
to know what is fact. And it is the plain, unvarnished
fact that the average druggist the country over is just
about half as enterprising as he might be. To one wide-
awake druggist there are a dozen dozing. To one pro-
gressive, up-to-date pharmacist there are many who seem
not to care in the least whether it is " school hour or
recess." They just go on, day after day, opening the
door in the morning at the dawn of the business hour, and
drawing the shades at night, with a long face and a per-
functory air, apathetic to the modem demands of society,
dwarfed in spirit by dull content or made indifferent by
a mistaken conception of the business ethics of pharmacy.
THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING.
There has never been an idea put in print or practice
of any distinction for originality that was not picked to
pieces by critics and found full of faults before the in-
vention could prove itself of profit or loss. Now, before
the druggist critic condemns the delivery system, we sug-
gest as impractical or fruitless, let him put the venture
upon its merits by practical experiment, or waive judg-
ment until actual results can be quoted from some other
source. The proof of the pudding is not in its receipt.
As a parting word let us add that if the customer
who will voluntarily wait for a prescription is entertained
in some practical and pleasant way, more customers will
be willing to wait. Tliis will excuse the delivery derk
from many errands and afford him more time to give
attention to the delivery system.
A NEW USE FOR PRESCRIPTION CHECKS.
The system is a familiar one whereby error is avoided
in delivering prescriptions to patrons waiting in the
store, alid identification perfectly established, through
the medium of prescription checks. An idea along this
line suggests itself to the writer that would give to this
system an intrinsic value in addition to that of its funda-
mental principle. It might be made to serve the dual
role of a factor toward accuracy and an advertisement
for special goods in stock. The scheme in mind is to
have printed, a little three or four leaf folder, each leaf,
say, about 2 inches square, or possibly 2 inches by 3
inches; just a convenient size to carry in a pocketbook
or card case, or to slip into the vest pocket. On one side
of the first leaf to the left a notice of this character will
appear : " This check calls for prescription No
The Modern Pharmacy, Main and Market streets."
Each consecutive page to the right will speak, in a very
few terse sentences, of some seasonable preparation pre-
pared by the druggist, modest claims being made for the
efficacy of the remedies and prices quoted. The leaves
on the opposite side of the folder are similarly treated.
The reverse of the prescription check will carry an ad-
vertisement for some timely article. It is a matter of
opinion as to whether the text of one face of a leaf shotdd
be identified with the theme of the opposite side. The
obverse and reverse might speak to some length of one
and the same article, or two preparations could be nicely
brought to the fore in a few words.
USE OF THE FOLDER EXPLAINED.
Now, when a prescription is handed over the counter
to be filled for a customer who is to wait, or return, for
the medicine, the recipient of the recipe records the cor-
rect file number of this prescription on the check leaf
of the folder, hands the latter to the patron and explains
that, on the presentation of the check the prescription
will be received. It is made clear to the customer, — ^in a
few words if the latter be intelligent, in more explicit
terms if the opposite, — ^that it is not at all necessary that
the entire folder be returned, but only the leaf on which
appears the prescription number — ^the check. At the
time the prescription itself is delivered into the hands
of the patron, the latter is told to keep the check for
future verification should they desire the prescription
refilled and not care to bring the bottle or box, or find
that the original container has been mislaid. Very often,
long after the first compounding of a prescription, there
will arise an occasion for a repetition of the same, and
nowhere is the original container to .be fotmd. With
two records of the same prescription in possession, the
chances are greatly in favor of a person finding one
means of identification.
The poisonous upas tree has had such an evil reputa-
tion that it is frequently supposed to instantly poison
any one who comes near it. This is, of course, incorrect
and exaggerated; but its bark is full of a thick, milky
juice, which yields a poisonous gas, and, as a naturalist
says, *' a cup of it hidden in the room of a sleeper pro-
duces stupor, and eventually death." This juice has the
effect of immediately producing intense irritation of the
skin, with painful rash.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
STORE MANAGEMENT.
Con dttcte d by ▼• A. DawMMu
In tMitioH to publishing a series ofartides covering the commet-
cial side of pharmaty^ the editor oj this department witl en-
deavor to discuss^ criticise^ advise and give information on
any question pertaining to the business management of the
drug store propounded by readers of the Ams&ican D&uogist,
This feature of the department is intended to eonstituie a busi*
ness query column for the readers of the Amulican Druggist,
and all queries ngarding business matters addressed to it will
be freely answered,
SYSTEM IN THE PRESCRIPTION LABOR-
ATORY.
VEN when viewed from a purely business stand-
point, the adoption of a system for the receiving,
filling, checking and delivery of prescriptions is desirable.
To build up his prescription trade the pharmacist
must first get the confidence of the public. • The feeling
of confidence that will carry a patron past the doors of
half a dozen drug stores to have a prescription prepared
at a particular pharmacy is not attained alone by a finely
fitted store, or courteous attention^or low prices, or liberal
advertising. It is true that these all help in a greater
or less degree, but it is mainly by the systematic way in
which this part of the business is conducted — impress-
ing patrons with the careful attention, exactitude of meth-
ods and precaution against possible error used in the
prescription department, which begets the feeling of con-
fidence and security that is the corner-stone of every large
prescription business.
RECEIVING THE PRESCRIPTION.
The use of the triplicate prescription check is recom-
mended in receiving prescriptions, and for the benefit of
those who are not yet acquainted with it we give an illus-
tration of the usual form of this check. When a pre-
scription is received one of these checks is torn in two
at the dotted line y and the right hand half given to the
customer. The other half of the check contains two
duplicates of the number and is gummed on the back.
Section A is attached to the lower edge of the prescrip-
tion which is then sent to the prescription coun-
ter to be compounded. When the prescription is
filled and the package wrapped up, section B of the
check is torn at the dotted line x and attached to the
wrapper of the prescription.
Check slips of this kind are made by most drug
label printers and are usually supplied bound in books of
500 checks. A fault with many of these checks, as in
the case of the one illustrated here, is that the printer
does not allow space enough in section B for writing
all the information that this part ojf the check should
•contain. Where a larg^e business is transacted this part
of the check should give all the necessary information
to the prescription clerk and the form read something
like this :
Pjiice
M
Address
Call. Send. Coll.
Paid. Chgd.
In some large establishments all prescriptions are re-
ceived by the manager or person in charge at a desk near
the front of the store. In this case the prescription check
is of somewhat different form, being larger, and in fill-
ing out the check a carbon copy is taken and retained
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at the receiving desk for the manager's information and
in order that he may keep close tab on the prescription
department. Usually the manager prices and times the
prescription, and, if it is to be charged to the customer,
makes out the charge slip as well and notes the charge
and price on the check. In timing the prescription the
check is stamped with a time stamp, a clock dial showing
the exact time that the prescription was forwarded to
the prescription department, and on a line underneath,
containing the words, " To be ready at
is marked the time at which the prescription is to be
ready. When a prescription is not reported as " ready "
before the expiration of this time, the prescription clerk,
if called upon to do so, is expected to furnish a valid
reason for its not being ready; and where the prescrip-
tion clerk upon receiving a prescription determines that
it cannot be turned out in the time named, he must report
that fact at the desk. When the receiving desk is at some
distance from the laboratory a wire cash carrier is some-
times used between the desk and laboratory, and general-
ly the finished prescriptions are returned to the desk to
be there delivered to the waiting customer or sent by
messenger to the patient's residence at the time promised.
The ordinary triplicate check may be used in the small-
est business with benefit. This check always impresses the
customer favorably and assures him that the claims for
carefulness and accuracy in dispensing are not all adver-
tising talk. Naturally the customer considers the filling
of his prescription as a very serious matter, which it
certainly is, and whatever means can be used by the phar-
macist to impress the customer with the fact that he fully
realizes his responsibility and exercises every care pos-
sible in the safeguarding and compounding of the pre-
scription should be taken. Aside from ethical considera-
tions, the adoption of such measures is dictated by sound
business policy.
PREPARING AND CHECKING PRESCRIPTIONS.
The old rule in preparing a prescription was : *' Take
the container of each ingredient from its place, and after
carefully noting the label, weigh or measure out the re-
quired amount and at once return the container to its
place, again carefully noting the label as you set it back.'*
The new way is to take the container of each ingredient
from its place, and after weighing or measuring the re-
quired quantity, leave it on the counter until the prescrip-
tion is finished and labeled; then with the prescription
in plain view each ingredient with the weight or meas-
ure used beside it is gone over and verified before it
is returned to its place. The label is then compared
with the prescription to see that number, date, doctor's
name and directions are correct. Where there are two
or more clerks this verification or checking should be
done by some one other than the compounder of the pre-
scription.
As a convenience as well as a further safeguard,
checking trays are used to separate the materials and
weights used in each prescription from other materials
and weights. Any shallow box or even a paper box
cover will answer the purpose, but to have a more busi-
ness-like appearance the trays should be of light wood
well varnished; the most convenient size is about 8 x 14
inches wide and i inch deep.
Upon its arrival in the prescription laboratory a
proper container is selected for the prescription and the
label written and all placed in a tray where they remain
until the prescription is finished and checked.
FILING THE PRESCRIPTION.
The most convenient form of day file is a Shannon
arch file fastened to a heavy wood base to give it stability.
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This file holds the prescriptions securely so that there is
no danger of their being blown off or lost and the pre-
scriptions may be readily turned back. This is intended
for holding the day's prescriptions, the prescriptions be-
ing transferred to the permanent file from it the next
morning. It should be made the duty of the first or
little effect on the customer, for he looks at the matter
from an entirely different standpoint and too often draws
the worst possible inference from the transaction. He
reasons that because the doctor wrote something on a
paper which he could not read that the druggist took ad-
vantage of him and charged him more than he would
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second clerk to transfer the prescriptions daily and this
duty should not be allowed to be neglected. The last
thousand or so prescriptions are the ones oftenest re-
ferred to, and they should be in such shape as to admit
of their bein|^ easily turned to. We have seen in some
quite pretentious pharmacies the very poor system, or
lack of system, of allowing a thousand or less prescrip-
tions to accumulate on the receiving file before they were
transferred to a permanent file, with the result that the
prescriptions became dirty and dog-eared before being
finally filed away. Getting behind hand on the prescrip-
tion filing, like getting behind with the bodckeeping,
creates a distasteful task, and is an evidence of slipshod
methods.
ABOUT PRICING PRESCRIPTIONS.
Every pharmacy has, or should have, a scale of prices
that is used as a basis in pricing prescriptions. The usual
method is to have a minimum price for certain quanti-
ties, and where a prescription calls for extra expensive
ingredients to add the extra price to the scale price. As
a matter of course there can be no hard and fast set of
rules made that will work satisfactorily in every case, and
the rules of common sense and business honesty must
be applied in making the price on each prescription. One
practice, that is fortunately falling into disuse and which
has lost many a pharmacist a good customer and given
some groimd for the popular belief that the customer is
charged a price many times greater for an article sold
under a prescription label than for the same thing sold
over the counter, is the practice in some stores of charg-
ing full retail price for a proprietary when dispensed on
prescription and selling the same article ov«r the counter
at a less price. We do not mean such prescriptions as
contain one or more proprietary preparations as ingredi-
ents, but where a physician writes a prescription for, say,
a bottle of Pepto-Mangan or a bottle of Fellows' Syrup ;
if the pharmacist is selling these preparations over the
counter for 90c. and $1.25 respectively, and charging
$1.00 and $1.50 when dispensing them from his pre-
scription department, why, some time or other some of
his customers will find it out and resent what they regard
as a " squeeze." ' The customer loses confidence in that
particular pharmacist and in pharmacists generally.
The pharmacist may arg^e from the standpoint that
he charged but the legitimate retail price and that his
profit was little enough at that, and that even though he
charged more for the* article as a prescription than at
retail the difference simply covered the extra work of
handling, labeling, filing, etc. But while this may justify
the pharmacist to his fellow craftsmen and himself, it has
have done if he had asked for the article by name, there-
fore he feels that the druggist has not dealt squarely
with him. If physicians wM prescribe proprietaries the
only thing to do is to hand them out at your regular
price and hope for happier days.
DRUGGISTS' COURSE IN OPTICS
Cmdnctol by C* ri« Bcowot M«D»t
Preeldent of the PhiladelphiA Opeical College
This series of papers is designed to furnish in/ormatum whiek
is required by druggists for the intelligent handling of a line
of optical goods. The first oj the series appeared in our issue
for September 24^ igoo.
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF VISION (Qmtintted)*
THE function of the crystalline lens is to produce dis-
tinct perception of form and outline. If the eye con-
sisted merely of a sensitive retina covered by a trans-
parent membrane, the impressions of light would be re-
ceived, but would afford no idea of form or outline, pro-
ducing merely the sensation of confused light, amounting
simply to the perception of light from darkness. Such a
condition is illustrated by the accompanying diagram.
Fiff. 1. — Rays proceeding from an object and affording simply the
sensation of confused light
The arrow represents a luminous body, while the ver-
tical line at the right represents the retina. The rays
which diverge from the point of the arrow reach every
part of the retina, and in like manner the rays which
diverge from the butt of the arrow reach every part of
the retina ; consequently the different points of the retina
each receive rays coming from both the point and butt
of the arrow. There can, therefore, be no distinction by
the retina between the point and the butt of the arrow
and no definite perception of its figure.
But if now there is supplied between the arrow and
the retina a double convex lens of the proper focus, the
effect will be entirely different, as shown in the accom-
panying diagram.
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In this case all the rays emanating from the point of
the arrow will be concentrated at one certain spot, and all
GATHERED FORMULAS.
Fig. 2. — Bays proceeding from an object and passing through a conyex
lens, afford distinct perception of form and outline.
the rays emanating from the butt of the arrow at another
certain spot. Hence the retina receives the impression
of the point of the arrow separate and distinct from that
of its butt, and all parts of the arrow will be separately
and distinctly perceived.
From the for^;oing figures it is easily seen that dis-
tinct perecption of the form of an external object is
only possible when all the rays of the light emanating
from each and every point of the object are accurately
focussed on the retina by the crystalline lens of the eye.
In order to accomplish this satisfactorily, the density of
the lens, the curvature of its surfaces, and its distance
from the retina must all be in proper proportion to each
other. If the lens is too convex, or if it is too far from
the retina, the rays would meet in focus before reaching
the retina, and would cross each other and fall upon the
retina in diffusion circles, as is illustrated in the accom-
panying diagram.
The image from a case of excessive refraction, as
shown above, would not be clear and distinct, but would
be diffused and indistinct, because the rays of light, in-
stead of being concentrated to a definite point, are dis-
persed more or less over the surface of the retina.
If, on the other hand, the lens is too flat, or if it is too
near the retina, the image again would be confused and
indistinct.
The image from a case of deficient refraction, as
shown here, would not be clear and distinct, but would
be diffused and indistinct, because the rays of light are
dispersed more or less over the surface of the retina, in-
stead of being concentrated to a definite point. In both
of the above cases the rays of light strike the retina in
diffusion circles without producing any well defined
image ; in the first case, because they have actually con-
verged and crossed each other, and, in the second place,
because they have only approximated, but never con-
verged to a focus.
As has been stated, the rays of light, after being
converged by the crystalline lens, form their image upon
the retina, which, consequently, is the most essential part
of the organ of vision, as it is the only one of its tissues
directly sensitive to light. The retina is a delicate,^
transparent membrane, composed largely of nervous ele-
ments, and lining the whole interior of the cavity of the
eye-ball. The retina seems to be a continuation of the
optic nerve, which enters the eye-ball by piercing the
outer coats and spreads out to form this membrane. It
has been found by microscopists to consist of a number
of different layers, which together form this membrane,
the whole being connected with the extremities of the
optic nerve fibers.
On account of the delicate nervous structure of the
retina it is well adapted to receive the impressions of
the rays of light and, by means of its intimate connec-
tion with the optic nerve, to convey such impressions
to the brain.
Syfup ot Lecithin*
[La MSdeolne Modeme.}
Yolk of egg 10 ounces.
Water : . 2 ounces.
This should be beaten and strained. The following Is then added
and dlssolyed while cold':
Sodium chloride 8 drachms.
Sugar ounces.
Cherry-laurel water i 2% ounces.
Qlyeerln 10 ounces.
This syrup, which Is also called Syrup of Bggs. Is supposed to con-
tain 66 per cent of lecithin In each dessertspoonful, which Is the usoal
dose.
Emulskm of Petrokum 'WHtt HypoplMtphltcs» B« P. C.
Liquid paraffin 8 fl. oa.
Qum acacia. In powder 4 os.
oil of cinnamon 24 minims.
lYagacanth, In powder 120 gr.
Caloum hypophosphlte. 192 gr.
Sodium hypophosphlte 102 gr.
Distilled water a sufficiency.
Mix the first four Ingredients well together In a mortar, and add all
at once oss. of water. Triturate until a perfect emulsion Is produced.
Then add gradually a solution of the hypophosphltes In 4 fi. oss. of the
water. Finally adjust the Tolume to 24 fl. ozs. by the addition of water.
Dose, 1 to 4 fi. dr.
"Wlhooplng Cough Bmbrocatloii*
Asafetlda 8]
Alkanet root a
OllTe oil Sxxxil ^
DlfBst the powdered drugs In the oil for a week, then filter and add :
Oil of caraway
Oil of turpentine
OH of pumlllo pine
OH of bergamot
Mix.
'WOkbmoa*t Llnliiieal*
Nentralhse crude pyrollgneous add with powdered ammonluiii car*-
bonate, strain, and preserve In blue glass bottles.
Used for bathing or painting syimllltlc sores.
Gompottnd Syrttp of Glyccfopl i ospbatci» B« P« C
Cudbear .^os.
DlstlUed water. lOfl. oss.
Boll for ten minutes, filter, and dlssoWe In the warm filtrate :
Caldnm glycerophosphate 160 gr.
Potassium glycerophosphate 80 gr.
Sodium glycerophosphate 80 gr.
ICagneslnm glycerophosphate ^ 8^'
Iron glycerophosphate. In scales 40 gr.
Cltrtc add. 80gr.
Caffeine citrate % 8^-
Btrydinlne hydrodilorlde. 2 gr.
Tlien add —
Befined sugar 14 oa.
Heat until dissolved, and stra(n. When cold, add, prsvlonsly mixed :
Chloroform 20 minims.
Alcohol (90 per cent) 40 minima.
Tlien add —
Distilled water sufficient to produce 1 pint
Dose : 1 to 2 fi. dr.
Cocaine and Sapnttnal Solullocu
Cocaine hydrochloride '. . 'gr. xItIU
Suprarenal extract (Mer<A) gr. xxIt
Salicylic add gr* ■>•
Distilled water to 8i
Dlssolye.
Extract of Malt with Cod Liver OH^ B. P. C
Extract of malt 17 fl. os.
Cod liver oil 8fl.os.
Heat the extract to 110 degrees P., and pour It Into a warm mortar,
add the oil gradually and with constant trfturation.
Dose : 1 to 4 fl. dr.
Pepsin TJTlne, B« P. C
Pepsin 820 ar.
Hydrochloric add. ? !* ^'*
Glycerin t "*.*^'
Sherry suffldent to produce 1 pmt
Add the add to 18 fl. oaa. of the sherry. Bub in a mortar the pw-
sln with the glycerin, and gradually add the mixed rtierry and add.
with constant stirring. Set aside for a week, fllter, and add suffldent
sherry to produce 1 pint
Dose : 1 to 2 fl. dr.
Gasterine, a New Digestant. Under the
name Gastterine a natural gastric juice of dogs is now
on the market as a superior digestive preparation. It is
said to contain a large amount of pepsin and of rennet
ferment, together with 5.6 per thfiusand of hydrochloric
acid (or more than in ordinary gastric juice). Fromont
tried this preparation with excellent results. — Annates de
Pharmacie, 190T.
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Cream of Current Literature
A Bammmry of the leading aitldas la contemporary pharmaeontlcal periodicals.
Phannaceistiiciie-CentradhaUe, December 12.
The State of Pharmacy in China, By Herr Varges,
Military Pharmacist. — The author came across a field
pharmacy, or medicine chest> which probably belonged
to a Chmese military sureeon. The outfit consisted of
small, white, round porcdain bottles and of polygonal
transparent vials that were stoppered with white wax
and contained various powders. The majority of the
bottles contained small, round granules, colored red with
eosin or carmine. There were also large numbers of
pills, large tablets marked with Chinese characters, di-
vided powders, each containing 2 Gm. of jalap and
rhubarb, etc. The labels on the bottles did not indicate
the nature of the contents, but merely the firm which
furnished the remedy. There were a number of wrap-
pers marked with the names of the medicines, as well as
elaborate directions for using them, which included lauda-
tory statements as to the virtue of the prescription.
Among the remedies the author noticed a number of
vegetable powders which are not used by Europeans.
In addition to this there were bone charcoal, Glauber's
salt and calomel, cinnabar and rhubarb. The red granules
which resembled our own homeopathic remedies, con-
tained a vegetable compound with quinine or codeine, or
possibly sulphonal (?). As there is a high duty on
opium, the Chinese avoid the use of this drug by sub-
stituting morphine, codeine and sulphonal. The pills
contained sodium chloride, powdered rhubarb and per-
fumes. All the drugs in the medicine chest were per-
fumed strongly with a mixture of camphor and musk,
and smelling them immediately provoked sneezing on
account of the presence of some vegetable powder. One
of the chief methods of treatment employed by the
Chinese is by making the patient smell the medicine
which is intended for him. Even the pills were intended
to be rubbed between the palms of the hands and inhaled
through the nose.
The Chinese physicians as a rule prepare their own
prescriptions, but some also have open stores, which,
however, cannot be compared with a modern drug store.
In most cases the son of the physician is his father's as-
sistant and attends to the business of the shop. In this
way he learns his father's " trade " and later continues
in charge of his practice. In the larger cities there are
also drug stores of more pretentious character, in which
innumerable remedies, especially foreign patent medi-
cines, are sold. No examination is required of pharma-
cists.
Apotheker Zettungy November.
New Methods for the Detection of Cocaine, By Dr.
Hans Proelss, of Wurtzburg. — ^The method of extraction
devised by Stas-Otto, especially if combined with the
calcium sulphate process of Hilger-Kuster, are, accord-
ing to this author, the best methods of extracting cocaine.
The best general extracting agent was found to be chloro-
form, while for various alkaloids different combinations
of chloroform, alcohol, ether, etc., were found to.be most
efficient. The author also found that alkaloids, in gen-
eral, are more resistant to the action of putrefactive sub-
stances than has been generally supposed. Thus, he was
able to demonstrate the .presence of alkaloids in organic
material that had been kept for a number of days. For-
merly it was thought that in tissues in the state of ad-
vanced putrefaction it is not worth while to look for
anything but the inorganic poisons, and perhaps for
strychnine, cantharidin and other more resistant alka-
loidal substances. The author found, however> that
morphine, for example, could be demonstrated in ma-
terial that had been kept for 260 days. Cocaine is an
exception to the general rule as to the resistance of alka-
loids to putrefaction, inasmuch as it could only be found
in dead bodies fourteen days after ingestion, and later
disappeared. The presence of cocaine is, moreover, very
difficult to prove, for there is no positively characteristic
reaction for cocaine. Of the tests hitherto described the
author found the only one, — the reduction with calomel,
could be used. The following reactions were found to be
as practical as any yet described, (i) Cocaine and ec-
gonine remain colorless on addition of a few drops of
sulphuric acid, but on the addition of a crystal of potas-
sium bichromate the liquid turns at first reddish brown,
then a beautiful green. (2) Ecgonine, heated with sul-
phuric and hydriodic acids for some time, becomes cherry-
red, then brown, and on evaporation a brownish residue
is left. Cocaine remains colorless and on evaporation
gives a colorless residue. (3) Ecgonine, plus chlorine
water, evaporated, gives a green color with sulphuric
acid. Cocaine remains colorless. (4) Ecgonine with
bromine water, evaporated, gives a colorless residue,
which turns red on addition of sulphuric acid. Cocaine
with bromine water gives a red residue on evaporation,
which remains red on addition of H2SO4. (s) Ecgonine
and nitric acid, plus hydriodic add, remains colorless
in the cold state, turns red on heating, then brown, be-
ginning at the margin, and on evaporation gives a brown
residue. Cocaine remains colorless throughout. (6)
Cocaine evaporated with hydrochloric acid and a solu-
tion of cobalt nitrate does not g^ve any color reaction.
If a drop of sulphuric acid be added to the mixture tfie
alkaloid gives a beautiful blue color, which lasts until
the crystals are dissolved. Ecgonine does not always
give this reaction, and if so, the color rapidly disappears.
The author found further that ecgonine is not soluble
in any of the hitherto employed extraction menstrua, and
that it cannot be removed from watery solution by any
of these menstrua, whether the solution be alkaline or
acid or ammoniacal, and as ecgonine cannot be obtained
by means of the dry materials, like calcium sulphate or
by precipitation with potassium iodide, or phosphomolyb-
dic acid, he concluded that when cocaine has l^n trans-
formed into ecgonine in dead bodies it can no longer be
demonstrated. (November 2.)
A New Method of Determining the Iodine Figure
of Fats. By C. A. Jungclaussen.— Von Hiibrs method
of determining the iodine coefficient of fats is incon-
venient for the pharmacist. The author recommends
the method described by J. Hanus because it is simpler.
He compar/ed the results of Hiibl's method with those
obtained by the new process, and found that the new
method is of advantage in the assay of all oils except
those of cacao and cod liver oil. Hanus' method con-
sists of dissolving lo.o of iodine monobromide in 500.0
of glacial acetic acid (the former being prepared by drop-
ping 13.0 of bromine into 20.0 of finely powdered iodine,
in a cooled beaker and stirring) by triturating in a glass
mortar, although the trituration may be dispensed with
and the shaking of the two constituents substitued. This
reagent may be kept for several days without any change
in its composition. The amount of iodine in 25 Cc. of
the solution is then determined, and to 25 Cc. of this
fluid in a flask holding 200 Cc. 20 Cc. of a ten per cent.
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solution of potassium iodide are added, the mixture well
shaken and titrated with a decinormal thosulphate solu-
tion, with or without the addition of starch solution.
The iodine figure of fats is also determined in a stop-
pered flask of 200 Cc. capacity. The amount of fat taken
for the test varies. In the case of the solid fats, like lard,
cacao butter, etc., from 0.6 to 0.7 Gm. is taken; in the
case of oils with an iodine figure less than 120, i.e., olive
oil and oil of almonds, from 0.2 to 0.25, and in the case
of oils with a higher iodine figure only o.i to 0.15 Gm.
by weight. Ten Cc. of chloroform are now added, and
25 Cc. of the iodine monobromide solution are dropped
from a burette. The glass stoppered flask is now closed
and allowed to stand for fifteen minues, shaking from
time to time. Fifteen Cc. of a 10 per cent, solution of
potassium iodide are then added, and the mixture titrated
with decinormal thiosulphate solution, in order to de-
termine the amount of free iodine. (November 6.)
The Disinfection of Dwellings by Formaldehyde. By
Dr. Rapp. — The method proposed by the author is as
follows: The articles necessary for the disinfection are
about 2 kilogrammes of good unslaked lime (Aetzkalk)
for a room of about 50 cubic metres, a wooden tub of
about 12 to 15 liters capacity, a linen sheet, such as a
bed sheet, of rather dense texture, of such size that it
will cover a triangular or square frame, and that the ends
will overhang about 10 centimeters. The room should
be, if possible, heated before the disinfection, and flat
dishes with water should be placed on the stove or in
the openings of the heat registers. For rooms that can-
not be heated the amount of formaldehyde must be larger
than ordinary. The lime should then be placed into an
oven, surrounded by pieces of wood and coal, and brought
to a red glow. Water should be heated to fill the tub.
Plants and animals should be removed from the room,
but all infected articles should be left in it. All access
of outside air should then be prevented by stopping up
the crevices in doors, windows, etc. A second tub is
used to moisten the patient's clothing in a disinfectant
solution, for example milk of lime or lysol solution.
The furniture is moved away from the walls, the ward-
robes, etc., opened, and the room made ready for the
disinfection. In the middle of the room a piece of tin
is laid on the floor, and upon it the tub, over which the
frame with the linen cloth is hung upon a rope stretched
across the room at a height of about eight or nine feet.
The cloth is moistened in hot water and hung immediately
upon the four nails of the frame, and the four comers
of the frame are adjusted so that it hangs over the tub,
with the ends of the cloth hanging over the edges, closely
surrounding the tub. These ends are now pinned to the
sides of the tub, leaving an opening on one side. A
board is placed on the tub, upon which the formaldehyde
is generated. The glowing pieces of lime are now
brought into the tub on a tin tray, and sprinkled with
water in a thin, steady stream. When fumes no longer
rise the tub is filled with boiling water. The formalde-
hyde is generated with the carbolic-formaldehyde bri-
quettes of Krell-Elb, in Dresden, by heating the lower
end of the brick by means of a spirit lamp. Two of these
bricks, representing 100 Gm. of paraformaldehyde, are
sufficient for a room of 50 cubic meters. The clothes
worn during the preparatory work are now taken off,
hung in the room, and the door closed tightly. After
seven hours a dish with ammonia is to be placed in the
room through the open door, a piece of glowing lime or
a red hot stone is placed in the ammonia, and the door
closed. After half an hour the door may be opened and
the room ventilated. (November 9.)
To Distinguish Between Human Blood and the Blood
of Lower Animals by Means of Specific Serums. By
Dr. E. Ziemke. — This problem has not been solved
until within very recently, when a method has been de-
vised by Wassermann and Uhlenhut, by means of which
a stain may be examined with the certainty of determin-
ing whether it comes from a human being or from a
lower animal, and whereby one even can tell which ani-
mal the stain comes from. The principle of this method
is as follows. The blood serum of an animal that has
been prepared for several weeks by the injection of small
doses of the blood of another species of animals into
its peritoneal cavity, or under the skin, when mixed with
a solution of the blood of the animal of the species from
which the immunizing injections were taken, will show
a precipitate. If, for example, a rabbit be inoculated
in the proper manner with human blood, and the blood
serum of this animal be taken to test the solutions of
blood from various animals, including man, the only
solution which will show a precipitate will be that made
from human blood. This serum is therefore called a
specific serum, because it precipitates specifically one
kind of blood, the kind belonging to the species of ani-
mals which served as the source of the injections in
preparing the rabbit for the experiment. The only ex-
ception to this rule is the fact that the blood of monkeys,,
which are closely related to man, gives rise to a precipi-
tate on addition of " humanized " rabbit's serum.
Specific serums may be prepared for all the common
domestic animals. These serums may be kept for some
time, but they lose their efficiency after a while. The
reaction is obtained as follows: If the blood to be ex-
amined is fluid it is diluted to a pale yellow color, but if
it is in the form of old dried stains it is dissolved in a
^'7S per cent, salt solution, or in a o.i per cent, solution
of sodium hydrate. The blood solutions must be per-
fectly clear, in default of which they must be filtered
through a hydraulic filter. The serum is added to these
solutions in small glass tubes, the addition being made
drop by drop in the proportion of 1 130 or 40. If the
spots are so old that they cannot be dissolved in salt or
soda solution, they are dissolved in a solution of potas-
sium cyanide, which is neutralized by means of tartaric
acid to a very slight alkaline or neutral reaction. In this^
manner stains over twenty years old were recognized
successfully.
A Contribution to the Study of the Active Constitu-
ents of Senna. By Dr. A. Aweng. — A study of the chemistry
of the active principle of senna, the glucoside catfiartinic
acid, showed that this substance consists of two gluco-
sides soluble in water. One of these gave the rhamnetin
reaction with alkalies (a yellow color) and the other
theoxyanthraquinone reaction (a red color) with the
same reagents. Both were precipitated with bromine
water in watery solutions. The author found that his
double glucosides, prepared from buckthorn and from
cascara sagrada, also showed the presence of two distinct
glucosides, the one giving the rhamnetin, the other the
oxyanthraquinone reaction. (November 20.)
The Assay of Drugs According to the New Swedish
Pharmacopma. By G. Frerichs. — In the new edition of
the Swedish Pharmacopoeia {Svenska Farmacopen),
which became official on January i, 1902, a great deal
of attention is paid to the examination of drugs for their
purity and active constituents. Like the (^rman Phar-
macopoeia the Swedish has adopted methods of estimating
the saponification and iodine figures for fats and oils, of
obtaining the alkaloidal percentage of drugs and ex-
tracts, and of making a quantitive determination of an
official substance wherever possible. Among other note-
worthy facts the Swedish Pharmacopoeia defines what is
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understood by an unweighable residue, namely, anything
below one milligramme. One minute is taken as the
standard of time in the qualitative reactions. The color
of reactions should be judged by examining test tubes
of from 15 to 20 Mm. diameter by holding the tube at
right angles to the axis of the test tube.
The directions for obtaining the coefficient of saponi-
fication for various oils and fats are very explicit. About
1 Gm. of the clear fat, which may be melted beforehand,
is weighed accurately and heated for half an hour on a
water-bath with 25 Cc. of an alcoholic semi-normal potas-
sium hydrate solution. After cooling a few drops of
phenolphthalein are added and enough seminormal hydro-
chloric acid to make the red color disappear. This
method is not applicable to wax, on account of its very
low figure of saponification.
The iodine figure for fats and oils is obtained as fol-
lows: A prescribed amount of oil or fat is weighed in
a glass-stoppered bottle holding 300 Cc, dissolved in
25 Cc. of chloroform and 25 Cc. of iodine solution and
the same amount of silver chloride solution are added.
The fluid is allowed to stand for four hours (in the case
of dry oils eighteen hours), whereupon 15 Gm. of potas-
• sium iodide and 100 Cc. of water are added, and a deci-
normal sodium thiosulphate solution titrated until the
fluid is colorless. The activity of the reagents is tested
as follows at the same time: 10 Cc. of the iodine solu-
tion and the same amount of the silver chloride solution
are mixed and allowed to stand for 4 or 18 hours re-
spectively, and after the addition of potassium iodide
and water, are titrated with the decinormal sodium
thiosulphate solution. (November 20.)
Bolletifio Chlmico Fafmacetitlco, December*
A New Reagent for Albumin in the Urine, By Pro-
fessor E. Pollacci. — The following formula is recom-
mended by the author as a modification of Spiegler's
reagent :
Powdered tartaric acid 1 Gm.
Gorrosive mercuric • sublimate 5 Gm.
Sodium chloride 10 Gm.
Formaldehyde, 40 per cent 5 Gm.
DlsMUed water 100 Cc.
The first three substances are dissolved in water and
the solution filtered, whereupon the formaldehyde is
added and the whole kept in a closed bottle. The test
is conducted in the same manner as that of Heller. About
2 Cc. of the reagent are poured into a test tube, and a
small quantity of the urine to be tested is cautiously
poured over the surface of the solution, taking care,
especially at first, to allow the urine to trickle drop by
drop along the walls of the tube, which may be held
slightly inclined so as to prevent the mixture of the two
fluids. At the point of contact of the two fluids there ap-
pears immediately a well marked ring. If this ring be-
comes wider and extends upward, we may be certain
that we are dealing with a urine which contains albumin
as a result of disease ; if the ring is very thin and does
not appear suddenly, but after eight, ten or fifteen min-
utes, the urine is warmer and the small amount of al-
bumin eliminated could not be regarded as a sign of
disease. This very sensitive reagent never fails to re-
veal the presence of albumin in the urine. A series of
comparative tests showed that Polacci's reagent demon-
strated the presence of i part of albumin in 370,000.
The new reagent, as well as that of Spiegler, is also per-
fectly colorless and transparent, so that it presents dis-
tinct advantages in the study of the albuminous ring.
The atithor Mieves that Heller's ring-test with nitric
acid is not worth as much as the ordinary heat-test with
acetic acid.
LlJaiofi Pharmaceutiqtte, November*
A Plea for Galenical Preparations over Alkaloids.
By Dr. P. Carles.-^According to Professor Pochet, of
Paris, the results which can be obtained with galenical
preparations are far superior, in many instances, to those
which can be obtained with the corresppnding active
principles. These active principles, alkaloids or gluco-
sides, vary in their effects on the human body according
to the plants from which they come and according to the
methods of preparing them. Fonsagrives has said:
'* The natural theriaca in which the alkaloids are en-
veloped by nature do not merit the disdain with which
one is disposed to-day to regard them. Engaged in
the pursuit of these quintessences of drugs, the impor-
tance of which I do not deny, nor even the advantage of
easy administration, we forget the natural substances
out of which chemistry extracts the active principle. A
clinical study which would pay attention to the differ-
ences between the action of the complex substances and
the principles which are derived from them will reveal
differences which we cannot ignore conscientiously."
Originally vegetable drugs were employed according
to the theory of signatures, later according to that of
Linnaeus. This botanist believed that plants which have
the same system of structure must possess the same
medicinal properties; this theory, true in its generality
for the cruciferae and the laliatae, for instance, is not
so for the solanaceae, for side by side with poisonous
species we find here edible ones. Pharmacy, in isolating
active principles, should not rob them of certain constitu-
ents of the plant from which they are derived, which
favor the action of the active portion. For example, cer-
tain colloids happily retard the drastic action of some
resins until they reach the intestines. Digitonin facili-
tates the solution of digitaline in water, so that an in-
fusion of digitalis is more active than the digitaline which
could be extracted from the same amount of leaves.
The use of morphine has made us forget the employment
of opium. Heat alone is able to modify the action of
isomeric bodies and in this way are explained the nu-
merous differences which exist between isomeric essences
of turpentine, lemon, lavender and copaiba. The method
of extraction of an active principle and the origin of a
vegetable substance may modify the action of the active
principle, as, for example, in the case of atropine and
hyoscine; in the case of the very variable digitalins of
commerce, of theobromine, of ergot, etc. The alkaloids
are, however, useful for the study of the physiological
action of drugs, but their use to the detriment of the
galenical preparations is nothing but an apparent im-
provement and takes away from the total effect of the
medicament. The alkalpid goes straight and quickly to
its destination, but, be it remembered, that digitaline does
not replace digitalis, nor does opium mosphine, and the
santonin does not compare in its effect with the action
of the seed.
Phamucecstical Journal^ December and Jantsary.
Calcium Oxalate Crystals in the Study of Vegetable
Drugs, By Henry Kraemer. — ^This paper, which was
read at the St. Louis meeting of the American Pharma-
ceutical Association, was fully abstracted in the Ameri-
can Druggist for October 14, 1901, page 202. (Decem-
ber 28.)
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Preservation of Common Laboratory Solutions. By
F. H. Alcock. — The question as to the best means of
preserving such liquids as are prone to decomposition
like ferrous solutions, Fehling^s solution, tartaric acid,
sodium acetate, sodium hyposulphite, solutions of albu-
min, of gelatin, and others of an organic nature, comes
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up constantly in pharmacy. The author speaks of ex-
pedients that have been suggested; thus for the first
named the introduction of an iron nail and the use of
hypophosphites ; for the second, keeping in separate bot-
tles, addition of glycerin, keeping in " actinic " bottles,
and also in the dark; for the third, the ofEcial recom-
mendation of addition of 25 per cent, by volume of 90
per cent, alcohol. The B. P. assumes that the fourth
will keep because no mention is made that it should be
freshly prepared, as is stated under a solution of tannic
acid, tartar emetic and others. But any one who uses
such an agent as this knows that it does not keep, and
that it develops early fungoid growths. For the sixth
of the list — ^that is, solution of albumin, Mr. Cripps sug-
gested 5 per cent, of acetic acid, which retards decom-
position, but only for a short time. (Mr. Alcock names
acetic acid as a preservative of soditun hypophosphite,
an error which he corrects in a subsequent issue), and
for solution of gelatin, mercuric iodide has been used —
an undesirable addition to a chemical reagent. Mr. Al-
cock calls attention to the value of carbon disulphide as
an antiseptic and preservative. He says that it has been
found useful for the following solutions: solution of
sodium acetate, tartaric acid, tartar emetic and sodium
hyposulphite. As there does not appear to be at present
any objection to the use of carbon disulphide as a pre-
servative for such solutions as those named, he suggests
that it be given a trial by those who have occasion to keep
the solutions on hand. (December 28.)
A Tour in South Germany. By F. Goldby. — ^This is
the narrative of a tour in the Black Forest district, which
is concluded from a previous issue. The article is one of
general interest and has little in it relating to pharmacy.
We have commented on it in previous numbers. (De-
cember 28.)
Vegetable Powders and Their Diagnostic Characters,
By Prof. Henry G. Greenish and Eugene Collin. — ^The
concluding installment of this excellent series takes up
the study of certain leaves, stramonium, tea, boldo, buchu,
barberry, sage and henna being considered. The article
is illustrated with drawings by M. Collin, but they are
badly printed and in some cases details are blurred.
(January 4.)
Testen Draggiit^ November and December.
Ammonia, Iodine and Collodion. By Frederick T.
Gordon. — The author has experimented with a variety of
mixtures in varying proportions of these several ingre-
dients. Summing up the results of his investigations
and experiments, he makes the following statement as to
the results of mixing equal parts of tincture of iodine,
collodion and spirit or water of ammoma :
1. Spirit of- ammonia, tincture of iodine and collodion
form a clear solution, at first almost colorless and finally
reddish brown. The final mixture contains free am-
monia, ammonium iodide, iodate and nitrate, dinitrocel-
lulose, and a little iodoform, dissolved in a mixture of
ether and alcohol.
2. Water of ammonia, tincture of iodine and collodion
form a turbid, reddish mixture, and a whitish, gelatinous
precipitate is thrown down, which finally dissolves, a
clear reddish brown solution resulting. The final mix-
ture contains ammonium iodide, iodate and nitrate, free
ammonia, traces of iodoform, and dinitrocellulose, with
traces of a red-brown substance that gives it its color, dis-
solved in a mixture of ether, alcohol and water.
In both mixtures free ammonia will be present if
spirit and water of the full official strength are used ; the
amount, however, will be quite small. In neither of these
is free iodine present, nor is there any nitrogen iodide.
Variations in the proportions of the prescription will
cause changes in the final mixture.
If iodine is in excess, all the ammonia will combine
with it in preference to the trinitrocellulose, and with
water of ammonia there will be an undissolved deposit
of unaltered pyroxylin.
If collodion is in excess, there will be unaltered py-
roxylin left, and if the iodine is not sufficient to saturate
the ammonia in the mixture there will be formed soluble
dinitrocellulose. Such a mixture with spirit of ammonia
will still be clear, the alcohol keeping the pyroxylin in
solution, if not in too g^eat an excess, but if water of
ammonia is used there will be a sticky mass of pyroxylin
left.
The proper proportions necessary to produce a final
clear solution call for an excess of ammonia, as in the pre-
scription given, which should be borne in mind in making
the combination.
The prescription no doubt owes whatever effect it
may have to the free ammonia and ammonium salts
formed and the alcohol and ether. It makes a rather
sticky liniment, leaving a sticky feeling to the stdn when
rubbed on until dry. While it is of interest, it seems as
if the same therapeutic results might be obtained in a
less roundabout way.
Sweetening Elixirs. By H. C. Bradford. — ^The au-
thor proposes as a sweetening agent the following stock
saccharine solution:
Saccharin 3iv
Sodlnm bicarbonate. C. P 3iJ
Water, enough to make O]
Each fluid ounce is stated to be equivalent in sweetening
power to a pound of sugar. Aromatic elixir is the best
base to use in this connection, saccharine alone tasting
rather flat.
Some Paying Adjuncts to c^ Drug Store. By Ben-
jamin G. Jones. — ^The author recommends jewelry as a
side line in small towns and also recommends wall paper.
He points dut the necessity of keeping the paper moist
to a certain extent, as when it gets very dry it tears. He
supplies the necessary amount of moisture by keeping
pans of water under the racks on which the paper is
stored. The author suggests as a means of displaying
wall paper that each roll 1^ suspended on a piece of heavy
wire, twenty-one to fwenty-two inches long, supported
by screw eyes fixed into the ceiling. (November.)'
The Profitable Side of Ethical Pharmacy. By Louis
Emanuel. — The author admonishes the pharmacist that
he must first of all be " worthy of his hire," be compe-
tent, keep occupied, let the public know of his skill, and
he can then obtain a fair recompense. He advises phar-
macists to test the purity of purchases, to avoid substitu-
tion (because it does not pay), to make all the U. S. P.
and the N. F. preparations possible, and to send monthly
letters to physicians on suitable drugs and preparations.
He elaborates these different ideas and gives specimen
letters to be addressed to physicians.
Photographic Supplies in the Drug Store. By
Dwight Darling. — ^The author claims that photographic
supplies net an average profit of about 40 per cent, all
round. On papers, plates and films the profit is about
25 per cent, only, but on the cameras themselves and on
the various chemicals and solutions the profit is so large
as to raise the general average up to about 40 per cent.
Aside from the profits obtained directly, the author be-
lieves that the druggist is very much the gainer by get-
ting people to come into his store on some other occasion
than that of sickness. He observes that when a camera
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is sold this is only the beginning of expense to the buyer
(an observation the truth of which no amateur will
deny), though, after all, the amateur photographer gets
more actual enjo3mient for the money expended than
he could in almost any other form of amusement. Final-
ly, the class of patrons attracted by a stock of photo-
graphic supplies is a very desirablie one.
How to Make a Tooth Paste, By I. M. Parry. — ^The
author gives the following formula and direction^:
Water 4 oz.
Gelatin 120 gr.
Glycerin 7 oz.
Dissolve the gelatin in the water by the aid of heat,
add the glycerin, and label " Massing Fluid." Then pre-
pare the following powder :
Precipitated chalk 15^ av. oz.
Castile soap powder. ^ av. oz.
Oil gaultherla 1 drachm
Solution carmine, N. F., enough, or 1 drachm
Mix and pass through a No. 8o sieve. Place the
powder in a large mortar, pour on four ounces of the
massing fluid and triturate thoroughly until a uniform,
soft mass results. This is the right proportion for a
paste to be sold in jars, but if it is to be sent out in tubes
an additional ounce of glycerin should be added.
A Practical Prescription Record. By Charles A.
Overman. — ^The author recommends that a systematic
record be kept in a book set apart especially for this pur-
pose of every prescription filled. This record should
give the following information : whether the prescription
is new or old, the date of filling, the customer, the nature
of the prescription, the number, the name of the dis-
penser, the price, and the total of each day's business.
By keeping this in a book appropriately ruled very little
time is required to make the entry, and the book will be
found of g^eat value in tracing a prescription which a
customer desires refilled, but the ntunber of which he has
either lost or forgotten. (December.)
Merck's Report, December*
Chamois, or Shamy Skins, By G. Holt. — The au-
thor says that it is probably impossible to buy the genu-
ine chamois skins outside of New York City, and even
there the number sold forms an infinitesimally small
percentage of those which purport to be the skin of the
animal which is found only in the Alps. The best grade
of commercial chamois, or, as the author terms it,
" shamy " (most lexicographers spell the Americanized
word with two m's), is prepared from the skin of the
doe, the cheaper grades from the flesh side of the split
sheep skin. The grain of the skin is first removed by
scraping with a round knife or pumice stone. The skins
are then put into a bath of bran liquor, wrung out, dried,
again soaked in water, and then fish oil is forced into
the grain of the skin by beating several layers of the
skin soaked with oil with heavy wooden hammers. This
process is repeated several times, the skins are then
suspended on hooks in a warm room until a slight
fermentation takes place, which dilates the pores and
promotes the incorporation of the oil. The skins are
then scraped and freed from excess of oil by treatment
with weak potash lye, washed in an infusion of oak bark
to give them a buff color, dried, smoothed, and made
supple by passing between iron rollers. After sorting,
both as to quality and size, the skins are put up in pack-
ages of thirty, each package being called a " kip." The
skins vary from six by eight inches to twenty by thirty-
three inches in size. There seems to be no practical dif-
ference between the true skin of the chamois and the
imitation, which is the commercial article, but there is
some difference in the texture, which enables an expert
to distinguish between the two.
An Elementary Course in Law for Pharmacists, By
Frederick J. Wulling. — ^This is the "first of a series of
articles on the subject. This installment takes up the
general philosophy of jurisprudence.
Chemistry of the U. S. P. Preparations. By Bern-
hard O. Leubner. — This installment of a series of articles
by Mr. Leubner is concerned with the syrup of hy-
droiodic acid.
Radio-Activity. By Samuel T. Hensel. — ^The author
reviews in a general way the subject of radio-activity,
including mention of the radio-active substance dis-
covered by Prof. Charles Baskerville, of North Carolina,
which he looks upon as a new element and for which he
proposed the name Carolinium. This subject was treated
in our issue for January 28, 1901, page 34.
A Practical Photographic Narrative. By Joseph F..
Hostelley. — ^This paper is a rambling collection 01 sug-
gestions as to methods for handling photographic goods
to the best advantage. Suggestions are given as to ef-
fective window displays, etc.
Pfumnacfiftlcal Bra» December and Jamsafy*
A New Process for the Manufacture of Citric Acid.
By Dr. J. Ohly. — ^After a reference to the antiquity of
the process for the manufacture of citric acid from lemon
juice as generally followed, and to the difficulties in de-
coloration, which the end product of this process makes,
the author describes his own method, which he says affords
a much greater yield in citric acid than the old one and
is much more readily .performed. The new method,
which the author of the present paper claims as his own
invention, may be summarized as follows : 50 Cc. of con-
centrated lemon juice are diluted with 100 Cc. of water
and allowed to stand over night. The liquid is then fil-
tered and mixed with a concentrated solution of calcium
chloride. One and two-third ounces of caustic soda are
then dissolved in water and the solution gradually added
to the mixture of juice and calcium chloride so as to
neutralize it. The pasty mass is then heated, transferred
to a filter and washed with hot water in order to remove
the salt in solution. It is then placed in a large evaporat-
ing dish, neutralized with sulphuric acid and the mix-
ture gradually heated to the boiling point so as to effect
complete decomposition and saturation. The calcium
sulphate produced in this way is filtered off, and the fil-
trate heated, when more calcitun sulphate is deposited and
removed. The brown colored liquid thus obtained is
mixed with animal charcoal, previously freed from phos-
phates by treatment with hydrodiloric acid. The mixture
of purified bone black and citric add is kept at the boiling
point for about fifteen minutes and filter^. Tlie filtered
liquid is concentrated to the crystallizing point by evapo-
ration and poured into a small wooden tray, when crystals^
of citric acid soon separate themselves from the solution.
(December 19.)
Window Suggestions. By Charles L. Berry. — Qean-
glass and neat displays reflect credit on the owner of the
store. The window should be cleaned and changed at
least once a week, and displays should be made of one-
thing at a time if possible. The display should be sea-
sonable. Dniggists in a town where the water is apt to
become poor should watch it closely, and as soon as the
water appears cloudy or when there is an epidemic of
typhoid fever some mineral water should be displayed,
with appropriate signs. Frequent displays should be*
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made of one's own make of remedies. Mechanical win-
dows are trade bringers. People will be attracted by
moving objects when nothing else will arrest their atten-
tion. Hints are given for the arrangement of mechanical
windows. (December 19.)
A Few Donfs. By J. S. Stowell. — This is a series
of dogmatic abjurations, which will impress many as be-
ing too slangy and familiar in their tone to be followed.
The following specimens will illustrate :
Don't take the salesmaa's head off. He may have some-
thing you can use. He can at least quote prices, and to these
your ear should ever be open.
Don't leave hanging to the package you have Just tied up
sufficient string for the use of the customer; peradventure he
-or she may wish to commit suicide by hanging. No use plac-
4ng temptation In their way.
Don't give the small boy a large mortar, a pestle and a
'** hunk " of India rubber and tell him you want It pulverized.
For goodness sake think of something new.
Don't sell anything and everything for the greed of gold.
iSven a druggist may have his conscience pricked.
Don't run a pharmaceutical rum shop. If you prefer to
tend bar, walk around the city until you run across a saloon
and hasten to apply for a position.
Don't get too " chummy " with Dr. Healemup. Too much
Intimacy breeds contempt.
Don't get confused or have the least appearance of being
puzzled when the colored lady asks for flesh colored court
plaster.
Don't advertise that you have the best soda water in town,
-and then have the nerve to take the customer's good money
for warm slops.
Don't recommend your Infallible Hair Tonic and One Sec-
ond Com Cure, while your own head shines like a billiard
ball and your clerks limp about the store with corns. Be
consistent.
Don't argue over religion or politics with your customer.
No use offending your patrons. Be like the Apostle Paul-
all things to all men. (December 10.)
The Sad Story of the Good Druggist and the Bad
Business, By A. B. Burrows. — ^This story gives the
career of " a good little boy " who learned the drug busi-
ness, and entering a pharmaceutical college, graduated
as a Doctor of Pharmacy, and in course of time set up
in business for Tiimself, only to find that all his training
served him in no good stead, since the doctors would per-
sist in prescribing proprietary preparations. He had to
sell out, and he closed his career by getting an appoint-
ment as assistant professor in pharmacy, though imme-
diately prior to this he had stumped the country lecturing
on " kow to Make a Drug Store Pay," furnishing the
drug journals meanwhile with articles on " Why I Was
Successful in Pharmacy." (December 26.)
Candy Colors. By C. G. Buchanan. — ^This is a side
line, which the writer of the essay believes will bear going
after at this time of the year. He names the colors and
refers the readers for formulas to " any good formulary
or by running through the back numbers of one of the
journals/' Flavoring extracts and fruit essences are
recommended as side lines, and general directions for the
advertising and selling of these eoods are given. He also
recommends the preparation of a domestic receipt book
bv getting favorite receipts from lady friends. " The
old ladies in the country," he declares, " make better pies,
^nger bread, corn pone, cookies, dumplings and pickles
than nine-tenths of the city people ever ate . . . and
their receipts would be cherished and used by all for-
tunate enough to get them. These receipts can be had
for the asking, and can be gathered during one's vacation,
and when added to those for making candy, cakes, etc.,
will make an acceptable little pamphlet, which will be a
standing advertisement, selling not only colors, flavors,
spices, etc., but drugs of all knds." (December 26.)
Hurry Up, There! By Frank B. Styles. — ^The
exclamatory heading is used by the writer to point the
opportunities for improving business that are occasi<Miallx
offered. When a new family comes to town, " Hurry
up " and send a greeting to the head of the house and
invite the patronage of that family. The same term is
applied to new lines of goods, and a little pamphlet de-
scribing the new arrivals in the store could be hurried
out to customers with ^advantage. During odd minutes
packages and bottles of ready salables can be prepared
and set in convenient places. A list of the liquids that
are offen asked for and which the essayist keeps put up
in one or two ounce bottles is given. (December 26.)
A Timely Warning. By Dr. H. Ohly. — ^The vagaries
of examining boards of pharmacy in the character of
questions put to candidates for licenses are touched upon
in this article. As a protection against abuse or whim-
sical and illegal procedure, the formation of a " National
Pharmacists' Protective Association " is suggested, but
the writer is not very specific as to his grievances.
(January 2.)
What Should Be the Attitude of the Druggist Toward
the Symbol Prescription He Cannot Read. By Joseph
F. Hostelley. — ^The practice followed by some physicians
of entering into private arrangements with a certain
druggist whereby formulas or remedies frequently pre-
scribed are indicated by a symbol previously agreed upon,
and the proper attitude to be taken by other druggists
when a symbol prescription of this kind is sent to them
are considered in this article. The writer calls it " a phase
of the percentage injustice," and suggests the following
method of treatment : The druggist who is ignorant of the
code should call the doctor up by 'phone, tell him that
one of his prescriptions has been handed in for some-
thing, the reading of which is puzzling, and that a sug-
gestion would be appreciated which would elucidate the
enigma. Should the unknown quantity read something
like this : " Pil No. 702," the druggist might as a subter-
fuge to gain information request the name of the manu-
facturer of pill No. 702. Now should the doctor, in order
to preserve the secrecy so essential to the success of the
percentage scheme, discourage further inquiry by simply
saying, in a selection of words suited to his mood, that
the pills could be had of Mr. Space, then let the drug-
gist approach the man for the exact number of pills pre-
scribed, and, if accommodated, dispense the same prompt-
ly. Never care what the cost may be, or how small the
margin of profit. The point is not to play into the hands
of the percentage competitor by letting the prescription
leave the store, to be filled where a prestige for knowl-
edge and competence will be gained that may be an un-
favorable commentary upon the ability of the first drug-
gist. Should the physician appealed to politely decline
or peremptorily refuse to acquiesce in the druggist's de-
sire for information, let the druggist tell the patient in a
plain, candid statement that for monetary or other mo-
tives the doctor has written a prescription in symbols or
characters which can be read intelligently by only one
druggist, and that the doctor has just refused to interpret
these characters, thus preventing the patient from having
the prescription filled at the pharmacy where he had
chosen to take it. (January 2.)
Rheumatin is the trade name given to a salicylic ester
of quinine salicvlate and has the formula CeH4.OH.COO.
C20 HjjNjO.CeH^.OH.COOH. It forms white needles
difficultly soluble in water, melting at 179 degrees C. and
completely tasteless. It contains about 50 per cent, of
salicylic acid, but its results in the treatment of rheuma-
tism are much more positive than could be expected from
a mixture of equivalent proportions of quinine and sali-
cylic acid.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
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Qxieries and Answers
We shall be glad, in this department, to respond to calls for information on all pharmaceutic matters.
m
That Quinine Mixture.— The reproduction
the American Druggist for January 13, page 12, under
the heading, " An Unusual Dose," of a complicated quin-
ine mixture, in which unusually large doses were pre-
scribed, has brought out the following communication
from F. O. MuUaly, Attleboro, Mass.: "To relieve the
mind of E. F. C. in regard to the quinine mixture com-
mented upon in the January 13 number would say that
the prescription was written by a veterinary surgeon
and intended for a horse."
Haarlem Oil.— G. D. C. writes: "Kindly send us
at your earliest convenience a correct formula for Haar-
lem Oil, as used in the imported article."
This is rather a large order, for it is not definitely
known what Haarlem Oil consists of. Analysis of the
oil reveals little that could be turned to account, while
writers are very much divided as to what enters into its
composition. The published formulas vary ^eatly. On
the authority of the editor of " Pharmaceutical Formu-
las " the following are said to closely resemble the origi-
nal article:
I.
Balsam of sulphur -5*
on of turpentine o'V
Mix.
II.
Balsam of sulphur -Sj
Oil of turpentine ., 5U
Huile de Cade 5iv
All by weight. Mix.
Show Globe Colors.— C. has had trouble with his
show globe colors, which have changed color in some
instances and in others have faded. He asks for a set
of formulas for the standard colors used in the windows
of first-class pharmacies.
Solutions of chemicals should be used wherever pos-
sible. The aniline dyes, which have come into use of late
years, fade under the influence of light and are generally
unsatisfactory, causing deposits, etc. Orange, blue,
emerald and ruby are preferred tints for the liquids con-
tained in show globes, and we give below approved for-
mulas for these.
ORANGE.
Potamium bichromate 'h- 1
Nitric acid • • • • -sy/y
W^ater C<>°8- "*■
BLUE.
Copper sulphate 8iv
Aqua ammonia • ^'^^
Water ^o^e- "™
Dissolve the copper sulphate in 40 parts of water and
add water of ammonia with constant stirring until the
precipitate is redissolved, then add. the rest of the water.
EMERALD.
Nickel sulphate. S'^
Sulphuric acid • oVi
^a^^r Cong, iiss
RUBY.
Potassium bichromate p- J
Sulphuric acid • • • -Sxvi
Water ^^°^* **^^
Very pretty shades bf purple can be made by combin-
ing sodium salicylate with tincture of ferric chloride in
water. One of these is termed
AMETHYSTINE.
Sodium salicylate gr. xvi
Tincture of ferric chloride M. xxx
Water Cong, iiss
Dissolve the salicylate in the water and add the tinc-
ture. A true purple may be produced by the following
combination :
PURPLE.
Potassium permanganate gr. xl
Sulphuric acid 3i
Water Cong, iiss
While we are about it we might as well give a for-
mula for a rose-colored solution. This is made as fol-
lows :
ROSE.
Cudbear Jij
Water Jx
Macerate for a day or two, filter, and add to the
water till the required shade is produced. Then add to
each gallon half an ounce of stronger water of ammonia.
Soap Powders. — E. R. C. writes : " I desire a for-
mula for a soap powder or a dry granular washing
preparation, suitable for household use in washing col-
ored fabrics and woolens, to be produced at an approxi-
mate cost of five cents per pound. It is especially de-
sired that the ingredients shall be harmless to aniline
and other colors, and contain little, if any, washing soda
or potash."
This question presents some difficulties. A soap pow-
der in order to possess detergent qualities to amount to
anything must contain an appreciable amount of either
sodium carbonate or potassium carbonate. Most of
the washing powders of the market consist of varying
proportions of powdered soap and the substances named,
though some special brands contain borax. The variety
of soap in most esteem by those who have occasion to
wash delicate colored fabrics is the Ivory soap, which
we imagine must have an animal fat as a basis.
The whitest soap powder is obtained by using a soap
having cocoanut oil as a basis, and a mixture of equal
parts of tallow and cocoanut oil yields excellent results.
The latter mixture is saponified by 90 per cent, soda
alkali or by crystal sodium carbonate. The following
particulars of the manufacture of soap powder are taken
from " Pharmaceutical Formulas," an English au-
thoritv :
The soap (in thin slices) is put Into a steam-Jacketed pan
containing at least its own weight of water. When nearly all
melted put in a small quantity of soda, which helps to make
the last of the soap melt more readily. Then introduce the
remainder of the soda, and keep the whole well stirred until
completely dissolved. The mixture is next transferred to a
shallow table, about six inches deep, made of galvanized Iroo
nailed to a wood frame and. set in a place where there is a
draft. While the mixture Is run on to the table keep crutchtng'
It to prevent separation, and continue crutchlng from time to
time until the mixture has become quile thick. It may be left
8 day or two, when it wiU be hard and ready to be broken up.
By continuing the crutchlng for a considerable time, the ex-
tract gradually falls Into a powder.
The above is, of course, unsuitable for manufacturers
in a small way, and we quote it merely to throw light
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upon the general principles observed in the manufacture
of soap powders.
The simplest form of a soap powder consists of a
mixttu-e of borax, sodium hyposulphite and sodium car-
bonate. The last named is used in the effloresced state —
that is, after having been allowed to lose its water of
crystallization by exposure to the air. The proportions
are as follows:
- Effloresced soda 90 parts.
Sodium hyposulphite 10 parts.
Boras 2 parts.
It is evident, however, that a mixture such as the
above would be injurious to delicate fabrics. Perhaps
the best mode of procedure to obtain a soap powder of the
kind required is to select good curd soap, any required
quantity ; cut it into thin shavings and set it aside to dry,
in any convenient place, though the process can be has-
tened by the use of a dryer. As soon as the shavings
are brittle enough to be powdered this should be done
and the powder then mixed with half its weight of pow-
dered sal soda. Borax may be added, if desired, in the
proportion of i part of borax to 50 parts of the mixture.
We could quote a dozen formulas for soap powders,
but nearly every one would have the objection of being
too strongly alkaline for our correspondent's require-
ments. A little experimentation is recommended along
the lines suggested.
Eucatnphol. — S. E. P. — ^We have received a niun-
ber of replies to our request for information regarding
the preparation sold under the name of " Eucamphol. '
From these we take the following : " Eucamphol is an
alkaline antiseptic and germicide solution, manufactured
by R. L. Pentz, Phm.B., of the Anderson Drug Com-
pany, FarmviUe, Va. (Signed) R. L. Pentz."
Dealer in Second-Hand Drug Fixtures.— N. E.
asks for the address of a dealer in second-hand drug
fixtures, shop bottles, etc.
We know of no second-hand dealer who makes a
specialty of druggists' fixtures. Bargains in furniture
of this description are most usually picked up in auction
rooms, but desirable specimens are often to be found in
the warerooms of second-hand furniture dealers.
Acid Scetodephicum ? — L. — ^This is a common
synonym of tannin, or tannic acid, but it is usually spelled
'' scytodephicum."
CORRESPONDENCE.
DR. RICE'S GRAVE.
A Suggestion for a General Subscription, by Prof.
John Ufi Lloyd.
To THE EnrroB:
Sir,— I note in the American Druggist for January 13 an
editorial entitled " Dr. Bice's Grave," and as I dictated a letter
a few dajs ago to Professor Kraemer, of Philadelphia, that
touched upon this subject, I shall presume to add just one word
more to the line of your editorial.
It strikes me that the proper thing to do will be to set over
Dr. Rice's resting place a modest rough stone mark, and I am
of the opinion, furthermore, that this should be a spontaneous
contribution from his friends at large In pharmacy and medi-
cine. In which both the rank and file could participate without
any distinction.
I will touch upon a bit of unwritten history connected with
the monument recently erected to the memory of the old Ec-
lectic philanthropist and scholar. Prof. John King, M.D. The
question arose as to what would be the proper way to erect
a suitable mark for his resting place. Some favored the taking
of contributions for this purpose, and others a private arrange-
ment by which a few personal friends would contribute the
amount.
It struck me that Dr. King's work had been in behalf of
\humanity at large, and that while his affiliations had been with
the Eclectic school of medicine, the time would come when be
would be claimed by the world of progress as one of the world's
workers in behalf of humanity, and I felt that under tbese
circumstances It was Just and proper to let his monument be
a spontaneous testimonial from his frl^ds,. regardless of af-
filiations. Of course I anticipated that the largest part would
be borne, and gladly borne, by his professional compatriots of
the Bclectlc school of medicine. I therefore suggested a plan
that would enable his friends to do this without any eflTort, and
by which no one party could contribute a conspicuous amount.
Therefore I wrote the little tribute to womankind, " The Right
Side of the Car," and donated the profits from the booklet to
the monument, placing the publication in the hands of a com-
mittee appointed for iSiBt purpose, thus aUowing no one person
to do more than contribute 12.00 to the fund. As a result of the
announcement that was made mainly through the Bdectic
Journals, more than enough money was subscribed to erect
the stone desired, which in every way was what we felt should
have been erected over such a man as Professor King; and, in
my opinion, if a monument Is to be erected to Dr. Bice, such
a plan as this should be adopted. To this I will add that offers
were made wherein the entire amount of money necessary
would have been contributed by a few persons. Dr. V. O. Price,
of Chicago, a graduate of our school of medicine and a close
and dear friend of Dr. King, being one who wished to accom-
plish that end (and who would have taken the entire financial
responsibility), but who acquiesced in the suggestion that it
would be better to let the matter be spontaneous and one of
love.
I would, therefore, respectfully suggest that if a movement
is made In the pharmaceutical profession by Dr. Rice's friends
to erect a headstone as a contribution from his friends, it
might be accomplished In such a way as to permit the many
to take a part in that worthy object by making the contribu-
tions uniform and very small and erecting a modest rough
stone, in keeping with Dr. Rice's character and work.
Sincerely yours,
John Ubz Llotd.
Cincinnati, O., January 15, 1902.
The lOinofs Board Appointment*
To the Editor:
Sir,— Please allow me space to correct a wrong impression
regarding myself as an applicant for reappointment on the
Board of Pharmacy, as given In your regular correspondence
from Illinois. AicEBicAN Dkuggist for January 13, page 28.
Your correspondent was misinformed, and my naine was
never presented to the (Governor. More than two years ago I
asked Mr. Metzger to get himself in line to succeed me on the
Board of Pharmacy, because he was my friend, good material
and lived in this end of the State.
In the mean time I did all I could to advance his interest,
and when his name was presented to the €k>vemor I did what
I could to secure his appointment I have the correspondence
between the Governor and myself, showing my fidelity to Mr.
Metzger. Just a week before the appointment was made I
called on the Governor and insisted on the appointment of
Mr. Metzger, and was assured that the Governor would ap-
point one of the number that was recommended by the Illinois
Pharmaceutical Association, and possibly Mr. Metzger. I did
not set the political machine of Southern Illinois to work In my
behalf. True, most of the working Republican politicians In
Egypt are warm friends of mine, and to the few Inquiries as
to whether I was an applicant for reappointment, I told them
I was not, that I had Indorsed Metzger and caused several to
do the same. I learn a couple of my friends asked for my
reappointment, but It was without my knowledge. I served
five years, am proud of the advancement and tlie general
work of the board during that period. It was quite a sacrifice
of my business, but I am very much pleased, and especially
with Mr. Metzger's appointment
I was never an applicant for reappointment and am a strong
advocate of the plan of the Illinois Pharmaceutical Associa-
tion for selecting its members of the Board of Pharmacy.
Very truly,
W. C. Simpson.
Vienna, 111., January 16.
Saves on Market Reports*
Inclosed find check in pasrment of our subscription in ad-
vance for the Amebican Dbugoist. We have saved more than
this amount by the quotations In your market reports. We
trust that you will keep your market reports fully up to the
standard In the future as you have In the past.
The Antidolar Mfo. CoicPAirr.
Springville, N. Y., November 14, IWl.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
49
BUSINESS BUILDING.
Coodtfcted by U. G. Maimliig*
TUke Deparimeni Editor ttnll de pleased to criticise advertisements^
suggest improvements t and anstver all questions coming
within the scope of this department.
THE MATTER OF DISPLAY*
A. M. Stead of Cordele, Ga., sends a copy of his local
paper, which contains two ads for the two stores in which
he is interested. Both of these ads are fairly well writ-
ten and are quite prominent in the paper because they
have exceptionally good positions, being on local pages
surrounded by pure news matter. Display is therefore
not of great importance in this instance, but one of the
ads will afford a basis for a little comment on display.
This ad as it originally appeared had the heading set
in caps of the same size used in the body of the ad. The
heading of an ad is the attention arresting part of it. To
do its part it must be in sharp contrast with its surround-
ings. This ordinarily means that it must be set in type
a gjeat deal larger than that used for the body of the
ad. Now the manner in which an ad is set is not the most
important thing, nor is it equally important in all cases.
But as an ad must be seen to be read, and as its con-
spicuousness depends very largely upon its setting, this
matter of display must always be considered. Those
who wish to make their ads stand out have one thing to
icnow and one thing to do. The thing to know is that
conspicuousness is always secured by contrast. An ad
must be essentially different from its surroundings in
order to stick out. The greater the difference the more
the surroundings will push the ad at you. If the sur-
rounding ads or matter are rather solidly set, open up
your ad, using some white space in it. If you are sur-
rounded by loosely set ads, go in for solid effects, etc.
The thing for any advertiser to do who has trouble in
making his ads conspicuous is to keep his eye*<:nit for
examples of what he wants. Notice the ads in the papers
and magazines received. If an ad hits you strongly, de-
termine whether the same form of setting would not be
suitable for your ads. Cut out ads and place them over
you space in the paper, observing the effect.
Good setting is, as a rule, simple setting; so simple
that to-day in nine-tenths of the American newspapers
very effective display can be had by merely making the
heading bold enough. Small ads must usually be cut
out from their surroundings by some sort of a border, a
hght rule answering the purpose in many instances.
To come back to Mr. Stead's ad, you will notice that
the heading affords slight contrast with the body of the
ad, while this body material is set leaded — ^that is, with an
'Cxtra amount of white space between each line. In the
average paper all possible space in this ad should be de-
voted to the heading. In order to do this it would be as
well to set the body matter in type one size smaller. The
original heading of this ad is not good because it bears
no relation to the subject of the ad, you realize at once
that the writer was somewhat puzzled about what head-
ing to use. In resetting the ad, in order to show con-
trast, a somewhat more fitting heading has been chosen.
The body type of any short ad can safely be as small as
that used in revision. This is the type in which people
do most of their reading. Where the ads are larg'e, a
slightly larger body type is advisable. The matter of
securing proper contrast will be an interesting study for
many druggists who are writing their own ads, and a
little practice in this direction will yield some very satis-
factory results. A couple of little examples may help.
The following would stick out on almost any page on
account of the white margin, even though small type
were used :
STOP COLDS.
Where white cannot be employed, a gray effect pro-
duced with rules like example shown is apt to be good,
because there is not apt to be anything else like it in the
paper.
STOP COLDS.
You avert danger and discomfort
by stopping colds in the start.
Our Laxative Cold Cure, taken
promptly, removes every sign of
a cold in 24 hours — or your
money back.
2^ cents.
BROADWAY PHARMACY.
CRinaSM AND COMMENT*
JUGGED GIFTS.
Stoddard Bros., Buffalo, ran large reading notices
headed in bold display, " Holiday Gifts at Half Price,"
the gifts being small jugs of various kinds of wet goods.
The regular prices of the jugs being $i.oo, two jugs
were offered at that price for Christmas trade.
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hay's shopping bag.
H. H. Hay's Sons, Portland, Me., got out a holiday
shopping list printed on a heavy red card. This card
was indosed in an ordmary paper bag, flat, which was
sealed with a red seal and mailed to customers. Above
the address was printed : " Hay's Christmas Shopping
Bag. Examine the Contents.*' This is an expensive
little plan that no doubt secured attention for the contents
of the bag, and which might be employed on other occa-
sions.
MIXED MERIT.
Ed. J. Rodgers, Port Huron, Mich., sends papers
containing a series of holiday ads. These ads started
on November 23, the ad of this date being a preliminary
announcement of the opening. This was an effective
move and probably put an idea into the heads of people
that remained there. The space employed was fine, right
in the center of the page surrounded by news ; well worth
the extra price it probably cost.
The ads were not as good as they might have been ;
simply a sentence or two displayed in the old-fashioned
way, every other line display, and to the effect thatjl
TO THE
TRADE
Have you a prescription to fi
^ If so, why shouM you not chcos^
your Druggist as well as to choose
your Physician ? Your recovery
depends as much on the proper
compounding of your preset ip ions
as on the proper diagnosis and
treatment of your case by your
Physician. If your Druggist is
wrong, it is little worth to you to
have your Physician right.
We need your trade. We guar-
antee you purity, accuracy and
skill.
* V * * ^e «
All cash purchases at this store
will be credited on your ttiide card
at the Cash Drug Store. See their
ad this week.
STEAD & WHIPPLE,
229tf Peoples' Bank Stand,
CordeJe, Ga.
The Original,
up-to-date holiday stock has come. The bright and
sparkling line of Christmas gifts is ready for inspection.
We invite your patronage, etc."
Such an ad is a sign. A more effective kind is the
sort that goes more into details.
None of these ads gives any clue as to what the goods
are, or any of the sort of information that holiday buyers
crave. Ther^ was room for details. One strong display
line always catches the eye better than half a dozen.
Stand a peck of pins on their heads close together
and you could sit down on the points — it's different with
one pin.
Let us
fill it.
Have yon a prescription to fill ?
If 80, why ihould yon not choose
year Druggist as well as to chooBe
your PbysiGian? Tour recovery
depends as much on the proper
compounding of your preeciiptioDs
as on tte pTo^er diagnosis and
treatment of your case by your
PhyBidan. If yonr Druggist Is
wrong, it is little worth to yon to
have your Physician right.
We need yocr trade. We guar-
antee you purity, accuracy and
skUl.
All cash purchases at this stoie
will be credited on your trade caid
at the Gash Drug Store. See their
ad this week.
STEAD & WHIPPLE,
Peoples* Bank Stand, Ck>rdele, Qa.
The Reviaiott.
CHANGE OFTENER.
Editor BusinesB Building:
Inclosed find ads clipped from our weekly paper. These
ads are changed every month and have produced good results.
What criticism, if any, would you make upon the general ap-
pearance of the ads?
SCHULTZB Sc SBTDLEB.
The general appearance of these ads is good. I have
no doubt that they stand out, well in the paper. Appear-
ance, however, is not the most important thing in adver-
tising. It is what you say and the persistency with which
you say it that does the business. Persistency does not
mean, though, that an ad should be persistently used for
four weeks. That is the sort of persistency that is rob-
bing thousands of merchants of results. No one does
good advertising who runs an ad four weeks. There is
precisely as much reason for changing retail ads in every
issue as for changing the editorials. These ads are done
into panels, three panels in an ad, and a different item
in each panel. It would be far better to present a single
one of these subjects each week ; or, if it is desirable to-
mention several items in an ad and to mention them sev-
eral weeks in succession, change the copy each week and
say something new each time. That would educate peo-
ple into the habit of reading the ads ; the present system
will educate them out of the habit. The matter in these
ads is good, but it will get pretty stale in a month.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARM ACEUl ICAL RECORD.
S>
THE PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE.
Fourth PhafOEUcetftical Meeting— Origin and History of Digestive
Ferments— Filtration of Drinking TJTater - Solubility of Com-
piessed Tablets -Variattons in TJTeight of SeidtiU Powders.
(From our Regular Correspondent.)
Philadelphia, January 22.>-The fourth of the series of phar-
maceutical meetings of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
tor 1901-1902 was held on Tuesday, January 21. AVilliam L.
Cliffe, well known for his actlTlly in pharmaceutical matters,
presided.
ORIOm AND HISTOBT OF DIGESTIVE FilKMENTS.
The Unit speaker was Benjamin T. Falrchild, New York
City, a member of the firm of Falrchild Brothers & Foster,
who gave a very comprehensive paper on " The origin and his-
tory of digestive ferments and the evolution of their uses In
medicine." The author treated of the genesis of the subject
in its relationship to pharmacy and medicine, and briefly re-
ferred to the brilliant researches of Spallanzani, Schwann,
Kahne, Bttckner and others. Mr. Falrchild considered the
different theories In regard to fermentation, the production of.
digestive ferments in the animal cell, their action upon the
various kinds of tissues with which they may be brought in
contact and the different conditions and substances which
influenced and destroyed their action. This was. then fol-
lowed by the utilization and isolation of these physiological
principles and especially the advances made in bringing them
into available form in medicine.
The use of pepsin in pharmacy and medicine was referred
#0 in detail by the speaker, who said that the first pepsin to be
prepared in a commercial way was of French origin. The
introduction of pepsin into the different pharmacopceias was
discussed, their strengths noted and also the manner of test-
ing. The different methods of extracting and preparing pepsin
for the market were considered, and the author in this con-
nection presented the different theories In regard to the origin
of pepsin; the peculiar conditions necessary for the action of
digestive ferments, and the care that should be exercised In
combining them with substances that will have only an in-
hibitory effect or destroy its action entirely. The pancreatic
ferments were also considered, and It was stated that while
the pancreatic Juice is alkaline in character, that nevertheless
the fresh glands are slightly acid.
Joseph W. England moved that a special vote of thanks
be tendered Mr. Falrchild for his valuable paper.
FILTRATION OF DRIMKIKG WATER.
William G. Toplis, a well-known expert In the examination
of drinking water, read an interesting paper on the subject of
Filtration in Drinking Water. He said that nature had seem-
ingly pointed the way to the purification of water, and that
art seeks to copy the changes so long carried out in springs,
but with scientific exactness. Instead of the haphazard chance
as in springs. He said filter, therefore, means the most exact-
ing, painstaking care to establish the proper conditions, to-
gether with the wise application of much chemical, bacter-
iological and engineering knowledge. The container is com-
monly built of concrete, the bottom part being carefully
graded, and the underdralns are built of broken stone or large
gravel, measuring 2 or 3 inches on 3 diameters. It is spread
in a layer, 6 to 8 Inches deep; on top of this is spread several
Inches of smaller gravel, then finer, until a bed of 12 to 16
inches in thickness is produced. Upon this is placed 4 feet
of fine sand, exercising care to pack It evenly and avoiding
holes and ways. The filtration during the first two weeks
shows an Increase in the bacteria, rather than a decrease,
owing to what Is known as the ripening of the filter. When
filtration is once under headway it Is found that the particles
of sand are surrounded by the zoogloea colonies of bacteria,
and they relieve the water of its organic matter, changing
them Into CO,, H;|0, nitric acid and its compounds. Of course
to accomplish this the proper conditions must be maintained,
and. perhaps, the most Important factor, aside from the bac-
teria in the operation of the filter, is oxygen, three different
classes of organisms being concerned In the transition of or-
ganic Hint tor to the inorganic state.
SOLUBILITY OF COMPRESSED TABLETS.
A. M. llance had a paper on Solubility of Compressed Tab-
lets, in which he pointed out that solubility was an Important
factor, except in certain tablets, as In throat tablets, where
the solubility Is lutentlonally of slow degree.
8B1DLITZ POWDERS.
Roland H. French has examined the Seidlltz Powders of
the markets and finds tliat the tartaric acid is almost iml-
iormly of good quality, but that the seidlits mixture shows
quite a little carelessness in weighing or measuring. In the
examination of the various commercial powders, the author
concludes that for commercial purposes a seidlits powder
analysis consists in making a COa determination, calculating
the sodium bicarbonate therefrom and (providing the quali-
tative test shows no contaminating impurities) determining
the Rochelle salt by difference.
PROGRESS IN PHARMACY.
M. I. Wllbert, apothecary to the German Hospital, Phila-
delphia, made a review of some of the advances made during
the past year. One of the interesting facts noted was that
the requirements of the German Pharmacopoeia are of such
a nature that many German apothecaries have found it ad-
visable to attend at the universities short post-graduate
courses In practical work with the microscope and chemical
burette. The author, in his usual thorough way, compared
the advances in the newer pharmacopoeias and text-books and
briefly referred to the advances In medicaments of all kinds.
Merck &, Co. had an exhibit of gaduol (the alcoholic extract
of cod liver oil) and the various preparations which can be
made from it. Gilpin, Langdon & Co. exhibited a line of
spices and distributed small samples. A. H. Wlrz showed a
number of different kinds of pill machines, bottle stoppers and
collapsible tubes.
Before adjourning the secretary announced the following
provisional programme for the next meeting, on February 18:
The Basis of Atomic Weights. By Prof. Bdgar F. Smith,
University of Pennsylvania.
Adulteration of Foods and Drugs. By Dr. Albert Robiii,
Bacteriologist and Pathologist of the Delaware State Board of
Health.
Deodorized Opium Preparations. By Albert B. Ebert, Chi-
cago.
Dose Measures and Measure Doses. By M. I. Wllbert .
Discussion on Modem Drug Store Methods.
TO PROMOTE PHARMACISTS IN THE U. S.
MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE.
An Amendment Pfopoied to the BfU Now Before Gmgr^
A bill was introduced in Congress some weeks since, known
as House Bill 7180, to increase the efficiency and change the
name of the United States Marine Hospital Service to the
Public Health Service. This measure, which is understood to
have the approval of the supervising surgeon-general of the
service, rearranges the grades of the surgeons, but leaves the
hospital stewards unchanged. To remedy this the foUowhig
amendment has been proposed:
An amendment to H. R. Bill 7189 (S. Bill 2162). Amend by
striking out the words *' Hospital Stewards " on page 2, line 1.
Add as a new section the following:
"That the President shall appoint and commission the
Senior Hospital Stewards of the Marine Hospital Service, now
serving as such, * Pharmacists, United States Health Serrice,'
with the relative rank of and after Second Lieutenants of the
Army and Bnslgns of the Navy, with an annual compensation
of $1,200, 10 per cent Increase for each five years' service and
present perquisites.
" That new appointments to the grade of ' Pharmacist *
shall be made from the list of hospital stewards after three
years of satisfactory service as such, and after due examina-
tion in the various branches of their profession by a board
composed of medical officers and pharmacists, equally di-
vided."
Druggists should write at once to the members of the fol-
lowing committees, urging them to approve of the amendment
quoted above: Senate Committee of Public Health and Na-
tional Quarantine.— George C. Vest, John P. Jones, Samuel D.
McBnery, Stephen B. Mallory, Charles S. Culberson, Jacob E.
Gallinger, John C. Spooner, Wm. C. Deboe, Chauncey M.
Depew.
House of Representatives, Committee of Interstate and
Foreign Commerce.—Wm. C. Adamson, Frank L. Coombs,
.Tohn D. Corliss, Robert C. Davey, Robert W. Davis, Loren
Fletcher, Wm. P. Hepburn, Charles F. Joy, Wm. C. Loverlng,
James B. Mann, Wm. Richanlson. Wm. B. Ryan, Dorsey W.
Shackleford, James E. Sherman, James P. Stewart, Samuel
Tompkins, Irving P. Wanger.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
OUT OF THE N. A. R. D.
Manhattan Piurmaceatkal Afsodation Fofmally WiAdnwn from
the National Anodatloa — ▼m« C« Alpen the Advocate of Se-
cenion — Vote Unanimoos — The N* A* R. D* Has Now No
ReprcKnUtive in the OU City of New York— The Anoda-
tion Votes to Ftirther Amend the Pharmacy Law—Every
Licemed Pliarmadst in Baatem Sectioa to Have the Right to
Vote for Members of the Board- Bills Affecting Pharmacy
Now Before the Legislature — ^Proceedings of the Monthly Meeting,
A feature of the usual montlily meeting of the Manhattan
Pharmaceutical Association, held at 116 West Sixty-eighth
street, on Monday, January 20, was the withdrawal, upon the
motion of William 0. Alpers, ex-president of the New Jersey
pharmaceutical Association, of the association from member-
ship in the National Association of Retail Druggists. The
action of the Manhattan Association was as surprising as it
was unexpected. It followed the reading of a communication
from the national secretary, calling attention to the fact that
the dues 6t the Manhattan Association for the fiscal year
were owing and now payable. On the question as to what
action should be taken with the communication, Mr. Alpers
rose promptly and, addessing the chair, said: "I move we
withdraw from membership in the National Association of
Retail Druggists." There were some thirty-five members pres-
ent and they rose almost as one man to second the motion of
Mr. Alpers. The motion was put and carried unanimously,
with, at the same time, a degree of enthusiasm which could
hardly be accounted for, in view of the esteem in which the
N. A. R. D. is held in other parts of the country. As one mem-
ber remarked, *' New York is truly sul generis."
The meeting was called to order by President J. Maxwell
Prlngle, jr.. at 9.10 p.m. After Secretary S. V. B. Swann had
read the minutes of the preceding meeting and these had been
adopted, Treasurer George H. Hitchcock presented his monthly
report, as follows: Balance on hand at last meeting, I146JK2;
received in dues, |26.26; disbursements, nil; balance, $172.77.
The report of the Legislative Committee was then called for
anl submitted by Mr. Hitchcock, chairman. Carrying out the
instructions of the association, the committee had called a con-
ference of the Legislative committees of the various pharma-
ceutical associations In Greater New York, for the purpose of
discussing the Anti-Soda Water Law, which Interferes with
the manufacture of soda water by the use of liquid carbonic
acid gas. Representatives of the dlfTerent carbonic add gas
manufacturers were invited to the conference, but only one
responded— Mr. Bauer, of the Liquid Carbonic Add Gas Mfg.
Comimny. It was agreed at this conference, which was par-
ticipated in by representatives of the Kings County Phar^
maceutlcal, German Apothecaries' Society, and New York Re-
tail Druggists' Association, that the simplest and surest course
tor drug^sts to pursue was to Introduce a bill at Albany re-
pealing that section of the law which prohibits the charging of
soda fountains with liquid carbonic acid gas on the premises,
if any portion of the building is occupied as living rooms. A
bill has accordingly been Introduced by Senator Audett, which,
amends the penal code by striking out the provision in ques-
tion.
BILLS AFFECrma PHARMACY.
The committee announced that the Hill Bill to amend the
Pharmacy Law, chan^^ng the mode of election of members of
the Bastem Branch of the Board of Pharmacy, has been duly
introduced into the Legislature, and attention was called to
certain changes in the wording of the bill which had not re-
ceived the sanction of the various associations Interested. The
new wording referred to provided that any member of the
New York State Pharmaceutical Assodation could take part
in the election, whether or not he was a member of the local
associations. The committee asked for Instructions on this
point, which occasioned a spirited debate later on. Various
other bills affecting pharmacy, which had been Introduced
Into the Legislature since the last meeting of the association,
were then enumerated, as follows: By Senator Wagnei^Pro-
hlblting extra telephone charges for messages between the
boroughs in the city of New York (Jan. 7). By Senator
Brackett— Legalizing the practice of osteopathy (Jan. 7). By
Assemblvman Nye— Exempting physicians from the operation
of the pharmacy law (Jan. 9). By Senator Slater— Prohibiting
the adulteration of drugs (Jan. 14). By Assemblyman Prince
—Permitting the Factory Inspector to name special deputies
upon the application of a recognized labor organization (Jan.
17). By Senator Marshall— Providing for the use of a special
cork for bottles containing poisonous substances (Jan. 22)^
By Senator Andett— Striking out the provision of the penal
code prohibiting the manufacture of soda water from Uqnid
carbonic acid gas In premises occupied wholly or in part for
dwelling purposes (Jan. 22).
A general discussion followed the reading of Mr. Hitcb-
cock's report, which was participated In by A« C. Searle8»
J. M. Tobin, Felix Hirseman and W. G. Alpers, among others.
With regard to the Anti-Soda Water Law, the sentiment was
unanimous in favor of continuing the work for the repeal of
the obnoxious provision of the law.
The debate on the amendment to the Pharmacy Law came
up under the head of new business, but previous to this tbe
report of the Legislative Committee was adopted as a whole.
Various other routine business was then transacted, in-
dudlng reports by the committees on Finance and Trade In-
terests. The last named submitted the most recent circular
of the Pharmacists* Mfg. Company, advertising that concmi;
also a communication from the New York BoaM of Trade and
Transportation, asking for the appointment of a conunlttee
of three members to represent the Manhattan Pharmaeeutioal
Association on the joint committee on commercial bodies,
which Is urging Congress to appropriate funds for the erec-
tion of a new post office. The request was granted, and a com-
mittee appointed, composed of J. M. Prlngle, George SL
Schwelnfurth and Charles H. White. It was at this point
that Secretary Swann read the letter from Thomas V. Wooten,
secretary of the N. A. B. D., in which request was made for
the payment of membership dues in the N. A. R. D., with tbe
results noted in the opening paragraph of this report The
action taken by the Manhattan Association leaves the national
organization without a representative by membership In the
old city of New York.
MAKHATTAN TOTES TO GIYS THE FRANCHISE TO ALL LICBNSEO
PHARMACISTS.
Opening under the Iiead of new business, that portion of
the report of the Committee on Legislation relating to the Hill
amendment to the Pharmacy I^w was brought up for discus-
sion. A. C. Searles leading off with a rehearsal of the various
steps which had ended In the passage of the present law. He
dosed by expressing tbe hope that the law would be further
amended by allowing every licensed pharmacist in the Bastem
Branch the privilege of voting for members of the board, as
obtains in the other two branches. Dr. George C. Diekman, of
the Board of Pharmacy, called attention to the disparity of
representation as regards the various sections. He Instanced
the fact that the Western Section with a census of only 400
pharmacists had a representation of five members on the board,
while the Eastern Section with a census of 3,000 was only en-
titled to the same representation, five members. He conidd-
ered that the law should be changed to remedy this condition,
and afford a more adequate representation to the more thickly
populated portions of the State, as is done In the case of repre-
sentation in the Legislature. Mr. Hirseman said it would be
unwise to attempt to secure any additional amendments to the
law at present. John M. Tobln, who Is ever a valiant cham-
pion of the rights of the Individual, here expressed his opin-
ion that the franchise should be thrown open to every licensed
pharmacist and druggist In the Eastern Section, Irrespective
of his affiliation with any organization. This was opposed by
W. C. Alpers, who said that nothing had ever been accom-
plished for the advancement of any good cause by the mob, a
reference which was hotly resented by Mr. Tobin as a slur on
the great body of pharmlslsts not identified with organisatioDS.
and his rufiled feelings were not smoothed over until Mr. Alp-
ers explained that hci meant the reference In a general and not
a specific sense. Hueben R. Smith called attention to the fact
that the representatives of the several associations had met
and agreed on the necessity for certain definite changes in the
Pharmacy law, and he feared that any attempt to introduce
additional changes now would only defeat the passage of the
bill now before the Legislature. A. Bakst, of the New York
Retail Druggists* Association, suggested that the Legislative
Committee concentrate its efforts on the elimination of the
words " New York State Pharmaceutical Association " In tbe
Hill amendment; or else secure the incorporation of a clause
providing that members of the New York State Phamaceutlcal
Association participating in the election shall be licensed phar-
macists. It WAS brought out in the course of the discussion
that the holding of a certificate as a licensed pharmacist is not
a prerequisite for membership In the New York State Phar-
maceutical Association.
MR. TOBIN GAINS BIS POINT.
J. M. Tobin offered an amendment, which he asked Mr.
Bakst to accept, prorldlnir that all licensed pharmacists or
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druggists In the Eastern Section be entitled to vote for a mem-
ber of tbe Board of Pharmacy. The amendment waa accepted
by Mr. Bakst. An amendment to tlila, which then became the
original motion, was proposed by Mr. Searles, Instmctlng tlie
Legislative Committee to take steps to carry ont the spirit of
the motion, and adding as a rider that the provlalou In the
present law dividing the Eaatem Section Into two Imaginary
districts, as New York and Brooklyn, be stricken ont. and that
there be but one meeting place for the Eastern Branch, and
one election tor members. A division of the qnestlos was
called for by Mr. Alpers, and the motion as Anally stated waa
then carried, Mr. Hitchcock [King Instructed to go before the
Committee on Pabtlc Health of the State Legislature and urge
the paseage of an amendent to the Pharmacy Law tn accord-
mice with the action taken.
TO OBT CLOSBB TO THX HKDICAL PBOFBSSION.
A coramonlcatlon was read from Prof. C. S. N. Hallberg, of
Chicago, urging upon local associations of pharmacists tlie de-
sirability of getting Into closer touch with the local medical so-
uietles, and he suggested the appointment of a committee of
tliree to co-operate with the Section on Materia Medica and
Therapeutics of the State Medical Society. Mr. Alpers, who
read the commnnlcatlon, on the floggeetion of the chair, made a
uiutiou for the appointment of such a committee, and on ibla
were nppolnted W. C. Alpers, George G. Diekman, M.D., and
F. O. CoUlns.
After the transaction of sundry other routine business the
meeting at 11.20 p.m. adjonmed.
WHOLESALE PROSECUTION IN PHILADELPHIA
Sixty Tairants Out for Druggiili Vho Have TramgmMd the
Pluraucy Uw- Foot Csn* AbeadT Tried and Olhcn WOl
Sooa Be Brought Up.
Philadelphia, January 22.— The State Pharmaceutical Ex-
BiiiiQlng Board is again at work stirring up the druggists In
tills city, who they claim have not lived up to the pharmacy
laws. It is said warrants are out for sixty druggists charged
n-lih selling medicines or preparing preflcrtptlonB Illegally.
The members of the board say there are a vast number of per-
sons In this city and State tf ho have hired cerUBcatea or have
engaged unregistered managers to run tlie drug store.
The cases of four druggists of this city were brought up
for a hearing February 22. They were George Solonlmskl, of
Seventh and Pine streets; Dr. P. W. Friedman of Wash-
ington and Passyunk avennes; Dr. Joseph CammlngB, of 4U1
South Third street, and Dr. W. H. Long, who resides at 46GT
Lancaster avenue, but Is said to be the proprietor of a drug
store at Thirteenth and FItzwater streets. The testimony heard
in the case of Solonlmskl revealed the fact that he ran his es-
tablishments at Seventh and Pine streets under a certificate
rented from another party. To the charge he pleaded guilty
and was held under (400 ball for court
Dr. Wm. Henry Long, who. It Is said, has a certificate, but
ran a drug store at Thirteenth and FItzwater streets, was
next brought to the stand. Dr. Long said he once owned the
pharmacy, but three years ago sold out. He declared he must
have left his certificate there, which the present proprietor,
A. H. Tonng, was using. The latter, In r signed paper to the
agent, denies owning the drug store, but claims Dr. Long was
the proprietor, and as hie practice as a physician on Lancaster
avenue was so great he had an assistant and manager to con-
duct the business. The defence of Dr. Long was so weak. In
the mind of the magistrate, that he was held under $400 for a
further hearing. Dr. Joseph Cummlnge, who has been a drug-
gist at the sontheaet comer of Third and Pine streets for the
past thirty years, was next called to answer a charge of sell-
ing poisons and preparing prescriptions without a certificate.
Dr. CummlDgs said that when he went in business. In 1^2.
he was given no certificate, although be bad graduated and
been accepted by the State Board. Mr. George, secretary of
the Pharmaceutical Board, declared that since then certUcatea
had been Issued to every druggist in the State. Mrs. Clara
Cheese testified that she purchased medicine In the store from
a Joseph Caaaidy, who. It Is alleged. Is an tmquallfled clerk.
Dr. CummlDgs was held under similar ball. The case of Dr.
P. W. Friedman was deferred. Besides a charge of selling
goods without a certificate. It Is said a complaint of assault
and battery will be brought against Dr. Friedman.
THE MICINLEY MEMORIAL.
Geo. J. Seabur}', as chairman, has announced the following
Bub-committee on the McKInley memorial, composed of rep-
Hcntattves of the drug trade, manufacturing chemlets, whole-
sale druggists, manufacturing pharmacists, importers of drugs
and chemicals, manufacturing druggists, druggists' glassware,
perfumers and soap makers, proprietary medicines, surgical
Instruments, oils and varnishes, and all branches contlgnoas
thereto, In the metropolis, allied professional and educational
institutions included:
Each special Industry of sufficient prominence will be rep-
resented by a collector, who will be furnished, on application
to the treasurer, with circulars, stationery, subscription blanks
nnd lists. If of sufficient number the Memorial Association,
through the treasurer, on being fnmlshed with names, will
address the same and alHx stomps without charge. In fact,
all tabor and materials consumed In this most acceptable task
will be furnished gratuitously by the New York City Memoriai
Committee.
All remittances to this fnnd should be made payable (o
Isaac V. HlUier, treasurer, 100 William street. New York,
who will send receipt; and a final souvenir receipt, when
printed, will be sent by the National Committee.
Mr. Seabnry states that " the question which confnsed the
people a few weeks ago has been amicably settled between tlie
Government and the National Memorial Committee. Congress
will appropriate funds for the Washington arch, and the na-
tion In a popular subscription will complete the UcElnley
memorial at Canton, Ohio (of which we are an Integral part),
as a tribute to bis memory.
" We are sanguine of obtaining aatlsfactory contrlbntlous
in our sectltm toward erecting the McKInley National Me-
morial, as an expression of onr aftecHon for him, as a clttsen
and President; one who will live In the minds of the present
and future generations as a grand example of American man-
hood, animated, as he was, by the loftiest of human principles
and sentiments, and of unsurpassed patriotism."
The Piopoied Poiacm Law for Washinglofi.
Manufacturers of proprietary medicines generally are deep-
ly Interested in the proposed legislation which Dr. W. C. Wood-
ward, the health officer of the District of Columbia, has pro-
posed for regulating the sale of poisonous dmgs In Washing-
ton. A draft of the bill has been prepared and Is to be pre-
sented to Congress.
The mil provides restrictions for the sale of the following
drugs:
Bctiednls A. — Aconlts, stkhIc and Its prapsratloDs. nrbalie acid,
..iToelvc ■ubllmate, wblte precipitate, red pr«cipltste. blalodlde or
mercary. eymlds of potuiilnili, hrdrocraDle add. chloroform, chlorsi
bvdnite, polaonoDa v(«etable alkaloidn and tbeir aaiiia, eueniiu on oi
bitter almoDds, oplam and lt> praparatioDS, except paregoric wben sold
in qpuitltlei ot not mora tbatt one ooiics.
Bebedale B. — Beltadooiia, colchlcnm, eoolam, nui romlca. benbane,
,_ __„ . — ..__.. j.^ nd rtiBli •
iiallc add.
The rules governing the sale of poisons mentioned in the
schedules are:
" No druggist shall retail any preparation in quantity con-
taining a toxic adult dose of any such poison without tlrat. In
the case of poisons, plainly and legibly labeling the bottle, box
or paper containing tbe same, with the popular name of ancb
poison, and In the case of poisons and of snbatances and com-
pounds aforesaid labeling the bottle, box or paper containing
the same with the word ' poison,' an intelligent statement of
the treatment of poisoning thereby, the name of the owner of
tbe pharmacy and the address of the place wbere sold. Nor
unless the person to whom the same Is to be delivered be per-
sonally known to the pharmacist or person making the delivery
to be more than sixteen years of age, and upon due Inqniry
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found to be aware of the poisonous character of the poison,
compound or substance which he is about to receive, and rep-
resent that it is to be used for a legitimate purpose."
Besides these schedules there are other items relative to mak-
ing a druggist keep a record of all poisons he sells, and making
it unlawful for any person to compound or dispense more than
one prescription containing opium or its preparations or de-
rivatives, cocaine or its salts, or chloral, when such preparation
has written or printed on its face not to be repeated. The part
in the bill relative to affixing the word *' poison " to all boxes
or bottles of any preparation sold in quantities containing a
toxic adult dose of any such poison is the one that hits the
proprietary manufacturer, and, while the bill in its present
shape only applies to Washington, it is thought that, if
Congress should take it up, a bill would be introduced of gen-
eral application so far as it is possible for Congress to act in
this direction.
The Legislative Committee of the N. W. D. A. has taken
the matter up and it is believed a' successful fight will be made
to prevent any legislation of this kind. It is contended by the
manufacturers of proprietary medicines that such a law would
drive them out of business, for to put the word " Poison " on
their preparations would stop the sale, and there would be no
demand for goods that now have a ready market. M. N. Kline,
chairman of the Legislative Committee of the N. W. D. A.,
went to Washington on January 21 and he began an investiga-
tion of the matter. It is said the local druggists will unite in
an effort to kill any legislation of this character.
THE HEARING ON THE PHARMACY LAW
AMENDMENT.
New Patent Medfcme
The District Commissioners of Washington, D. C, have
decided to put a stop to the promiscuous distribution of sam-
ples of patent medicine in the vestibules and doorways of
private buildings, dwellings, etc., and are preparing for
adoption two health regulations, which it is believed will
effectively cover the case. The proposed regulations are as
follows:
*' Section 0. No person shall throw, cast, deposit, drop,
scatter or leave, or cause to be thrown, cast, deposited,
dropped, scattered or left upon any public highway or place
in the District of Columbia, any medicinal or toxic substance,
either in package or in bulk, except officers, employees and
agents of the United States or the District of Columbia, dis-
tributing such material for the purpose of disinfecting or
cleansing. Any person violating the provisions of this sec-
tion shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine
of not less than five nor more. than twenty-five dollars for
eaoh and every such offense."
Section 10 provides that the medicinal or toxic substances
must not be left " in or upon any premises in the District of
Columbia, without the consent of the owner or occupant of
said premises, except officers, employees or agents of the
District of Columbia."
Qaim for Drawback Disallowed.
The Comptroller of the Treasury at Washington has pre-
sented an opinion on a claim of McKesson & Robbins, of
New York, for drawback of the internal revenue tax paid on
medicinal proprietary articles shipped to Manila on April 23,
1001. The claim is made under the War Revenue Act, which
provides that "there shall be an allowance of drawback on
articles mentioned in schedule * B ' of this act, on which any
internal revenue tax shall have been paid, equal in amount
to the stamp tax paid thereon, and no more, when exported,"
etc. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue allowed the
claim, but the Auditor held it up on the ground that the
drawback privilege extends only to articles mentioned in
schedule " B " when exported to a country without the Juris-
diction of the United States, whereas the Supreme Court has
decided in the "Fourteen Diamond Ring Case" that the
Philippine Islands are domestic territory. The Comptroller
approved the Auditor's decision.
Searle & Hereth Win in the Warner Trade-Mark Suit.
Chicago, January 21.— The U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
to-day handed down a decision In the case of W. R. Warner &
Co. vs. Searle & Hereth, dissolving the injunction which had
been granted, and allowing the defendants to continue the use
of the name pancropepsin, which had been claimed by Warner
& Co. to be an infringement on their trade-mark.
The ManhatUn As oclation Fights for a Widening of the Fran-
chhr— Kings County Representatives woold Restrict Soffnse—
Mr* Mtilr Against Granting Traveling Salesmen tibe Rigfit to Vote>
There was an interesting hearing on Wednesday, January
22, at Albany, before the Public Health Committee on the
amendment to the State Pharmacy Law, which had been In-
troduced by Senator Henry W. Hill, of Erie County, proyldlng
that the right to vote for officers for the Eastern Section of the
State Board of Pharmacy should be granted only to members
of local pharmaceutical associations wherein the prerequisite
for membership is tlie holding of a certificate as a licensed
pharmacist or druggist.
The various pharmaceutical societies and bodies were repre-
sented at the hearing as follows:
New York State Board of Pharmacy— Warren L. Bradt, Al-
bany.
New York State Pharmaceutical Association— Prof. G.
Michaelis, Albany.
Dcutscher Apotheker Verein— George Kleinau.
Kings County Pharmaceutical Society and New York State
Pharmaceutical Association— Wm. Muir.
Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association— A. C. Searles and
George H. Hitchcock.
Retail Druggists' Association of New York— Joseph Wein-
steln and Messrs. Bakst, Diamond, and Bernstein.
Messrs. Searles and Hitchcock led off in opposition to the
Hill amendment. As members of the Legislative Committee
of the Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association they reported
the action of that society on January 20 in urging that the bill
be amended so that the franchise be granted to all licensed
pharmacists in the Eastern Section, irrespective of their aflllia-
tlon with any organization.
In urging this plan Mr. Hitchcock stated that it would only
be acting in conformity with the rules affecting the other sec-
tions of the State. If all the pharmacists of the Middle and
Western Section could select and vote for one of their number
there was no reason why New York and its vicinity should not
be accorded equal privileges.
Mr. Searles offered a substitute to the amendment pro-
viding that there should be but one election for the Board-
that It take place in New York City, and that all the registered
pharmacists of the Section have the right of franchise.
Wm. Muir next spoke in favor of the Hill amendment, and
in opposition to that section of the proposed measure which
gives the franchise to all members of the New York State
Pharmaceutical Association. To obviate the objectionable fea-
ture, Mr. Muir offered as an amendment to Senator HlU*s
amendment the insertion after the words, " And a member of
the New York State Pharmaceutical Association,*' of the clause,
" Provided he is a registered pharmacist or druggist"
Mr. Muir held that members of the State association, not
pharmacists, were not in position to vote intelligently upon
the pharmaceutical qualifications of the men likely to be named
for elevation to the board. Many of the members were travel-
ing men qualified to act intelligently on any question, and yet
their voting strength might outweigh that of the working
pharmacists who were really more affected by the personnel
of the board. In other words, traveling salesmen for wholesale
houses. In no way or but little affected by the actions of the
Board of Pharmacy, could by acting In unison prevent the re-
tail pharmasist from seating his candidate in the board.
In connection with the provision that the franchise power
should only be given to members of pharmaceutical organiza-
tions, Mr. Muir stated that there could be no question as to the
common sense of such a provision. It would stimulate the
present organizations, and bring others into existence, and he
doubted whether any one in the drug business disbelieved in
organizations as such.
As for the point made by the Manhattan Association mem-
bers that the franchise should be granted alike to all phar-
macists, whether members of an association or not, it should
be remembered that the conditions in rural districts were
not at all to be compared to those In the cities. In the country
everybody knew everybody else, and If a man were recom-
mended for office his fellow pharmacists knew all about him.
In a big city like New York this was not the case. A man
could attain prominence in his chosen profession, be recognised
as an able man and one well fitted to pass upon vital ques-
tions, and yet be unknown to hundreds of druggists who were
not members of associations and did not keep up to times in
other ways. If he were a member of an association he would
be more liable to be informed as t© what was going on.
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Mr. Muir argued tbat nuifonuity of action all over the
State was not sought. He nn-ognizecl that the Pharmaey Law
even with the passage ot the proposed amendments, would
not be a perfect measure. The question of a voting place had
never been satisfactorily settled. Sometimes the election was
held at one end of the State, where druggists at the other end
could not vote because of the expense of traveling. Still, the
present law was better than the last, and by continually im-
proving it, there might come a time when it would reach the
ideal.
The Brooklyn member was followed by Prof. Michaelis,
who indorsed his statements, and by Messrs. Kleiuau, Wein-
stein, Bakst and Bernstein, all of whom, in brief addresses,
showed that they held the same views as Mr. Muir had elo-
quently expressed.
It was held by the latter speakers that if a pharmacist did
not evince interest enough in his business and profession to
l)ecome a member in one of the many pharmaceutical associa-
tions by the payment of a nominal fee, such as $2 a year, he
was hardly to be adjudged entitled to the right of a vote for
the board membership.
Senator Henry W. Hill, the introducer of the amendment,
i'losed the debate. He stated that he was perfectly willing
to accept Mr. Muir's proposed amendments, and that he he-
lieved the measure would pass as it stood; He believed with
Mr. Muir that only registered pharmacists should be entitled
to a vote.
I^etters were also read from the Greater New York Associa-
tlon favoring the passage of the bill with Senator Hill's amend-
ment.
Meeting of the Kincfs CountyPhannaceutical
The Kin^fs County Pharmaceutical Society held the first
meeting of the year on January 14, in the lecture room of the
Brooklyn College of Pharmacy, 329 Franklin avenue.
The attendance was unusually large. President Oscar C.
Kleine, jr., called the members to order and Frederic P. Tut-
hill acted as secretary. After routine business these new
members were elected: George W. Conklin, 1073 Bedford
avenue; H. L. Gaige Dairy mple, 98 Court street; Henry R.
Loehr, 605 Evergreen avenue; Peter Ullrich, 64 Grand street,
and Gottlieb P. Esslg, 764 DeKalb avenue.
Six applications for membership were received and referred.
They were Arnold W. N. Brandenberg, New Dorp, Statcn
Island; Fernando E. Y. Brandenberg, 302 Clinton street;
Charles A. Cannon, 195 Main street, Astoria, L. I.; Louis J.
Jacoby, 33 Avenue B, Manhattan; Henry B. Lentz, 1093 Han-
cock street, atad Nicholas McDonald, Bay Shore, L. I.
Dr. Peter W. Ray, treasurer, reported that there wa.s a
balance of ^284.13 in the society's treasury, and |7,807.69 in the
college treasury.
Wm. Muir, as chairman of the Legislation Committee, sub-
mitted a report relative to a conference held by the Legislation
committees of the various pharmaceutical societies in this
State. It was decided that steps should be taken looking to a
revision of the constitution of the New York State Pharraa-
ceutical Association in order to provide that only licensed
pharmacists and drpggists should have a voice in the annual
election of the association.
On motion of Dr. Ray the Legislation Committee was in-
structed to do all in its power to have repealed the law rela-
tive to the manufacture of carbonated waters in premises
occupied in part as dwelling houses.
Annual Meetincf of the Dracf Trade Section.
The annual meeting of the Drug Trade Section of the New
York Board of Trade and Transportation was held on Janu-
ary 16. A protest against the new classification and rate
schedule recently issued by the New York Board of Fire Un-
derwriters was adopted unanimously. The special committee
appointed to investigate the subject reported that extensive
adulteration of the essential oils used in the manufacture of
confectionery and flavoring was being practiced in this city.
OflScers for the ensuing year were elected as follows:
Chairman, Jesse L. Hopkins, of J. L. Hopkins & Co.: vioe-
chairman, Albert Plant, of liehn & Fink; treasurer, William
D. Faris, of H. J. Baker & Brother; secretary, William F. Mc-
Connell; director representing the Drug Trade Section in the
New York Board of Trade and Transportation, Jesse L. Hop-
kins.
Executive Committee: Edward W. Pitch, of Parke. Davis
A, Co.; Thomas F. Main, of Tarrant A Co.; William S. Mer-
serenu, of Schieffelin & Co.; Joseph A'. Velsor, of Peek & N'el-
sor: .John Anderson, of Chnrles Pfizer & Co.
GREATER NEW YORK.
Albert Plant, head of the firm of Lehn & Fink, is winter-
ing in the South. When last heard from he was at Palm
Beach, Fla., en route to Cuba.
A jury before Justice Fitzgerald, in the Supreme Court, on
January 16, gave a verdict of ^,639.65 against the city in favor
of Prof. Rudolph Witthaus, the chemical expert in the trial ot
Roland B. Molineux.
John C. Gallagher, of Jersey City, widely known as a mem-
ber of the Executive Committee of the N. A. R. D., is extend-
ing his business in various directions and has recently opened
a second store at 601 Grove street.
Louis I. Cherey, dealer in druggists' sundries at 159 Bowery,
has filed a petition in bankruptcy, with liabilities $5(M4 and
no assets. An involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed
against Mr. Cherey individually by three creditors, January 3.
Max Montesi, proprietor of the pharmacy at First avenue
and East Fifty-seventh street, was badly burned by an ex-
plosion of chemicals in his store on January 17. The explosion
also caused a fire that cost $1,000. The drug store was
wrecked.
J. A. Carpentier, who until lately was proprietor of a phar-
macy at 2284 Eighth avenue and who failed in business, has
been mentally unbalanced by his troubles. He was examined
by a magistrate a few weeks ago and committed to Bellevne
Hospital.
S.W.Bowne, of Scott & Bowne; Edward B. Amend, of Einier
& Amend, and Prof. C. F. Chandler, president of the New York
College of Pharmacy, are among the members of the com-
mittee appointed by Mayor Low to receive Prince Henry of
Prussia, on the occasion of his visit to this city.
M. W. Lauer, of Magnus & Lauer, the well-known dealers
in essential oils, has Just returned from a three months' busi-
ness and pleasure trip, during which he visited London and
the principal Continental cities, going as far south as Messinar
Sicily, the center of the Messina essence district.
J. C. Eliel, of the Lyman-Ellel Drug Company, Minneapolis,
spent a few days in New York last week while booking hia
passage for Europe on one of the big liners. He visited many
of his acquaintances in the drug market during his stay. He
goes to Europe to obtain much needed rest and recreation.
M. Rafter, for many years manager of F. Bagoe's phar-
macy at 423 Fourth avenue, and who is widely and favorably
known in the district, has entered business for himself by
purchasing the old established pharmacy of F. W. Kinsman
& Co. at 343 Fourth avenue. His many friends wish him suc-
cess in the underlaking.
The business of the late J. E. Brannigan, at 161 Amsterdam
avenue, is being looked after by Thomas Brannigan, a brother
of the deceased, who is well fitted by training and experience
for this work. He is not a graduate of pharmacy, but lia»
taken up the study of pharmacy, confining himself meanwhile
to the financial end of the business.
The drug store and postal sub-station of Karl F. Behrens-
& Co., at 97 Sands street, Brooklyn, was entered by burglars
recently and fourteen boxes of cigars, a lot of postage stamps
and $5 in cash stolen. As this is the second or third visit
within a few months, Mr. Behrens is taking extra precautions
to see that the next raid is an unprofitable one.
George J. Seabury has received notice of his election to the
chairmanship of the Literary Committee of the American Pro-
tective Tariff league. The election was made at the meeting
of the Board of Managers, on Thursday, January 16. Mr. Sea-
bury has been granted the unusual privilege of naming the
rest of the meml>ers of this important national committee.
The serving of hot drinks at the drug store of Reid, Yeo-
mans & Cubit, 140 Nassau street, was interrupted for a few
days recently. Late one afternoon the steam trap which
generates the hot water for the soda fountain exploded, shiver-
ing the plate glass window of the store and cracking the Ten-
nessee marble counter. The damage was estimated at $350.
When it was first proposed to hold the annual meeting of
the N. W. D. A. at Monterey, Cal., grave misgivings were ex-
pressed as to th^ ability of the members in the East to be
absent from their business for the length of time that travel
covering so great a distance would entail; but wholesalers in
the East think lightly of such trips, an instance In point beln?
the departure last week of Charles Hubbard, of Charles Hub-
bard, Son & Co., Syracuse, accompanied by his wife and
(laughter, for a vacation stay of two months in California,
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Seabury & Johnson's team are keeping up their fine work
in the wholesale drug trade tournament, and they won two
more games on the 18th Inst from Dodge & Olcott and Colgate
& Co. Buddiman, the anchor of the D. & O. team, made a
splendid effort to pull his men out of the rut of defeat, but
his best efforts failed to bring a victory in either of their two
games. He rolled 208 pins in the first game against Seabury
& Johnson, and IGl in the second against Colgate & Co., but
neither time could his men bring their total up to the required
800 mark, and a double defeat was the result
Leopold Hoff, of Hamburg, the original introducer of the
Hoff malt extract into the United States, is in this city on a
visit Mr. Hoff is a thorough cosmopolite. He lived in the
United States for three years when he first introduced malt
extract here in 1806, and later resided for several years in Paris.
He has traveled round the world and all over Europe, and now
has settled down as a gentleman farmer near Hamburg, where
he can drive into the city to look after his malt extract busi-
ness and get back to his rural life within a couple of hours.
Mr. Hoff is as full of energy and enthusiasm as is his son,
who is now just 24 years of age. He expects to spend several
weeks in the United States.
The annual meeting of the B^yonne (N. J.) Druggists' Asso-
ciation was held on January 16, and these officers elected for
the following year: President, Charles H. Landell; vice-presi-
dent, N. Cadmus; secretary, M. Strauss; treasurer, William
Whitehead. Beyond the election of officers only routine busi-
ness was transacted. Mr. Landell, who was chosen president,
was recently elected, at the meeting of the directors and stock-
holders of the Greenville Banking & Trust Company, a mem-
ber of the Auditing Committee. He has been In business
many years at Avenue D and Thirty-second street, and is well
known and popular. He is the president of the Central Bay-
onne Land Improvement Company.
The interesting personality of G^eorge W. Busteed, the re-
tired veteran pharmacist, was called to the attention of the
general public a week or two ago when a general alarm was
sent out by the police, at the instance of his son-in-law, to the
effect that he was missing from his home, 15 Bast 128th street.
It appears tiiat he left there early in the afternoon for a call
on an old friend, and when he did not return for dinner in
the evening the matter was reported. Several hours later be
turned up at the house safe and sound and explained that he
had taken a southbound instead of a northboimd car. The
doctor is 80 years old and was one of the best known phar-
macists in the city. For many years he had a drug store at
Third avenue and Twenty-third street During the cholera
epidemic in 1849, he made "The Sun Cholera Cure," which
was used as a standard medicine all over the country. It was
adopted into many medical and pharmaceutical works of ref-
erence and was generally approved and valued. The foripula
is given in the National Formulary.
Lehn & Fink's new wholesale drug establishment, at 120
William street, is a constant source of wonderment to out-of-
town visitors, it is so entirely different from similar establish-
ments in the drug market The ground floor is long and nar-
row, and is furnished with a series of handsome roll top desks
and similar office furniture, the usual boxes and bales of drugs
being conspicuous by their absence. As one visitor remarked
to Mr. Lampa the other day, " I was directed to you as a
wholesale drug house, but this is not the kind of a drug house
I am used to. I have been accustomed to wade through boxes
and barrels and bales of drugs before I could reach the office.
Have I made a mistake? Is this not Lehn & Fink's?" The
genial Mr. Lampa assured him that he was in the right place,
and then asked him to step upstairs, where he surprised the
visitor by showing him a display of roots, barks, herbs and
other drugs, mostly In original packages, that for extent could
scarcely be equaled in the United States. Lehn & Fink occupy
the entire building.
DEATH OF CHARLES A. OSMUN
The intelligence of the death at his home in New York dn De-
cember 29. 1901, of Charles A. Osmun. for many years a member
of the New York College of Pharmacy and of the American
Pharmaceutical Association, besides numerous other organiza-
tions, will come as a shock to many, though it was well
known that the deceased had not enjoyed good health for
some months previous to his death. Mr. Osmun was bom
near Hackettstown, N. J., May 17, 1845. He attended school
there and at Newark, graduating at the High School of New-
ark when sixteen years old. After leaving school he was ap-
prenticed to the elder Hegeman, and in the pharmacy at Ninth
street and Broadway obtained a thorough knowledge of all
branches of the retail drug business. After nine years* serv-
ice with the firm of Hegeman & Co. he went into business for
himself, opening the drug store at 18 Seventh avenue, in the
old Ninth Ward, or Greenwich Village, as the district is still
sometimes called. He conducted this store successfully almost
up to the day of his death and succeeded fairly well in a finan-
cial way, even amid all the vicissitudes which overtook the
locality; for while the majority of the older residents moved
away from the district, they still retained an attachment for
Osmun's drug store, and Mr. Osmun used to be fond of telling
bow old customers traveled down from Harlem and the Bronx
to the old Ninth Ward drug store to get their supplies of medi-
cines. Mr. Osmun was taken sick on August 7 last, and lu
November he was compelled to give up business entirely,
leaving the store to the care of his wife and a qualified assist-
ant He married Miss Susan Shiels in New York City in 1872.
his wife being herself an old Ninth Warder by both birth and
ancestry. He is survived by Mrs. Osmun and two daughters.
Mr. Osmun Joined the American Pharmaceutical Assodatiou
in 1868. Besides his membership in the College of Pharmacy,
he was a member of the Manhattan Pharmaceutical Associa-
tion and was one of the founders of the New York Branch of
the Interstate Druggists' League, which he served as president.
WESTERN NEW YORK.
The Boafd of Pharmacy Busy— Oppotttlon to the Nye Bill—
Glycerin Tonic as a Beverage.
{From our Regular Oorrespondent,)
Buffalo, January 22.— For some reason the Buffalo druggists
are doing better than they were through the holiday season,
and those who complained most then are now saying that they
are doing q.ulte well. Still there is no prevalent disorder and
no condition of the weather that explains the improvement
In business.
THB BOARD OF PHARMACY.
The Western Branch of the State Board of Pharmacy has
been in session most of the time lately, to accommodate the
druggists of the district, all of whom are required to make re-
ports of their business during the month. The blanks furnished
are somewhat puzzling, and it is often necessary to coach the
people very carefully, and then erasures are quite common.
Very many of the reports that come in by mail have to be sent
back for correction. The poison label is left off or there is an
error somewhere. Some of the reports are very amusing In
some of their details. One report declares that the store is
using the 1900 Pharmacopoeia, although it is not yet in the
hands of the printer. Another has it that the store is provided
with weights to the 104th part of a grain, and a third has
nothing less than an ounce. Another has apothecarys' weights
from an eighth of a grain to two pounds. It takes a deal of
straightening out to bring these reports into line, so the board
prefers to hold open sessions and do it on the spot.
At the last examination held by the Western Branch seven
candidates for pharmacist's license and three for druggist's
appeared.
The stores are sending in their registration blanks in a very
satisfactory manner. Half of the 400 in the Western Division
reported during the first half of the month.
MOVING IN OPPOSITION TO THE NYE BILL.
As the bills affecting the pharmacy law make their ap-
pearance, the board takes a shy at them, and has already sent
out invitations to leading druggists in the district to oppose
the bill Introduced by Assemblyman Nye, of Watkins, authoriz-
ing any physician of long regular practice to conduct a drug
store without a license. It is stated that the Assemblyman
has a doctor among his friends who is doing this very thing,
so when the board got after him the bill was framed to help
him out. It is threatened that if the bill passes another,
authorizing a practicing druggist to set up as a doctor under
certain circumstances will be introduced.
I
A GLYCERIN TOXIC RECOMMENDATION.
We are having some sport over a new preparation that a
Buffalo druggist is sending out. A doctor sent the foUowiuK
"recommendation," apparently unsolicited: "The glycerin
tonic came to-day. We supposed it was sherry and each took
a drink. B. is full and in bed to sober up. I took a smaller
drink and am partly sober. I think it is a good thing."
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MASSACHUSETTS.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Tlie Aiwiiiil EatefUinmeiit a Succcsb— New Offlcen for the Con-
necticut VaUey^UmbreUaB at Drag S.oret*
(Frwn our Regular Corrupondmi.) $
Boston, January 22.— The entertainment given by the As-
sociation of the Alumni, assisted by the Woman's Club, at the
eoUege building on the evening of January 16, was a huge suc-
cess. It was a combined reception to the trustees, faculty and
students. The reception was followed by a social, in charge
of President Simpson. This Included music, singing by the col-
lege quartette, an address by Prof. Scoville, and a literary
class contest between the senior and Junior classes. The paper*
by the senior class was read by Mr. Paddock and that for the
juniors by Mr. Mott The Judges decided in favor of the
seniors. Then followed the presentation of a flag to the senior
class and a cup to the Jimlors. Refreshments were served and
this was followed by dancing.
CONNECTICUT VALLEY DUUOG18T8.
A meeting of the Connecticut Valley Druggists' Association
was held at Greenfield, January 9. About twenty-five mem-
bers were present They discussed matters pertaining to prices
in their section and adopted resolutions against the use of trade
coupons. The association has in force a price-list on patents,
and a committee was appointed to arrange a price schedule
on pharmaceuticals. The following oflScers were elected:
President, C. E. Bardwell, of Holyoke; vice-presidents, George
D. Clark, of Northampton; C. B. Ball, of Holyoke; Bliot Nash,
of Greenfield; secretary, F. L. Vaughan, of Springfield; treas-
urer, Bdward Leonard, of Springfield. Bxecutlve Committee,
F. N. Wheeler, of Springfield; L. G.*Heinritz, of Holyoke; D. F.
Keefe, of Springfield; W. A. Coleman, of Northampton; C. J.
Smith, of Basthampton; C. N. Payne, of Greenfield; J. F. Hood,
of Turners Falls. Legislative Committee, A. B. Lerche, of
Springfield; F. B. Wells, of Greenfield; L. S. Davis, of
Northampton.
UHBBKLLAS AT DRUG STORES.
Biany of the drug stores in this city are interested in an
umbrella scheme which has Just been established by an um-
brella concern. A great number of stores are used as stations
at which umbrellas may be left and obtained by patrons of the
company. The concern own the umbrellas, and they are is-
sued on a check plan to patrons. The company sell the checks
to customers.
BOSTON JOTTINGS.
C. P. Flynn, of South Boston, recently delivered an address
before the Lauriat Improvement Association, Dorchester.
The Walker-Rlntels Company had a fire in their Summer
street store January 12. It was due to spontaneous combus-
tion, and the damage was about |500.
Chester H. Sweatt, now clerking at the Sumner pharmacy,
Huntington avenue, will quit the drug business for a time, hav-
ing accepted a lucrative advertising position in Portland, Me.
Pharmacist John Cowan, recently on duty at the Charles-
town navy yard, is sick and has been sent to the Marine Hos-
pltalt Chelsea. He has been In poor health since his return
from the Philippines and has applied for retirement, but his
application was rejected.
J. A. S. Woodrow, Ph.G., who is now with W. C. Durkee,
Ph.G., Boylston street. Is to give a talk to the M. C. P. students
January 29 on the subject of " Sponges." This is Mr. Wood-
row's hobby, and he can give the boys many valuable points
and will exhibit a variety of interesting specimens.
Becently small sums of money have been missed from the
rooms of the State Board of Pharmacy. A watchman was
finally detailed to investigate the matter, and he succeeded in
detecting one of the State House porters In the act of abstract-
ing more money. An arrest and trial was followed by a sen-
tence of six months. The thief was recently ordained to the
Baptist ministry.
BAY STATE ITEMS.
James W. Tufts has Just shipped a reliable carbonator to
Bouke & Martin, of Worcester.
John M. Kelleher is to open a new store in New Bedford.
He is to fit it with one of James W. Tufts' fountains.
Billings & Stover, Harvard square, Cambridge, recently
purchased a new fountain and marble counter from James W.
Tufts.
Tlie loatififratlon of the Tripartite Plan Hanging on the Deciiion
of One Firm — A Former Ditsggist Honored by the King of
Siam— Vholciale Trade in Pfoepcrous Condition*
• (From our Regular Correepondent.)
Philadelphia, January 22.— The tripartite plan is going
ahead, and each week the oflicers who have this matter in
charge report additional conquests. The plan as applied m
Chicago, Pittsburg and other Western cities is making good
headway, and renewed effort is to be made to get the Bastem
Jobbers and retailers in line. In the New Bngland States there
Is more of a disposition shown to unite, but in this city little
headway has been made. It is said only one large retail drug
house which has refrained from Joining the Retail Drug Asso-
ciation and abiding by its rules is willing to accept the tri-
partite plan, and when this is done all the leading houses in
this city will be a party to it. This house has prevented the
carrying Into effect the plan establishing a higher price for
proprietary goods, and while the local wholesale houses re-
fused to fill orders for it,* there was no difilculty experienced
In securing all the goods wanted, as the Jobbers of other cities
readily filled the orders, and in cases of emergency the retail
dealers helped the house by ordering goods in their names and
subsequently turning them over to the cut rate store. When
this house is brought into line, which It is thought will be done
shortly, a greater effort is to be made to solidify the retail in-
terest in this city.
THE WHOLESALE TRADE IN A PEOSPKRQDS CONDITION.
The drug business of this city for the past month has shown
an improvement over the corresponding period of 1901. While
the city trade has not shown much change, the country and
distant city trade has grown and the outlook is encouraging.
The houses that do a Southern and Western business feel
greatly encouraged, as their agents are sending in large orders
daily. Maris & Co., one of the oldest and most progressive
houses here, have received more orders from their salesmen
this year than ever before. George M. Smyth, the popular
representative of this house, is now in the West renewing his
acquaintanceship and he is meeting with considerable success.
H. Chambers, the Beau Brummel of the sundry business, is in
the far South, mingling with the druggists of perpetual sum-
mer.
THE WANDERERS' HOODOO
<
The ** Wanderers," who are the bowling representatives of
out-of-town drug houses, have a hoodoo among the members,
and until it is caught and relagated to a seat '* away back,"
it is likely that the "Wanderers" will continue to remain
near the bottom of the list Whitall, Tatum & Co.'s team has
so far made the best showing, although Aschenbach & Miller's
team is a close second. At this writing It seems as though
the fight for supremacy will be between these two teams.
Wampole's team is sure to win the booby prize, it having lost
fifteen games straight
The following shows the standing of the clubs on Jan-
uary 20:
Won. Loit. Per cent.
vniltBll Tatum 14 1 .SSS
Ascbenbach 18 2 .866
Smith-Kline 10 6 .666
Mulford 6 9 .400
Wanderers 6 12 .38S
Shoemaker 5 10 .388
Wampole 15 .000
HONORED BT THE KINO OF SIAM.
Dr. Thomas B. Hayes has had an unuenial honor bestowed
upon him by the King of Slam in person. The honor bestowed
was no less than the Royal Order of the White Blephant,
which Is the highest of Siamese orders, and is rarely bestowed
upon a foreigner. Dr. Hayes was at one time a drug clerk for
Frank R. Rohrman, the present manager of the Philadelphia
Drug Company, when he was In the retail drug business at
the comer of Charles and Read streets, Baltimore, and it was
while clerking for Mr. Rohrman that Dr. Hayes attended lec-
tures at the Maryland University, and after graduating at that
institution, became a medical missionary in Slam. He soon
opened a retail drug store in Bangkok and latterly entered the
Siamese navy, where he has attained the rank of surgeon
major. He has received many honors from the King of Slam
and is rated as a millionaire. He pays taxes on $600,000 worth
of property in Chicago alone, and owns some valuable real
estote in Baltimore.
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QUAKER NEfTS NOTES.
U. Kaudall has sold bis store at Eighth and PaiTish streets
to VVertley & Co.
^ J. D. McFerran has sold his store at Twelfth and Bace
streets to Mr. Campbell.
William Van Dyke has opened a new drug store at 311
Church lane, Germantown. He has named it the *' Wlngo-
hocklng Pharmacy."
A. H. Bolton, who Is connected with a large retail store
In Germantown, has gone into the druggists' sundries business
and has opened an office at 410 Arch street.
Dr. J. M^ Wallis, who for many years owned and operated
the pharmacy at Lehigh avenue and Thompson street, died
at his residence in this city on December 30.
Dr. G. E. Dahis, who owns and operates the pharmacy at
Forty-ninth and Woodland avenue, has been elected Scribe of
Oriental Chapter of Boyal Arch Masons, which is the largest
Masonic body in the world.
B. S. Doak, who for many years conducted the drug store
at Fifteenth and South streets, died on January 20. Mr. Doak
has for many years been located in the neighborhood and had
built up a good trade.
Dr. Beiman, who for many years has conducted the drug
store at the northwest corner of Fifth and Poplar streets, has
bought the property on the southwest comer, and he intends
building a new store. He will tear down the present structure
and erect a new and modem store. Owing to the tenants hav-
ing a lease until June, he cannot begin operations until they
vacate. He has given a contract for the work and it will cost
upward of $4,000.
Schandien & LInd report a steady increase in business. This
Urm moved to their present quarters, 206 North Fourth street,
early last year. It was then thought that there would be
ample room, but the business has grown so that it will not be
lou^ before additional space will have to be secured. Mr.
Scliandlen looks after the office business, while Mr. Lind does
the outside work. Mr. Lind is now in the South and has taken
a large number of orders for early spring delivery.
On February 13 and 14 the eighth annual meeting of the
Manufacturing Perfumers* Association of the United States
will take place in New York. The association is in a flourish-
ing condition, having over 100 members, embracing all the
principal manufacturing perfumers, together with the manu-
facturers who sell the perfumes. This meeting, it is said, will
be an important one, as many questions relative to the per-
fumery business are to be brought up for discussion.
At the annual election for officers of the Philadelphia Drug
Company, Ltd., the following were chosen: President, B. B.
Oatchel; vice-president, W. Mclntyre; treasurer, D. H. Boss;
aecretary, W. F. Stemmitz. The retiring president, Mr. Buck-
man, read a statement of the affairs of the company, which
ahowed the concern to be In fine financial condition, and the
business done the past year was stated to be much in excess
of that done in any preceding year. The meeting was large-
ly attended and the stockholders were jubilant at the showing
•of the annual report
OHIO.
Drag Qcrks' CrganUation Gaining Strength— Many Gocsnty
ciations Affitiatcd with the N A« R. D.— An Umutfal
Acddeot*
Registcfcd in Mxchisfan*
The Michigan Board of Pharmacy held a meeting at De-
troit on January 14 and 15. There were 57 applicants present
for examination— 42 for registered pbarniacist certificate and
15 lor assistant papers. Fifteen applicants received registered
pharmacist papers and 9 assistant papers. Following is a list
of tbose receiving certificates:
llegistered pharmacists: Miss Dora L. Bodine, Clio; Wm.
J. Cassldy. Detroit: Alf. J. Carlisle, Detroit; A. C. Deno, Burr
Oak; M. L. Hoffmnn. Detroit; C. L. Klingensmith, PrattvlUe:
J. R. Knorr. Grand Rapids; E. L. La Bocque, St. Ignace; F.
B. McCain, Detroit; W. L. McKinnon, Port Huron; R. B. Mills,
Ahuont; Ray W. Olin, Port Huron; F. S. Pierce, Beaverton;
R. W. Rennie, Detroit; Wm. H. Zentner. Detroit.
Assistant pharmacists: C. M. Barry, St. Louis; Alf.
Bourassa, Chatham, Ont; Geo. Hemmeter, Saginaw, W. S.;
Del M. Knlll. Port Huron; M. E. Pickens, Detroit; Archie
Peasley, Port Huron; Arthur Royoe, Mecosta; James G. Strong,
Detroit; Chas. W. Zlegler, Sajerinaw. W. S.
The next meeting of the board will be held at Grand Rapids,
:March 4 and 5, 1902.
{From our Regular Cotreapondent.)
Cincinnati, January 20.>-The Drug Clerks* Association of
Ohio is a very lusty Infant organization. Though it is only a
few months old, the membeiahip Is rapidly nearing the 500
mark, and the ratio of Increase, though rapid, is steady and
certain. The association has l^een organized with many ob-
jects in view. The primary object, according to those engaged
in fostering the organization, is to prevent the employment of
young men who have had no previous knowledge of the drug
business, and whose entrance into the business has resulted in
a general reduction of salaries. The association will endeavor
to procure employment for its members, and the social and
intellectual advantages it can ofter are expected to aid In in-
creasing the membership. Another aim of the association will
be the intellectual and discriminating encouragement of the
study of pharmacy and the encouragement of pharmaceutical
organizations leading to a betterment of the science of phar-
macy. The employment bureau will be the chief feature of
the association when it is fully developed. The association
wants to enroll among Its members every drug clerk of good
character in the State of Ohio. The line is drawn at
proprietors of pharmacies, of necessity, but the organizers
feeling that an injustice would be done the workers in the
ranks who should in time become employers, instead of em-
ployees, the association has made provisions for these persons
In the constitution. The first officers are: Fred. Scheibenzuber.
president; Clifford J. Tranter, first vice-president; Edward A.
Ohm, second vice-president; Harry J. Schmuelling, secretary
and treasurer; William A. Mueller, chief of employment
bureau. Regular meetings are held twice a month and elec-
tions of officers semiannually. The annual dues are $3, with
an initiation fee of $1.
OOUNTT ASSOCIATIONS AFFILIATED WITH TUB K. A. R. D.
. The following county associations of Ohio have become
affiliated with the National Association of Retail Druggists:
Seneca, Wyandotte, Sandusky. Ottawa, Wood, Champaign,
Logan, Union, Licking, Knox, Morrow, Jefferson, Harrison,
Carroll, Tuscarowas, Musklnghum, Coshocton, Belmont,
Perry, Morgan, and Noble, and more are being organized.
INJURED BY ACID.
A peculiar accident occun'ed in a Fourth street drug store
last week that may result in a civil action for damages. The
victim was Hibbenie Hoobeu. a comedian, who lives at 49
Plum street. He had called at the store to purchase nitric
acid, and the clerk In charge removed the bottle from an upper
shelf and was shaking it violently to loosen the glass stopper,
when the stopper flew out, and the acid was spattered in the
face of the customer, who fell shrieking to the floor of the
store. His face was badly burned by the acid, which did not.
however, reach the eyes, and after his injuries had been tem-
porarily dressed he was removed to the City Hospital for
treatment.
AOIINST SAUPLIXQ PATENT MEDICINES.
P. A. Mandabach, president of the Ohio Institute of Phar-
macy, of Columbus, is the author of a bill to prohibit the
dangerous practice of distributing drug:s in the form of sam-
ples. During the past year 17 accidents and 14 deaths
have resulted from this method of advertising, in every case
the victim being a child. The text of the measure follows:
An act to prohibit the delivery or depositing of dmn, medicines,
antiseptics, disinfectants and cosmetics either for internal or external
use upon the premises of another.
Section I. — Be It enacted by the General Assembly of the State of
Ohio, That any person who shall, by himself, his servant or agent, or
as the agent or servant of any other person. leave, throw or deposit,
or have in his possession with Intent to leave, throw or deposit upon
the doorstep or premises owned or occupied by another, or who shall
deliver to any person or any child under fourteen years of age. any
patent or proprietary medicine or any preparation, pill, tablet, powder,
cosmetic, disinfectant or antiseptic, or any drug or medicine that cou-
tains polHon or any ingredient that is deleterious to health, as a sample,
or in any quantity whatever, for the purpose of advertising, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and sha!l be punished as provided for
in Section III of this act.
Sec. II. — The terms drug, medicine, patent or proprietary medicine,
pill, tablet, powder, cosmetic, disinfectant or antiseptic, as naed in
this act, iOiail include all remedies for Internal or external use either
in package or bulk, sample, mixed or compounded.
Sec. In. — Whoever violates the provisions of Section I of this act
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined
not exceeding one hundred dollars nor less than twenty-five dollars, or
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imprisoned not exceeding one hundred nor less than thirty days,
or Doth, at the discretion of the conrt, for each and every Tlolatlon.
Sec IV. — This act shall take effect and be In force ^ days after its
passage.
NEWS OF THE TRADE IN dNCINNATL
Dr. R. H. .Weatherhead, who Is one of the most widely
known druggists in the State, through his big establishment
at Sixth and Vine streets, in Cincinnati, celebrated his sixtieth
natal day last week with an elaborate dinner, attended by a
large number of guests, at his handsome residence in Avon-
dale.
F. J. JBanta's chewing gum factory, at Lima, O., was de-
stroyed by fire January 16. The fire is supposed to have been
caused by an incendiary, as a man was seen entering the cellar
with an armful of wood half an hour before the flames broke
out. The loss is about $30,000. The Arm supplied several large
wholesale drug houses with different brands of chewing gum.
The Ohio Valley Chemical Company, of Cincinnati, were
Incorporated at Columbus last week, with a capital stock of
$10,000, by Ephraim R. Blaine, R. H. Wurlltzer, H. F. Wur-
litzer, J. E. Thompson and Wm. S. Little. Two of the in-
corporators are well known advertising men, and the new
firm win do a mall order and general manufacturing drug
business.
The next regular meeting for examinations by the Ohio
Board of Pharmacy will not be held at Columbus until June
14 and 15. Application may be received any time before thai
date, but must be on file before June 9. It is believed that there
will be an extraordinarily large number of applicants this
year, though the nature of the examinations is steadily be-
coming more stringent.
The Steln-Yogeler Wholesale Drug Company have in con-
templation extensive improvements to their Sixth street ware-
house and retail department, which will be undertaken In the
early spring. An option has just been secured on two pieces
of private residence property, adjoining their building on the
east, and it is proposed to erect a five-story building, to cost
$50,000, for which architects are preparing plans.
The members of the Kentucky State Board of Pharmacy,
which was in session at Newport, across the river from Cin-
cinnati, last week, concluded their session at the Burnet
House, Cincinnati, and announced that the next meeting would
be held In Ijouisville in April. Among the most prominent
members in attendance were Addison Dimmitt, of Louisville;
J. W. Gale, of Frankfort, and John E. Storms, of Lexington.
John 6. Fratz, a well-known druggist, at Kenyon avenue
and Baymiller street is defendant in a civil suit brought by
his sister, Marie H. Fratz, who charges that he has failed to
properly account to her, as guardian, for the estate left by
her father, a pioneer druggist. Miss Fratz charges that ac-
cording to his last report, the form of assets has changed, and
that he had not on band $3,2S8.83, as the report shows. She
asks for an opening of the account and judgment.
John Keeshan, said to be the oldest druggist in Cincinnati,
who was recently compelled to abandon his old location at
Sixth and Walnut streets for smaller quarters in the same
neighborhood, has confessed judgment for $440 in favor of
the Wolff estate and Daniel Wolff, owner of his store, for un-
paid rent .Mr. Keeshan^s attorneys assert that the confession
of judgment does not mean that he is insolvent by any means,
but is merely made as a matter of court record.
The first business failure of the new year in Cincinnati was
that of a druggist, Henry Wrede, who was one of the pioneer
retail apothecaries of the city. For many years he was in
business at Everett street and Freeman aveiue, and was at
one time considered wealthy. His business decreased in ratio
with the development of active competition In the neighbor-
hood, and he was finally forced to the wall, with assets of
$1,000 and the amount of his debts not appraised.
George W! Gale, the dmggist at Fifth and Sycamore
streets, had an unusual experience with a thief last week.
For weeks Gale has suffered from systematic visits by the
thief, who took small sums of money and inexpensive drugs
and sundries. Several traps neatly 9et failed of their purpose,
and finally Gale determined to establish a personal watch. It
was about midnight when he saw the front door open, the
thief admitting himself with a duplicate key. The man went
at once to the money drawer and Gale promptly grappled with
him, at the same time recognljslng his visitor as the son of a
wealthy and respectable suburban family. A hand-to-hand
fight followed, but the man finally broke loose, before the ar-
rival of a policeman for whom Gale had telephoned as soon as
he heard the man fumbling at the door, and escaped. Because
of the man's family Mr. Gale decided not to press the matter
any further, satisfied that the thefts would not continue.
MICHIGAR
Offioen of Parke, Davis & Co. Re-elected— Tlie Retatlefi Elect
I— A Bottk of Pnd. Novy'i New Germidde Fxplodcs«
{From our Regular Correspondent,)
Detroit, January 20.— Once again the men who are con-
ducting the great drug firm of Parke, Davis & Co. have met
and elected otticers for another year. The reports at this an-
nual meeting showed that the concern were in excellent con-
dition, and more improvements to the already extensive plant
are being considered.
The following is the list of officers: Theodore D. Buhl, pres-
ident; David G. Whitney, vice-president; William M. Warren»
general manager; Henry A. Wetzel, secretary; John H. Smed-
ley, treasurer. Directors: Truman H. Newberry, E. G. Swift,
William M. Warren, Theodore D. Buhl, David C. Whitney,
Henry A. Wetzel, John H. Smedley.
A P. D. MABBIAGK.
There is quite a sprinkling of romance in the engagement
of Miss M&ry Shaughnessy and Leon C. Fink, both of Detroit
Mr. Fink is assistant superintendent of Parke, Davis & Co.*s
plant, secretary of the Board of Control and chief of the com-
pany's crack fire brigade. He has been with the company
for twenty-two years, and it need not be said that he is a
popular man. Miss Shaughnessy has been in the employ of
the company for a long time and has superintended the work
of 300 girls in the finishing room. An attachment grew up
between the young man and woman, and the marriage, which
will occur shortly, is only the consummation of courtship of
months— yes, years.
THB DBTKOIT RETAIL DRUOOISTS* ASSOCIATION
has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, W. G. Leacock, with Webb, Third avenue; vice-president,
A. P. Young, with Burke, Grand River avenue; second vice-
president, F. B. North, with Parke, Davis &, Co.; secretary,
J. P. Toomey, with Diedrich, McDougall avenue; financial sec-
retary, V. J. Teyhonohy, with W^alker, Woodward avenue;
treasurer, W. J. Longstaff, with Hall, Girswold street. The
organization is in good condition, both in membership and
financially.
PBOF. KOVT'S OKBMICIDB EXPLOSIVE.
Pharmacists are interested in the case of Dr. A. R. Mc-
Cracken, of Detroit, who may lose the sight of one eye as the
result of an explosion of a bottle of Prof. Novy's receiht germi-
cide discovery. While the doctor was experimenting the bot-
tle exploded and a piece of glass penetrated one of the doctor's
eyes. The surprise is in the fact that it was not believed that
the drug would explode.
DBUG GLEBES* ASSOCIATION HAS SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS.
The Drug Clerks' Association of Michigan. has been enjoy-
ing a pleasant series of winter meetings, and the novelty of
having invited guests from the members of the medical fra-
ternity has proved a success in every particular. At the last
meeting Dr. Preston M. Hickey, of 82 West Adams avenue,
read a splendid paper, his subject being The X-Ray, and his
illustrations were the best ever shown to the druggists. At
the present time the clerks are thinking of the annual elec-
tion of officers, which will be held January 8 in the hall of
the association, 80 Gratiot avenue.
DRUG TRADE HEMS.
Arthur H. Webber, of Cadillac, will assume the duties of
his office as a member of the State Board of Pharmacy on
New Year's Day.
Even though the State Board did pass a bunch of young
men and a young woman, registered drug clerks are a scarce
article in Detroit
The new scientific laboratory at the plant of Parke, Davis
^ Co. is about completed. Other smaller manufacturing build-
ings will be erected shortly.
The drug stock of W. H. Robinson, 1164 West Fort street^
has been transferred to C. S. Elliott, formerly with D. S. Hal-
lock, 764 West Fort street.
Bowling teams are getting to be the proper caper among
the Detroit druggists and, in the big wholesale houses, a num-
ber of interesting games have been bowled.
Since the purchase of the stock of goods and physicians'
supplies of the Seeley Pharmaceutical Company by W. H.
Burke & Co. the firm have been known as the Central Vtuk
Company.
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ILLINOIS.
A Shorter Houfs Movement In Chicago —Women ai PhyildauiB —
TcJepfionc Qufgci Reduced by Law— A Shake-Up in Phar-
macy Expected— Officen of the Board of Pharmacy*
{Frtnn our Regvlar Correspondent.)
Ciiicago, January 20.— Ohicago drug clerks are making a
systematic, businesslike effort to secure shorter hours. They
are willing to work 140 hours every two weeks, which would
hardly be called " shorter *' hours in otiier linea They have
secured the co-operation of the Chicago Association of Retail
Druggists, and it seems likely that the movement will succeed.
The clerks have started the agitation with the following ob-
jects in view:
Maximum amount of work to be 140 hours every two weeks.
Sleeping back of the store to be prohibited, or else to have
inspection regarding sanitary conditions provided for.
Minimum salary scale for assistant and full registered men.
(Probably 960 for assistants and $75 for B. P's).
It is the intention to secure le^slation with the foregoing
ends in view, and committees from the Drug Clerks' Associa-
tion and the 0. R. D. A. will work together in framing the
bill which the Assembly will be asked to pass. S. T. Hart and
Secretary C. A. Ullman, of the clerks' organization, spoke at
the last meeting of the 0. R. D. A., and the druggists voiced
no opposition to what they had to say regarding Ihe clerks'
needs. It was decided to appoint a committee to act with the
clerks, and it seems certain that the clerks will finally be suc-
cessful. In his speech before the druggists Mr. Hart called
attention to the things which the clerks believed should be
rectified. He said the clerks were suffering injustice in many
instances, but that they were anxious to have a satisfactory
arrangement and united action instead of trying to force a
bill through the Assembly themselves. Other meetings are to
take place soon and committees will be appointed, so that it
seems reasonably certain that action will be taken before long.
WOMEN AS PHYSICIANS.
James H. Raymond, one of the trustees of the Northwest-
em University School of Medicine, in explaining the reason
for the discontinuance of the coeducational featpre of that
school, said:
'* It is impossible to make a doctor of a woman. Women
cannot grasp the chemical and pharmaceutical work, the in-
tricacies of surgery, or the minute work of dissecting. At our
women's medical department we do not get as high a class of
scholarship as is set by other colleges in Northwestern Uni-
versity."
Mr. Raymond probably wishes ho hadn't, for there has been
a perfect flood of Indignant protests rained on him by women
and those interested in the advancement of the " cause of
woman."
A DECISION IN THE TELEPHONE MATTER.
As a result of the decision of Judge Guley to the effect that
$125 shall be the maximum charge for telephones, the City
Council has issued an order to Corporation Council Walker to
draft an ordinance fixing the charge at this amount. Judge
Guley held that the amount paid in excess of $125 a year
could be recovered by the customer. This amounts to about
$2,000,000. The court granted the prayer for a preliminary
restraining order preventing the telephone company from col-
lecting the extra $50. The company always pleaded that they
could not supply 'phones at $125, the rate they accepted with the
ordinance, which gave them the right to operate in Chicago, be-
cause instruments had been greatly improved, the copper metal-
lic double circuit now being in use. On this point Judge Ouley
said:
** The defendants' answer clearly shows the inadequacy and
inefllciency of the 'old service for the changed conditions of
affairs."
The suit was brought by the Illinois Manufacturers' Asso-
ciation. City Electrician Ellicott has prepared a table show-
ing that only one other city. New York, has a higher telephone
rate than Chicago. Mr. Ellicott says there shoud be an in-
stallation charge and a uniform charge for each message. It
is not entirely clear as yet whether the action of the judge and
aldermen will have any effect on druggists' instruments. Al-
most all the druggists have slot telephones, but if a new ordi-
nance is drafted all Instruments may be affected by the pro-
vision regarding an insitallation charge, and the rate might
poRsibly be made greater or less than one dime for each call.
The rate will, of course, have to be what the Council decides.
If the rate is too low, the company might retaliate by putting
back the old instruments first in use.
PBSPARINO TO PBOSEOUTE PHARMACY LAW OFFENDERS.
The prospects are that prosecutions on behalf of the State
Board of Pharmacy will soon be pushed with thoroughness. The
State's Attorney has asked for two more assistants and will be
able, when his request is complied with, to give all Infractions
of the law proper attention. The request was made to the
county commissioners, who are asked to make an additloiial
appropriation. This action was taken because of the recent
ruling of the Attorney-General in regard to the Goyemor's
right to appoint attorneys for various State Boards. The.
boards which are affected are the State Board of Pharmacy,
State Board of Health, State Board of Dental Examiners and
State Board of Architects.
A curious case came before Judge Dunne recently. It
was charged that pharmacy certificate 8,182, issued in 1899 to
Edward Csemiowski, had been rented to Karel Kvitk for $15
a month. Kvitk admitted on the stand that the charge was
true, and the certificate was ordered returned to the State
Board of Pharmacy. It is charged that Kvitk used the certifi-
cate in his business of fitting up drug stores and that he would
loan it to customers until they were able to secure one. A
curious feature of the case is the fact that Czemiowski is said
to have died in 1898.
OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.
The state Board of Pharmacy has organized for 1902. as
follows:
President.~B. Schwartz, of Salem.
Vice-President— H. Sohrbeck, of Moline.
Treasurer.— W. Bodemann, Chicago.
Secretary.— L. J. Hoy, Woodstock.
Mr. Bodemann was elected treasurer for the third time. At
the last examination the following were granted certificates as
registered pharmacists:
Chas. H. Althoff, M. J. Bericskowski, Peter Czaja, Albert A.
Eberlein, Eugene H. Haines, Harry L. Hull, W. T. Isted, Stan-
ley J. Jerusal, Frank P. Sanderson, Paul G. Stahlfeld, Clinton
K. Sherman, Joseph Swanson, J. Earl Taylor, Winfield S. Clax-
ton, F. D. Grifllths, Adolph W. Henke, Edgar Roberts.
These will receive certificates as assistant pharmacists:
George N. Gouy, John R. Neal, Jr.
The next regular examination will take place in Chicago.
February 11. The next apprentice meeting is scheduled for
February 7.
A STUDENT BMOEER.
A notable affair took place at the Chicago office of Parke.
Davis & Co., 44 Frankllh street, on the night of January 18,
when 350 members of the graduating classes of Northwestern
University Medical School and the College of Physicians and
Surgeons were entertained at a joint smoker. Prominent mem-
bers of the faculties of both schools took turns in telling the
young men stories of the humorous side of a physician's life
and reminiscences of their early years. Among those who told
stories were Drs. J. B. Murphy, L. Blake Baldwin, A. R. Ed-
wards^ G. Frank Lydston, W. E. Schroeder, W. S. Christopher.
Joseph Zelsler, F. X. Walls, W. A. Evans and H. P. Hendricks.
Press Woodruff got off a number of jokes and clever sayings.
The Parke-Davis Orchestra furnished the music. During the
intervals between story telling and music the students from
the two colleges indulged in a contest with the object, ap-
parently, of seeing which crowd could deliver its college yell
with the greatest vigor.
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WHY WE WERE PLACED ON THE CUT-OFF LIST.
M
Robert Stevenson & Co. have issued a circular under the
above heading, which reads as follows: " It appears that our
floor salesman took a few C.O.D. orders from a small dealer,
I. N. Empie, Seventy-first street, Chicago, whose name was on
the list of advertised cutters, but had escaped the attention of
our City Department The total sales to this party was less
than $50. We have not sold a dollar's worth of goods to State
street cutters or elsewhere except in the instance above dted.
The circular sent out by the association is misleading and con-
veys the impression that we wilfully violated our obligations
to stand by the tripartite plan, which is not the case. It is
well known that we have steadfastly refused to sell cutters
anywhere, for many years, to whom we could have sold
thousands of dollars annually. We have not changed our
policy of protecting the retailer and are wrongfully accused,
as you will learn in due time."
CHICAGO NfiVS NOTES.
N. R. Stewart, who has been manager of the Venetian
building store of Gale & Block! for several years, is about to
open a new stove at 76 Dearborn street, in the Unity building.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND
A. W. Adamlck has purchased the store of Lada^ P. Ohen^sr
at 237 North Clarke street.
The Plaza Pharmacy Company, of Chicago, have taken cot
incorporation papers. The incorporators are Fritz Goetz, B. D.
Oarter and W. S. Dillon.
As the result of ill health, Mr. Dewey has retired from tho
Arm of Pomeroy, Dewey & Co., at Sixty-flfth street and Went-
worth avenue.
F. A. Dmehl, of Druehl & Franklin, druggists at Salt Lake
ijiij, was In Chicago recently to att^id the funeral of his
mother.
Bmll Thlele, who already owns several stores, will open a
new one at Sixty-third street and Lexingrton avenue as soon
as a building now going up on that comer is finished.
The Veteran Druggists' Association at its next meeting will
listen to a paper on one of the old time drug firms, to be read
by Albert B. Hunt.
Dr. J. G. Craig Is going to put $10,000 Into a store at Fifty-
ninth and Halsted streets. He will have an office upstairs
where he will carry on his practice.
C. F. Schmerker, who had a store at Twenty-second and
State streets, went out of business suddenly January 7. Sev-
eral wholesalers say they have cause to regret his action.
The Clarke Helme Loomis Advertising Company have been
incorporated with a capital of $40,000. This is the concern
who get out the local organ of the N. A. B. D. The incor-
porators are Clarke Helme Loomis, G. H. Bunge, F. W. Sayers.
The Hfiyden Mining & Milling Company have changed their
oame to the Hayden Chemical Company. The company will
hereafter manufacture chemicals, medicines and fruit bever-
JLges.
The Dr. Auld Medical Company, which will deal in drugs
.and medicines in Chicago, has Just been incorporated. The
<;apital stock is |10,000 and the incorporators are Isaddre
LAsker, J. C. Wilson and William Slack.
Walter M. SempiU, the veteran druggist. Is ill at his home.
fi. H. Sargent, another of the old timers, who has been ailing,
is much better. James S. Barclay, of Oak Park, formerly
president of the Veteran Druggists* Association, is very low.
Members of the Committee on National Legislation of the
American Pharmaceutical Association assert that a bill will
«oon be introduced into Congress providing that the hospital
stewards (pharmacists) of the marine hospital service be al-
lowed the rank of second lieutenant.
The Chicago Drug Trade Club gave a most enjoyable enter-
tainment on the night of January 16. There was a reception
and muslcale In the club rooms, and the members were there
in force. There was a humorous reading by H. A. Antram
and an address by George P. Bngelhard.
Ezra C. Fahmey, vice-president of the Dr. Peter Fahmey &
Sons Company, a corporation capitalized at $8,000,000, and
engaged in the manufacture of patent medicines, will not have
to pay a claim for $110,000 made against him by William J.
Kelly, of Arkansas. The litigation has been going on for three
years, and has been ended by the action of Judge Kohlsaat,
who has overruled a motion for a new trial.
Bdwin O. Gale, of the firm of Gale & Blocki, haa Just fin-
ished a history of Chicago which will be put into the pub-
iishers' hands within a short time. Mr. Gale is one of Chi-
cago's pioneer druggists, and has always made it a point to
gather historical information. It was only lately, however,
that he decided to give out his vast store of facts. Albert B.
Bbert, his brother historian, has read the manuscript, and says
the book will be the most interesting volume of the sort to be
bad.
WESTERN NEWS ITEMS.
DeHa A. Day has purchasedthe A. B. Arnold store, at Mar-
risoBTlUe, III Mr. Arnold died recently.
Dr. H. F. Leedom has succeeded Leedom & Don at Morocco,
Ind.
Carl H. Nelson has purchased the store of W. H. Thorp, at
Dowagiac, Mich.
At Bagle Grove, Iowa, A. E. Minzer has retired, and the
store is now being run by Miller & Crumrine.
L. B. Bachelle has succeeded Rudolph Bachelle at 75 Bast
Forty-third street.
Edward Flagg, who recently sold his store at Hoopeston,
111., has moved to Westfield, 111., where he has opened a store.
H. S. TerwilUger has bought an interest in the store of C.
H. IIoflTman at Hoopeston, 111.
PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
MISSOURI.
6i
Jobbers Make Concessioas to RetaiUn— Moving for Better Pay in
the Marine HoipiUl Service— Banquet of the Drag derks.
{Frwn our Regular Correspondent.)
St Louis, January 21.— Every druggist in the city has re-
ceived a copy of the following circular letter from the local
wholesale drug firms. It practically explains itself:
St. Louis^ January 14, 1002.
To the Retail DrqgglBts of St. Louis and vicinity.
Gentlemen : We, aa the result of negotiations had with your com-
mittee^ hereby amend our circular letter to the trade of June 29, 1901,
as is set forth In the following correspondence, which we kindly ask
you to take notice of: _ ^^^^
St. Louxs^ January 7, 1902.
Mr! a'SfMBBBBii, } Committee, St. Louis, Mo.
Gentlemen: We' have carefully considered the request you made of
ua in Mhalf of the retail druggisU of St Louis and vicUiltv to modify
the arrangements as to the return of containers and the rate of
caiOi discount, and we beg to say that it afCords us pleasure to amend
our circular of June 29, 1901, as follows : . . ^ ^^
Containers will be received for* credit by the house from which they
were purchased, if In good condition, credit being based upon a dis-
count of 20 per cent, less than the amount charged for such containers.
This being your proposal.
Beginning with purchases of January, 1902, our caah discount will
be IH per cent, when bUls are paid prior to the lOth of the month fol-
lowing date of purchase.
No cash discount will be allowed after the lOth of the month.
In meeting the wishes of our retail friends, we ask in return their
cordial co-operation to maintain In their Integrity the principles of the
N. A. R. D. and N. W. D. A. . - ^ . ^
will you communicate this decision to every member of the trade,
or rtiall we do so? . ^ ^ . ^
Your prompt reply will very much oblige us, and with best wishes,
we are,
Very truly yours,
MBYBB BROTHERS DRUG CO.
Per C. W. Wall, Treasurer.
J. S. MBRRBLL DRUG CO.
Per C. P. Walbrldge, President.
MOFFITT-WBBT DRUG TO.
Per C. H. West. Secretary.
St. Louis, January 8, 1902.
1
MEYER BROTHERS DRUG CO.
MBRRELL DRUG CO. \Citj,
MOPFITT-W^ST DRUG CO.
Gentlemen: Yours of the 7th Inst, received, and on behalf of the
Committee I wish to thank you very kindly for the Interest taken In
our behalf In allowing 1^ per cent, discount on purchases if paid be-
fore the lOth of the month following date of purchase, also 20 per cent,
discount from price (diarged on empty containers when returned In as
good condition as when received.
You will kindly notify the retail druggists of the city of the action
taken by the wholesale druggists.
Thanking you again for your prompt action, I am.
Very truly, A. NAY.
While we feel that the changes made In our circular letter of June
29, 1001, were fully Justified by the conditions exIstlAg. yet desiring to
do everything possible to please you, it affords us pleasure to meet
your views aa expressed by your committee.
With best wishes.
Very truly yours,
MEYER BROTHERS DRUG CO.
J. 8. MERRELL DRUG CO.
MOPFITT-WB8T DRUG CO.
TO PROMOTE PHA.R1IACISTS IN THE U. S. MARINE HOSPITAL
SERVICE.
Copies of an amendment to the " Health Service " bill have
been sent to every druggist in the city, and the great majority
of them are using their infiuence upon their representatives In
Congress to secure its passage. The amendment provides for
an Increase in the rank and pay of the pharmacists in what is
now known as the U. S. Marine Hospital Service, but which It
is proposed to call the United States Health Service.
THE SATURDAY NIGHT CLUB
The St Louis RetaU Druggists' Saturday Night Club have
elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President,
J. M. Good; vice-president, Dr. A. J. Bnderle; secretary, 0. D.
Merrem; treasurer, A. J. Davenport They have decided to
hold their meetings in future on the second Tuesday forenoon
at the Mercantile Club.
THE ANNUAL BANQUET OF THE ST. LOUIS DRUG CLERKS*
SOCIETY
was held at the West End Hotel on the night of January 16.
There were about fifty present O. F. C. Bausch acted as
toastmaster. It was a stag temperance affair, but highly en-
joyed by all present. There were no regular toasts on the pro-
gramme, but nearly every one present was called upon by the
toastmaster. Besides the faculty of the St. Louis College of
Pharmacy, there were present representatives from each of
the local wholesale drug houses.
62
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
S6e Drug and Chemical Market
The prices quoted in this report are thoee current in the wholesale raerket, and higher prices are paid for retail lots.
The quality of goods frequently necessitates a wide range of prices.
Condition of Trade. ,
New York, January 25, 1902.
ALTHOUGH most dealers continue to pursue a cau-
tious policy in regard to buying, and this, coupled
with an almost entire absence of speculative interest, gives
to the market a quiet and tame appearance, jobbing or-
ders continue in fair receipt, and reports from travelers
indicate an early revival of business. The orders which
are coming in through travelers from interior points in-
dicate a fairly general activity, and the market situation
on the whole is considered satisfactory. Few fresh fea-
tures of interest have developed during the interval, such
fluctuations in prices as have come to the surface since
our last being comparatively unimportant, save, perhaps,
in one or two instances. Opium continues weak and un-
settled and is fractionally lower, while quinine remains
quiet but steady. The price of salol has been reduced
by manufacturers, and lithium carbonate and citrate have
further declined. Cocaine continues very irregular, and
reports are current that the inside quotation is being
shaded by manufacturers, lending some demoralization
to the market. The continued scarcity of Calabar bean
has served to further stiffen values on this article and its
derivative eserine ; and the same may be said of jaborandi.
The hypophosphite salts are generally lower, the simple
salts of potassium, sodium and calcium having declined
Sc. The principafl changes of the fortnight are included
in the following table :
HIGHBR.
Spirits turpentine,
Sodium phosphate.
Calabar beans,
Juniper berries.
Gum guaiac,
Ck)lch!cnm corm,
Gum beniEoin,
Buchu leaves, long,
Pilocarpine muriate,
Stillingia root,
Rumex root.
Oil pennyroyal,
Coca leaves.
Quince seed.
LOWER.
Opium,
Salol,
Lithium carbonate.
Lithium citrate,
Golchicum seed.
Cocaine muriate,
podium salicylate.
Sodium benzoate,
Hypophosphite salts,
Messina essences.
Ipecac root.
Belladonna leaves,
Ergot,
Camphor oil.
Anise oil.
Salicylic acid,
Cardamoms, decorticated,
Golden seal root,
Jalap,
Bleaching powder,
Quicksilver.
DRUGS.
Alcohol is without Important change. The demand has con-
tinued moderately active at previous prices, or, say, |2.55 to
$2.57, as to quantity, less the usual rebate; wood held at 60c
to 65c for 95 and 97 per cent
Barks.— There has been no movement of consequence
in the various lines of druggists* barks, and prices generally
are without quotable change. Elm continues scarce, and for
the limited supply available 15c is asked. Wild cherry is still
wanted and values are well sustained at the range of 6c to
15c, as to quality and quantity.
Belladonna leaves continue scarce and in demand, but prices
have not further advanced, sales being made at our quotations,
or. say, 14c to 16c.
Buchu leaves, long, are in very limited supply, and for the
small quantity available up to 65c is asked, though a firm
bid on a quantity offer might be accepted at a shade under
this; short is in more liberal supply, and values are less firm,
though no price changes are to be noted.
Cacao butter Is slightly firmer, as the result of the recent
auction sale at Amsterdam, but only a moderate Jobbing busi-
ness is reported, at the range of d2%c to 33c for bulk and 3dc
to 40c for 12-lb. boxes.
Calabar bean continues to show an upward tendency, owing
to scarcity, and holders do not now offer under 20c, which ia-
said to be below the cost to import.
Cocaine muriate is weak and unsettled, owing to keen com-
petition among manufacturers, who are naming prices in in-
stances below the established quotation, and we hear of par-
cels changing hands during the interval down to $4.30, though
$4.50 to 14.60 is generally quoted.
Cod liver oil, Norwegian, continues steady upon spot, and
the demand is of seasonable proportions; quoted ^1.50 ta
$25.50, as to brand and quantity.
Cubeb berries are not taken with any interest, but the ab-
sence of demand has not infiuenced holders to urge the dis-
tribution, and prices are as previously quoted, or. say, 10c to
lie for whole, and 13c to 16c for powdered.
Damlana leaves are scarce and wanted, and the inside quo-
tation has been advanced to 9^^, with 10c generally asked.
Ergot has remained quiet, and holders are disposed to offer
more freely at a decline from previous prices, or, say, 39c to 41c
for German, and 42c to 45c for Spanish.
Guarana is in limited stock, and such sales as are making
are at 75c.
Jaborandi leaves continue to show an advancing tendency,
though prices are not quotably higher, 12c to 15c being asked a»
to quality.
Juniper berries have developed some scarcity, and holders
of prime quality have advanced quotations to 3c to 8%c, and we
hear of numerous sales at this range.
Lithia carbonate reflects the influence of continued keen
competition among manufacturers, and we hear of some sale»
down to $1.50, though the ordinary jobbing demand is being
met at $1.85 to $2.00.
Lycopodium is receiving more attention, and holders are
flrmer In their views with little now offering below 51c for un-
marked.
Manna has remained in flrm position, and prices are well
maintained at the previous range, or, say, at 80c to 85c for larj^e
flake, and 33c to 37c for small; sorts is almost out of market.
Menthol is inactive, and in the absence of important de-
mand, the market is nominally quiet at $4.10 to $4.15.
Opium continues extremely dull, and prices are again frac-
tionally lower. A fair jobbing demand is reported, but inquiry
for case lots is practically suspended. Importers are evincing
more of a disposition to urge sales; and $3.00 is now named aa
inside. For broken lots the quotation of the market is $3.02^
to $3.05, while powdered is held at $3.80 to $3.35, and a
moderate jobbing business Is reported at this flgure.
Quinine has met with about the usual sale during the inter-
val, and a slightly flrmer feeling is manifested on the part of
holders, owing to the receipt of stronger cable advices from
Amsterdam. The market is said to be steady, with no defi-
nite tendency manifested in either an upward or a downward
direction. The trade are not purchasing in quantities much in
excess of jobbing orders, but less reserve in bnylng has been
shown since the bark sale at Amsterdam on the 23d inst, at
which the price of bark was fairly well maintained, the de-
cline which was expected only amounting to al>out V,^ per
cent. Large bulk from manufacturers has sold during the
interval at 27c to 30c, while German In second hands has l>een
offering for sale at 26c to 26^c, on a parity with Java.
Rochelle salt is being urged for sale in some quarters^ and
more or less competition exists, with the result that recent
transactions have been at a decline from previous prices, or,
say, 16c to IGV^c.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
63
Salol prices have been reduced by manufacturers to the
range of |1^ to $1.30. as to quantity; ounce packages are
quoted at $1.86, less a rebate of 5c per lb. on lots of 25 lbs.
and 10c per lb. on lots of 100 lbs.
Sodium salicylate is lower, in sympathy with the decline in
the price of acid, and sales in a large way are now making al
85c to 40c
Thymol continues somewhat in*egular and unsettled. De-
spite adyices from abroad reporting scarcity of ajowan seed,
the crude material, prices are nominally lower, the wide range
of $2.90 to $8.15 being quoted.
Vanilla beans have been in moderately active demand, but
Importers are meeting the wants of the trade at prices within
our quotations, or, say, $(i.75 to $11.00 for whole Mexican, $51M)
to $6.25 for cut and $3.00 to $6.75 for Bourbon.
CHEMICALS.
Alum has sold well in a jobbing way of late, and the de-
mand for consumption continues good, with prices well main-
tained at $1.75 to $1.80 for lump, and $1.80 to $1.85 for ground.
Benzoic acid, synthetic, is offering a shade lower in quantity
lots, 36V^ being now named; for broken packages up to 40c is
«till named.
Bleaching powder has come to hand in liberal quantity dur-
ing the interval, and under the influence of freer offerings
there are sellers of casks at $1.37% to $1.75 for English, Ger-
man R at $1.90 to $2.00 and Continental at $1.90 to $1.95 per
luindred lbs.
Blue vitriol continues unsettled in sympathy with the metal,
and values are barely steady at the recent decline to 4^ to
4%c.
Brimstone, crude seconds, remains quiet with spot and near-
by parcels quoted at $24.00; forward shipments can be con-
tracted for at $23.50.
Carbolic acid is given very little attention at the moment,
and prices for drums are a shade lower, 17c to 18c being
named for crystals; lb-bottles are unchanged at 23c to 24c.
Chlorate of potash is fairly well sustained at the range of
8c to 8%c for domestic, and lOV^ to 1094c for foreign crystals,
as to quantity; foreign powders held at 8%c to 9c. A moderate
demand is experienced.
Citric acid remains seasonably quiet, and the bulk of the
sales are from second hand, who quote 33c to 33!4c for barrels
and kegs respectively.
Cream of tartar is passing out fairly in a Jobbing way at
regular manufacturers' quotations, or, say, 19c to 19V^. A
good consuming demand is also reported.
Salicylic add has shown a weaker tendency during the in-
terval, and manufacturers have announced a decline in quota-
tions to 34c to 36c, as to quantity. The salts of this acid are
correspondingly lower, sodium being quoted at 36c to 38c.
Tartaric acid from second hands is obtainable a shade be-
low loading manufacturers* quotations, 28c to 2Sl^ for pow-
dered. The market for this article is a trifle unsettled, and it
Is Intimated that prices are being cut In some quarters.
ESSENTIAL OILS.
Anise is a shade easier, and the market Is weak at $1.20 to
$1.25.
Bergnmot has declined to $1.80 to $1.90; Jobbing sales only
are reported.
Camphor Is lower. Sc now being quoted as the inside price
l>y most holders.
Caraway is firmer iu sympathy with the seed, but sales are
making at the range of $1.00 to $1.20.
Cassia has not changed in the interval, but the market
lacks strength at 70c to 75c for 75 to 80 per cent.
Clove is advancing Into stronger statistical position, and an
early advance is looked for.
Lemon is lower, with the other Messina essences, the de-
cline being attributed to the arrival of new crop of oil. and the
revised quotation Is 80c to 85c.
I^mongrass is tending upward, and up to $3.00 is now
named for redistilled.
Myrbane is easier. 7^;o to Sc and SU»c to 9c being ndw named
for drums and cans respectively.
Orange has declined to $1.40 to $1.45, on account of recent
arrivals.
Pennyroyal has been in steady moderate demand since our
last, and there appears to be some paucity of stock, giving the
market an upward tendency. At the close $1.25 was named as
an inside quotation.
Peppermint is maintained in firm position, with a good
Inquiry, Westei-n in tins being quoted at $1.80 to $1.90, and
New York in tins and cases at $1.80 to $1.90 and $2.00 to $2.15,
respectively.
Saffrol has receded to 34c to 36c, the quotation from first
hand.
Sassafras is maintained steadily at 38c to 40c, as to qual-
ity; artificial is a shade lower and offers at 27c to 28c.
GUlffS.
We have no large transactions or important price changes
to note in this department. Only a small Jobbing trade is be-
ing done in the various lines of mucilaginous gums, but prices
are generally well sustained on all varieties. Benzoin, Sumatra,
Is a shade higher in consequence of increased demand and re-
stricted stocks, 80c being now named as inside. Gualac is
scarce and prices have advanced 5c, the revised range being
25c to 80c, as to quality. Gamboge is tending higher, the last
open quotation being 57%c to 60c for pipe and 55c for blocks.
' ROOTS,
Althea, cut, continues very scarce, and holders generally
are firmer in their view:s, at an advance to 25c.
Colchicum is reported scarce at primary sources, and hold-
ers here are quoting at an advance to 9c to 9V^ for conn.
Gentian is firmer in the face of stronger advices from
abroad, but quotations are nominally unchanged, there being
yet an absence of important demand.
Golden Seal is in better supply and ordinary grades offer
at 48c to 50c, as to quality and quantity.
Ipecac has sold indifferently during the interval, and hold-
ers are showing some disposition to urge their goods by mak-
ing price concessions. We quote the range as follows: Bio,
$2.60 to $2.70; Carthagena, $1.42% to $1.47^^.
Jalap offers more freely at a decline to 12c to 13c for whole
and 17c to 18c for powdered.
Rumex (yellow dock) is in less abundant supply, and hold-
ers have advanced their inside quotation to 8c.
Sarsaparilla, Mexican, Is meeting with a fair Jobbing In-
quiry, with the sales reported at 7c.
Senega quotations have been generally revised to agree with
the range of quality now offering; dark root held at 50c and
choice at 54c, with several large transactions reported at these
iigures.
Stilllngia Is scarce and wanted, and recent sales have been
at 9c.
Little of Interest has transpired in this department since
our last, and the conditions are practically unchanged, so far
as demand and prices are concerned. Colchicum has eased off
a trifle, and is now held at 40c, while prime red German quince
has advanced to 40c to 42c, and Russian quince to 38c, owing
to scarcity both here and abroad.
War in the Winidow Glass Trade*
A conference was held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, In this
city, on January 23, between the Window Glass Jobbers' As-
sociation, the American Window Glass Company, and the
Federation of Co-operative Window Glass Companies, of
Muncie, Ind. As one result 500,000 boxes of glass were sold
to the Jobbers for $1,500,000, which was considered to be a re-
markable low figure.
There is every reason ifi believe that a war of prices Is im-
pending In the business. The principal circumstance upon
which this belief Is founded Is that the Independent Glass
Company of the United States were not represented at the
meeting, the attendance at which comprised about twenty,
who were there in the Interests of the manufacturers, the
others being from the Jobbers' Association.
Prices made on the sales were based upon the manufactur-
ers' list of January 1, 1901, and were computed from the quo-
tations which it gave, as follows: Single strength, 89.02H per
cent.; double strength, ^.05 per cent.
64 AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND
THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROAD.
Net«a of the Tr«.val*ra Ckught on tlw Fly.
PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
Chlcigo.— A sew man him beeo put on by Puke, DaTlfl ft
(^. to cover tlie subarbao dlBtrlct la the rlclnl^ of Chicago.
Tbe newcomer Is W. H. Rammage. to whom bat beeo asiignetf
a Inrfce territory.
T^ J. McDonald 1b at tbe home office of Wm. B. Wamer *
Co., " posting up " preparatory to gathering In orders during
the coming season.
O. W. St. Clair and Alex. Harris, of Johnson & Johnson,
have Just returned from a trip to tbe East. At the meeUog of
Bolemen at the factory, nil reported excellent bueioees during
the laet year.
C. M. Wilkinson hna been assigned territory in Central and
Ksfltem Illinois by Morrison. Plumaier & Co. The chang«
wns made because of a rearrangement of routes.
J. D. Sipp on January 1 became sales agent for the Duroy
A Haines Company, of Sandnsky, O., with headquarters at
1 and S Park row, New York City. Mr. Slpp la a naUve of
Brooklyn and received bla education In that city. He went to
IllinolB Id 1883 and tn 1891 opened a retail drug store In Blver-
side, a suburb of Chicago. His health breaking down, in 1896
be went with Obas. Tmax, Qreeue & Co. as local buyer for
two years, and then went on the road for A. R. Bremer Com-
pany and introduced Coke's Dandruff Cure from New York
to Virginia, making his beadquai-tere In New York and Baltl-
more. Mr. Sipp will cover the whole territory from New York
to New Orleans east of tbe Blue Ridge Mountains, introducing
the soda fountain supplies and wires of the Duroy & Haines
Company, of Sandnsky, O.
Boston,— Dr. Paul Plessner, represenUng the Trommer Malt
Company, Fremont, Ohio, was in town recently. He was glT-
Ing the trade pointers in his specialty.
C. C. Church has been looking after the -Interests of Fair-
child Bros. Si Foster, New York City. He reported a good
bnainees.
Buffalo.— The holiday season Is fully over, and the traveling
salesman Is again as DUtnerous as before. Yonng ft Smylle
send to BufTalo, as an occasional visitor, Louie Austin, who
knows bow to make tbe most of their specialties.
One of tbe traveling representatives of Parke, Davis & Co.,
C. J. A. Fltitslmmons, stopped off fn Buffalo this month and
sold a lot of the crude drugs that the firm are noted for.
G. A. Fuller, who scatters the Ed. Pinaud perfumes wher
ever be goes, and Is ns popular as the goods themselves, was
In the city after the middle of the month at bis old vocation.
The Gold Queen's advance agent Is tbe title given himself
by A. E. Allbright, lately In Buffalo, looking after tbe best In-
terents of the Tbeo. Rlckaecker Company.
Frank L. Williams, who comes to BufFalo with a full Hat of
the goofis of the Tyer Rublwr Company, of Andover, Mass.,
gave up part of the last half of the month to tbia center.
One of the regulars In the drug traveling trade Is E. M.
Wtllaey, representative of the Albany Chemical Company, who
lately gave us his usual call with the naual satisfactory re-
sults.
Not an every day visitor, bnt a welcome one alt the same, Is
8. H. Greenbnrg. who has lately sold his cnstomary amount of
goods for J. Ellwood Lee Company, of Consbolincken. Pa.
Wayte A. Kn.vnionrt. ever welcome representative of Alfred
A Cnide Dru; Citalosuc
Parke, Davis & Co. have Introduced an Interesting Innova-
tion in tbe line of catalogue publications. Tbey have issued
a handsome little catalogue and price-list devoted entirely to
their Importing department, probably the first booklet ever
devoted exclusively to crude drugs. Tbe catalogue Is also pro-
fusely Ulnstrated with half-tones of the drugs In their orlginat
packages, the majority of the illustrations being exact repro-
dnctlons from photographs. Gums, Insect powders and san-
dalwood logs are sbown as they leave the vessel's cargo, and
an interesting photograph of tJie methods of dryliq; rbnbart»
In China Is also given.
They I^ Tluii Own CapsuLs.
Clump & Llnnlg, of Lexington avenue and Seventy-si xtb
street. New York, writing to the Nuns Capsule Compa&7, De-
troit, Mich., under date of December 28, 1901, says: " We here-
by beg to acknowledge the receipt of tbe 4-10 M racks you s»
kindly sent ns, for which please accept otir thanks. As to giv-
ing you a testimonial, we don't know whether we can say any
more In the testimonial line, except that we use a large quan-
tity of your Empty Elastic Capsules and that we like then*
very much. We make all of our own capsules, such as Sandal-
wood, Wlntergreen Oil, Creosote, etc., and we find them very
satisfactory."
The Proof of the Puddine, Etc
The old familiar adage, " The proof of the pudding is In the
eating of It." Is especially applicable to every day bnslneaa
life. The druggists reallEe that the best and purest soda water
Is not always drawn from the handsomest marble or onyx
fonntain. Quite frequently the fountain that presents a band*
some exterior is reeking with germs and filth Inside. The
syrup containers are often covered with slime and dirt, and
Hffonl convenient lodging places for germ life of every descrip-
tion, which may contaminate the soda water.
The Twentieth Century Sanitary Fountain, manufactured
by the L. A. Becker Company, Chicogo, Is a marvel of elegance
and attractiveness, and gives proof of the cleanliness of all
soda drawn from it, by having all syrups In glass-stoppered
bottles In plain view of tbe public, entirely separate from the
Ice chambers or fountain proper. The Twentieth GenttuT
Sanitary Fountain Is modem, durable and elegant, and Is
claimed by the makers to be the only perfectly sanitary
fountain on the market.
It is claimed tor the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy that It
Is tbe best equipped Institution of Its kind In the Dnited
States, and photographs of Its laboratories and lecture rooms
prove that the assertion Is not lightly made. With unsur-
passed laboratories and radlltles It would be hard to Improve
upon, the college claims that it gives the best course in phar-
macy otTered by any pharmaoal teaching school. There are
no charges for apparatus or material, and the Board of Phar-
macy records show that Us graduates make the highest aver-
ages. For further particulars Intending students should write
to C. T. I'. Fennel, actuary, mentioning the Auzrican Dbco-
Unmlstakable evidence of tbe growing popularity of Hart'*
Swedish Asthma Cure is fonnd in the fact that the proprietors
have been compelled by the demand for the remedy amonc
German speaking people to print tlie label with directlona In
German ax well ns tn Kii^'IIhIi,
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table of contents.
Bditobxals 65,
PBISB B88AY :
What is the Best Method of Filing PrescripUons, by Bndle
Bmnor, Phar.D. 67
OVB BmMClXBBBB' DI8CT788XOX8. — ^THB CABB OF PBIICBIPTIOVS :
Filing In Drawers, by Wm. 8. Tunnel 68
CoBTCBlenee of the Shannon File, by Frank Warner 68
A Box Afraagement, by Wm. Mlttelbach. , •
A Strong File, by J. Maxwell Pringle
Pasting in a Scrap-book, by S. A. D. Sheppard 70
SVOBB Makaobicbbt :
1\> Insure Promptness In Bxecuting and, DellTerlng Orders. ... 72
DBti«oi8T9' C0UB8B IN Optics !
Hie PliyBlology of Vision 78
Obxoiiial Communications :
Proceedings of a Pharmaceutical Conrentlon 74
Cbbam of Cubbbnt Litbratubb :
Pharmaceutical Apprenticeship Before or After the College
Course? Vanillin and Vanilla, New Suppositories with a
Paraffin and Lanolin Base 76
Deeompositlon of Salt Codfish : The Determination of Sudi De-
composition In Its First Stage, Plant Analysis, A Handy
Testing Closet, Chronological Account of Important Dates
Connected with Pharmacy, Logical AdTertislng, Special Sales
as a Means of Advertising 76
QUBBIB8 AND Answbrs :
Counter Prescribing, Herb Tea, Powders for Staining Wood,
Blue Show Globe Fluid, Manufacturers of SilTsr Polish,
Metric and Apothecaries* Weights, Tooth WaA 77
Interchange of Board Licenses 78
COBBBSPONDENCB :
Tlie Misuse of Drug Journals 78
Book Rbvibwb :
Bogus Hollow. 78
Pharmaceutlscher Kaleader 70
BuaiNBBS Building 70
NBW8 or thb Drug World 80-04
AT the suggestion of several friends and admirers of
the late Dr. Charles Rice, the American Druggist
has opened a subscription list toward the erection of a
suitable monument over the grave of the late revered
chairman of the Committee on Revision of the United
States Pharmacopoeia. Partictdars regarding the Memo-
rial Fund are given in our news columns. It may, how-
ever, be well to emphasize here the statement that any
donations contributed to the American Druggist Funi>
will be eventually deposited with the Committee on Re-
vision of the United States Pharmacopceia, which ha»
started a similar movement among its own members, but
is at the same time desirous of giving every one who cares
to participate an opportunity of doing so.
It is no exaggeraticm to say that the eminent prestige
which the Pharmacopoeia of the United States enjoys
among the pharmacopoeias of all nations is prindpaUy
owing to the unselfish and patient scientific work of the
man whose memory we would seek to keep green by the
erection of a simple slab or memorial shaft over the place
where his earthly remains rest, and we are sure that the
response to our appeal for funds will be immediate and
liberal.
Since the labors of Dr. Rice were for the good of the
many his monument should represent the contributions
of the many, and small contributions from the rank and
file of the profession would therefore be most appropriate.
THE FILING OF PRESCRIPTIONS.
ELSEWHERE in this issue we publish the prize paper
in our first series of Subscribers' Discussions. The
paper is an answer to the question, What is the Best.
Method of Filing Prescriptions ? and the prize of $10.00
has been awarded to the writer, Emile Brunor, Phar.D.,
of New York. It is a novel and entirely modem method
of prescription filing which Dr. Brunor describes, and
perhaps the best system we have yet seen suggested.
The box form of prescription file is a favorite one with
many pharmacists, and Dr. Brunor's idea of pasting the
prescriptions on cards of uniform size seems to remove
the last objection to this method of filing. It avoids one
of the chief objections to the box file — namely, the soiling
and mutilation of the prescription by frequent handling.
The card file protects the prescription from wear and
tear, and the cards on which the prescriptions are pasted
being of uniform size allows of their systematic filing
without the aid of strings, covers or other bunching de-
vices, besides allowing easy access to the prescriptions.
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and keeping one prescription only in view while a " re-
peat " is being dispensed ; while at the same time enabling
two or more clerks to work on nearby numbers without
interfering with each other. As was announced in our
issue for December 23, 190I1 it is our intention, in addi-
tion to publishing the successful essay, to publish the
substance of such of the other answers submitted as seem
to us most likely to prove interesting to our readers, and
in accordance with this we print several contributions to
the discussion which were deemed worthy of publication,
though unsuccessful as prize winners.
Lest some of our readers may have overlooked the
announcement of the second question of the series in the
previous issue, we now repeat it, and invite a general par-
ticipation on the part of our subscribers. The second
question is : What is the Best Method of EncapstdcUing
Liquid Drugs? As was pointed out before, this question
is designed to draw out information of a practical charac-
ter bearing on the treatment of liquid drugs of a volatile
nature to permit of dispensing them in hard gelatine
capsules. We then suggested that the chief points for
consideration might be : The treatment of the hard gela-
tine capsule to receive the unmixed volatile fluid — e. g,,
creosote ; the massing of the volatile fluid with a suitable
absorbent substance; the manipulation of chemically in-
compatible substances in order to prevent the decom-
position of the mass before it is swallowed — e. g., ichthyol
and magnesium carbonate; when massed, the handling
of the mass and filling of the capsule; descriptions of
instruments and appliances used in filling capsules. An-
swers to this second question of the series are to be re-
ceived not later than February 25, 1902. They should
be addressed to The Editor, the American Druggist,
62-68 West Broadway, New York.
AN IMPORTANT ACQUISITION.
THE library of the New York College of Pharmacy
has just been enriched by the acquirement of one of
the most important works of reference ever published,
presented by George Massey, member of the Board of
Trustees and of the Library Committee. The book, partly
because of its costliness and partly because of the tech-
nical nature of its subject, is rather rare. There are
probably not more than ten copies, very likely not more
than half of this number, in this city. For these reasons,
although the book has been published for some years and
is well known in botanical circles, some account of it will
be of interest to many readers of the American Drug-
gist and to visitors to the library.
The work referred to is the Index Kewensis and its
object is .the presentation, in alphabetical sequence, of
every botanical name of a flowering plant ever published,
together with a statement of the family relationships and
a citation of the place of publication. Since these names
number upward of a million and represent less than two
hundred thousand species, it is clear that there are, upon
an average, more than five names for each plant. There-
fore it was necessary for the authors, in printing those
names which they regarded as synonjons, to refer them,
as equivalents, to those which they regarded as the appro-
priate names. Unfortunately rules concerning the basis
of selection among these synonyms differ and customs
differ in their observance. Since the British custom, or,
rather, usage, for it is notable for its want of consistency,
is at variance with those of nearly all of the rest of the
botanical world, this part of the book is of little use ex-
cept to British botanical interests, though these are of
enormous importance and influence. Fortunately, the
records furnished enable the advocates of all systems to
get their statements clear and to make their meaning
intelligible to all others.
Naturally, no amount of care upon the part of the
authors could prevent occasional omissions, or even in-
accuracies, though the latter are rare in the extreme.
The work is so nearly complete that it becomes a very
simple matter to make the necessary additions through
the ordinary channels of botanical literature and to con-
tinue the collation from the year 1895, when the book
was published.
The work constitutes a large quarto of 1268 pages, the
margins closely trimmed, printed in three columns in
fine type. The copy now in the possession of the New
York College of Pharmacy is bound in two parts, though
it is the usual custom to bind it in four.
Those who are familiar with the cost of printing can
realize the expensiveness of such a work, even from a
purely mechanical standpoint, after all the highly ex-
pensive cost of authorship is eliminated. The work never
could have been published upon an ordinary business
basis, and it is due to the liberality of Charles Darwin,
who supplied the money, and of the Kew authorities, who
supplied the services of the talented and specially fitted
author, B. Daydon Jackson, and a corps of assistants,
that its publication at a nominal cost of about $60.00 was
made possible. The New York College of Pharmacy
is clearly to be congratulated on this most recent acquisi-
tion to its already extensive library.
OUR CREAM OF CURRENT LITERATURE.
OUR readers will have noticed a recent addition to the
number of journals abstracted in our department
of Cream of Current Literature — ^the Russian pharma-
ceutical journal, Farmaizevtitchesky Journal. This is the
leading pharmaceutical weekly in Russia and is now in
the fortieth year of its existence. It is the ofiicial organ
of the Imperial Pharmaceutical Society, of St. Peters-
burg, and was formerly published in German as Die
Pharmaceutische Zeitschrift fUr Russland, under which
name it was well known to some American pharmacists.
In this department we have been publishing abstracts
of the original articles published in the German, French,
Italian and Dutch pharmaceutical journals, and we glad-
ly seized the opportunity of adding a representative Rus-
sian journal to the list of periodicals regularly reviewed.
This is but a step toward the goal of making this depart-
ment the most complete of its kind.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
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Our Subscribers' Discussions.
A SERIES OF MONTHLYTPRIZE ESSAYS.
Quesfions/or discussions in this department are announced once
a month. The time allowed for manuscripts sent in answer to the
first question; " What is the Best Method of Filing Prescrip-
tions T" expired on Tuesday, fanuary 31. The number 0/ replie
received to this question was gratifyingly large, and the papers are
distinguished by a high order of merit, the prize-winner possess-
ing exceptional features of novelty.
We will now announce the second question of the series. It is
this:
II — What is tbe Best Method of Eacapsulatins
Liquid Dnirs?
This subject is one of peculiar interest at the present time, in
view of the frequency with which liquid preparations of a volatile
nature are prescribed in capsule form, and we may suggest that
the chief points for consideration might be : The treatment of the
hard gelatine capsule to receive the unmixed volatile fluid— e. g.,
creosote ; the massing of the volatile fluid with a suitable absorbent
substance; the manipulation of chemically incompatible substances
in order to prevent the decomposition of the mass before it is
swallowed— e. g„ ichlhyol and magnesium carbonate; when
massed, the handling of the mass and filling of the capsule ; de-
scriptions of instruments and appliances used in filling capsules, etc.
Whoever among our subscribers answers the above question in
tha manner most {satisfactory to the editor and his advisers will
receive apprize of $10. No imporiance whatever will be attached
to literary style, but the award will be based solely on the value of
the substance of the answer. We shall publish the substance of such
of the answers as seem to us most likely to prove interesting to our
readers, and we reserve the right to publish any of the answers as
original communications.
Answers to the second question of the series are to be received
not later than February 2$. 1903 They should be addressed to
The Editor, the American Druggist, 62-68 West Broadway,
New York.
Only subscribers to the Auerican Druggist will be entitled
to compete. This prize will not be awarded to any one person
more than once within one year. Every answer must be accom-
panied by the writer's full name and address, both of which we
must be at liberiy to publish^
The prite of $to for the best essay submitted this month has
been awarded to Emile Brunor, J^ar. D. , New York, whose paper
appears below.
PRIZE ESSAY NO. L
▼bat U the Bat Method of TViaz Pfcicriptioiu ?
By Ehilb Bbdhob. Phak. D,,
New York.
OF the many systems for filing prescriptions there is
none so cumbersome and disagreeable as the book
file. Its faults are obvious to every user, but there is
hardly a druggist who has not used it at one time or
another, its use on account of routine being almost uni-
versal. Where the pharmacist does a good prescription
business these books accumulate very rapidly, since only
500 to 1,000 prescriptions can be safely filed in each book.
To point out the main objection to this system, let
us suppose that clerk No. i is putting up prescription
No. 5,509, and that at the same time clerk No, 2 wishes
to compound prescription No. 5,530, which is located a
few pages after the first prescription, and both are re-
quired at once. The result will be that the book is planked
on the prescription counter, with two clerks looking dag-
gers at each other when one or the other turns to his
place in the book ; and when the T^ needs checking then
one clerk must wait till the other is ready. Of course,
when two prescriptions are contained in separate books,
this is not likely to. happen, but think of the desk or table
space taken up by two large folios wide opened ! In the
meantime the prescriptions become soiled by contact, as
the two pages usually contain anywhere from 10 to 20
prescriptions. The constant opening of the heavy pre-
scription books, too, cracks the binding, starts the leaves
and gradually loosens the pages.
The only system that should appeal to the up-to-date
pharmacist is the card system.
This is a system of the utmost simplicity, and where
it is to be introduced the following plan is suggested :
Procure i,ooa 4 x 5 or 4 x 6 perforated cards and an
iron document box fitted with a movable rod. Paste each
prescription on a card as it is received, and if a triplicate
check system is used, paste the first check with custwner's
name, address and price on the left hand top comer of
the prescription; then, if it is desired to jot down any
remarks on the prescription, such as price on 2 X,^ weight
of mass, size of capsule, shape of pill, make used, etc.,
they may be noted in the space underneath the check.
After filling the prescription orders are placed on an ordi-
nary stick file until the next morning, when they are put
away in a box. The box is fitted with a wooden block
for keeping the cards flat, as they are apt to curl when
freshly pasted with ordinary label paste. Time and a
little pressure straightens them so that they take up little
space.
The ease with which a prescription may be repeated
using this system can be easily demonstrated. One sim-
ply thumbs over the cards to the right number, pulls out
the card, places it on the counter where it is not in the way,
and then compounds the prescription independently and
individually. When the prescription is made up the card
containing the prescription order is again placed on file
and recorded as repeated.
It is well to note any change of address on repetitions,
as the address feature may at times pay for the whole
outfit. If it is desired to send circulars to prospective
< Doable qnantlty.
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customers in the neighborood, these addresses are worth
5 to 10 dollars a thousand, that being the amount very
often paid for the names of bona fide drug consumers.
These names are of people who have confidence in the
sender, and advertising sent in this way is sure to bring
returns. When the druggist beccxnes thoroughly familiar
with this system a handsome and durable card index cab-
inet may be invested in. And the arrangement can be ex-
hibited with advantage to physicians and customers, since
such things reflect credit on the dispenser and are just
as essential to a modem store as a complete stock.
The card system is within the reach of all classes of
pharmacists, whether they compotmd 5 or 500 prescrip-
tions a day. The cost of cards is from 50 cents to $1.25
per 1,000, according to quality and quantity, and the
original outfit can be started in a wooden box made to
fit the cards.
nUNG IN DRAWERS.
Wm. S. Funnel, of- Huntington, Long Island, N. Y.,
suggests the following as a good method:
Select as a standard size the largest blank which comes
in regularly, say, for example, 3 J^ by 5 inches ; smaller
blanks work into the scheme all right, and larger ones are
readily brought into shape by a little trinunihg and fold-
ing. If the blanks are printed across the narrow end, odl
the bottom the base ; if printed the long way of the blank,
call the left-hand end the base. As the prescriptions come
in, keep them temporarily on the prescription desk or
counter in a spring clip. When fifty have accumulated,
make them into a bunch with all the '* bases " at tfie bot-
tom, and with one of the little devices which are well
known, fasten the bunch with two wire staples, driven
No Date.
For
Dr,
>
1^
.)
(Base.)
through about % inch from the bottom. Cut binders of
very heavy manila paper, slightly larger than the standard
blank, fasten over the bunches with a little paste at the
base, and press even with a heavy weight.
Mark the outside of the wrappers as follows: The
front with the number of the last prescription in the
bunch and the date of same, near the lower right-hand
corner of the cover; the reverse side with the number
of the first prescription in the bunch and its date, this side
being marked with the bunch turned upside down, and
the mark placed at the upper right-hand comer of the
cover when in this position, as shown in the accompanying
sketches.
Provide drawers of a depth to accommodate the
bunches when placed in vertically, say, 5>4 inches deep.
Run thin partitions from front to back of these drawers,
leaving between them a clear space of, say, 4 imches. Such
drawers will hold a surprising number.
On the top edge of the drawer front cut a little recess
Top.
OuUide of Cover.
Front.
100,000
Jan, i, 1902
99,9Sl
Dee. $4, 1901
Outeid€ of Cover,
Back.
Top.
in front of each row of prescriptions into which a slip of
card may be pressed, on which is written the first and last
numbers of the prescriptions contained in that section. On
the front of the drawer have a card or label showing the
first and last numbers in the entire drawer.
The advantages of this method are evident at a glance.
First, though not most important, it is cheap, quick and
simple ; then it preserves prescriptions in the smadlest pos-
sible compass, there being nothing whatever besides the
prescriptions themselves, except a thick paper binder for
each fifty. Any prescription may be found with the great-
est readiness and if necessary to carry it around, you
have only a bunch of papers weighing less than two
ounces to handle. One drawer 15 inches square inside
will hold 10,000 prescriptions, and by using upright cab-
inets of such drawers the system is capable of indefinite
extension.
CONVENIENCE OF THE SHANNON FILE.
Frank Warner, of Ashland, Wis., says:
Why waste tim^, and time is money, filing prescrip-
tions by stringing on wire, pasting or cop3ring in books,
fastening in blocks of 100, and putting away in " any old
box" that will hold them. Does the progressive drug-
gist do this with his letters and invoices ? No. He files
them in a convenient receptacle made for that purpose.
Why not treat prescriptions in the same way ? They are
worth a hundred times more than are letters and invoices
after being read or checked.
Get a Shannon prescription file for about 50 cents,
and as many prescription transfer cases, No. 25 holding
500 each, costing $3.60 a dozen, as may be needed. All
of us know how convenient sectional filing cabinets are
to the busy office man. Proceed on the same plan. Make
shelves to hold prescription files. Have a sectional pre-
scription cabinet, and build up the space as needed.
The handling of a prescription by this method is very
simple. The file is- kept to the right of the label desk.
After the prescription is put up and labeled, the com-
pounder is within easy reach of the file, and the prescrip-
tion is convenient if it is desired to refer to it before 500
have accumulated. The " bunch " of 500 can be put in
the transfer file, and corresponding numbers marked on
the outside of the package in five minutes. It takes but
a minute to have any of the prescriptions at hand on the
prescription counter in case of a repeat, and back in place
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in another minute after the repeat has been filled. The
prescriptims neither get soiled nor lost, and should it be
wished to remove the original from the transfer file, it
can be done as easily as from the original prescription file.
This is not intended as an advertisement for the Shan-
non file. Just a heart to heart talk from a druggist of
nearly twenty years' experience, who is glad he adopted
this method eight years ago, and feels like advising his
brother druggists, " Go thou and do likewise."
A BOX ARRANGEiyiENT*
Wm. Mittelbach, of Boonville, Mo,, says:
File the prescription, when first received, on an ordi-
nary file, its is shown in Fig. i . When two hundred have
been filed in this way take the papers off the file, arrange
them neatly between two pieces of heavy White cardboard
measuring 4x6 inches, taking care that they are placed
in consecutive numerical order, and tie the bundle with
a nice strong twine ; or, if preferred, small rubber bands
may be used. This makes a neat, compact bundle of
Z.
/.
^.
Mlttelbac]i*8 Box Arrangement.
200 prescriptions, easily accessible for any needed pur-
pose. Now mark the top cardboard showing the numbers
of the prescriptions in such package, as shown in Fig. 2.
Next secure an empty wooden box of the kind in which
Thomas sends out his prepared chalk ; clean it thorough-
ly and paint the outside in some light color, preferably
white. This box easily holds 6 packages of prescrip-
tions as prepared above (Fig. 2), is of a handy size and
readily obtainable in nearly all drug stores. Ntmiber
the front of the box so as to show what numbers of
prescriptions are contained in it, and attach a small pull
of some kind to the front, as is shown in Fig. 3. We are
now ready for the final disposition of the prescription.
This is simply a collection of boxes of the kind described
built into a compact case against the wall, or set out
upon the floor, as shown in Fig. 4. The case might be
built in under the counter, where it would be out of the
way.
The whole arrangement is simple and convenient
and can be readily made by any one.
A STRING FILE.
/. Maxwell Pringle, Jr,, of Netv York, contributes
the following:
For the first or temporary file use a brass paper file
which has the sharp stem running through a close fitting
detachable tube, extending about an inch above the top.
A stiff piece of cardboard, 6x4 inches in size, should
rest on the base of the file with the stem through its cen-
ter. This makes a firm platform for the prescription
papers to rest upon.
Number the prescriptions in the upper right hand
corner as the papers face you with their lengrths running:
from left to right. Place them on the temporary file in
the same position, pierced as nearly in the center as pos-
sible. The average blank is about 5^ by 3>4 inches, and
where larger they are readily folded or cut to the average
size. The smaller ones are held in place on the file by
the larger ones. Start right by placing the paper straight
on the temporary file. It's just as easy as slopping them
on any which way.
The permanent file is designed to hold two thousand
prescription ^papers. It requires the following articles :
Two pieces of sole leather, having rounded comers
and measuring 7x5 inches, are perforated in the center
by a 1-16 inch hole; two pieces of smooth cardboard,
measuring 6x4 inches, are treated in the same way.
Two and a half yards of linen cord, 1-16 inch in diameter,
thoroughly waxed, complete the equipment. The perma-
nent file is made with two pieces of leather, one for the
back and one for the front with their smooth sides out,
the inner rough surface of the leather being lined with
smooth cardboard. They are connected by running the
cord through the center holes and knotting several times
on the outside of the back leather to keep it from pulling
through.
The method of using is to take the papers from the
temporary file as they accumulate by pulling off the de-
tachable tube on which they are filed. Remove the front
leather and cardboard from the permanent file, and then
run the cord through the tube f romthe bottom ; now push
the paper off the tube onto the cord and up to the card-
board lining of the back leather, or to the papers which
have been previously filed. Then take the tube off the
string, replace the front cardboard and leather, push up
tight to the paper, wrap securely with cord and secure
with a half hitch.
The prescription numbers contained on the file are
indicated on the front leather with ink.
The temporary file should be of the best quality, with
brass stem and tube. They can be bought for twenty-five
cents and one will last for years.
The sole leather should not be of the best quality, but
ordinary, because the best is too stiff and the cheaper
g^rade is pliable and strong enough for the purpose.
Pieces of leather of the kind described can be bought
from the leather binders for ten cents a piece, when taken
by the dozen. The linen cord can ^be bought of fishing
tackle dealers at the price of 25c. for a hank of forty or
fifty feet.
The advantages of this file are convenience and safety
of reference and saving of cost and timei The prices of
the different articles have been given, and it will be seen
that the cost of a permanent file is less than twenty-five
cents for one to hold two thousand papers.
The saving in time is almost too great for computation.
It takes only a few minutes to transfer any quantity of
papers from the temporary to the permanent file. It tiJces
only a moment to slip the half-hitch, pull the front leather
bade, and glance along the upper right hand comer, which
at once gives the location erf the desired paper.
Perhaps the greatest advantage consists in the safety
of the file in compounding. When the desired prescrip-
tion is found the papers in front are pulled forward so
as to give the cord a little slack. The back number? con-
taining the desired prescription are then tumed up so
that the one original prescription only is in view, and it
is impossible for the eye to glance inadvertently from
one to another and cause mistakes, which sometimes have
occurred in the use of books containing several prescrip-
tions on a page.
We have used these files for ten years, and the original
files are in perfect condition, we having never lost a paper
from them.
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I first saw this plan^used in the store of L. A. Podol-
ski, of Philadelphia, where it has been in use for twenty-
five years, but have never seen it advocated anywhere
else, and I trust that some of your readers may find it
worthy of a trial.
PASTING IN A SCRAP BOOK.
, S. A.D, S hep par d, of Boston, writes:
In regard to the question, What is the Best Method
of Filing Physicians' Prescriptions ? I am reminded of
the definitions given to the words orthodoxy and hetero-
doxy, the former being'" my doxy," and the latter, " the
other man's doxy." Each of us is prejudiced in favor of
his own old custom. Take my own case, for instance. For
forty-three years I have been pasting the original pre-
scriptions into large scrap books made for the purpose, and
to me there seems to be no other proper method. I have
the original prescription always in good shape for refer-
ence, and in several cases during my business experience
this has proved to me a valuable fact, serving to prove
my case correct, in spite of the memory of the physician.
NEW REMEDIES OF I90I.
BELOW is a list of the more promising of the new
remedies introduced during the past year. The
claims of the introducers are set forth without indorse-
ment by this journal. The references given are to earlier
numbers of the American Druggist :
Abroma Auirastifolium. The fresh sap of an East Indian
tree, Olnt Kombool, used in the treatment of dysmenorrhcea.
Acopyrln, phenyldlmetliylpyrazolon acetylsalicylate, is a
white crystalline powder. It Is administered as an antipyretic
in acute muscnlar rheumatism In doses of half a gram six
times per day, and also In headache, migraine, etc. zxxix, 316.
Adrenalin is the active principle of the suprarenal capsule.
It appears fu commerce in the form of a solution of adrenalin
chloride, as a cl^ar, odorless liquid, of a slight saline taste.
xxxix, 857.
Agurln, acet-theobromine-sodium. A white hygroscopic
powder, freely soluble in water, giving an alkaline reaction.
Incompatible with acids. Solutions should be freshly pre-
pared. Dose seven to fifteen grains for adults, three to four
times dally. Agurln is a reliable, safe and non-irritating
diuretic, increasing not only the amount of urine, but also the
elimination of its solid ingredients, especially urea, phos-
phates and chlorides. It does not disturb the digestive organs,
and is said not to irritate the urinary tract It does
not affect the nervous system, and is devoid of any depressing
action upon the heart and circulation. The diuretic effect is
often prolonged over a number of days after its administration
is discontinued. It is recommended in dropsical effusions in
general. Agurln may be administered in solution in some aro-
matic water, or in wafers or capsules. To be kept in a dry
and cool place and protected from air. It Is made by the
Farbenfabrlken of Klberfeld. xxxix, 349.
Albargin (Qelatose-Silver). An antiseptic, germicide and
antigonorrheal remedy, containing 16 per cent, of silver, twice
the amount of any other silver proteld. The gelatose molecule
is very much smaller than is that of albumin, and this fact al-
lows of a more ready and thorough penetration of the tissues.
Because of the greater silver strength, a lesser percentage so-
lution is needed to destroy the various forms of bacteria, 0.1
to 1.0 per cent, being used, according to indications. This fact
very materially lessens the cost of treatment also, a not un-
important Item. Albargin is not precipitated from solutions
by hydrochloric acid, sodium chloride solution, nor does it
coagulate albumin, thus building an impossible barrier to the
antiseptic virtues of silver. This product seems to possess all
the requirements of an ideal antiseptic for the treatment of
gonorrhea, eye and ear conditions, as well as throat effections
where a remedy of this character is indicated. Victor Koechl
& Co., of New York, are agents for the remedy, xxxviii, 827.
Alboferrin is a preparation of iron and albumen, which has
been recommended for those purposes for which iron Is gen-
erally used.
Amyl salicylate is the salicylic ester of amyl alcohol, and
has been recommended in the treatment of acute rheumatic
affections. It is used both internally and as an external ap-
iHication. xxxviii, 327.
Anffiniin. Solution of iron peptone. Tonic.
Alpha-eunol, alpha-naphthol and eucalyptol, antiseptic, etc.
Anonacein is an alkaloid derived from the fruit of xylopia
sethlopica.
Anozol is a mixture of ten parts of trional and ninety parts
of iodoform. Do not confound with anusol, a proprietary sup-
pository, xxxviii, 0.
Antiarthrln is a preparation composed of equal parts of
sallcln and saligenin tannate.
Antiepileptlc serum is a serum prepared by the Jenner In-
stitute, of London, and recommended for the treatment of
epilepsy in dogs.
Antypyrlne sallcylacctate. See Tyrosal.
Antitussln YerwelJ is a syrup recommended for whooping
cough, similar to the pertussin of Taeschner.
Antisputol is the name of a disinfecting powder Intended for
use in cuspidors. It is claimed that the po'W'der will destroy
all germs which are likely to be present in a cuspidor, and
thus keep the cuspidor In an aseptic condition. The preparatioxi
is marketed by G. Hell & Co., Troppau, Germany.
Apallagin is the mercurial salt of nosophen (tetroiodophenol
phthaleln), which is recommended as an antiseptic, xxxix,
386.
Aphthenol is a prophylactic against mouth and foot disease.
Administration of a few tablespoonfuls of this preparation
to an animal is said to protect the healthy animal from an at-
tack of the disease.
Arsenic-salicyl-cannabis-plaster mull consists as its name
indicates of a plaster mull containing arsenous acid, extract
of cannabis, and salicylic acid. It Is recommended as a top-
ical application in the treatment of carcinoma and of cancer-
ous growths generally.
Arsycodlle, is a cacodyl preparation, which has been recom-
mended in neurasthenia, skin diseases, malaria and diabetes*
It is put up in two forms— namely, as pills, and as a subcutane-
ous injection.
Artemassin pills have been recommended for the treatment
of chlorosis and anaemia. They contain ferrous oxalate, arte-
misln and quassin.
Bismutol, or Bismatal, a mixture of sodium salicylate and
soluble bismuth phosphate recommended as an antiseptic.
Bismutose. This is a new albuminous compound of bis-
muth, containing about 22 per cent of the metal and 66 per
cent, of albumin. It is a white, fine, odorless and tasteless
powder which becomes slate-colored on exposure to light It
is Insoluble in water and other solvents; partly soluble in di-
lute acids with heat, easily soluble in alkalies. It is said to
reach the lowest parts of the bowels without much decomposi-
tion by the Intestinal juices. The doses are: For Infants, " a
pinch " several times daily. In children, % to 1 teaspoonful
3 or 4 times a day. In adults, larger doses. In mineral water,
honey, etc. It may also be administered In a starch-enema.
Boliformln is a veterinary preparation, which is claimed to
have a drying and healing effect upon wounds. It occurs as a
grayish-white powder, with a faint odor of formaldehyde. It
is a compound of formaldehyde and aluminum silicate.
Borogen is boric add ethylester, which has been recom-
mended as a disinfectant of the respiratory organs by Inhala-
tion.
Brannolin is a traumatic remedy, composed of tincture of
arnica, tallow, wax, oil, spermaceti and extract of myrrh.
Bromopan is the name given to a preparation which is in-
tended to introduce bromine through the medium of bread
rolls. It is recommended in the treatment of epilepsy.
Galcinol is calcium lodate, which has been recommended
as an antiseptic, particularly as a gastro-intestlnal antiseptic.
It is both odorless and tasteless, and is proposed as a substitute
for iodoform.
. Calcium glycero-araenate. This is an easily absorbed and
reliable arsenic preparation. It is given by the mouth In
doses, beginning with 0.01 gram, xxxix, 43.
Calcium lodate. See Calcinol.
Calmine, which is put up in both powder and tablet form,
consists of a mixture of antlpyrin and heroin, and Is used In the
treatment of whooping cough.
Camphoric-add Phenetidid. See Phenetidid.
Camphidon and camphidin are products which are expected
to prove useful In pharmacy on account of the fact that their
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71
action resembles that of camphor. They are made by Boeh-
ringer & Roehne.
Ginnamyl-caoodylic acid. The same therapeutic properties
and doses as the caecodylates.
Cereyislne. Desiccated yeast; recommended for the treat-
ment of boils, etc.
Chloromethyl-menthyl ether. See Forman. xxxiz, 386.
Chloropepsold. A remedy for gastric disturbances general-
ly.
Chrysolein Is n preparation of sodium fluoride, of French
origin.
Ghuchuarin is an alkaloid prepared from Senecarpus ana-
cardia, which is highly recommended as an aphrodisiac.
Cinchona elixir. Haosman has given the name Fortlfled
<TerBt2lrktes) Cinchona Blixlr to an aromatic tincture of
cinchona, to which glycerophosphoric add and tincture of
nuz vomica have been added.
Cinchonlne sulphocreosotate. Antipyretic and prophylactic
for malaria.
Cinamyl-cseodylic add. Similar in use, properties and
dosage to the cseodytates generally.
Contrayerva, or Dortensla Brasiliensis. Tonic and dia-
phontic. Dose as a tonic, 30 grains; as a diaphoretic, 1 to 2
drachms dally.
Collfetina Is the name given by a Vienna manufacturer to
his rubber plasters.
Colyticine. Antiseptic, disinfectant and parasiticide.
Gorpulln. Tablete said to contain extract of bladder wrack,
tamarinds and cascara sagrada.
Cutamelhyl. An antiphlogistic for local application.
Derival is a specially proposed for the cure of rheuma-
tism, and is manufactured by the " Janus *' Chemical Institute,
Berlin. It is said to be composed of spirit of mustard, am-
monia and oil of turpentine.
Dortensla Brasiliensis. See Contrayerva.
Dermosapol is a superfatted soap intended for use as a me-
dium for the application of external remedies.
Dermozon is a toilet cream made of oxygenated lanolin
cream. It Is made by Radlauer.
Didymium salicylate. See Dymal.
DIthan. Trlonal.
Dymal, prlndpally didymium salicylate, occurs as a fine
odorless powder, used either as a dusting powder, or in 10 per
cent, lanolin salve; antiseptic, xxxlx, 75.
Erosln is a resinous extract from Chadamlcum luteum. It
is recommended ns a sedative and dluretie, and also as a
anthelmintic.
Ethylol is chemically pure ethyl chloride, which has been
recommended as a local anaesthetic.
Eubiose is a concentrated hremotogen free from glycerin,
and rendered permanent by a treatment with carbon dioxide.
S7.
Ethylendiamin carbonate is employed as a solvent of uric
add. It is prepared by E. Scherlng, of Berlin, by passing car-
bon dioxide through a 20 per cent, alcoholic solution of ethylen-
diamin,. and, after cooling and shaking, collecting the crystals
upon a filter, washing in alcohol and drying in the air.
Euguform, acetylated methylene dlguaiaeol, is a grayish-
white, odorless powder, which appears to be suited for use in
the treatment of wounds in veterinary practice, xxxlx, 115,
238.
Extract of Arenaria. Both the solid and the fluid extract
of the entire herb of arenaria (spergularia) rubra. The remedy
Is recommended in acute and chronic catarrh of the bladder, as
well as in dysuria, cystitis and gravel.
Fluid extract of horseohestnut seed has been recommended
as a local application for the treatment of rheumatism, neu-
ralgia, etc.
Extrait de canne is a sweetening agent, containing the so-
dium salt of saccharine, glycerin and water.
Ferralbin is a liquid iron albuminate prepared by the " Ja-
nus '* Chemical Institute, of Berlin.
Forman. Chlor-methyl-menthylether. It Is recommended
for the treatment of cold in the head, either by the use of im-
pregnated cotton, or by the aid of the nose cup. '
Formazol is an antiseptic oxidizing inhalant for the treat-
ment of pulmonary and laryngeal tuberculosis, which in addi-
tion to 80 per cent, formaldehyde contains small quantities of
iodoform, chloral hydrate terpene hydrate and menthol.
Galega. An elixir, a syrup and a tincture made from the
3ierb of galega officinalis are used ns galactagogues.
Gasterln is a preparation made from the gastric Juice of the
dog, andis used in the same manner as pep^.
Geranim is an extract prepared from various varieties of
geranium with cinchona bark, and which is claimed decreases
materially the amount of sugar secreted in diabetic patients.
Gluton is a nutrient preparation of gelatin which is recom-
mended for use in diabetes and other diseases as preventing
waste of proteids.
Glycogenol (glycogen according to Dr. Rorig) is a whitish
powder. It is derived from animal organism, and is used in
the treatment of tuberculosis and typhus, both internally and
by subcutaneous injection. The dose is O.O^ grams, subcu-
taneously, or 1 gram by the mouth, xxxlx, 886.
Gualacol sulphonate of triphenyl guanldln is obtained by
decomposing barium gualacol sulphonate with triphenyl guanl-
dln sulphate. It is a local anaesthetic.
Guaiacol-terpin consists of a mixture of gualacol, terpinol
and eucalyptol.
Guaiacol-terpin-chlor-ichthyol consists of a mixture of guala-
col, terpinol, eucalyptol, chloroform and ammonium sulph-
ichtl^yolate.
Guttacura tablets, made by Radlauer, of Berlin, are said to
contain quinlc acid and hexamethylenetetramine, and are rec-
ommended for the treatment of gout and the uric acid dia-
thesis.
Hsemaphoskol is a combination of kola with sodium gly-
cerophosphate and concentrated hsemoglobin.
Hiematofor is a hsematogen, consisting of a solution of iron
and manganese , albuminate, glycerin, a Greek wine and an
aromatic essence.
Hiemoform-hsematogen is a permanent and agreeably fla-
vored hiematogen. xxxviii, 15.
Haimose is a blood preparation said to contain the most
valuable constituents of the blood in an unaltered condition.
Is given in doses of two or three teaspoonfuls.
Hermophenyl is a' mcrcury-sodlum-disulphonate. It is an
amorphous white powder containing about 40 per cent of mer-
cury, and is recommended as an antiseptic application for
wounds. It is soluble, non-corrosive, and does not precipitate
albumin, xxxix, 2(Xd.
Hetofonn is bismuth cinnamate. It Is a white powder
with an odor resembling that of cinnamon.
Hydrargotin is the name given by G. Hell & Co. to their
preparation of mercury tannate.
Iboga and Ibogaine. Iboga is the native name of the Ta-
bemantha Iboga, a plant found in the Congo country, which
contains an alkaloid ibogaine. The alkaloid stimulates the
brain and spinal cord, producing somewhat the effect of largo
doses of alcohol.
Ichthyosote is a combination of ammonium Ichthyolate and
creosote' carbonate. It is recommended in various stages of
pulmonary tuberculosis.
Ichthyosote pills contain ichthyosote and oil of peppermint.
Ichthydrln is said to be a by-product in the preparation of
ichthyol.
Iodized meat Juice, which iS; prepared from chopped ment
and potassium iodide, is recommended for the treatment of
tuberculosis.
Iodized meat powder is made by mixing iodine with meat
powder and heating the mixture on a water bath.
Ipdogenol is an iodine compound prepared from peptonized
albumen, which is proposed as a substitute for the ordinary
iodine preparations, xxxix, 171.
lodocol is a compound of iodine and gualacol, which has
been recommended in tuberculosis and allied complaints in
the dose of 0.2 to 0.5 grain four or five times daily.
Isano. The seed of the drupe produced by the isano tree, a
member of the natural order Ohaside, which is found in trop-
ical Africa. It is a violent purgative.
Iodine paper (topique iodd) is a new form for the external
application of iodine consisting of absorbent paper saturated
with a solution of potassium iodide and potassium bisulphite,
and then dried. It is to be moistened immediately before ap-
plying to the skin.
Iron and ai*senlc, ammonia citrate of, is a soluble iron and
aracnic preparation, which Is recommended for subcutaneous
injection in the treatment of pellagra.
Iron plcrate has been recommended for the treatment of
hypertrophy of the prostate, and for its accompanying symp-
toms.
Jequiritol is a sterilized solution of abrln, which is recom-
mended for use in ophthalmology, xxxlx, 321.
{To 6e conch^ded^
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
V.
STORE MANAGEMENT.
Condttcted by ▼• A* Dawmmu
in MUiiiom to finishing a series of articles covering the commet'
dot side of phamuuy^ the editor oj this department will en-
deavor to discuss, criticise, advise and give informaUon on
am^ fnesHon pertaining to the business management of the
drug store propounded by readers of the Ameugan Dkuogist.
Tkisfeaiwre oJ the department is intended to constitute a busi-
ness qnerv column for the readers of the Ambucan Dkuogist,
amd all queries regarding business matters addressed to it will
be freely answered.
to INSURE PROMPTNESS IN EXECUTING
AND DELIVERING ORDERS.
BEING ON TIME.
NOTHING is more annoying to customers than having
to wait longer for a prescription than was expected,
or having it delivered after the time promised.
When a prescriptiwi is handed in, the customer should
be informed about how long it will take or when it can
be delivered, and every precaution taken to see that it is
delivered to the customer within the time named or an
explanation given for the delay. Where the customer
is told at the time of receiving the prescription that it
will take about ten niinutes and something happens to
delay its completion in that time, a courteous apology
for the delay, as " We find that your prescription will
take a little longer than we thought ; it will probably be
five or ten minutes yet before it is ready. Shdl we send
it to you ? " or something of that sort, will put the cus-
tomer at ease and convince him that he is not being neg*
lected. Whereas, if this is not done, the customer will
probably fume inwardly at what he thinks is carelessness
and unnecessary delay in filling the order.
The pharmacist who is careful to keep his word, or
oflFer an acceptable apology for not doing so, with his
patrons soon acquires for his establishment the reputation
of being a " dependable " drug store.
SYSTEM IN DELIVERING GOODS.
In small villages there is little or no delivery service
demanded, but in the cities, both large and small, there
is considerable business to be retained by a delivery
system. A system that will insure promptness in de-
liveries is essential to any business, even when the num-
ber of packages sent i3ut daily is small ; a druggist who
is habitually dilatory in delivering orders advertises him-
self as being slow and slack.
When a customer asks to have a prescription or order
delivered it is well to ask if he is in a hurry for it and
about i^hat time it is wanted, and to make a note of the
stated time.
It is a good thing to have a printed address label
afiixed to the outside wrapper of packages. The printed
label looks neater than does the address written on the
wrapper of the package and is likely as well to be more
accurate, since it is filled in at the time of taking the
order. The label should not be larger than, say, 2x3
inches, and, in addition to the card of the store, should
contain a lined space for filling in the name and address
of the customer, the time it is to be delivered and whether
it is "collect," "paid," or "charged," and the price.
Like the prescription checks, they should be made up
in books or pads and kept at the desk or serving counter
ready for instant use when an order is received.
THE UTILITY OF A " SEND " BOX.
Packages which are to be called for and those that
are to be delivered should be kept in two separate places —
those to be called for on a shelf or on the ledge back of
the serving counter, or some other convenient locality in
the front store. A " send " box or shelf might be pro-
vided for delivery orders in some part of the laboratory,
and the boy or messenger made to understand that it is
his particular duty to keep track of the packages in the
" send " box and see that they are delivered on time.
Besides being a receptacle for packages to be delivered,,
the " send " box receives letters for mailing and money
and memoranda for any purchases the boy is to make,
such as stamps to be bought or errands to be attended
to. In short, whatever the boy is to attend to outside the
store is brought to his attention through the medium of
the " send " box.
With the delivery of the orders thus systematized
the clerks are relieved of some of the responsibility of
seeing that things are sent out on time, and the errand
boy, having written orders, is' deprived of the oppor-
tunity of offering the time honored excuse of " I forgot,"
and " didn't hear you," as is often the case with verbal
orders.
The " send " box need not be large, as where a bulky
package is to be sent out it may be placed elsewhere and
a slip of paper dropped in the box stating, " Package for
Mr. So-and-so by 4.30 p.m.," or, where an order for,
say, a prescription and some siphons is to be sent, the
wrapped prescription bearing the address label is placed
in the box with the memorandum attached, " Three
siphons of vichy to go with this."
Where an order is received for prescriptions and a
number of sundry articles, the prescriptions are sent into
the prescription department with the list of other goods
wanted attached. The prescription clerk returns the
finished prescriptions, together with such other items of
the list as may come from his department, to the front
store, where the order is finished, wrapped and labeled
for delivery. It is well to have some particular place in
the store for placing such unfinished orders and instruct
the store clerks to see that these orders are promptly
finished off and wrapped.
SYSTEM IN EXECUTING ORDERS.
In the vicinity of the " send " box there should be a
hook or clip for holding memoranda of orders. In send-
ing out an order there is often a doubt as to whether the
customer will pay on delivery or ask the messenger to
have the goods charged, so that, except in .strictly
C. O. D. packages, a charge slip for the goods may be
made out and placed in the clip until the messenger re-
turns. If the customer pays, the slip is destroyed ; if not,
the slip goes to the desk. A system of marking packages
in such a way as leaves no doubt in the messenger's mind
as to what he should do in the matter of collecting for a
package is essential to the working of such a system as
this, and, at the same time the addressing should give
the addressee no clue as to what the messenger's instruc-
tions were. For instance, where a package is marked
C. O. D. the messenger understands that he is to bring
back either the goods or the price; if the marking is,
" Price ," it is all right to leave it if the customer
does not pay, and if marked, " Charged," he, of course, is
not to hesitate or stop to see if the recipient wishes to
pay. If a customer tries to hold up a C. O. D. package
without paying, the messenger can, without giving
offense to what is possibly an unknown yet perfectly
good customer, say that as the clerk has marked the
package C. O. D. he must return with it and get further
instructions.
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73
MARKING PACKAGES FOR DELIVERY.
Occasionally a physician will sav to a patient : *' I will
send you up something from the drug store/' and when
the goods are delivered the patient often thinks that it is
the doctor's place to pay for it. In such cases the pack-
age should be very plainly labeled, " Ordered by Dr.
for Mr ; Price . .." Whether the pack-
age be sent C. O. D. or not depends upon the pharma-
cist's relation to the physician, as well as the reliability
of the patient. Sometimes the customer is a charge cus-
tomer, and, W(hen a bill is sent in, objects to some item
on it, claiming that he never bought any such article ; it
is, therefore, a good plan to not only mark the package
as above, but the charge slip as well, so that the item
on the books and in the bill will explain that it was
" Ordered by Dr ," as it is often the case that
the patient is under the impression that the medicine
has come directly from the doctor's office, for the latter
may be careless in explaining that he will order it from
the drug store, and perhaps simply states that he will
send up some medicine. A good many druggists suffer
from this sort of thin|^, and losses from this source may
be almost entirely eliminated and many disputes pre-
vented by the use of a conspicuous address label and the
exercise of a little care in properly marking the package.
Tboie Laboratory Pfiotograpfis*
The responses to this Department's request for pho-
tographs of laboratories have so far been disappointingly
limited in number, and of the pictures received not one
has been sharp enough to reproduce successfully by the
half-tone process. We confess to a feeling of disappoint-
ment over this, because among the readers of the Ameri-
can Druggist there must be thousands of pharmacists
who have prescription laboratories of which they are
proud, and being proud of, should feel gratified to see
them pictured in the columns of their favorite drug
journal. If you cannot get a clear, daylight time ex-
posure, try a flashlight at night after hours. A series
of pictures of laboratories will be of great assistance to
the pharmacist about to fit up or refit a laboratory, and
in giving the result of your experience you will be helping
along the cause of good pharmacy. If you cannot send
a picture, send a description and sketches, and if worthy,
we will publish them and remunerate the sender. The
dollar we offer for photographs suitable for reproduction
is not a prize, but simply a slight compensation for the
trouble of taking the picture. Photographs may be sent
unmounted and should be addressed to the editor of this
Department, W. A. Dawson, Hempstead, N. Y.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
A SHOW OASE TO RBPLAOE PRBSORIPTION PARTITION.
An Ohio pharmacist writes: ** We are thinking of making
some improyements in our store, and would like some sugges-
tions as to a show case to take the place of our prescription
partition. We are crowded for space, and our show cases are
foil to overflowliig. Could use a case 12 foot long, front to be
glass doors, and the hack solid,, so tliat shelving can be fitted
to the back of the case. What is wanted is something suitable
for displaying trusses, hot water bottles and other goods of
that chus. Our store room is 00 feet deep and 18 feet wide.**
We would suggest a 12-foot " Bnglish " style wall case of
the same kind of wood as the other fixtures. The dimensions
of such a case would be: Length, 12 feet; width of base part,
80 inches; height of base part, 88 inches; depth of top part, 12
inches; total height of case, 8 feet 6 inches. The base part Is
fitted with desk shaped glass cases with either slanting or oyal
fronts, and in the lower part of the base under these cases are
closets with glass doors. The top part is diyided by partitions
into three cases about 4 feet wide, and is fitted with adjust-
able shelves; the doors of top part slide sideways as do the
doors of the lower closets. The doors on the slant fronts lift
and slide back like the front of a sectional bookcase, or, if
these cases are fitted with cylinder or oval fronta,they revolye
back. The base part of the case is partitioned off into three
parts like the top, thus making altogether three lower closets
about 46 inches wide, 28 inches deep and 15 inches high; three
"Bnglish" slant front cases of about the same dimensions;
and three upright compartments about 45 inches wide, 5 feet
high and 10 inches deep inside. For showing trusses the
shelves had best be removed from the center top closet, and a
number of ornamental brass bracket hooks about 9 inches
long screwed to the back of the case; the trusses being hung
from these hooks.
The lower closets of such a case will store and display to ad-
vantage such goods as chamois, sponges, absorbent cotton,
surgical dressings and the like. The slant front cases may be
filled with the bulb and fountain syringes and other rubber
goods, and the two remaining upper cases used for various
sundries. If would be a good idea to display in this case only
such goods as are bought by physicians, or used in the sick
room, keeping nothing that is classed with " fancy goods " in
it. A case of this kind will cost about $150, and ought to pay
for itself in a year or two from the profit on the increased sales
of the goods displayed.
DRUGGISTS' COURSE IN OPTICS.
CoDi i M cte cl by C* H* Bcowot BiL^^
Preetdent of the Philadelphto Optical OoUeg«
Tkis series of papers is designed to furnish in/onnaiion wkidk
is required by druggists for the intelligent handling of a lim
of optical goods. The first oj the series appeared in our isma
for September 94^ igoo.
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF VISION (Contintied)*
ALL parts of the retina are not equally sensitive to
light ; there is one portion called the yellow spot "
— from its color — ^that is more sensitive fhan any other
part. In fact, it is the only spot on the whole retina that
affbrds clear and perfect vision, while vision becomes
gradually more and more imperfect as the image is im-
pressed upon the retina farther and farther from this
yellow spot. Consequently it becomes necessary in read-
ing to move the eyes backward and forward along the
lines of the print, so as to bring each word of every
line, and each letter of every word, in the direct line of
vision in order that its image may fall upon this sensi-
tive yellow spot.
So, in distant vision, the eyes must be in continuous,
though unconconscious, motion, in order that the diflFer-
ent objects around us may be placed in such a position, in
reference to the eye, that their images may again fall
upon this sensitive yellow spot. An active, sprightly
person moves his eyes quickly from object to object, so
as to see everything clearly by bringing everything into
a direct line of vision with this yellow spot ; while dull,
phlegmatic people are satisfied with a general view of
things as their images may happen to fall upon any part
of the retina, without taking die trouble to move their
eyes and adjust their accommodation, so that the same
images may be sharply focused upon the yellow spot.
THE BLIND SPOT.
In contrast with and very near to this sensitive yellow
spot there is a small spot that is insensible to the rays
of light, which means that it is a blind spot. At first
thought it seems somewhat strange that there should be
a blind spot in every man's eye, and also that this spot
of least vision, or blind spot, should be so near to the spot
of best vision, or yellow spot. But this is the case, and a
still more curious fact is that this blind spot is just at
the entrance of the optic nerve, where it would naturally
be thought that vision ought to be more acute. The ex-
planation of this is that the nerve fibers here belong to
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
the conducting layer of the retina, while the percipient
layer is wanting at his point.
It would seem reasonable to suppose that, if there
is a blind spot in every one's eye, there ought to be a
corresponding dark spot in the field of vision. Such is
not the case, for the following reasons: When the eye
is directed toward any object, to see it, the image falls
upon the yellow spot, which is in the visual axis of the
eye, while the blind spot is situated a little to the inner
side of this point. Consequently, the image of an object,
which is directly examined in the normal line of vision,
cannot fall upon this blind spot.
When both eyes are opened an object may be so
placed that its image falls upon the blind spot of one eye,
in which case, however, it will necessarily fall upon the
yellow spot of the other eye and the object be distinctly
seen. It is impossible for an object to be placed in such
a position that its image could fall upon the blind spot
of both eyes at the same time.
If, however, only one eye is used, there is always a
small portion of the field of vision that is imperceptible.
This deficiency is not noticeable, because it is located in
a part of the field of vision to which our attention is
scarcely directed, and where the perception of various
objects is so imperfect that the momentary absence of
one of them is not regarded. That this blind spot does
exist can be readily made apparent, and any one can ob-
serve it for himself by using for the test a single strongly
defined object, like a white spot on a black ground or a
black spot on a white ground, the presence or absence of
which may be quickly noticed.
* •
The left eye is to be closed and the right eye to be
directed steadily at the cross on the left-hand side of the
illustration, the round spot will also be visible, though
less distinct than the cross, because it is not in the line
of direct vision. Let the page be held vertically before
the eyes and at a convenient distance for seeing both ob-
jects in the manner just mentioned. If it now be moved
slowly backward and forward, a point will be found at a
certain distance, about lo or 12 inches, where the dr-
cular spot disappears from view, because its image has
fallen upon the optic nerve entrance or blind spot, which
is insensible to the rays of light, to reappear again if the
paper be moved nearer or farther. It may also be made
to reappear, even at the same distance, by inclining the
page laterally, to the right or left, since this would bring
the circular spot either above or below the level of the
blind spot. The phenomenon of the blind spot is well
illustrated in the following figure.
Modifiecf Eibach's Reageat
The following modlflcatlon of Bsbach*8 reagent for the quantltatlye
eatlmation of albumin in the urine Is Dropoaed by Galyalowekl In CHor-
nale di Farmaciu di Trieste, 1901. p. 824 :
Picric acid 10
Citric add ,20
Dlaaolye in water 500
Add alcoliol, 95 per cent ^555
Add water to make 1,000
Ointment for Frost Bites.
O. Lasaar recommends that cloths smeared with the following oint-
ment be laid on the altected parts over night :
Lead oirtment ^5 g™-
Petrolatum J2 S™'
Olive oil 20 Om.
Carbolic acid ? g™«
Oil of larender 1 Om.
PROCEEDINGS OF A PHARMACEUTICAL
CONVENTION*
O* O. Slab's Plea for Impfoveaicnt*
By W. W. Ebbr,
Fullerton, Oal.
ON one occaBion, not so yery long ago, there was an Im-
portant convention held in this country. This being an
age of conyentlons held by all sorts of people for the
dlscnssion of all sorts of subjects— social, moral, political, re-
ligions, pharmaceutical and otherwise— and for rectifying all
sorts of wrongs and abuses, it would seem that it would be
impossible to get up one that would be out of the ordinary,
but the one we have in mind was Just that The difference
did not consist in the subjects discussed, but in the discussers,
although even in this regard It resembled the ordinary con-
vention in that they were, Indeed, dis-cussers.
DISCUSSION BT THE IMPLEMEKTS
The convention was held In the back room of a drug store
where so many (in some respects) similar pow-wows have
been held, especially when the boss was out, but on this oc-
casion it was not among the clerks, as usual, with the soda
water man in the chair, the drug cub at the secretary's table
and the porter for doorkeeper, but between the assembled
pharmaceutical implements. They had been brought together
by the porter with the view of a general cleaning up some
day, when the head tycoon of the prescription department,
with an irritable customer Impatiently waiting for his pre-
scription to be filled, should be looking all over the store for
a clean spatula.
Perhaps the untidy condition in which these implements
found themselves may have been the cause of an evident afar
of dissatisfaction tliat pervaded the assemblage and gave
color to the pessimistic discussions that characterized their
subsequent deliberations. However that may be, that air of
dissatisfaction was evidently there, coupled with a longing
expression for something as yet unattained, and under it
all a seeming determination to effect a change in existing
conditions or break up the institution, and over everything
the customary uncertainty as to how to pi'oceed.
After a protracted, Quaker-like silence, waiting for the
spirit to move them (the only moving spirit about the place
being in the other room, corked up in a bottle, and so inac-
cessible), it was suggested by some one that the only way
to get at the matter was to hold a convention, and in support
of his position he cited innumerable precedents. There was no
getting around the weight of these precedents, and so, no
doubt, as to the wisdom of the proposition, but there seemed
to be great uncertainty as to the best way to proceed to organ-
ize a convention. The only available experience at hand was
their observation of the aforesaid clerical pow-wows, and
they seemed to have been too barren of results to suit the
exigencies of this occasion, but there must be a convention
held.
RETORT STAND MAKES A MOTION
This "confusion worse confounded*' grew to such an ex-
tent at last that there seemed to be great danger that the
whole question would be decided by a general smash-up of
pharmaceutical glassware, but, as usual, there is always a
man for every great crisis, and so it proved In this. Reputa-
ble Retort Stand, the tallest member of the party, and about
the only one that would have been left if the threatened
smash-up had come about, suggested that the first thing to
do was to ascertain who were eligible to seats in the proposed
convention, after which they could proceed intelligently to
an organization.
CALLING THE ROLL.
The suggestion seemed to meet with general favor with
all except Growling Graduate, who was the noisiest member
of the group and the hardest to satisfy. It was his opinion
that the first thing to do was to read the minutes, but after a
sharp retort from the aforesaid R. R. Stand, he subsided suf-
ficiently to allow the proposed programme to be entered upon.
The suggester was requested, after some further discussion,
to call the roll, when, besides Reputable Retort Stand, the
following answered to their names: Spouting Spatula, Pessi-
mistic Pestle, Mortified Mortar, Growling Graduate, Oily
Ointment Slab, Drowsey Drug Mill, Funny Funnel, Particular
Percolator, Stately Stirring Rod, Supposing Suppository Mold
and Pouting Pill Tile.
(7o 56 oofieliMM.)
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Cream of Current Literature
A summary of the leading articles in contemporary pharmaceutical periodicals.
Repertoire de Pharmacia, January 10*
Pharmaceutical Apprenticeship Before or After the
College Course? By M. P. Carles. — Professor Carles, of
Bordeaux, gives the pros and cons of this question, which
is at present under discussion in France with a view of
regulating it by law. The advantage of apprenticeship
before entering upon the college course is that it is al-
ready a method which has proved successful in training
pharmacists. In France the intending apprentice passes
from the " college " to the drug store and at once is forced
to adopt the habits and the discipline of a pharmacist.
During his apprenticeship he is brought into contact daily
with substances which he will study later, and thus learns
a great deal about them in a practical way. If he finds
that his talents do not lie in the direction of pharmacy he
can easily retire in time while he is an apprentice, for he
sees the profession in all its reality. If he is fortunate
in the choice of his preceptor, he will improve morally and
often materially by the impressions which he will gain,
but if be is unfortunate in this choice he will suffer from
the consequences later on.
The disadvantages of the present method of pharma-
ceutical education are several. The proprietor of the
pharmacy, in order to evade a multitude of inevitable de-
tails in his business, tries to have assistants who remain
in his employ for a long time. The condition of phar-
macy at the present time does not allow him to pay his
employees very liberally, and therefore he seeks and tries
to keep in his establishment young men who are more
than modest and more predisposed to manual labor than
to intellectual. In this way the prestige of the profession
is considerably lowered, for the young men who enter
the profession in this manner forget the intellectual side
of the profession under the neglect of the proprietor.
Such men enter the college after their apprenticeship, and
the best teachers find it impossible to arouse their en-
thusiasm. They obtain their diplomas only by the laxity
of the examiners and never see anything in pharmacy
but a small retail trade. This, therefore, is the bad side
of apprenticeship before the college course, for it loads
the profession with nonentities and is the cause of the
social inferiority in which a part of the public holds phar-
macy.
The advantages of apprenticeship after the college
course are that by this method the number of pharmacies
will become limited of itself. In principle it is the only
logical method, for theory should always precede prac-
tice, and it is in this manner that the lawyer, the engineer,
the physician, etc., are trained. There is a danger, how-
ever, that the college course will become too theoretical
if the proposed reform be adopted. At the same time
this new method will act in weeding out the recruits in
our profession. When a family will have sacrificed
enough to make a son a Bachelor of Sciences,^ it will
consider well before supporting this son for three years
longer as a student; only such young men as will com-
mand enough means and enough intelligence not to fear
failure, will be tempted to enter our profession. After
graduating from college the would-be apprentice would
be able to select a capable and well equipped preceptor
and to learn in two years what the apprentice now learns
in three or four.
The disadvantages of the method are that, after they
> To FraQce rhis degree is requirei by law for entrance in the schools of
pharmacy.
have reached the age of twenty or more, the young men
would have to enter upon a sedentary life which is with-
out a parallel in any other profession. They will be bored
by the endless small details of the daily routine and will
not willingly submit to the orders of the less well trained
assistants or even of a proprietor, be he ever so well in-
formed. The practical examination at the close of the
apprenticeship will more than ever degenerate into a mere
formality, for the graduated apprentice will certainly
pose before the examining committee as a man of science
rather than one of practice, and in this way be able to
hide his deficiencies in the practical knowledge. On the
whole there is no question that the proposed method will
make pharmacy both a more remunerative and a more
scientific profession.
Vanillin and Vanilla. By M. P. Carles. — The vanillin
of commerce in 1878 was priced at 2,500 francs per kilo-
gram. In 1889 it was worth 800 francs, and now it is
sold for 100 francs per kilogram. When, in the face of
these figures, the dealers in vanillin gravely announce in
good faith that one part of vanillin is worth, according to
the brand, from ten to fifty parts of good vanilla, one
cannot help asking why we consent to pay 98 francs for
a kilogram of vanilla and how it is that the cultivation
of this plant has not ceased ? Has not the introduction of
artificial alizarin injured the sale of madder root and
that of chemical indigo the sale of natural indigo? On
inquiry the importers and the large consumers of vanilla
gave the following interesting answers : " In spite of the
ever growing production of vanillin the consumption of
vanilla has not diminished. The prices have even risen
considerably during the past ten years. Vanillin gives
the odor well enough, but only vanilla gives the taste.
Vanillin is always incomplete without vanilla, while the
latter is always complete without the former. Sugar
flavored with vanillin is well enough on the surface of
confectionery, otherwise its odor is fleeting. The same
may be said of chocolate. The gourmands claim that
vanillin gives a bitter, acrid taste to sweets immediately
after swallowing, while vanilla gives quite the opposite
sensation. Finally everybody agrees that for quality and
durability vanilla can never be replaced, while vanillin
may be used for products of inferior character.
New Suppositories with a Paraffin and Lanolin Base,
By M. Ed. Crouzel. — Everybody knows the difficulty
of preparing medical suppositories with cacao butter.
This preparation is especially difficult in cases where an
extract is to be incorporated with the suppositories, for
extracts do not dissolve in the oily base, and when the
mixture is subjected to heat the molecules of the extract
become still more coagulated, with the result that the
medicament is unevenly distributed in the suppository.
The author therefore suggests a new formula, which, ac-
cording to his statement, facilitates the preparation of
homogeneous suppositories containing very large doses
of drugs (extracts, alkaloids, mineral or organic salts,
vegetable powders, etc.). The proportion of active prin-
ciples soluble in water which can be incorporated in these
suppositories may be calculated by remembering that
anhydrous lanolin absorbs its own weight of water or of
saturated saline solution or of solutions of vegetable ex-
tract. The following formula is therefore recommended :
Lanolin, anhydrous, 3; paraffin, i.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
FarmatBevtiftclietky Journal^ December*
On the Question of the Decomposition of Salt Cod-
fish: The Determination of Such Decomposition in its
First Stage. By K. Chr. Kouptche. — The author studies
the methods of recognizing the presence of decomposition
in codfish during the first stage of the process, i,e., be-
fore an alkaline reaction has made its appearance. He
determined the toxicity of salt codfish in the first stage
of decomposition by experiments on animals, and his
conclusions were as follows: The presence of the first
stage of decomposition in salt codfish is made apparent
by the yellow coloring of the filtrate obtained by mixing
the meat with water and the subsequent addition of a
reagent, consisting of lo parts of potassitmi iodide, 5
parts of mercuric chloride, 10 parts of a 30 per cent salt
solution, and 37 parts of distilled water. In beginning
decomposition of salt codfish this color reaction should
appear promptly after the addition of the reagent. A
slightly acid reaction, however, is not always an indication
that the cod is fit to eat. In gradual decomposition of
salt codfish the first products that appear are ammonia,
indol, skatol, and skatot-carbonic acid. In the beginning
before the appearance of the neutral reaction, there is no
change in the relative proportion of peptones and albu-
mins, and there is an increase in the acidity of the oils
in salt codfish, while Hubl's iodine figure and Kottsdor-
fer's saponification figure become smaller. Salt codfish
in the first stage of decomposition, before the appearance
of the neutral reaction, does not produce any injurious
effects on the health of the consumer. When a slightly
alkaline reaction is noted, however, it may be assumed
that it produced injurious effects upon the digestive tract
of mammals. (December 4, 11, 18 and 25.)
Dntggliti OteisLUf January*
Plant Analysis. By L. E. Sayre. — ^The author pre-
sents the outline of a scheme for a brief course in plant
analysis which follows the general method originated
by H. B. Parsons and A. B. Prescott. The determinations
made are: The moisture in the fresh drug and in the
air-dried drug, the ash, its inorganic constituents and
solubility; the volatile and the fixed oil, resin, wax, etc.,
organic acids and alkaloids, sugar, gum, albuminoids,
starch, cellulose and the principal active constituents.
The subject is to be continued in a later number.
A Handy Testing Closet. By W. A. Dawson. — ^The
author describes a closet which may be made to fit into
a wall section of any desired size. The essential feature
of the device is the perpendicular section of the closet, so
that the front half swings out at right angles, with its
bottles in place in the shelving. The lower shelf of the
fixed half of the closet is omitted and a shelf attached
to the lower edge of the fixed half, which folds up within
the fixed portion of the closet when it is closed, but when
it is open this shelf falls down, forming a table on which
to carry out the ordinary operations of urinary or simple
volumetric analysis. By having all the reagents and
apparatus required for urinary analysis at hand in this
manner, the celerity with which examinations may be
made is very much increased.
The Therapeutic Value of Rest. " A Hospital Physi-
cian " is accorded considerable space for the discussion of
this subject.
Mefck^s Report, January*
Milk and Butter Analysis for the Retail Druggist.
By Frederick T. Gordon. — The author advocates the en-
try of the retail druggist into the field of food analysis
generally and gives the methods to be used in milk and
butter analysis. The article is to be continued.
Practical Business Suggestions. By Joseph F. Hos-
telley. — The author presents a number of suggestions on
minor points intended to aid the pharmacist in his work.
An Analytical Scheme for the Microscopical Exami-
nation of Powdered Drugs. By Burt E. Nelson. — ^This
is a continuation of an article covering this field, which
has previously been referred to in these columns. The
drugs treated of in this number are those in which starch
granules are present and in which crystals are absent or
seldom found. The drugs described include bryony,
kava kava, valerian and althea, the latter being among
the class of drugs in which crystals are present.
Chronological Account of Important Dates Connected
with Pharmacy, Etc. By William H. Madison. — ^Be-
ginning with the year 2400 B.C., the author presents in
chronological order the dates of ntmierous inventions and
discoveries more or less connected with pharmacy and
the allied sciences.
Pluffmacetftleal Era, January*
Logical Advertising. By Rollan G. Bowe. — What
the author means by logical advertising is the advertis-
ing of articles in season. While the prescription depart-
ment of the drug store may be advertised profitably at all
seasons, it would be a waste of money to advertise a
cough cure in January and keep it up in the same space
all the year ; or to advertise, say, fly paper in the winter
time. With the retail druggist logical advertising de-
mands a careful differentiation between seasons for ad-
vertising certain articles and then the subdivision of these
seasons as circumstances may seem to dictate. The dif-
ferentiating and diagnosis must be done by himself, and
it is not always the most profitable method to turn over
the department of publicity of the drug store to an ad-
vertising specialist. The doctor of advertising is a
specialist in a general sense ; the druggist must make his
work effective by being a specialist in a local sense. The
foregoing is the gist of the article, which contains many
useful hints and suggestions. (January 9.)
Special Sales as a Means of Advertising. By Edwin
R. Mohler. — This writer has tried the plan of offering
on Saturday of each week a special discount of 20 per
cent, on a certain line of goods, and he relates experience
and results. Three ways of informing the public of
these sales were adopted. The first was by making a
window display each week of the article to be sold at
a discount on Saturday of that week, and displaying a
card above this which announced a special sale. The
second was by inserting an advertisement of the goods to
be sold in all the newspapers of the town, also inserting
small locals in different parts of the paper announcing
the special sale. The third method consisted of the use
of printed sign cards advertising the sale, which were
tacked up at the entrances of the large mills and factories
of the town in a conspicuous place at about the height
of an ordinary sized person from the ground. Toilet
soaps were placed on sale at the 20 per cent discount
the first week. The week after a window display of
tooth brushes was made by stretching cords from the
top of the window to the bottom and fastening the
brushes along the entire length of these cords with a
space of about four inches between each brush. Special
sales of stationery, perfumery and all-rubber goods fol-
lowed each other in order, a different article being of-
fered each week, and the sales proved very satisfactory,
not only as a means of advertising, but also as an aid in
selling goods. (January 9.)
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
77
Q\ieries and Ans^vers
We ahall be glad, in this department, to reapond to calla for information on all pharmaceutic matters.
Counter Prescribing. — Trional writes: "Will
you kindly give me through the columns of the Ameri-
can Druggist the following information : How far may
a druggist go in recommending medicines or prescribing
for customers ? For instance, a man appproaches a drug-
gist and says, ' What can^ou give me to make me sleep? '
and the druggist sells him a dose of trional. Anodier
says : ' Look at my face, that is erysipelas ; what can you
give me for it?' The druggist gives him a bottle' of
Wyeth's Glycerite of Chloride of Iron, with directions
for taking it. A third customer says : ^ Look at my hands,
what would you call that, and what can you give me for
it ? ' The druggist examines the condition of the man's
hands and tells him that he has eczema and then supplies
an ointment. Now the question I wish to adc is, Qin a
druggist diagnose and prescribe in the above manner
legally, or does he lay himself open to prosecution by the
Medicad Society by so doing?"
If the druggist gives medical advice, and accepts pay-
ment for such advice, he is liable to be prosecuted for
violating the law governing the practice of medicine.
The instances cited would undoubtedly be considered
violations of the law under a strict interpretation of the
letter of the law. Not long ago an inspector of the
Medical Society caused the arrest of a druggist in New
York for prescribing milk and lime water for an infant,
the lime water being sold over the counter. While we
have little sympathy with a law which apparently inter-
feres with one citizen giving advice, medical or other-
wise, to another, the law as it stands should be observed
in its essentials. We may suggest that many of the diffi-
culties surrounding the exercise of a druggist's right
to recommend medicines may be overcome by the exercise
of a little tact and common sense at the right time.
Herb Tea. — D. E. H. writes: "I wish to put up
an herb tea, also a tooth wash. I have already experi-
mented with two preparations which have not proven
satisfactory. If it is possible for you to furnish me with
tested and proved formulas, I would greatly appreciate
it."
Our correspondent fails to state the particular kind
of herb tea he desires to put up. Three approved formu-
las for the several kinds of tea or species are given in
the National Formulary. One is an emollient species, in-
tended for use as a cataplasm or poultice, while the other
two are respectively laxative and pectoral species or teas.
Formulas for herb teas are quite numerous, being quoted
in nearly every standard formulary. The teas are recom-
mended for various disorders, each tea having its special
application, so that it is necessary to indicate the kind
of tea desired before a satisfactory formula can be sup-
plied.
Powders for Staining Wood.— L. D. C. asks
us to quote formulas for making stain powders soluble
in boiling water for staining wogkI the colors of mahog-
any, forest green, Flemish oak and weathered oak.
Preparations of aniline dyes are sold by all large
painters' supply stores under the names of the finishes
desired, and the stains named by our correspondent can
be purchased in powder form in this way through any
of Sie well known dealers. Vegetable dyes were much
used at one time, and the compilers of recent formularies
have failed to keep pace with the march of progress so
foLT as wood stains are concerned, for none of the books
compiled for druggists' use say anything about the use
of aniline dyes for staining wood, and vegetable dyes
are now greatly out of date.
Blue Show Globe Fluid.— H. W. Rockwood, of
W. S. May & Co.. Underbill, Vt., kindly furnishes the
following note on a method of producing a blue show
globe fluid which is permanent. He says : Take an old-
fashioned copper cent and dissolve it in one ounce of
hydrochloric acid; decant the solution in the globe and
nearly fill with distilled water, adding finally a sufficient
quantity of strong ammonia water to clear up the solu-
tion.
Manufacturers of Silver Polish,— W. A. C
asks for the addresses of any manufacturers of silver pol-
ishes contained in bags of chamois skin.
We are unable to place any manufacturers of the
articles named. Leading manufacturers of silver polishes,
who may put up the powder in some such form as that
described by our correspondent, and to whom it might
be advisable to write are, J. A. Wright, 3 Maiden lane.
New York ; the Paul Mfg. Company, Boston, and Johns
Brothers & Co., manufacturers of Seldyt Cloth, New
York.
Metric and Apothecaries' Weights.— W. B. L.
— Consult one of the Dispensatories or any text-book of
pharmacy for tables showing the relative value of apothe-
caries' and metric weights and measures. The question
is rather an elementary one for consideration here.
, Tooth Wash.— D. E. H.— There are tooth washes
and tooth washes, some are foaming and some sapona-
ceous. The foan^ing dentifrices owe their frothing char-
acter to the presence of quiUaja bark, while soap, usually
the castile variety, gives the saponaceous diaracter to
the dentifrices so distinguished. The first two formulas
yield foaming dentifrices, containing soap bark :
I.
Powdered qnillaja jij
Glycerin a. ^^
Sodium salicylate 31J
Oil berg:ainot fl, sm
Oil winterjpreen fl. sm
Oil cloves gtt X
Alcohol .fl. gi
Solution of carmine, N, P .'.q. b.
Diluted alcohol fl. jxvi
Macerate the soap bark with the glycerin and twelve
ounces of diluted alcohol, and percolate. Dissolve the
oils in the alcohol and add the solution to the percolate,
followed by the sodium salicylate and sufficient solution
of carmine N. F. to impart the desired shade of color-
Shake thoroughly and filter through wetted talcum, re-
turning the first portions of the filtrate until the remain-
der runs through clear. Make up the bulk to one pint
with diluted alcohol.
II.
Powdered qnUlaJa. jy
Powdered cinnamon '. . . . .Mij
Alcohol ' gx
Water ..!!!!! !gx
Ground red sandalwood /^' xx
Macerate the ingredients named for four days, then
tranfer to a flask and boil for one minute. Allow to cool
and filter, passing sufficient water through the filter to-
make the filtrate measure twenty ounces. Then add :
,8 AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND
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Glycerin A- 25iv
Oil peppermint M- ^
Oil wintergreen ^- ^
Oil anise ;^^. v
Oil rose 'ZT'ui
Creosote M. uj
Allow to stand three or four days before filtering.
The following are types of saponaceous dentifrices:
T.
Castile soap shavings -JxiJ
Potassinm carbonate 5W*J
Powdered rhatany W*
Glycerin fl* g"^
White sugar 5xxx
Water • • •<!• ®;
Alcohol Con«- 1
Oil cinnamon, true 2' §**?
OU wintergreen S' 5 «
Oil anise r A- ijvi
Oil clove J- 3iv
Oil peppermint ". 3iv
Dissolve the potassium carbonate in cold water, i
gallon, and add the soap, stirring until solution is ef-
fected. In another gallon of. cold water place the sugar,
glycerin and powdered rhatany, and to this add the solu-
tion of soap and the flavoring oils, the latter previously
dissolved in the alcohol. Lastly add sufficient cold water
to make five gallons. Set aside and shake occasionally
during two weeks. Allow the mixture to remain at 'rest
two weeks more, then siphon off the clear solution and
filter the remainder.
II.
Castile soap shavings. i'^?*
Glycerin ^' |*^
Deodorized alcohol 2* « }
Hot water. • ^- 5vi
Oil peppermint j^' ^^
Oil wintergreen tJ^^
Oil cloves -^^ ^
Vanilla extract fl. 588
Solution carmine, N. P <1- s.
Dissolve the soap in hot water and add the glycerin
and vanilla extract. Dissolve the oils in the alcohol. Mix
both solutions, add sufficient carmine solution to produce
the. desired shade of color, and after having allowed the
mixture to stand for twenty-four hours, filter through
paper on which has been sprinkled a little animal char-
coal.
Interchange of Board Licenses,— M. A. R. —
The following information regarding the practice of the
different State Boards of Pharmacy as to the recognition
of licenses issued in other States is taken from a state-
ment prepared by the secretary of the Michigan Board of
Pharmacy. In reply to the question, Does your board in-
terchange with other Boards of Pharmacy ? the following
replies were received : Alabama, No ; Arkansas, Yes ; Cal-
ifornia, No ; Colorado. No ; Connecticut, No ; Delaware,
No- District of Columbia, No; Florida, No; Georgia,
Yes- Iowa, No; Illinois, No; Kansas, No; Kentucky,
Yes; Louisiana, Yes; Maine, No; Maryland, No; Massa-
chusetts, No; Michigan, Yes; Minnesota, Yes; Mis-
sissippi, Yes; Missouri, No; Montana, No; Nebraska,
No ; New Hampshire, No ; New Jersey, No ; New Mexico,
Yes - New York State, No ; North Carolina, No ; North
Dakota, Yes; Ohio, Yes; Oklahoma, No; Oregon, No;
Pennsylvania, No; Rhode Island, No; South Carolina,
No; South Dakota, Yes; Tennessee, No; Utah, No; Ver-
mont, No ; Virginia, No ; Washington, Yes ; West Vir-
<rinia, No ; Wisconsin, Yes.
PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The
of Drugf Journals*
lo the Editor:
Blr,--Knowing you have the interests of the retail druggist
at heart, I would call your attention to the fact that a great
many people outside of the trade now take the drug Journals
—for instance, barbers, bakers, cobblers, jewelers. If a drag
paper is for druggists why send it out to the general public.
One paper insists on putting on its subscription blank the
business a man is engaged in. How often do we see a drug
Journal in a Jewelry shop! Perhaps we sell a Jeweler a pound
of cyanide of potash, and he notes quotations and expects us
to sell one pound of the chemical as cheap as fire pounds.
Barbers and bakers, whom druggists formerly supplied with
essences, bay rum, etc., get hold of a Journal, write for a for-
mula, and put up the articles themselves. I am in favor of
all formulas being printed in Latin when published in papers.
If the trade papers want to do so much to help the retail
druggist let them take every name off their mailing list who
is not a bona fide druggist o'r chemical manufacturer or whole-
saler.
Several of us have agreed to write to our trade papers, as
well as to notify pharmaceutical societies, and see what can
be done to remedy matters.
Please publish and oblige,
RUBSCRIBEB.
[Deeming this communication one of special interest for the
readers of a drug Journal, we depart from our usual custom of
declining to publish letters which are unaccompanied by the
name of the writer and print it. So far as the Americajt
Druggist is concerned subscriptions are solicited only from
retail druggists and persons engaged in lines of occupation
collateral with pharmacy. The dilficulties in the way of keep-
ing technical Journals out of the hands of individuals who
might use the information contained in them against the in-
terests of bona fide subscribers are too obvious to require ex-
tended comment We are quite favorable to the idea of print-
ing formulas in I^tin, and intend to extend the custom so far
as is consistent with the character of the formulas printed,
though it is questionable if this would prove a safeguard
against the misappropriation complained of by our correspond-
ent—En.!
Book Keviewi.
Bogus Hollow. A Tale of the Blue Jeans Town and Vicinity. By
Benjamin Franklin Buchanan. 1901. The Walker Lith. ft Print-
ing Co., Dayton, O. [Price, $1.00.]
It is evident that if the atmosphere of current events
is to be retained for the historian of the future, it must
be largely the result of contributions by local authors, who
record that which comes to them as a part of their lives.
The present is soon to be the past ; a picture of the past
is what men call history, hence the man who writes con-
scientiously of things he knows is making history-prints
for the future historians.
From hundreds of localities their local pictures of
life and character are being artistically produced, to be
prized now by friends and students, to be utilized in a
time to come by searchers after facts concerning, the
deeds and life methods of those who are no longer here.
Such is this book, " Bogus Hollow." It pictures
Rising Sun, Ind., as the author knows the place. It shows
the points of interest, natural and artificial, the people,
the habits of the people. There is fun and pathos, but not
much of the somber. It is richly illustrated by half-tone
views, which add a charm and value not attainable by
less exact methods. The frontispiece presents a view of
Rising Sun from the opposing Kentucky hills, and this
reviewer may be pardoned for saying they are to him of
particular interest because the Stringtown Knob-lands
lie just in their rear. And the book is of general interest
to us of the mortar and pestle by reason of the fact that
Mr. Buchanan is a pharmacist, who takes this method to
both recreate and serve his people.
" Bogus Hollow " will be sought in a time to come
bv men who desire such life touches and natural views
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
79
of the present as are to be found in this interesting little
volume. J. u. l.
PuABMAGBUTiBCHa Kalbmdbb. 1902. Mlt Notlikal«nder inm ULg-
UchMi Gebraodi. nebst Hilftmltteln fflr die pbarmaceotiadie Prazfi.
Heranagegeben von Dr. B. Fiidier and G. Arenda. Berlin: Jallna
Springer, 1902. lOmo., pp. ca. 400.
The first part of this book is devoted to a calendar for
1902, followed by a calendar for the collection of various
plants and for the manufacture of certain preparations
that are influenced by the weather, etc. A diary for the
year follows, and the remaining two parts of the book,
covering upward of 245 pages, are devoted to series of
tables of information that may prove useful in the labora-
tory and the dispensing department.
The part devoted to Dispensing Helps opens with
rules for the compounding of prescriptions. Then fol-
lows a table of maximal doses, a table of abbreviations
used in prescription writing, of maximum doses of medi-
cines employed in the domestic animals ; tables of drops
and of the comparative weight of a drop of various
liquids ; tables of neutralization ; of solubility ; of quanti-
ties and areas of plasters ; of poisons and antidotes ; of
incompatibilities ; of the newer remedies ; of disinfectants ;
of foreign coins, measures and weights; of the metric
system; of electrical units, the construction of various
batteries and the conductivity and relative resistance of
various metals and alloys. A brief chapter on the men-
suration of surfaces, angles, etc., is appended.
The part headed Laboratory Helps includes a large
number of tables of analytical standards, etc., such as
tables of specific gravity; methods of obtaining the spe-
cific gravity of various substances; elements and atomic
weights according to the latest researches; MendelejeflF's
periodic law illustrated by a chart ; formulas and molecu-
lar weights of various substances; formulas for pho-
tography; tables for volumetric analysis; comparative
tables of weight and volume; alcohol tables; tables for
the analysis of wines, beers and spirits, for freezing and
heat producing mixtures and for milk analysis; direc-
tions for examining human milk, gastric juice, urine,
urinary calculi, blood, sputum, and for the most im-
portant bacterial examinations ; the chief tests for cow's
milk, butter, margarine, and drinking water, and the
methods of estimating the percentage of medication in
surgical dressings; the composition of various articles
of food, their value in calories and their cost; table of
fees for chemical and microscopical examinations, and of
the chief anal3rtical constants used in the laboratory.
A glance at the contents will convince any one fa-
miliar with the needs of the pharmacist, especially the
pharmacist of smaller towns who is obliged to be more
or less of a food-chemist and who often must rely upon
his own resources for examinations and analyses of
chemicals, secretions, etc., that this little book contains
much that would have to be sought in a dozen text-books
on as many subjects. With it at hand, therefore, the prin-
cipal data that must be accessible in accurate pharma-
ceutical work will be convenient for instant reference.
While wishing that we in America had a diary and
reference book of this kind in the English language, we
take this opportunity to recommend the book under re-
view to all our German reading and speaking readers.
An appendix, issued by the publishers as Part II of
the diary contains a digest of the German laws and ordi-
nances affecting the pharmacist and a directory of phar-
macists in the German Empire, together with a mass of
statistics and information concerning the German univer-
sities, etc.
BUSINESS BUILDING.
Coodacteid by U. G* BAaaolng*
The Department Editor will be pleased to criticise advertisements^
suggest improvements^ and answer all questions coming
within the scope of this department.
PAMPHLETS* ETC, RECEIVED*
Constltiition and by-laws of tbe Kings County Pharmacen-
tical Society, and its collejre, the Brooklyn College of Phar-
macy, 1902. Brooklyn: 829 Franklin avenue.
THE GROWING HABIT*
A LETTER recently received affords another illus-
tration of the scriptural adage which the late Bill
Nye paraphrased as : " Them that has gets." The more
you have the more readily more comes, and this applies
to trade.
The writer of the aforesaid letter wrote another about
three years ago, to which the present epistle is a sort of
sequel. The previous letter was written after two or
three years of vigorous advertising and announced that
the writer's business for the previous year had reached
$10,000, which he believed to be the limit for a town the
size of his — ^a small town of the kind where a business of
$7,000 or $8,000 is seldom exceeded. This man believed
in advertising, however, and continued to spend a definite
portion of his receipts for this purpose. The present
letter announced that business for last year was between
$17,000 and $18,000 and that the present year starts out
ahead of last. Again he wonders whether he has not
reached the limit, though he does not propose to let up
on his efforts to increase. While this man's trade is a
somewhat phenomenal one for a town of the size and
character, the probabilities are that it will continue to
increase somewhat as long as times remain good. There
is a high-water mark somewhere, but it is very doubtful
if it has been reached in this instance, because this man's
business has gotten into the growing habit. It has se-
cured momentum that is attracting trade from unusual
distances and is developing a great deal of latent trade.
The chances are that new avenues for growth will open
up. That is one of the things that happens to a growing
business. This is a case where a man's expectations were
more than realized, and it is a consummation attained
only by the patient and persistent. The earlier years of
effort showed no such results as have come later, yet the
results were there in a gradual accumulation of force
which has yielded results later. Direct results from the
advertising have seldom been seen, except when special
offers were made, yet each year's business has shown an
accelerated growth. This man has accomplished what
not one merchant in a hundred does, because he has done
what not one in a hundred will do — ^advertise to the limit
in season and out, keeping it up, no matter whether the
earlier prospects seem to justify it or not.
This little story has no application for the timid or
doubtful, or for those who desire to get each dollar back
before the next dollar is spent in advertising. The best
rewards come to those who have confidence and nerve.
Advertising will always be a somewhat complicated
proposition for those who lack faith, foresight and stay-
ing qualities.
So
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD. *
CRITiaSM AND COMMENT.
Garrett Byrnes & Co., E. Orange, N. J„ send an at-
tractive eight-page folder, issued previous to the holidays,
which, while not primarily a holiday circular, mentions
a few lines suitable as gifts, as well as other seasonable
goods. The matter is well prepared and the printing is
attractive. An additional expense of about 50 cents on
a thousand for stitching would have turned this folder
into a booklet. A booklet is enough more readable to
justify the difference in cost. The first, or title, page of
this folder was left blank with the exception of an orna-
ment in the center. This is unusual, and may be justified
because unusual. In most cases it is best to put some-
thing on the title page that will help to stimulate an in-
terest in what's inside.
SARATOGA ALMANAC.
T. J. Scannell, Waterford, N. Y., sends a copy of his
Saratoga County Almanac for this year. The present
Our 86c
HOT WATER
BOHLE
won't
1
e
k
at
just
the
time
it is
most
needed.
It is cloth lined and war-
ranted.
I
H. H HAT'S SONS,
Middle Street
•edition is similar to previous issues. It has a clay mod-
eled cover and contams a good selection of miscellaneous
matter, relieved by half-tone illustrations of local interest,
lliis book contains local and foreign advertising, in addi-
tion to Mr. Scannell's own ads. These outsiders probably
pay all of the cost of publication.
BOUND TO BE SEEN.
E. R. Roach, Amarillo, Texas, sends copy of his local
paper in which his ad is easily the most conspicuous fea-
ture.
It is headed "New Year Resolutions" and occupies
a position in the center of the local news page, entirely
surrounded by news matter, and is the only display ad
on the page. It is a specially good example of eflFective
setting, but is too large for reproduction. The argument
is good, and it is doubtful if any reader of the paper got
away from the ad.
REALISM.
H. H. Hay's Sons, Portland, make a rather unique
attempt at realism in the hot water bottle ad shown. They
must have an obliging lot of compositors up Portland
way.
LEFT-HANDED CUTTINa
T. D. A. wants to know how to get a reputation for
making low prices without cutting on patents or starting
a cut-rate war. . ^
This is something that has to be done with consider-
able caution, and the temper of one's competition will
have to be carefuUy considered. The wav to get a rejwi-
tabon for low prices is to actually make' them. No one
who makes leaders of a few items and then evens up on
other things wiU long deceive the public. When aU prices
are as low or a little lower than one's competitors, they
can often be made to appear lower than they are by ludi-
aous use of special prices on single items.
If goods chosen for such purposes are not of some
standard grade or price, so that comparison with the
pnces at other stores is difficult or impossible, competition
IS not apt to be greatly aroused. I have even known deal-
ers m cut-rate cities to build a reputation for low prices
and to largely increase business by judicious use of lead-
ers, making no effort to enter into the general war on
patents.
Buy goods with a view to making leaders of them. A
small and unimportant article will often answer as well
as a better one, as far as creating an impression on the
public IS concerned. The essential thing is that the price
-??• ^^^ .^^^* ^^" ^^^^ sufficient fuss about it.
This whisk broom ad is an example. It is not to be
To-morrow, Whisks 8c
Whisk Brooms,
nine inches long, good stock, for eight cents,
to-morrow only. This one special bargain
out of many is pressed on your attention be-
cause yon need whisks— everybody does— and
yet you never think to buy them. Better get
one or more of these ; the opportunity lasts
but a day, for the stock will hardly outlast
one day's brisk selling. The price is half the
nsual one— less than regular wholesale cost.
The reason why doesn't matter, for we assure
you the brooms are all right.
Blank's Pharmacy,
330 Main.
expected that you will sell the entire town brooms: you
may sell but a few. The chief result will be that you add
one more to the series of impressions necessary to make
people feel that they can be sure of bargains at your store.
ANOTHER STORE PAPER.
The Ferris & Ferris Company, Franklinville, N. Y.,
send No. i of a store paper they launched.
This is devoted largely to pure advertising matter,
although some clipped matter is included. It consists of
four pages only, about 10 x 12, which is large enough
for a monthly publication.
A Waukegan druggist adverUses "railroad tlckete and
cratches for rent" This combination of wares has led a was
to remark that the druggist must be expecting a wtw± in m«
neighborhood.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
8i
THE RICE MEMORIAL FUND.
N- A. R. a EXECUTIVE MEETS.
Tlie ^ American Dtugfgist ^ Opens a Stihscription List*
Our editorial in tlie Amebican Druggist for January 13,
followed by the publication in our issue of January 27 of a let-
ter from Prof. John Uri Lloyd, concerning the erection of a
monument over the grave of the late Dr. Charles Rice, have
ied a number of the friends and acquiUntances of the deceased
to indorse the plan of the Ahbbioan Dbuooist to open a gen-
eral subscription for the erection of a memorial shaft over his
grave, and among other communications we have received the
follow^incr:
Mr. A, A. Blliott, PreHdent American DruggUt PuhlMMng Co,, 66
We9t Broadway, New York.
Dbab Sib. — I notice in yonr Jonmal of Jannary 27 a letter from
Prof. Jolin Uri Lloyd, making a ■ugseetlon for a ijeneral ■ubserlptton
for a stone mark to be placed on the grave of the late Dr. Charlee
Rice.
While I agree with Profeesor Lloyd in hie plan for ralalng the
jneane necessary for that purpose, I wish to add to his sucgeitlon that
yon open a subscription Ibt at your ofBce and give the friends of Dr.
Rice an opportunity to show their appreciation of this great scholar,
who devoted most of his entire life for the good of hnmanlty. Let a
committee be ajppointed by yon among his friends In New York to
select such a tribute to his memory as they think best, and the funds
for that purpose be raised by the subscription started by yon. I will
donate a sum as large as any other of his friends, or I wUl send to you
jqy check to start the contribution.
Very truly yours,
V C Pbicb
*262 iLiiZNOia Stbibt, Chicago, January 81, 1002.
We are glad to act on Dr. Price's suggestion, and open a
•subscription list to afford pharmacists generally the opportu-
nity of contributing to so worthy an object as the erection of
a monuirient over the grave of Dr. Rice, and we hereby invite
contributions from all who care to be identified with the move-
ment Donations to the fund are already acknowledged as
follows:
Prof. John Uri Lloyd 126.00
Dr. V. C. Price 26.00
A. R. Elliott. 26.00
D. J, Gerrlty 6.00
Robert A. Lee 60
George W. Seellg 1.00
Dr. A. Bernard Cannon 1.00
Dledrlch Blebrandts 1.00
H. Allan Lakln 60
John Jones 60
Arthur J. Reeder 1.00
Wm. J. Quencer 1.00
J. li. a\)bln 1.00
The AmniCAK Dbuooist 26.00
The Ahebican Druggist fund is intended to be supplement-
ary to the fund collected by the Committee on Revision of the
United States Pharmacopoeia, and all donations received at
the office of this Journal will be finally turned over to the gen-
eral fund of the Revision Committee. It is generally felt' that
druggists throughout the country will esteem it a privilege to
honor the memory of Dr. Charles Rice in the manner sug-
gested, and it is with the object of affording the rank and file
of the profession an opportunity of doing so that the Aifxai-
CAH Dbuooist invites contributions of large or small amount
to Its memorial fund. Donations of any sum, from 60 cents
upward, will be gladly received and acknowledged in the reg-
ular issues of the Journal.
PRAISED BY REMIMQTOK AND RUSBY.
Commenting in a recent letter to the editor on the Aioebi-
CAjf Dbuooist Memorial Fund, Prof. J. P. Remington, the
present chairman of the Committee of Revision of the United
States Pharmacopoeia, says: " Inasmuch as Dr. Rice's reputa-
tion was national and international, the committee will un-
doubtedly welcome the aid of pharmaceutical Journals and
friends tliroughout the country. It pleases me very much to
know that in Dr. Rice's own city a movement is being started
with tills object in view, and therefore I say again that I am
sure your action will be greatly appreciated." . . . "It
pleases me greatly that the prospect of honoring Dr. Rlce^s
memory in a substantial and befitting manner is now in fair
prospect of realization." ..." I am sure that the commit-
tee will be grateful for any help which the Aiobbioak Drug-
gist will give."
Prof. H. H. Rusby, of New York, has signified his approval
of the movement started by the Aiibrigan Druggist, which he
regards, as a most worthy ^one; and he has expressed himself
as especially well pleased at the thought that the Memorial
Fund is being raised by the pharmaceutical Journal of which
Dr. Rice was so long the associate editor.
Many Important Matters Diicttsied— ManfsfacttsrcfB Who Send Al-
manacs and Advcrtiting Matter to Gotten— Financial Gonditioa
of the Anodation Unsatisfactory— Annual BSeetings of State
Assodations to be Attended by Members of N. A. R* D* Ex-
ecutive— Next Annual Meeting to be Held in Cleveland-
Moving for a Legal Decision In Re the Price Protective
(Garst) Plan— New Standing Committees.
{From our Regular Correspondent,)
Chicago, February 3.— A highly important meeting of the
Executive Committee of the N. A. R. D., which occupied two
full days, took place here January 27 and 28. The entire mem-
bership of the committee, consisting of the following, attended:
Simon N. Jones, J. W. Seeley, F. E. Holliday, John C. Gal-
lagher, C. Fleischner, W. E. Bingham and F. W. Meissner.
Among the matters discussed was the action of manufactur-
ers in sending advertising matter to aggressive cutters, re-
garding which many complaints have been received, especially
from the country. Almanacs are often sent out, it is said, with
the names of aggressive cutters printed on them. The man-
ufacturers answer that these almanacs are often printed a
year in advance, when It is often impossible to foresee what
the attitude of the druggist is going to be. The secretary was
Instructed to do what he could toward securing more cordial
co-operation between the druggists and the manufacturers of
proprietaries. The financial condition of the association came
up during the talks. The committee is suffering some embar-
rasment in its work because of the slowness with which dues
are coming in. Arrangements are to be made so that a mem-
ber of the Executive Committee will be present at the annual
meeting of every State pharmaceutical association. The work
of the N. A. R. D. was reviewed in detail, and the situation
all over the United States, as to organization, was carefully
discussed. It is the aim to complete the organization as rap-
idly as possible. In the spring the organizers vrill go Bast
and finish the work there. As examples of the work being
done, organization has lately been perfected in Memphis,
Washington and Richmond. The convention of 1002 vrill take
place in Cleveland in September or October, the exact date not
haidng been determined upon as yet One of the principal
features of the meeting was the conference with the attorney
employed to bring suit against some cutter to establish the
right of the manufacturer to recover damages in the maimer
contemplated by the Worcester plan. It was decided to push
the matter to a test in Illinois, where the laws affecting this
matter are exceptionally stringent It is thought that if the
plan can survive the test of an Illinois court it can stand sim-
ilar teste in other Stetes with ease. The successful working
of the Tripartite plan was also telked over. Biforto will be
made to secure a reduction in the tex on alcohol, which is a
serious burden to druggisto, manufacturers and artisans. The
attention of Congress will also be called to burdens caused by
the present laws in regard to trade-marks and patento, and ef-
forts will be made to secure a number of important amend-
ments.
New Standing Committees.
The following Stending Committees were chosen:
National Legislation.— Robert N. Harper, Washington, D.
C; P. W. Yaughan, Durham, N. C; Chas, Freer}cks, Jr., Cin-
cinnati, Ohio; W. C. Gordon, Wheeling, W. Va.; N. S. Whit-
man, Nashua, N. H.
Trade-Marks and Patente.— W. Bodemann, Chicago, 111.;
Chas. T. Heller, St. Paul, Minn.; B. H. Owen, Clarksville,
Tenn.; Chas. W. Ward, Rutland, Vt.; W. G. Shepard, Seattle,
Wash.
Commercial Relations.~Geo. D. Case, Milledgeville, Ga.;
D. W. Heseltine, Portland, Maine; T. B. Cartmell, Wilming-
ton, Del.; A. H. HolUster, Madison, Wis.; N. R. Gilchrist, Wa-
konda, S. D.
Pharmacy LawiC— Wm. D. Wheeler, Boston, Mass.; John
H. Pickett, Oscaloosa, Iowa; J. W. Gayle, Frankfort, Ky.; B.
B. Lair, Topeka, Kan.; Paul L. Hess, Kansas City, Mo.
Form of Organization.— Wm. O. Fralley, Lancaster, Pa.;
Wm. H. Barr, Milwaukee, Wis.; H. S. Foulkes, Terre Haute,
Ind.; Chas. R. Sherman, Omaha, Neb.; Fredk. Reed, Norman,
Okla.
Auditing.— Geo. B. Feltner, New Orleans, La.; W. H. Skin-
ner, Pocahontes, Ark.; W. L. Shockey, Cripple Creek, Col.;
Walter Master, Willow City, N. D.; F. M. Fisk, CassopoUs,
Mich.
Transportation.- E. C. Lingan, Cleveland, Ohio; J. P.
Si
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
Koehler, Stockton, Gal.; B. M. Delgado, JackBonville, Fla.; W.
E. Brown, Baltimore, Md.; John M. DouU, Bntte, Mont; A. W.
Allen, Portland, Ore.; Albert Fenner, Providence, B. I.; Frank
M. Smith, Charleston, S. 0.; N. D. Grammer, Fort Worth,
Texas; R. W. Williams, Three Rivers, Quebec.
WORCESTER PLAN DECLARED ILLEGAL.
Advene Deciiloo Reodefed in Philadelphia on the Price Restrictive
Plan— QploloQ of the Goifrt— Views of the N. V* D. A* GocsnaeL
{From our Regular Oarretpondent.)
Philadelphia, February 2.— The Common Pleas Court of this
city on January 30 rendered a decision In regard to printed
contracts on goods which is of unusual interest to the drug
trade, both retailers and wholesalers, inasmuch as the court's
decision is that no contract passes with the sale.
On January 27 the question whether or not the maker of
a proprietary medicine can impose upon a purchaser a con-
tract determining its price and preventing " cut rate " selling
came up for argument before President Judge Martin and
Judges Ralston and Davis in Common Pleas Court No. 5.
Thifi question attracted considerable attention, as it liad never
been decided in tliis State. It was Intimated by counsel that
powerful influences were back of the litigation In a war upon
druggists who sell patent medicines and proprietary articles
at prices lower than those determined by the maker and usu-
ally charged by retail dealers.
THE COMPLAINT.
The suit was brought by Dr. Julius Garst, trading as the
Phenyo-Caffelne Company, of Worcester, Mass., against Arthur
J. Wlssler, to recover $105 for alleged breach of contract. The
plaintiif asserted that he was a manufacturer of pills, which
ho put up in boxes bearing a notice that title continued in the
maker to prohibit a sale at less than 25 cents, or five boxes
for a dollar; that the acceptance of the box was an assent to
this condition of sale, and that the . defendant broke faith
when he sold them at 18 cents each.
Mr. Wlssler in liis affidavit denied that he had any dealings
with the plaintiff or notice of the condition from the dealer of
whom he purchased the boxes. He also claimed that he had a
right to sell the boxes for whatever price he chose, and any
restriction was not binding upon him. It was also alleged
that the notice was illegal and contrary to public policy, the
claim for damages excessive and that no right of action ex-
isted.
Counsel for plaintiif argued that a notice such as was on
the box had been decided to be a condition of sale and the
buying of the pills amounted to an assent to the condition.
It was also claimed that the system of " cut rate " selling
worked an injury upon the maker and patentee, the public and
retailers by driving the sale of medicine from the stores of
the latter, who were willing to comply with the conditions.
Counsel for the defendant asserted that there was no ques-
tion of public policy or copyright Involved, and the sale of
cut rate medicines benefited rather than injured the maker.
The notice was directly at variance with the legal principle
of purchase and sale, he continued, in that when the property
was bought and sold the title passed absolutely to the pur-
chaser, and the only way a conditional sale could be enforced
was by direct and expressed notice of the condition, which
did not exist in the present instance. The words on the box
could not be considered to express notice. The dependant was
three times removed from the plaintiff, or, in other words, the
box had been sold and title passed twice before it reached him,
and this fact removed the plaintiff too far away from the
maker to permit the latter to enforce the contract
The Judges took the case under advisement, and on Janu-
ary 80 Judge Ralston decided that a condition on a package
of patent medicine fixing its price is of no effect against the
purchaser. The court holds that it will not recognise a con-
dition on a package of medicine providing for its sale at not
less than a stated price. In rendering the decision Judge
Ralston said: " There Is no averment that the defendant ever
agreed to the terms of the notice. He merely took into his
possession the boxes of pills, but had no contractual relations
w hatever with the plaintiff. The plaintiff by printing a notice
on the box attempts to make a contract with each person
accepting a box, whether that person assents to it or not In
Garst vs. Harris, 177 Mass., 72, the defendant purchased the
pills directly from the plaintiff, the terms of the agreement
were read to him and a written statement delivered to him.
He expressed no dissent, and it was held that he agreed to the
terms and was liable.
" In Garst vs. Hall & Lyon Company, Mass., 61 N. B. Rep.
219, the defendant did not purchase fnmi the plaintiff. The
facts were nearly similar to those of the case at bar. The
court said: 'This right is founded upon contract alone, and
it can be enforced only against the contracting party. To say
that this contract is attached to the property and follows it
through successive sales, which severally pass title, is a very
different proposition.'
'* The court is of opinion that so far as persons having no
actual contractual relations with the plaintiff are concerned,
the notice upon the box has no effect whatever; that the ac-
ceptan<*^ of a box of pills without notice constitutes no con-
tract and that the plaintiff cannot Impose his contract upon
a person wtio «loes not assent to its terms, nor can he alone
establish the acceptance of the box as evidence indicating
such an assent Rule discharged."
OPINION OF THE COUNSEL FOR THE N. W. D. A.
Henry lia Barre Jayne, counsel for the N. W. D. A., com-
menting on the decision, says:
** In reply to your inquiry about the effect of the recent
decision of the Court of Common Pleas No. 5, in the suit
brought by the manufacturer of Phenyo-Caffeine, to collect
damages from one who purchased his goods in the ol;>en mar-
ket below the price marked upon the bottles, I beg leave to
say tliat this decision is in accordance with the established
law and in my Judgment cannot be successfully questioned.
The decision can in no way be made to apply to the rebate
contracts between manufacturers and their vendees, regulat-
ing the price at which a manufacturer's goods shall be sold
by his own vendee. After the title to the goods passes from
the manufacturer to his vendee the vendee may s^l at any
price whatever, but he is answerable to the manufacturer in
damages by reason of the expressed or implied contract made
between them at the time the goods were sold. This liability,
however, cannot be made to extend to subsequent vendees.*
ft
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS AT ALBANY.
The Patent Cork Bill IVohably Dead— The Phannacy Law Amend-
ment to be Fought— Details of the Sftuatloa.
On Tuesday, February 4, a hearing was held before the
Flealth Committee of the Assembly on the Slater pure food
bill, the only r^resentative of the drug trade appearing being
William Muir, of Brooklyn. On Wednesday the Marshall
patent cork bill was up for a hearing before the Senate Com-
mittee on Health. This bill was vigorously opposed by sev-
eral representatives of the drug interests of New York City,
including Joseph Weinstein, of the Retail Druggists' Associa-
tion; Geo. Kleinau, of the New Yorker Deutscher Apotheker
Verein; G. H. Hitchcock, of the Manhattan Pharmaceutical
Association; William McConnell, of the Board of Trade, and
William Muir, of the Kings County Parmaceutical Society.
Messrs. Bradt and Michaells, of Albany, also appeared in op-
position to the measure, which will no doubt be unfavorably
reported by the committee. The amendment to the explosives
Mil, proposed by Senator Audet, which exempts soda water
from the operations of the law, was set down for a hearing
on Wednesday, but no hearing was had, 4t being postponed
until next week. On Tuesday of this week (February 11) a
hearing will be given on the pharmacy amendment referred
to below.
MEW POISON OOBC BILL.
Senator Marshall's bill, known as the special cork bill, re-
ferred to in a previous issue, prohibits any drugs^ apothe-
cary or his clerk or any physician, surgeon or dentist or any
person carrying on business as a dealer in drugs or medicines,
selling, giving away or dispensing any poison, poisonous medi-
cine, drug or preparation in a vial or bottle unless such vial or
bottle is corked in such a manner as to apprise by the sense of
touch the person uncorking the same that the contents thereof
contain poison. This act is not to affect any other law pre-
scribing other precautions in similar cases, nor apply to patent
or proprietary medicines.
Secretary McConnell, of the Drug Trade Section, told the
Senate Committee that, in his opinion, and he voiced ^he senti-
ment of prominent drug interests, the bill should not be passed.
Its effect would be most far-reaching. A preparation might
contain only a small fraction of strychnine to a dose, but this
proposed law would require the bottle containing it to be
corked in the same manner as a bottle of carbolic acid, laud-
anum or other poison. He pointed out the fact that there Is
no provision in the bill to secure unlforml^ in the corking of
bottles of poison, and a variety of corks or devices would de
feat the supposed object of the measure. After a botfle with
a patent poison cork had passed to the consumer, it would
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•often be emptied, he said, and refilled with a household remedy.
The practical effect of the measure, he thought, would be to
cause great inconvenience and much expense to the drug and
-other trades without accomplishing the desired end— namely,
to protect the public.
Wm. Mulr expressed similar views. " People at present,**
he added, " do not at present rely upon the sense of touch to
<letermine the nature of the contents of a bottle, and I think
the number of mistakes would be increased rather than di-
minished. The bill would apply to practically every prescrip-
tion. Furthermore, ordinary corks are liable to be put into
bottles of poison, just as at present persons in handling bottles
pick up any cork that happens to be at hand."
Others who spoke against the bill were Professor Michaelis
and Warren L. Bradt, of Albany, representing the State Phar-
maceutical Association; George Kleinau, of the German Apoth-
■ecaries' Society, and George H. Hitchcock, of the Manhattan
Phamiaceutlcal Association.
Governor Odell. it will be recalled, vetoed a poison bottle
bill last year. The pending measure is believed by many to be
of a like nature and its cliancos of passage are considered
small.
THE AMENDMENT TO THE PHARMACY J.AW.
Much interest is being manifested in the proposed amend-
ment to the pharmacy law which was introduced in the Legis-
lature on January 1. This amendment was discussed at the
.last meeting of the New York State Association and its gen-
eral outline indicated in the resolution adopted by the asso-
t:iatlon. In October Mr. Stoddart, chairman of the Legisla-
tive CJommittee of the State Pharmaceutical Association, came
<]own to New York and held a conference with representatives
from the Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association, the New
Yorker Beutscher Apotheker Verein, the Kings County Phar-
maceutical Society, the Greater New York Association and
the Retail Bruggists* Association, when the whole subect was
<3iscussed and tiie general outline for the amendment agreed
uiion. It was understood that the amendment was to be
drafted and submitted to the different associations. George
H. Hitchcock, who represented the Manhattan Pharmaceutical
Association at this conference, stated that his committee was
not empowered to pledge the association to support any meas-
ure agreed upon, but could only report back to the association.
So far as we can learn tlie final draft of the bill was not
submitted to the various bodies interested before being intro-
duced at Albany. It is claimed for the bill, however, that it
represents fairly the agreement arrived at in the conference.
The amendment provided for the extension of the fran-
chise in the eastern section to all members of any incorporated
pharmaceutical society or association. The Manhattan Phar-
maceutical Association, as has already been reported, has de-
cided to opi>ose this amendment, taking the ground that the
franchise should be extended to all pharmacists without re-
gard to their affiliation with any society or association, and
for that reason the Ck>mmittee on Legislation of the Manhat-
tan Pharmaceutical Association proposes that the amendment
Introduced by Mr. BUll, of Erie, be not adopted, but that the
following amendment be substituted, namely, that section
190, subdivision No. 4, page 4, lines 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13, of
the bill, be repealed as intended, and that the new matter
therein printed and underscored be amended to read as fol-
lows:
" The election of the members of said Board of Pharmacy
for the eastern section shall occur at a meeting of licensed
pharmacists and druggists to be held in the month of June of
each ye:ir. The State Board of Pharmacy shall designate a
date in said month, and a suitable place in the city of New
York, for said meeting, and shall give at least fifteen days'
notice of said time and place to all licensed pharmacists and
druggists residing in said section, according to their books of
registration; and no person shall be entitled to a vote at such
election unless hi> be a lawfully registered pharmacist or
druggist, residing within the said eastern section, and such
election shall be by ballot."
The hearing upon this measure will come up on next Tues-
day, February 11, at Alb.«iny. The Legislative Committee of
the Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association are very much in
earnest in the matter, and it is expected that they will appear
to urge the substitution of their amendment for that intro-
duced by Senator Hill.
THE SODA WATER LAW
A prominent representative of drug and other interests who
will attend the hearing at Albany to-morrow said:
*• The recent decision of the State Supreme Court confirm-
ing the act passed at the last session of the Legislature, with
a view to preventing the use of carbonators by druggists and
confectioners, renders some action necessary in the interest
of all soda water dispensers.
" The act was apparently passed solely in the interest of
a few soda water manufacturers, whose trade was being re-
duced by the growing sale of carbonators. It is manifestly a
gross injustice to dispensers to be compelled to buy their soda
water from a manufacturer at ten cents a gallon when they
can manufacture it themselves for one cent. We believe that
the proper couT*se to pursue to secure justice is to bring the
matter again before the Legislature, and that the latter will
annul or amend last year's act, for the reason that in passing
it it had no idea that it would apply to the manufacture of
soda water. The heading of the act refers only to gunpowder
and other explosives, and the law make.«i no mention of soda
water or carbonic acid gas.
*• Senator Ford, who introduced the bill last year, has stated
that the manufacture of soda water was not contemplated in
its provisions. For fifty years soda water has been made
in tenement houses, and during all that time not a single in-
stance can be shown of injury to a family or member of a
family residing in the same building where the manufacture
has been carried on.
*" The law as it stands to-day benefits only a few manufac-
turers of soda water, whose Interest it is to prevent individual
druggists and dispensers from making their own soda water,
so that they themselves may furnish the dispensers therewith
at a price many times greater than the dispenser can himself
manufacture for."
THE PURE DRUG BILL.
At the hearing to-morrow, the enactment of the Slater Pure
Drug Bill will be advocated. The bill seeks to prevent adul-
teration of and deception in the sale of drugs, chemicals and
other substances mentioned in the U. S. Pharmacopoeia. The
Attention of the Assembly Committee will be called to the
necessity of such legislation in the interest of public health,
especially in view of the discovery of extensive adulteration
in many articles or drugs, through investigations conducted
under the auspices of the State Board of Pharmacy. Those
investigations showed that such products as cream of tartar,
spices, mustard, borax and the like, sold at many grocery
stores in this city, were nothhig more than preparations or
mixtures of foreign substances, some samples containing only
a slight trace of the genuine article. The State Board of Phar-
macy's jurisdiction, however, is, under the present law. con-
4ned to drug stores and pharmacies, and while the board is
not responsible for the introduction of the Slater bill, the lat-
ter. If passed, will materially enlarge the board's powers, so
that it may reach and correct the abuses referred to.
The bin provides, among other things, that "no person,
firm or corporation shall add to or remove from any drug
medicine, pharmaceutical preparation, chemical or substance
recognized or authorized in the U. S. Pharmacopoeia, any in-
gredient or material for the purpose of adulteration or sub-
stitution, or which shall deteriorate the quality, commercial
value or medicinal effect, or which shall alter the nature or
composition of such drug." etc., " so that it shall differ from
the standard strength, quaUty or purity established by the
latest edition of the U. S. Pharmacopoeia." The bill prohibits
the sale or offering for sale of such adulterated products un-
less they are labeled so as to prevent deception upon the pur-
chaser. The penalty for each and every violation of the act
is |25, the penalty to inure to the State Board of Pharmacy
which is authorized to bring suit in its own name against of-
fenders in any court of the State having jurisdiction.
AN ANTI-SAMPLINa BILL.
A bill has been Introduced in the New York State Legisla-
ture by Mr. Rlchter, entitled "An act to amend the Penal
Code by prohibiting the careless distribution of medicines,
drugs and chemicals." The bill adds a new section to the
Penal Code, numbered 405b, and provides that any person who
distributes any free or trial samples of any medicine, drug,
chemical or chemical compound, by leaving the same exposed
upon the ground, sidewalk, porch, doorway or in any other
manner that children may become possessed of the same, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor.
This section shall not apply to the direct delivery of any
such article to an adult
Regfistered m Massachusetts.
During January the Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy held
four examinations and granted certificates to the following
candidates: Mergerdlph Boyajlan, Boston; Michael F. Sullivan,
Pall River; Charles E. Bagley, Boston; John J. AUman, South-
bridge; George A. Bdmands, Boston; Prank J. Moriarty, Bos-
ton; Charlen H. Racon, Danvors; William D. Macpherson,
Boston; Frank N. Glle, Boston; Harry A. Bartholomew, Bos-
ton; Joseph A. Radcot. Chelsea, and Abraham G. Boitman,
Boston. Alessrs. Boyajlan and Edmands are students at the
M. C. P.
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jAHKs w. TDrrs.
James W. TafU. president of the American Soda Fonntaln
Company, of Borton, founder of the famons Plnehnrrt col-
ony In North Carolina, died of heart disease at his residence
In North Carolina on February 2. He went Sonth January 7,
and at that time seemed to be In unueaally good health. The
body will be brought to Medford. James W. Tufts was born
In Charlestown, February 11. 1830. He was educated In the
public schools. In his boyhood he developed an aptitude for
buslnesa and often earned pin money by peddling losengea
about the street. In his early teens he was apprenticed to ■
druggist In Oharleatown. When 21 he purchased a drug stor*
In Somerville. Later he sold out and then purchased a store
Id Medford. This place was also sold, and he then began In
Wohnrn, and about the same time secured an Interest in the
■tore comer of Washington and Hanover streets, Boston. -
Mr Tufte became a manufacturer of soda fountains al-
most by acddent. He wanted an apparatus for his own store
in Medford, and designed It and had it made. It seemed to
be Ruch a good thing that he had a few more made, and of-
fered them for sale. From this small beginning was gradually
developed the big soda fountain plant on Congress street. He
was a member of the Unitarian Church of Medford and of the
Twentieth Oentory Club of Boston. He was an unostenta-
tiouB philanthropist, and was especially Interested In the Nortt
End Mission. He treated his employees liberally, and estab-
lished profit Bharting for their benefit In 1888. Mr. Tufts is
the father of Plnehnrst, N, 0. Teats ago he bought a tract of
a dosen acres there, laid out the town In a beautiful manner,
erected public bnlldlngs, cottages and a hotel with accommoda-
tions for 200 guests. , ,, ,. J .
Mrs. I'ufts, a son, Leonard Tufts, of Medford, and a
daughter. Mrs. W. T. Jenny, of Medford, survive.
The funeral was held at his late home In Medford on Feb-
ruary ^ In the morning a special memorial service was held
for the employees. The service was attended by a vctj large
number, who went out In a body from Boston, and Included
men who had grown old and gray In his employ, eitendlng In
some cases over a period of more than thirty years, dowii to
the youngest ofllce boy. all eager to pay affectionate tribute to
the man who had been bo much to them. The regular serv-
Ices for friends and relatives was In the afternoon.
The offices and factories of the company all over tne umtea
States were closed; aot a wheel moved, and never was man
more sincerely mourned than by those who came in such close
contact with this honest, upright, tender and thoughtful man.
EHtL aOaBFFBB.
Prof Emil Scheffer. the well-known chemist and manufae-
tnrer of pepsin, died on January 22 at his home In LonisviUe,
kT He W been confined to his bed for three months. His
Mndldon became critical foor days before he died and the
oatlent sank steadily to the end. Professor Scheffer was bom
n Stuttgart. Wnrtembcrg. Germany. July 7. 1822 He came
to America to 1846. In 1860 he entered the dmg bustnew in
Louisville. For many years be conducted a store on Market.
between Floyd and Preston, It was as discoverer of a new
process of making pepsin in ISTO that Professor Scheffer was
trest known. The announcement of his discovery was made In
the American Journal of Pharmacy for March, 1S70. Hl»
process solved the problem of an economical and effective
method for the preparation of liquid pepsin. Two years later
he published the formula for making saccharated pepsloL
Professor Scheffer waa one of the founders of the Lonlsvllle
College of Pharmacy and was associated with that Institution
at the time of his death. In 1K)7 he retired from business.
I'rofesEor Scheffer married Mrs. Knelss. who was formerly
Miss Olivia Beckham. The surviving children are Emll Schef-
fer, Jr.. Misses Minnie L. Scheffer and Ida F. Scheffer. Mrs.
Olivia Owlngs and E. B. Scheffer. All were with him whea
he died. Th4 will of Professor Emll Scheffer was probated
on January 81. He gives 91,000 to his sisters In Stuttgart.
Germany, and his chemical apparatus and library are glveit
to the Loolsville College of Pharmacy. His grandchildren are-
given the Jewelry. The residue of the estate Is left to the
testator's children, but his daughter. Mrs. Ollle B. Owlngs.
Is to be charged with |1,000 expended on her wedding ou^t.
Testator's sons, Emll Scheffer and Ed. B. Scheffer. are nameA
as executors.
After a brief lUuess of two days, William Kadam, well
known as the msnufacturer of Itadani's Microbe Killer, at
1210 Broadway, died Inst week at his home, 124 West ElighU-
etb street
Cliarles W. Pordy. the last member of the wholesale drug
drm of Patterson & Purdy, of this city, died at his bome In
Brooklyn on Sunday, February 3, of pneumonia, after a weA'*
illness. The deceased was in his sixty-third year. He was bom
in this city and was a descendant of the Debevoise family,
which settled on IjOng Island over 200 years ago.
One of the btst known members of the wholesale dm(
trade of this city. William B. Stafford, died at his home. 60
West Ninety-second street, last Monday. Bom In Madison,
N. T„ in 1818. he came to New Tork In 18tS5, and soon there-
after became a member of the wt^olesale dmg firm of Dudley
& Stafford. Although he retired from active buslnesa In 1872.
tie still continued to look after his business Interests. From
1877 to 1894 be was president of the North River Savings
Bank.
Charles E. Coombs, Ph.C, of 270 Massachusetts avraine.
died very suddenly on the morning of January 8. He dosed
the store the night before and was found dead In bed Uie next
morning. He had suffered from a throat ailment for a number
of years, but was In apparently good bealtb when last seen
alive, The cause was acute laryngitis and asthma. Mr.
Coombs had been In business for himself about fifteen year»
and was extremely popular with the trade. He was a native of
Maine, where the remains were taken for burial. He was »
Knlgbt Templar and a member of the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery Company.
Gerhard Mennen, the well-known manufacturer of Uen-
nen's Talcum Powder, died at Ms home In Newark, N. J., on
February 8. He contracted a severe cold during the holldaya,
which developed Into pneumonia. The decased was about 46-
.vears of age. He was bom In Germany and came to tbls
country when quite young. He established a dmg store In
Newark some 20 years ago, and It was there that he flrrt
started to manufacture the preparation which has since made
his name n familiar one throughout the country. A few years
ago he sold his dmg store and devoted his time and attention
to his other Interests. His wife and two children survive him.
liie funeral took place on Thursday. He was a member of
the Sane Lodge of Masons, the Board of Trade, American
Pharmaceutical Association and other organisations.
James S, Barclay, a veteran Chicago dmgglst, died Jan-
uary 23, at bis home In Oak Park, He had passed bis seventy-
first birthday by only six days when death came. He was
bom at Russelvllle, Ky., and teamed the dmg business in
Philadelphia In 1850 to 1864. In 1807 he went into the wholo-
saie business with his brother, P. W, Barclay, at Cairo, III., a re-
tall store being establlsbed later. In 1888 the partnership was
dissolved, and in 1S91 Mr. Barclay moved his retail busInesB
to 103 Marion street, Oak Park, where he has been ever since.
He leaves a widow, a daughter and two sons. The funeral
took place January 26 at the Methodist Chnroh, tu the suburb
of Oak Park. It was arranged by a Masonic fraternity and
the Chicago Veteran Drngglsts' Association. The vetemns
were represented by the following: John Block!, Tboma«
Braun. Paul J. Bebrens. William J, Baxter, W. Bodemann, Al-
bert E. Bbert W. K. Forsyth, Charles W. Orassley, T. N.
Jsnileson, T. H. Pntterson. F. J. Schroeter, Louis Wolters-
dorf, L, K. Walron, Robert Stevenson, Sidney G. Manny.
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Bmlle Bnmor, Fhar.D., wliose answer to tlie question,
What Is the Beet Method of Filing PreecrlptlDDs? Id the Berie§
of BubecrlberB' DlBcusslona begun with the pi'eeent Tolnme
of the AuKHicAn Dbvqoist, was adjudged the best submitted,
and to whom the prize of 110.00 was awarded, conducts a soc-
cessful pharmacy known as the Bed Croes Pharmacy at 2tMS
Eighth avenue. New York. Dr. Bnmor Is a naUve Parislaa,
having been bom In Paris In 1876. He was graduated from
the Brooklyn Coliegeof Pharmacy In 1897, where he won the
senior gold medal for possessing the highest percentage of
marbs In his class; and he was the class valedictorian. A year
later he graduated as Doctor of Pharmacy, and afterward
studied medicine for three years at the Long Island College
Boapltal, but forsook his medical career to open a drug store,
to which he now gives his whole attention.
GR-EATER NEW YOR.K.
William 8. Mersereau, of Schleffelin & Co., who has been
spending several weeks in Europe, arrived on the Lncanla
from Liverpool Inst week.
The North Hudson DrngglBtB' Association held an enter-
tainment at Ruth's Hall on January fl. The programme was
arranged by H. Eckert and Wm. Kyvlts, of West Hoboken.
The Retail Druggists' Association of Paterson, N. J., held
a banquet In that city on January 9. Speeches were made by
President W. E. lllll, Vice-President R. W. Loveland, aecre-
lary Q. H. Ooldlng ond Treasurer L. W. Kent.
G. 0. Welsman, of Victor Koechl & Co., accompanied by
bis wife, Is now sojourning In Europe, having sailed recently
OD the steamship I.ahn, They expect to be abroad several
weeks and will visit the chief points of Interest In Bonthern
Europe.
A frand order has boon Iraued from Washington, D. C,
to stop the mall of the Herba-Onra Company, at 100 Maiden
lone. This concern advertised to give away sewing machlnee
to women who would sell enough of the concern's pills. ■' Send
$2 for eight boxes," was the proposition.
The Post OlBce Department has Issued a fraud order
against the Empire Perfume Company, of 330 Fulton street,
Brooldyn. The concern are denied the use of the malls be-
cause, as alleged, they advertised to give Jeweh^ away with
ordcre for perfumes, and forgot, at times, to Inclose the valu-
ables.
The well-known firm of Battello & Kenwick, who were es-
tablished over sixty years ago and during that period have
occupied their present quarters at 163 Front street, have been
Incorporated nnder the same name, with the following officers:
President, John G. Steenkeu; vice-president and treasurer, E.
J. Brockett, and secretary, William J. Bennett
On account of 111 health Andrew B. Rogers, of Rogera &
Pyatt, Is contemplating a trip to the Pacific Coast Mr. Rogers
bos not been ^oylug the best of health for some time, and on
the advice of his physician he has decided to give np active
participation In business In order to recuperate. Accompanied
by his wife and daughter, he will probably visit some of the
Sonthem States on his way to the coast
The druggists of the town of Hempstead, L. L, have formed
an association to promote their Interests and to regulate the
price of medicines; also, to see that the law regarding the sale
of medicines and the compounding of prescriptions Is enforced.
The officers chosen for the first year are as follows: President
G. W. Caldwell, of Rockvllle Centre; vice-president William E.
Golder, of Freeport; secretary, Charles W. Bedell, of Freeport;
treasurer, Carman R. Lush, of Hempstead. Qxecutlve Com-
mittee: Adolpb Englehard, of lAwrence; Thomas Scott ef
Baldwin; Edward T. Thurston, of Rockvllle Centre; Anthony
Ertel, of Hempstead; Thomas Johnson, of Freeport
The copartnership heretofore existing between Andrew B.
Sogers and Runyon Fyatt, under the firm name of Rogers &
Pyatt prominent Importers and manufacturers of drugs, shel-
lacs, etc, has been dissolved, Mr. Rogers withdrawing. The
business, however, will be continued by a corporation formed
under the laws of New Tork State by Mr. Pyatt and Henry
8. Chatfleld. under the corporate name of Rogers & Pyatt
The new firm assume all liabUltles and the business will be
continned in the same building at 78 and 80 Maiden lane. Mr.
Pyatt has been chosen president and Mr. Chatfleld secretary
and treasurer. Mr. Andrew B. Rogers is one of the oldest
active members of the drug trade in this city, having begna
biiBlneSB in 1886 with the late Charles Downer. Owing to ill
health be has been obliged to retire from active business, al-
though he still retains a financial interest In the new firm.
The old firm of Rogers & Pyatt were formed some twenty
odd years ago as wholesale druggists and Importers, making
a spedalty of shellac and bleached shellac. Prior to that time
they were In partnership as drug brokers. Mr. Ciutfield hss
been connected with the firm for several years.
The annual meeting of the Manufacturing Perfumers' As-
sociation of the United States will be held in this city on
Thursday and Friday of this week. The bnslness sessions
will be held In the rooms of the Down Town Club, on Pine
street A dinner and a vaudeville performance on Thursday
evening will be a social feature of the meeting. Manufactur-
ing perfumers from all parts of the country are expected to be
present President James E. Davis, of Detroit, will preside
and will make a report on the work accomplished by the as-
sociation during the past year, and also on the present con-
ditions of the trade. Reports will also be made by the stand-
ing committees, among the latter being the Committee on Leg-
islation, Henry Dalley. of New Tork, chalnnan; the Committee
on Importations and Undervaluations, Richard A. Hudnut of
thl6 city, chairman, and the Committee on Freight and Trans-
portation, Justin B. Smith, of Detroit, chairman. The pro-
posed reciprocity treaty with France will probably be one of
ttie subjects discussed, since it contains a provision redudng
the duty on manufactured i^rfumes 10 per cent The asso-
ciation la ntre.idy on record as being opp<»ed to the ratifica-
tion of the treaty.
CASE AGAINST PHARMACY INSPECTOR
DISMISSED.
A Letter from the Eastern Branch of the Board.
The case of Theodore Lorena, an ex-lnapector of the East-
em Section of the New York State Board of Pharmacy, who
was charged with extortion and held for the Grand Jury, as
told In the Aubbicas DnuaaisT for January 13, was deemed to
be not a Grand Jury case by that body, which sent It to the
Court of Special Sessions, where it was beard on Wednesday,
February 6, Justices Keady, Fleming and Forker on the bench,
the first named presiding. When the caae was called Hlerool-
muB A. Herold, the attorney of the local Board of Pharmacy,
appeared for Iiorons, and moved the discharge of the prisoner
on several grounds. Reciting the case In detail, Mr. Herold
contended that the facts In the complaint did not constitute
the crime of extortion, though larceny might be charged, but
he would not admit even this. Justice Forker asked If Lorens
was not a public officer, and Mr. Herold showed that the board
bad no power to appoint a public officer In the legal sense;
Lorens was merely a servant of the local Board of Pharmacy.
Justice Forker said that under section 62S of the Penal Code
the facta In the complaint constituted petty larceny, presiding
Justice Keady agreeing, upon which Mr. Herold read the sec-
tion in qoeetlon. Justice Fleming then announced that he
would hold that a charge of petty larceny could not be estab-
lished by the evidence. Presiding Justice Keady then called
Lorenz to the bar, and said: "The complaint against yon Is
dismissed, and yon are discharged." Justice Forker thereupon
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asked the stenograplier to note his dissenting opinion, which
he voiced in set terms.
In connection with our previous report of this case, the fol-
lowing communication comes to us from the secretary of the
Eastern branch of the State Board of Pharmacy:
To the Editor:
Sir,— In the issue of your journal dated January 13 the fol-
lowing article appears: " Despite the testimony adduced at the
trial, the board sought to vindicate the inspector by reinstating
him, which was done at a special meeting. However, in order
seemingly to * save its face,* the board immediately afterward
* created a vacancy * in the Brooklyn department, and the of-
fice which Lorenz held has now supposedly ceased to exist"
These statements are entirely without foundation in fact,
and are devoid of truth, as could easily have been ascertained
by an inspection of the board records. As these statements
are a serious reflection on the integrity of the Eastern branch
of the State Board of Pharmacy, this body expects you to as-
certain the real facts In the matter and to publish them in your
next issue in as prominent a position as that accorded the orig-
inal statements. I am Respectfully yours,
Sidney Fabeb,
Secretary Eastern branch. State Board of Pharmacy.
[The foregoing refers evidently to the concluding paragraph
of the news article in the Amebican Druggist for January 13,
page 18, in which an account of the police court proceedings
at which Lorenz was held for the Grand Jury was given. The
only statement there which could be termed erroneous is that
in which it is set forth that the board sought to vindicate the
inspector, despite the testimony adduced at the trial. This was
an inadverent misstatement which the American Druggist
regrets. Our reference applied to an earlier police court pro-
.ceeding. As to our statement regarding the action of the
board in reinstating the inspector and afterward removing
him by "creating a vacancy" in the Brooklyn department
we had this on the very best authority— namely, from a mem-
lyer of the board itself.— Ed.]
THE AMERICAN DRUGGISTS' NEWS COLUMNS
Warm Words of Commendation*
To the Editor:
Sir,— I received my copy of the American Druggist to^ay,
and I want to congratulate you upon the excellent report of
matters pharmaceutical which it contained for the Eastern
Section. Your editorial, Wanted: An All State Board, was
most carefully thought out, and very ably written; while
your report of the meeting of the Manhattan Pharmaceutical
Association was -very accurate and very complete, and your
account of the hearing before the Senate Health Committee on
the proposed amendments to the present pharmacy law was
correctiy given and unbiased. This kind of work should and
will commend your journal to the pharmacists of the Eastern
Section, yes, of the whole country. Again complimenting you
upon so full a report of what is taking place in pharmaceutical
<'lrcles, I am, Very respectfully yours,
G. H. Hitchcock,
Vice-president of the New York State Pharmaceutical Associa-
tion, treasurer of the Manhattan Pharmaceutical Associa-
tion, and chairman of the Committee on Legislation.
New York, January 26, 1902.
THE ALUMNI BALL.
The Gfeatest Succen of the Sefiei— Nearly a Thousand in At-
tendence— Dandng TiU Daylight*
The seventh annual concert and ball of the Alumni Asso-
ciation of the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York,^
which was held at the Lenox Lyceum on Thursday evening,
February 6, was the most successful of the series, each of
which has been an Improvement on its predecessor. When the
first of these balls was undertaken seven years ago, the pro-
moters were met with dire prognostications as to the results
of their eiforts to get the druggists of the city together on a
social basis. So successful have these efforts proven that on
Thursday evening over six hundred people participated in
the grand march, and even with this large number on the
floor the boxes and galleries were well filled, and it is probable
that there were not far from a thousand persons in attend-
ance during the course of the evening. The proportion of
dancers among those present was unusually large, and the
only drawback to the pleasure of the evening was the fact that
during the early part of the ball the floor was uncomfortably
crowded. The Committee of Arrangements are earnestly dis-
cussing the question us to whether the Grand Central Palace
or Madison Square Garden will be required to accommodate
the still larger number which will undoubtedly attend the
eighth annual ball in 1903.
The march was led by Charles S. Erb, president of the as-
sociation, accompanied by Mrs. Erb. H. A. Herold, '94, acted
as floor manager, assisted by Ed. T. Pfaff, jr., *00, and an able
committee. The members of the Executive Committee were:
Fred. Borggreve, chairman; Chas. H. Bjorkwall, Henry J. K.
Binder, jr.; Bruno R. Dauscha, Geo. C. Diekman, M.D.; Wm.
H. Ebbitt, Leo W. Gelsler, Jr.; L. F. Gregorlus. Nelson S. Kirk,
Eugene F. Lohr, Frank N. Pond, Joseph Pierson, Geo. E.
Schwelnfurth, K. H. Timmermann, Fred. Wichelns.
A partial list of those present is given below:
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert T. Reeder, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. H.
Schneider, Wm. Hauenstein, Miss Renz, Mr. and Mrs. Erb,
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Davis, Mr. and Miss Muir. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Wanior, Max Miriamson, Mr. and Mrs. Raffler, Mr. and
Miss Dick, T. M. Davles, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kleins, F. P. and
Mrs. TuthlU, Joseph Geisler, Mr. and Mrs. Martin. Utica, N.
Y.; Charles F. Schleussner, Oscar Goldman, H. Kantrowitz,
Dr. Gustav Pfingsten, Mr. and ^Mrs. A. Major, Miss Major.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Schoenfeldt, S. Chears, Mrs. Levy, Miss Mae
Bei-nhardt, Misses Carrie and Rosalie Schwarz, Miss Rosalie
Schwarz, of Chicago; Miss Lillian Callahan, Miss Sadie Quig-
ley. Miss Mamie Quigley, Miss Ida B. Kahnus, Mrs. Dr. L.
Splngarn, Eugene J. Ward, Miss Lucy D. Williamson, Miss
Katharine S. Anderson, Miss Carolyn Reidmiller, Miss E.
Irene Scout, S. E. Siskar, E. Siskar, Mrs. F. J. O'Rourke, Miss
E. Wenige, W. Mayne Schellhammer, Mrs. Hugo P. Geisler,
Saginaw, Mich.; Miss A. McKenna, Miss N. McKenna, New
Hampshire; Mrs. J. J. Brown, Mrs. L. C. Herdfelder, Mrs. J.
Livingston, Miss E. Sllbie, Miss Delia Clarke. Miss M. Frances
Pfingsten, Miss Marie C. Pfingsten, W. Ward, Edward and
Miss Roland. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Delnosky, Dr. and Mrs. Ru-
dolph Gies, J. W. Travis, L. W. Geisler, jr., *94; Geo. J. Durr,
'95; A. D. Ellsworth, '01; H. P. Fordham, '02; M. Kassal, '02;
Fred. K. Stock. T. Bruce Fumival, *98; Geo. W. Geschwind,
'97; Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Jandorf, P. St Cappe, Miss E. V. Cappe,
St. M. Dixon. Miss Anna G. Blinn, Edward T. Pfaflf, R. H.
Zimmerman, '96; Fred. C. Gans, '96; Al. Voltz, '05; W. Oliver
Patton. Miss Rose Lauri, W. B. Fitch, Miss Rose Shevlin,
Leonard F. B. Geiry, '02; Geo. H. Ihnen, Jos. F. Emmons, '02;
A, W. Hobey, '00; F. N. Ames. '02; Edw. E. Kahn. H. P. Hill,
jr., '01; Mr. and Mrs. S. V. B. Swann, M. D. Tuyasch, Abraham
Bakst. John M. Tobin, J. L. Lascoff, Amelia Fendler, Ph.G..
M.D.; Julius Tannebaum, M.D., Ph.G., '93; Jas. H. Rogers and
Miss Rogers, Wm. A. Hoburg, jr., and Miss Hoburg. Charles
P. Loeser, Miss M. D. Hoerle, Miss Fr. Hoerle, George C.
Halbe, Alfred Levi, Paterson, N. J.; A. L. Schulthles. Paterson,
N. J.; J. H. Howard, '03, Utica, N. Y.; J. H. J. Slaven, '03,
Utica, N. Y.; W. J. McGurty, '03, Little Falls; C. M. Dunhau,
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Boysen, Mrs. W. Ihnen, Miss A. Higgens,
A. Nltschke, Chas. Barthen, jr.; Miss Mary Lyons, L. G.
Scharmkow, F. Widmayer, '01; A. C. Thompson, J. D. Murphy,
W. B. Revel, H. L. Dechaert, J. H. Droon, J. M. Graeve, J. S.
Maxwell, S. Jack Lawrence, B. R. Dausche, M. J. Levitt, M.D.;
Nathan Levitt, P. E. Zahn, A. G. Gilmore, '03; E. F. Burke.
'03; Roy Duckworth, '03; D. H. Dudley, '03; L. Hermes, '02;
E. J. Emelin, W. D. Dannheimer, jr.; Maurice R. Thurlow,
C. Lewis Stephens, C. T. Rlchter, Will Claxton, E. M. Reynolds,
J. C. M. Makholm, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Damm, Mr. and Mrs.
D. M. Nolaman, Frederick W. Knapp, Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Ham-
lin, C. T. Dill. Oscar Dittman and Miss Dittman, Geo. P.
Hermes, O. Datter, '99; F. M. Suling. '01; E. B. Bngstrom, '01;
J. J. P'enton. '00; Benj. M. Menke, Thos. E. Ryan, '00; John W.
Ferrler, '74; Hugo P. Geisler, Saginaw, Mich.; Thos. H. Hether-
Ington, Miss Suzette Jackson, R. W. Phillips, jr., '02; J. A.
Custom, Geo. H. Malveny, '68; Mrs. H. Malveny, M. J. Culling,
C. M. Goldspink, Geo. Hassell. Dr. H. W. S. King, G. B.
Geisler, M. Kaufmann, Henry Llnd, H. D. Fraser. Sam Hart,
William Becker, M.D.; S. Krohn, L. Annsbach, J. J. Redmond,
John Mitchell, Mrs. John Mitchell, Geo. P. Nicholson. Miss
McMahon, L. S. Patterson, '98; O. S. Kealley, Wm. C. Steuben-
rauch, Phar.D., '99; Floyd Spence, A. M. Piatt, Francis B.
Hays, J. Wilson, M.D.; Louis Moes, F. J. O'Rourke, Whitestone,
L. I.; Edward Baldwin. Whitestone, L. I.; Mr. and Mrs. L.
J. Finch, jr.; J. E. Shuttelworth, Brooklyn; Miss A. M. Cuzner,
Brooklyn; C. H. Bjorkwall, Otto E. Bjorkwall. Miss Bjork-
wall, H. B. Ferguson, Miss Dora Bernhelm, Miss Adele Troup,
Mrs. F. H. Shaul, Mrs. P. Herz, Miss Elma Muriel Herz, Miss
Cyrllla Herz, Mrs. A. B. Wilson-Barker, Miss Edith Lewis.
Miss Estelle Bumham, Mrs. Edwin P. Lant, Miss Kathleen
Mills, Miss May B. Tucker, Miss Ethel Anderson, Miss Viola
Allen. Mrs. George H. Hassell, Mrs. Emil Elchler.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
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WESTERN NEW YORK.
Snow aad ButiiiMi Plentiful in Buffalo— Tlie Social Qub a
— ^Votk of tfte 'WttUta Bfancli.
MASSACHUSETTS.
The Botloa Dra ggitis' Aaiociatloii ESedi Offioen— DraggbU Chafged
with Coo^incT— Drag Stores Bofglarized—'OZ at Dinner— A
Ctfl-Rate Store for Pittsffeld*
(From our Regular Correspondent)
Buffalo, February 4.— The Buffalo druggist has become
something of an athlete of late by the allopathic use of the
snow shovel, but he has been able to console himself more or
less in two directions. Severe weather stimulates trade, and
there have been so many reports from outside of weather much
worse than any experienced by him that he is entirely recon-
ciled to the situation. Business is decidedly improved. There
is 80 little complaint of irregularities of any sort in the trade
that everybody is pleased to note that a strong society is a
great thing, so that there will be no failure to maintain the
Erie County Pharmaceutical Association in all its vigor as a
reserve force.
THE BUFFALO DRUaOISTS* SOCIAL CLUB
is Steadily becoming more popular and the bowlers are becom-
ing more active, as one member of the trade after another
confesses that he is in need of the exercise and drops in for a
roll. The club was beaten in its late match with the Unions,
of Buffalo, but it happened that some of the best players were
obliged to be away.
TOO MUCH POLITICS.
Druggist Thomas Stoddart, of Buffalo, is having a large
increase of exi)erience in political affairs in his capacity of
City Councilman. He was scarcely in office before the city
treasuryship was vacant, and in the deadlock that ensued over
the choice of a successor it was necessary to hold meetings of
the Common Council nearly every day for three weeka At
last he became so disgusted over the proceedings that he Joined
in a side movement that broke the deadlock and restored the
old order of things.
THE WESTERN BBAMCH OF THE BOABD.
At the last examination held by the ^Vestem Branch of the
State Board of Pharmacy at Buffalo, M. A. Richter was given
a pharmacist's license and F. G. Bitter and F. G. Briggs drug-
gists' licenses. All hold positions in Buffalo drug stores. Most
of the candidates were rejected. Numerous exchanges of old
State or county licenses for new State licenses were made.
Secretary Reimann, of the branch, is giving practically all
his time to the examination of store licenses, which are coming
in very fast and in great part defective in some way, so that
they have to be returned for completion or correction. This
requires a great amount of clerical work.
The NewB of Kingston*
Kingston, February 7.— The Kingston Drug Club is a flour-
ishing organization, which has been in existence two years.
It has well fulfilled the object of its existence, and has been
produbtive of a kindly feeling among the druggists of this
city. At the annual election of officers, held January 21, the
following were chosen: President, Chas. C. Ten Broeck; vice-
president, Chas. L. McBride; secretary, Wm. M. Cooper; treas-
urer, John S. Bums.
As a Committee on Trade Interests the president appointed
H. G. Connelly, jr., Chas. L. McBride and John H. Bltlnge.
EABLY CLOSING IN KINGSTON. ,
The druggists of Kingston are now following their annual
custom of closing their stores at 8 o'clock each evening, except
Saturday evening. This custom is followed from January 1
to April 1. An arrangement has been in force in the upper
imrt of the dty for one year and has been found entirely sat-
isfactory; it will therefore be continued indefinitely.
C. O. Ten Broeck, W. F. Dedrfck and Cooper & Harden-
burgh take turns in opening Sundays, which gives each drug-
gist two Sundays out of three for himself. Since then some
such an arrangement was entered Into by Connelly Drug
Company, B. W. Johnston and the Laycock Pharmacy in the
otter end of the city, and it works to the satisfaction of every-
body. Very soon afterward Chas. L. McBride, Crispell &
Boughton and John S. Bums, of the central portion of the city*
made a similar agreement among themselves.
Mention is made of these facts to show that the tendency
in favor of less hours for labor is setting in strongly. There
are peculiar conditions in Kingston, possibly, which render
arrangements of this kind comparatively easy to make.
(Frorn our Regular Correspondent)
Boston, Febmary 5.— The annual meeting and dinner of the
Boston Dmggists' Association was held at Young's Hotel on
January 28. At the business meeting routine matters were
transacted. Samuel A. D. Sheppard's name was proposed for
membership and the following officers were elected: President,
Fred. A. Hubbard; treasurer, George H. Ingraham; secretary,
James O. Jordan; Bxecutive Committee, Reuben L. Richard-
sou, chairman; George F. Kellog, Dr. Albert Nott, Joel S.
Ome, Elliot W. Keyes, Cornelius P. Flynn, and William D.
Wheeler; Membership Committee, Amos K. Tilden, chairman;
Henry Canning, John G. Godding, Frank A. Davidson and
William F. Sawyer. Mr. Hubbard is the second man to be
favored with a nomination to the presidency of this associa-
tion. At the dinner President Hubbard sat at the head of the
table and the speakers were Hon. Rufus A. Soule, Hon. James
J. Myers, William J. Bullock, Henry Bally, James F. Guerln
and Samuel A. D. Sheppard, Ph.G.
CHAKQED WITH CONSPIBACY.
The alleged overcharge for medicines recently reported at
Lawrence was finally brought to the attention of the grand
jr.ry, and as a result eleven prominent citizens of that city
arc charged with conspiracy. Among the number are the fol-
lowing druggists: John H. Greer, Ph.G.; John J. Forest, pro-
prietor of two stores; Albert E. Roy, a clerk In the store of
N. E. Miville; John H. Cronin, William J. Duffy and John F.
O'Sullivan. One of the defendants, not a druggist, in an in-
terview just published, states that the trial will reveal the
innocence of all the persons involved.
BUEGLABS PABTIAL TO DEUG STOBES.
Burglars have been active in East Boston and drag stores
have been their special prey. On one night three stores were
raided, and two of the stores had been visited before, when
the thieves made a clean sweep in the money line. The three
stores were those of G. H. Packard, Ph.G., Central square;
Cobum's, Meridian street, and Carlton W. Crocker's, Lexing-
ton street At Mr. Crocker's the thieves secured $15.
A CLASS DINNBB.
The class of 1902, M. C. P., held their annual dinner at
Young's Hotel on the evening of January 27. It was a merry
affair. President J. W. Burke occupied the seat of honor' and
M. V. Paddock was the toastmaster. The speakers were
Messrs. Ackerman, Bennett, Lyston, Hawthorne, Mayo, Blake,
Hull and Marshall. Music was furnished by the M. C. P.
Qiiartette. The menu was cleverly arranged and contained
some happy take-offs on the teaching corps of the school.
A CUT BATE BTOBE IN PITTSFIELD
It Is reported that Dr. W. H. Currier & Co., of Plttsfield,
who were formerly cutters, but who have lately been acting
in concert with the local trade, have joined the Drag Mer-
chants of America, the organization of big cutters, and with
their backing will open a cut-rate establishment.
Troy Drugfgfsts Banqtict«
Troy^ January 29.— The first annual banquet of the Pharma-
ceutical Association of Troy and vicinity took place last night
at the Altruria and was a great success.
Seated at the speakers' table were Henry Schneider, presi-
dent of the association; Warren L. Bradt, of Albany, secretary
of the Middle Branch of the State Board of Pharmacy; W. A.
Thompson, X, M. Knowlson, W. Leland Thompson, Frederick
Schneider, Arthur M. Wight, representing ttie Chamber of
Commerce; Charles E. Shacklady, and Charles F. Polk. Presi-
dent Schneider acted as toastmaster most acceptably. After
President Schneider had made an address of welcome and ex-
tended a cordial greeting to all, he introduced the speakers, as
follows: Warren L. Bradt, William A. Thompson, Chas. F.
Polk, Fred. Schneider, A. M. Wight and A. M. Knowlson. Let-
ters of regret were read from William C. Anderson, of Brook-
lyn, and S. H. Carrigan, of New York. The drammers were
represented by Mr. Jones, of Detroit, Mich., and Robert Rals-
ton. The success of the event was largely due to the able
efforts of the Banquet Committee, consisting of J. F. Killilea,
.Tohn J. Healy and W. G. Adams.
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PENNSYLVANIA.
Annual BAeding of the Drug Exchange— Glmbel Bros. May Open
a Drug Department— A Million Dollar Syndicate— Details of
the Plan*
{From our Regular Correspondent.)
Philadelpliia, February 4.— The forty-flrBt annual meeting
of the Philadelphia Drug Exchange was held on January 29,
but, contrary to custom, it was held in the evening, and after
the election an elaborate banquet was held in the Bourse Res-
taurant The following officers were elected: President, Adam
Pfromm, of the firm of Pfromm & Kindig; vice-president, B.
J. La vino; secretary, William Gulager; treasurer, Bdward H.
Hance: directors. Dr. Richard V. Mattison, Walter V. Smith,
John Fergusson, H. B. Rosengarten, Glayton F. Shoemaker,
Mahlon N. Kline and Gharles E. Hires.
RUMORS OF A DEPARTMENT STORE CUT RATE ESTABLISHMENT.
It is rumored that as soon as Glmbel Bros.' new store at
Eighth and Market streets is completed the comer will
be devoted to a drug department. All arrangements for con-
ducting a first-class pharmacy have been made, a manager
s(*cured and most of the stock purchased. This move is caus-
ing considerable anxiety in drug circles, as it is believed that
tho other department stores will follow suit About a year
ago Lit Bros. & Co. made all arrangements to do a retail drug
business, and goods were to have been sold at popular prices.
This company, however, when approached by representatives
of the retail drunlts, agreed not to open a drug department,
but it is thought that if one of their competitors should do so
they will do likewise.
OROANIZINO A SYNDICATE TO OONTRd^ RETAIL STORES.
During the latter part of last month there was a conference
held in this city between a number of well-known retail drug-
gists and some financial men, with a view of forming a com-
pany to buy up many of the independent drug stores in Phila-
delphia. At the meeting a temporary organization was
formed. John J. McFadden is at the head of the scheme.
Mr. McFadden conducts two drug stores, one at 1701 South
Twentieth street and the other at 1440 South Twentieth street
At the meeting he was chosen temporary chairman, and was
authorized to confer with the principal Independent druggists
of this city and invito them to attend a meeting. The capi-
talization of the new company is to be $1,000,000, to be divided
in 100,000 shares at $10 a share.
THE ANNUAL ^UCHRE OF THE P. A. R. D.
will take place on Tuesday evening, the 11th inst. The com-
mittees having the matter in charge expect to even eclipse the
wonderful record of previous years, when this affair has drawn
together the largest number of -people interested in pharmacy
that were ever together at one time.
HOW THE BOWLERS STAND.
The merry hum of the rolling balls continues among the
various clubs of the Drug League. On January 80 the stand-
ing of the clubs was as follows:
Total Team
Nam«. Oames. Won. Loet pins. aTonun.
Whitall-Tatum Company 21 18 8 16,088 808
ABCbenbath & Miller 18 15 8 18,908 772
Smith, Kline, French Company 18 18 5 18,428 746
H. kT Mnlford ft Co 18 8 10 12.426 690
a Shoemaker ft Co 18 6 12 12,769 708
Wanderers-. 21 6 16 14,268 678
H. K. Wampoie ft Co 18 18 11,148 619
COLLEQE BOTS VISIT WHITALL, TATUM ft CO.
Over one hundred members of the graduating class of the
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy visited the glassware fac-
tories of Whitall, Tatum &. Go. at MilMlle, N. J., on January
29, and after inspecting the works were served with an elabo-
rate dinner.
NEVS NOTES,
On February 12 the third of the series of illustrated lec-
tures will be given under the afispices of the Board of Trustees
of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. This evening's pleas-
ure has been mapped out by Prof. Lewis M. Haupt and his
subject will be Interoceanlc Ganals. Professor Haupt is a
member of the Nicaragua Canal Commission, and is an engi-
neer of standing and of wide experience.
OHIO .
Sale of CoGaiat to Be Restricted by Law Dnsggiati Favor the
BUI— Some Vant it Strengthenea,
{From our Regular Correspondent,)
Cincinnati, February 4.— Wholesale and retail druggists in
Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo, Sandusky and the
larger cities throughout the State are greatly Interested in
the proposed State legislation against the indiscriminate sale
of cocaine. A bill has been drafted by Harry H. Hoffheimer,
prosecuting attorney of Hamilton County, which will be pre-
sented to the State Legislature, now in session at Columbus,
by a member of the Hamilton County delegation. This bill
is aimed to absolutely prohibit the sale of cocaine by drug-
gists or any one else, except upon the prescription of a regu-
larly registered and accredited physician and for medical pur-
poses only. A heavy fine or imprisonment, or both, is at-
tached as a penalty, with an increase in the penalty provided,
for additional offense. The sale of morphine and opium is al-
ready restricted by similar laws, and it is the belief of the au-
thorities that if cocaine cannot be so readily secured as at
present it will not be so freely used, and its baneful effects
will not be so widespread.
MANY DRUGGISTS FAVOR THE BILL.
All of the larger retail druggists, interviewed on the subject
by the American Druggist correspondent, expressed not only
a willingness but a desire* to assist the authorities In their ef-
forts to restrict the sale of the drug, and correct the present
abuseis. They say that the reputable dealers will suffer little
loss by the movement. One estimate places the number of
victims of the cocaine habit at not less than 10,000 In Oln-
dnnati alone, and those l>est informed consider this a most
conservative opinion. The bill will be introduced by S^iator
Longworth.
SOKE WANT stronger COCAINE BILL.
An effort will be made by Dr. I. N. Fraid, who has an office
in the Bradford Building, to fight the bUl. Dr. Fraid, In an
interview, said that a number of druggists Joined with him in
the opinion that the bill prepared by the Cincinnati authorities
was not far reaching enough in its effects. They propose to alter
the bill by making it illegal for physicians to write prescrip-
tions for people known to be addicted to the cocaine habit.
MICHIGAN.
Remarkable Lmovatlon by Par k^ Davii & Co.— Employcci Ad-
mitted Into Gopartnenhip— Benefidarics Highly Elaled.
(Frwn ihtr Regular Correfpondent.)
Detroit, February 6.— The managing directors of Parke,
Davis A Co. have JusI carried out a most remarkable project.
The plan involves the issue of four thousand shares of the
company's stock to a list of veteran executives of the firm-
branch managers, superintendents, foremen and other depart-
ment chiefs— who have been fifteen or more years in the serv-
ice of the house. The management offers these employees the
option of purchasing a number of shares varying with their
responsibilities and period of service at |66 a share. The
beneficiaries of this admirable plan are, of course, highly elated
and will eagerly embrace the rare opportunity. To them it
means copartnership purchased on extremely generous t^rms.
On every share thus allotted the purchaser gains at a stroke
a clear present profit of $16, to say nothing of its possible con-
tinned appreciation, the prospect for which is the very opposite
of dark.
NEWS OF THE TRADE.
Charles F. Mann is now located in his new quarters, comer
of Woodward and Forest avenues.
Things are lively around the big wholesale drug houses, and
patent medicines, especially cold cures, are selling fast, for
Detroit is experiencing zero weather.
" News in the drug line is exceedingly dull in this dty," re-
marked J. W. Seeley, manager of the Central Drug Company.
" The trade is up to the standard."
" Business is getting better," said a Detroit druggist, " Judg-
ing from the way thieves are breaking into drug stores in this
city. For a few weeks it was nothing but drug stores. In one
case the clever burglar, when nearly captured by the night
clerk, said he wanted to telephone for a doctor. When he got
a good chance he darted away in the darkness."
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'She Drug and Chemical Market
The pricM quoted In this report mre thoee current in the wholesale mmrket, and higher prices are paid for retail lots.
The quality of goods frequently necessltstes a wide range of prices.
Condition of Trade*
New York, February 8, 1902.
THE volume of business in the several departments of
drugs and chemicals has been rather below the aver-
age during the period under review, and for this the severe
weather conditions have been largely responsible. De-
layed mails and impeded traffic have a quicker influence
in retarding trade in the wholesale drug market than
possibly in any other branch of business. Many orders
from interior points are received by mail, and these have
not been so much in evidence during the past week or
so, owing to the interruptions caused by the widespread
storm and the unusually cold weather. The demand for
most lines is somewhat irregular, and the trade are evinc-
ing little desire to branch into speculative purchasing,
though fairly liberal orders are the rule. There are indi-
cations of some weakness in price in a few lines of staple
chemicals owing to siharp competition among the manu-
facturers, but few reductions in price are openly an-
nounced, most of the cutting being done under cover.
No change of importance is to be noted in opium, which
remains dull and easy, and the situation with regard to
quinine is also practically unchanged, though there is
rather more inquiry perhaps and a more confident feeling
as to the future of prices prevails. So far as is apparent
on the surface there is no important pressure made to
realize or to force stocks in excess of consumptive re-
quirements, and the general tone of the market is firm.
The principal changes of the fortnight are tabulated be-
low and receive comment in succeeding paragraphs :
HIGHER.
Balsam coimlba,
Balsam llr, Canada,
Oil turpentine,
Oil spearmint.
Oil pennyroyal,
Oil hemlock,
Oil spruce,
Mandrake root,
Japan wax.
Gum gamboge,
Gum benzoin, Sumatra,
Hempseed.
LOWER.
Opium,
Acetanilid,
Glycerin,
Silver nitrate,
Alcohol,
Oil anise,
Oil rose geranium.
Oil wintergreen.
Ipecac root. Carthageua,
fiarsaparllla, Mexican,
Buchu leaves, short,
Resorcin,
Chloral hydrate.
Cacao butter.
Thymol,
Cuttlefish bone. Jeweler's larfi:e.
Rochelle salts,
Seidlitz mixture,
Benzoic acid, natural.
Quicksilver, ^
Larkspur seed.
DRUGS.
Acetanilid is oiTered lower in some instances, manufacturers
of foreign quoting at least 2c below domestic brands, and 17c
to 19c is now generally quoted.
Alcohol has been reduced by the trust managers to the range
of |2,&8 to $2.55, as to quantity,, less the usual rebate of 2c
per gallon for cash in ten days. No reason for the reduction
has been given.
Balsam copaiba appears in li^ht supply, and prices are well
sustained at our quotations, with an advance named in most
Instances on the inside figure, some sales being recorded at
38c to 89c, whUe 37c has been paid for uncleaned natural for
export
Balsam fir, Canada, is in rather limited supply, and holders
are firmer in their views, though no actual appreciation in
prices is to be noted, the sales being at $8.66 to #3.75 for Job-
bing parcels. The export demand is reported nnosually good,
but supplies are not coming forward satisfactorily.
Barks.— There is a fairly active demand for the different
varieties of medicinal barks, and the tone of the market is
steady, but no important changes have taken place since our
last. Sassafras has been most in demand, and the stock being
small, a stronger feeling has developed, with no sales reported
under 7c. Select elm is maintained in firm position, and the
t^dency is stiU upward, though prices are nominally un-
changed, 15c being named in most instances. Angostura has
met with increased inquiry during the interval, but sales are
few and far between, as buyers and holders are stiU apart in
their views, the latter naming 35c as the price for prime qual-
ity.
Buchu leaves, short, are offered with less reserve, but the
trade requirements appear to be very small, and values have
eased off a fraction, with 19c to 20c now generaUy named.
Supplies are fairly Uberal, and, as noted, holders are showing
some disposition to realize.
Cacao butter has declined abroad and the market here is
lower in consequence of this and a generaUy lessened demand.
We quote the range at 81c to 31^ for bulk and 87^ to 88c
for cakes in 12-lb. boxes.
Caffeine continues weak and irregular, owing to competi-
tion ajnong manufacturers, no arrangement having yet been
arrived at as to a uniform scale of prices, and such sales as
come to the surface are making at |8.75 to $4.00.
Cantharides have remained quiet, the demand for Russian
in particular having fallen off considerably, and holders have
revised quotations to the range of 00c to 03c, a decline of 2c.
Chloral hydrate is affected by the prevailing competition
among dealers in chemicals, and prices are generally lower^
sales of <»tiBt8 being reported at S6c to 90c, and of crystals at
00c to 96c, as to quantity.
Coca leaves are very firm, despite a lessened inquiry. Re-
cent advices from sources of supply dispose holders to offer
with reserve, though quotations are nominally unchanged, re-
cent Jobbing sales of Truxillo and Huanuco being at 22c to
28c and 32c to 35c respectively.
Cocaine is not taken with any spirit, and the market re-
mains weak and unsettled, with prices somewhat irregular
and uncertain, owing to the continued keen competition among-
manufacturers.
Cod liver oil, Norwegian, has sold actively during the inter-
val, and holders are quoting firmly at the established range
of $21.50 to $25.50 for the better known brands.
Colocynth apples are slow of sale, but holders are not in-
clined to offer at any concession from recently quoted values,
recent sales of Trieste being at 36c to 40c, and of Spanish at
15c to 16c.
Cuttlefish bone is in limited supply, but important inquiry
is lacking, and the market is a trifle unsettled, notwithstand-
ing the firm position of the article abroad. There is no impor-
tant change in price to be noted, prime Trieste selling at 21c
to 22c, and Jeweler's large at 80c to 85c; Jeweler's small offers
a shade under previous quotations, or, say, 42c.
Damiana leaves have developed considerable firmness in
view of extreme scarcity both here and at the Coast, and quo-
tations have been advanced to the range of lie to ll^c, as to
quality and quantity.
Ergot continues weak and inactive nt the decline previous-
ly noted. It is not expected that prices will remain stationary'
at this range for long, and it is believed that as soon as a bet-
ter demand sets in values will undoubtedly go higher.
Glycerin is fractionally lower, the revised quotations for
refined being 14c to 14i^c for C. P. in drums, 14^c to 14%c in
barrels and 15c to 16c in cans, as to quality and quantity.
Crude glycerin is reported to bo higher abroad, but the market
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
here is unaffected, most holders being willing sellers of refined
at the decline.
Haarlem oil has attracted some attention since our last, and
the market has been somewhat unsettied owing to competition
among dealers, who offer in some instances down to $1.90,
though $i.d5 is the popular quotation.
Isinglass is held and selling fairly at the advance previously
noted, or, say, 55c to 57%c for American, 65c to 70c for
Japanese, and $4.10 to $4.20 for Russian.
Lycopodium has met with a slightly better inquiry and the
market is showing a firmer tendency, though prices are
nominally unchanged, sales of unmarked and Pollitz, re-
apectively, being at 51c to 52c and 53c to 55c.
Manna has eased off a trifie, and holders appear a little more
disposed to meet the views of possible buyers, quotations for
large fiake now standing at 70c to 75c, and prime quality small
flake at 34c to 36c.
Morphine is in good demand, and the market is well sus-
tained at $1.90 to ^.05 for bulk and $2.35 to $2.40 for eighths.
Nux vomica is in better supply, and holders offer more
freely at 2^ to 294c.
Opium in case lots has sold during the fortnight at $8.00;
offers of a shade less have been submitted, but turned down,
and the tone of the market is steady, though there is yet a
lack of important demand, such sales as are reported day by
day being of broken lots, which change hands at $8.05. Pow-
dered is selling well, both In a Jobbing way and for consump-
tion, at the previous range of $8.80 to $3.85, as to test and
quantity.
Quinine is meeting with a better consuming demand, and
the market is stronger in consequence of the fact that higher
prices were realized at the auction sale of Java in Batavla on
the 5th Inst. The average price paid at this sale was 20V^
florins, against 20^ florins at the December auction. There is
a rather better inquiry in this market and manufacturers' quo-
tations are well sustained on the basis of 27c for bulk, though
small sales of German in second hands are making at 26%c.
Seidlitz mixture reflects the position of the basic material,
Bochelle salt, and manufacturers have reduced quotations to
the range of 12%c to 13c, as to quantity, without, however,
improving the demand.
Thymol has marked a further decline, owing to lack of in-
quiry, and the revised quotations are $2.80 to $2.85. The de-
mand has not been stimulated by the reduction and continues
slow and unimportant.
CHEMICALS.
Acetate of lime has developed some firmness since our
last, owing to increased demand, and gray is steady at $1.25 to
$1.30 and brown at 85c to 90c.
Arsenic, white, continues to show an upward tendency, and
S^fi to Z%c is generally named, as to quantity.
Benzoic acid, natural. Is irregular and unsettled on account
of competition among holders, and our quotations have been
revised to the range of V/2C to 8c per ounce; artificial from
Toluene is quiet and nominally steady at our quotations, 36%c
to 40c, as to quantity, the inside figures being for large con-
tract ordersw
Bleaching powder has been in better demand, but prices
are without further change.
Blue vitriol is stiffening- In value with the improvement in
the price of metal, and 4%c is now named for Jobbing parcels
and 4%c to 4%c for carload lots, as to quality.
Carbolic acid is not inquired for to any extent, and prices
are a trifie irregular, owing to keen competition among holders.
While we hear of sales of drums at 16c to 19c, pound bottles
are generally quoted at 22c to 23c.
Chlorate of potash upon spot is quiet, though contract or-
ders are fairly numerous. Jobbing sales of powdered are
making at 8c to 8%c, as to quantity, while for forward deliv-
ery 7%c is named.
Citric acid is seasonably quiet, but manufacturers' prices
are well maintained at the previous range, holders being dis-
inclined to offer at any concession from the decline previously
announced.
Cream tartar is unchanged from 19c to 19%c for powdered
In a jobbing way, though orders for round lots are taken at a
^'vaction under this quotation.
Nitrate of silver is offered lower by manufacturers, who
now quote the revised range of 37^^ to 89c, as to quantity, the
inside figure being for 1,000-oz. lots. The decline is attributed
to a drop In the price of metal.
Quicksilver is fractionally lower, in line with a number of
other staple chemicals, which are affected by competition
among dealers, and 1 to 5 fiask lots are now obtainable at
64^, thopgh some holders still quote 65c.
Tartaric add is in moderate demand, with the bulk of the
sales at manufacturers' prices, or, say, 28c to 28^ for pow-
dered; parcels in second-hand are olfered at a shade under
these figures.
ESSENTIAL OILS.
Anise offers more freely and at slightly easier prices, the
range of the market now standing at $1.10 to $1.12%.
Cassia has weakened since our last, and while the open
quotation of the market is 70c, we hear of some sales of 75 to
^ per cent at 65c.
Clove continues quiet; the quotations remain at 60c to 62)^
as to quantity.
Cubeb is without important change; Jobbing sales at $1.05
to $1.10.
Geranium, Turkish, is 25c lower, and now offers at $3.50 to
$6.50.
Lemongrass is held with increased firmness, $2.37% to
$3.00 being generally required.
Pennyroyal is moving into firmer position, and prices are
generally higher, owing to the limited stock and improved de-
mand. The range of the market is $1.35 to $1.40.
Peppermint continues on the upward grade, and it is doubt-
ful if any supplies of pure in bulk can be obtained below
$1.85, though the movement is limited to moderate jobbing
lots. A letter from the producing districts under date of Jan-
uary 30, says: " Qil peppermint continues very firm and some-
what higher in the West, owing to light stocks, which are
largely concentrated and firmly held. Prices have advanced
5c to 10c during the last week. Further advances will take
place, in our opinion, in the near future."
Spearmint is scarce, and holders generally have advanced
their quotations to the range of $1.35 to $1.45 for spot goods,
while it is reported that producers are asking $1.50, and are
looking for still higher prices, the following information being
contained in a Bronson (Mich..) letter of January 30: "Oil
spearmint is materiall};^ higher, and nothing is to be obtained
below $1.50 per pound. The production of this oil has almost
entirely ceased, owing to the low and unremunerative prices.
It is our opinion that the market will work up to $2.00 to
$2.50 per pound for this oil before any quantity of it can be
produced."
Wlntergreen, synthetic, is fractionally lower, recent sales
being at 47%c to 52c; natural offers sparingly at the previous
range of $1.50 to $1.60. as to quantity and seller.
GUMS.
Aloes are in steady, moderate demand for the different
grades and without important change In price.
Asafcetida Is finding a moderate consuming outlet and meet-
ing with a fair inquiry in a jobbing way at previous prices.
Benzoin, Sumatra, is in reduced stock, and values are given
a steady support, the sales during the interval being at 30c to
32c, as to quality and quantity.
Camphor is maintained in firm position and a good con-
suming demand for forward delivery is reported.
Chicle is passing out quite actively to consumers, and we
hear of several large sales within the range of 33c to 35c.
Tragacanth Is in moderate request; Jobbing sales of Aleppo
and Turkey firsts at 70c to 75c and 75c to 85c, respectively.
ROOTS,
Only a small Jobbing demand is reported for the different
varieties and prices are somewhat nominal on most lines.
White cut althea is extremely scarce, and while parcels to
arrive are offered at 19c, sales of spot were at 25c. Mandrake
is scarce and wanted, and nothing now offers below 4^(ic.
Golden seal continues to show a wide range of quotations, 49c
to 60c being named at producing points. Ipecac, Carthagena»
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
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Is dull and easy and a lower range of values prevails, $1.40 to
$1.45 being now named.
SarsaparlUa, Mexican, is fractionally lower, recent sales
for export being at 6%c to 6%c.
SEEDS.
We have no important changes to report in this department
either as regards price or demand. The market is steady, but
quiet, for nearly all varieties. Russian hemp is scarce and
holders have advanced their views to 3c to 3%c. Colchicum is
offered more freely at 40c to 42c. Larkspur has eased off a
trifle, and holders now ask 60c.
CHICAGO NEVS NOTES.
ILLINOIS.
Drag Clerks Agitating for Shorter Hours— EnUstiog the Press and
Public— Candidates for / ppointment to the Board— A Vacancy
to be Filled— The New Slot Telephones Condemned.
{From our Regular Correspondent)
Chicago, February 4.— The offer received by the National
Association of Retail Druggists at the Buffalo convention in
regard to the publication of an official organ has been rejected
by the Executive Committee. The members of the committee
discussed the matter fully and decided that it would be wiser
to continue to furnish news to the regular drug journals, as
is now being done. Instead of embarking on the proposed
venture. Whether the matter will ever come up again is not
entirely clear, but the plan is given an effectual quietus for
the present
The agitation which was recently begun by the Drug
Clerks* Association of Illinois has attracted a great deal of at-
tention, and the Chicago dailies are devoting much space to
the matter. The plan of the clerks is to start its campaign by
means of district meetings in various sections of the city. All
drug clerks will be appealed to to Join the fight, and to attend
the meeting in their vicinity. The public will be appealed to
through press and pulpit, and will be asked to aid in the short-
er hour movement. It is charged by some members of the as-
sociation that the number of certificates in Illinois Is nowhere
near as great as the number of pharmacists and assistants In
stores^ and that the law is being violated every day. It is as-
serted that while the State Board has issued only 4,439 certif-
icates to registered pharmacists, more than 5,000 are known
to be in charge of stores. The clerks also assert that condl-
ditions have become so intolerable that comparatively few are
studying to become druggists, and that there has been a fall-
ing off in the number of those seeking certificates. The clerks
have asked the public to report cases where certificates are
not displayed in drug stores.
CANDIDATES FOR APPOIKTMENT TO THE BOARD.
The Illinois Pharmaceutical Association has selected the
following to be voted upon in the twenty-five Congressional
districts of this State for appointment to the Board of Phar-
macy to succeed G. H. Sohrbeck, Moline; George P. MUls,
BSvanston; N. J, Horn, Jollet; L. C. Lewis, Belvidere; C. P.
Guenther. Freeport; C. H. Sohrbeck, Moline; Geo. C. Lescher,
Galesburg; W. M. Benton,^ Peoria; Ralph P. Bradford, Pontiac;
A. Essllnger, Danville; B. M. Knowlton, Urbana; Joseph
Shreve, Jacksonville; C. C. Webster, Staunton; Thomas Knoe-
bel. Bast St. Louis; G. W. Bower, Olney; G. W. Corrothers,
Fairfield; Frank Thomas, Cairo; Albert B. Bbert, Charles
Avery, B. S. Cooban, F. M. Mares, John Stucklik, Frank J.
Knowles, Otto Hartwig, J. H. Hottinger and Herman Fry, of
Chicago.
THE ADVISORY BOARD OP TDE UKIVERSITY OF ILX.INOIB.
For members of the Advisory Board of the Department of
Pharmacy, University of Illinois, the president of the Uni-
versity will make a selection of a successor to Albert E. Bbert,
of Chicago, from a list of three, to be submitted by the Phar-
maceutical Association, and selected from the following list:
B. A. Tyler, Bvanston; A. E. Holmes, Aurora; P. A. Ander-
son, La Salle; William Siniger. Galena; F. W. Bohnsen,
Rock Island; W. H. Bchmledeskamp, Quincy; Fritz Lueder.
Peoria; H. H. Green, Bloomington; F. M. Stacey, Tuscola; W.
H. Garrison, Pearl; F. R. Milner, Litchfield; J. J. Weingartner,
Belleville; William Florin, Altamont; A. H. Porter, Xenia; T.
8. Campbell, Plnckneyvllle; Walter H. Gale, Joseph B. Grubb,
Grant L. Kidder, Alvln, Dietz, W. A. Stucklik, George H. Acke-
ran, F. B. Folkenbery^ Louis liehman and Fred. Haeger, of
Chicago.
The wife of Herman Weber, a member of the Chicago Vet-
eran Druggists* Association, died on January 27.
The McCarr Medicine Company, who will do business la
Chicago, have been gtanted incorporation papers. The capital
stock is $5,000, the Incorporators being Charles A. Winston,
Fayette S. Munro and Rudolph H. Wollner.
The Chicago Veteran Druggists' Association met on Jan-
uary 21 at the Union Hotel, and listened to a paper on Fuller
and Fuller, by Albert B. Hunt. They also partook of a fare-
well supper to Henry Blroth, who started the next day for Eu-
rope.
HINTS TO BUYERS
The Ryquina Company have a very salable specialty offer..
Write them for Introductory terms. Their address is 38 Mur-
ray street, New York.
Three hundred per cent profit for the retailer is offered by
the Giant Chemical Company, of Philadelphia, on their Acorn
Salve. Write them for particulars, mentioning this journal.
The Lawrence Williams Company, Cleveland, Ohio, have
some interesting pictures for free distribution which will help-
th«* sale of Gombault's Caustic Balsam. Write them for a
supply.
" The Barkeeper's Friend " is a metal polish which is es^
pecially useful at the soda fountain. Druggists who have-
never tried it should write for a free sample to George William
Hoffman, 295 Bast Washington street, Indianapolis.
Every man who writes knowingly about the prescriptloii.
counter Insists upon fine corks as a prerequisite for a successr
ful prescription trade. The druggist who orders and insists-
upon having " circle A " corks will be sure that he is getting
corks which will not disappoint him.
Johannis-Lithia is a very palatable water, and can be drunk
continuously, as it contains the proper amount of lithia to-
secure therapeutic effect without any attending disadvan-
tages. Write to the United Agency Company, 603 Fifth ave-
nue, for quotations on this water.
New-Skin is the ideal liquid court plaster, and jumps into-
popularity immediately wherever It is properly introduced.
Write to the Douglas Mfg. Company, 107 Fulton street. New
York, for information concerning this profitable and taking^
specialty. When writing, mention the Amebican Druggist.
Otto Zweltusch & Co., Milwaukee, Wis., make a line of
soda fountains which are rapidly growing in popularity.
Druggists who have not seen these fountains should not fall
to Investigate their merits before making purchases. Write Uh
the manufacturers for descriptive list, mentioning the Amebic-
CAN Dbuggist.
Cystogen Is growing rapidly In favor among physicians
for the treatment of acute and chronic gonorrhea, cystitis,,
etc. Write for descriptive matter to the Cystogen Chemical
Company, St Louis, Mo., who will be glad to help you build
up a demand for this preparation among the physicians In
your neighborhood.
Sen Sen is one of those little adjuncts to the drug business
which sell steadily without any effort on the part of the drug-
gist beyond the mere displaying on the counter, and which in
the course of a year bring in a very respectable profit.
Write to the Sen Sen Company, Rochester, N. Y., for free ad-
vertising matter, mentioning the Aicebican Dbuggist.
The Donnell Mfg. Company, whose White Rabbit Baster
Eg^ Dyes are advertised on the colored insert in this number,
offer to the trade one of the most profitable of the smaller
specialties on such a margin of profit that there is practically
no risk whatever in sending in an order. When ordering
kindly mention the Akebican Dbuggist.
Dr. Charles Hunt Powell, editor of the " North American
Journal of Diagnosis and Practice." writes that "wherever
elimination is desirable or the salicylates are indicates, tonga-
line is a most reliable prescription." Write the Mellier Drug
Company, St. IjOuIs, Mo., for therai>eutic notes on the uses of
this remedy, which is one exceedingly popular with physicians.
The Chicago Wire Chair Company have been compelled to
move to the comer of Fulton and Jefferson streets, Chicago,
the rapid increase in their business has rendered it necessary
for them to secure larger quarters. The chairs made by this
firm will be found at many soda fountains, and wherever
found the proprietor is well pleased with the service rendered.
' AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
The Welch Qrape Jnfce is made Crom the choicest grftpea Id
the world famed grape l>elt in the lake retrlon of New York
State. Druggists who want to bnlld np a trade on grape Juice
can Bafel7 count upon securing renewal orders If the7 furnish
the Welch Grape Juice. Write the company, at Westfleld, N.
Y., for free advertising matter, mentioning the Amebicak
Dbcooist.
The Chicago Water Motor & Fun Oompanf, 216 Lake
street, Chlcairo. furnish motlre power for running all sorts
of machinery and applinnces sucb as the druggist Is apt to
have. If in need of any motive power write them, telling
what you wuit opemted. and they will give you expert ad-
Tlcc on the subject without any cosl When writing please
mention the Auxbicax Dauooiar.
The Albany College of Pharmacy, at Albany, N. T., Is one
of the straightforward teaching Institutions which tnnu out
good practical druggists. Young men who want to understand
how to get the most out of a drug store would do well to look
Into the course offered by this instltntlon. For Information ad-
dress, De Baun Van Aken, secretary of the college, Albany, N.
T.
Druggists should read carefully the announcement made by
the Chichester Chemical Company, 2S17 Madison square, Phil-
adelphia. This house has been active in prosecuting Infring-
ers, and have always shown a firm determination to protect
tkelr trade-mark rights. They have an established business,
and naturally propose to treat the marauders with all sever-
ity.
AU manufactnrera and every retail druggist can use methyl
alcohol, and consequently the advertisement of the Common-
wealth UannfactnrinfT Company, of Everett, Mass., should he
a matter of general interest. The spirit manufactured by this
company Is eqnal to grain alcohol in every respect, save for
Internal nae. It la stable In color, practically odorless, and pos-
sesses high solvent and other properttes. The advertisement
of the company will be found In another part of this Issue.
Druggists contemplating any chaDges In the interiors of
their stores, or refitting entirely, will do well to consult with
William Kleeman & Co., Ninth street and Avenue D, New
York. This concern announce themselves as the largest store
fixture factory In the world. They offer a series of Interior de-
signs at peculiarly attractive prices, and offer to pay all ex-
penses to New York to purchaaera. Druggists shonld certainly
figure with thMU before finally placing their orders.
A twentieth century idea la store furniture Is the utlllsft-
tlon of bicycle tubing In conjunction with quartered oak In
the manufacture of stools, tables and chairs. The results ob-
tained are at once durable and artistic. The advantages of-
fered by the use of bicycle tubing in the matter of strength
and finish are too apparent to need any comment Druggists
who wish to get up-to-date stools and chain shonld write to
the Tesbera Manufacturing Company, Toledo, for descriptive
drcnlar, mentioning the Ahxbtcak Dbuooist.
The American Soda Fountain Company recently sent out
one of the most original drculara ever Issued to the drug trade.
The drcnlar bears the title, " 1-20 of a Dollai^Its Power."
After pointing out the fact that one of the greatest enterprises
of the world, the elevated railway system of New York. Is
based solely on five cent custom, the company presents very
powerful arguments in favor of pushing the soda water busi-
ness, which should be read by every retail druggist with care.
If yon have not seen this little circular, write to the American
Soda Fountain Company, either at Boston, New York, Phila-
delphia or Chicago, asking them to have a copy of It sent to
yon.
Some of the neatest and most convenient prescription
blanks ever shown are made by the International Blank Com-
pany, of Cincinnati, Ohio, A style that has proven unusually
popular la known as No. 3. The blanks are printed on a blue
tinted 16-pound bond paper, and put up In 20 books to the
],00u to fit aluminum cover. It Is vest pocket size (3% by 4%
Inches), and the price per thousand ranges from {1.25 If but
one thousand la ordered down to fl.lO per thousand on a three-
thousand order, and even tower when larger quantities are
culled for. The aluminum covers are 30 cents each, and they
may be had handsomely satin finished, with shaded border
and engraving. The doctor's name on the cover costs two
ceutH per letter extra, or an average price of 20 cents addl-
tlocal for each change of name may be obtained. These pre-
scription blinks make most acceptable presents to physicians
and are apureclated, where badly printed or commoner ar-
ticles are n.erely set to one side.
The Quaker Qtr Mills at the Massachuaetti CoUece.
Pi-ofesBor Bi. H. Lapterre, of the Massachusetts College of
Pharmacy, writing to A. W. Stranb & Co., mannfactnrers,
says: "A few months ago I purchased of you a number of
Quaker City Mills. In my opinion It is all that you claim for
It. I am well pleased with It In every way. The thought has
occurred to me that you might be willing to send a duplicate
to this college, and, If yon so elect, I will agree to demonstrate
It before the class each year, and say all that I can for IL"
The snggestloD was acted upon, and at the meeting of the
Board of Tmstees of the Hassachusetts Collie of Phar-
macy, held December 2, a vote of thanks was tenderd to
Mesara. Stranb ft Co. for their contribution of a Quaker City
Drug Mill.
Photographic Goods in the Drug Store.
The Bocbester Optical & Camera Company place before
our readen In this Issue a brief announcement of the full and
attractive line of photographic goois which they make. The
advantages of going Into the photographic supply buslnesa
have been so frequently pointed out In our reading columns
by various contributors Uiat all of our readera must by this
tlmn t>e thoroughly familiar with the Idea. If they have not
been convinced, they will certainly be so after they have read
the advertising mater which will be furnished without charge
by the Bochester Optical Sc Camera Company to ap^lcants
mentioning the Ahbbicait Dbugqist.
Malt Sinew.
We Introduce to our readers this month the product of
the Malt Sinew Company, Chicago, who
are spending thousands of doltara to
bring the consumer of malt extract to
your pharmacy. The medical profes-
sion Indorse this product for Its purity
and virtue as a mild stimulant and
tonic for those who need to tone op
the system. The package Is. a hand-
some one, and their window and counter
advertising will certainly move the
tonic. In writing for agency do not
fall to toll where you heard of them.
Applications for literature and adver-
tising materia! and exclusive agenciea
should be addressed to the Malt Sinew
Co., Chicago. III.
A Gr»t Advertising Propositloa.
The manufacturer or Jobber with a partlcnlar article who
desires to reach the buying public, and who does not want to
spend dollars where cents will reach the trade, should com-
municate with the Meyercord Company, Chicago, IIL, regard-
ing th^ permanent opalescent window signs, as th^ will
gladly furnish samples, nketches and prices free for the asking.
This advertising Sign, while only on the market one
year, has rant with snch success that already over one-quarter
million dollars has been Invested in them by the leading ad-
vertisers of the United States. They are prepared to duplicate
any trade-mark design or lithograph in natural colors- The
sign is cheap, effective, lasting and not affected by weather
conditions. The cost of distribution is nothing, as a salesman
can place one on a window in half a minuta Thousands of
these signs can be shown which have t>een In use for a year
and are In as good condition as when placed on the window.
The signs are placed on the windows of stores where your
goods are handled and are a direct reminder to the prospective
customer, and they are so neat and attractive that no objec-
tion has ever been raised by retailers to their use.
The Home of the Grape.
The Duroy & Haines Company are located at Sandusky,
Ohio, which appears to be the home of the grape In this coun-
try. Every product of the graye Is made by this firm of the
vei-y highest order. Their lino of concentrated symps, freah
fmlts and soda fountain nuppllea generally Is one of the best
available for the drug trade, .ind such of our readers as have
not handled Ihelr line of goods should write them at once, for
they give assurance that they can save money for the dealer.
When writing please mratlon the Auiricak Drcooist.
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They FHI Their Own dpsules.
Plump A LJnnlg, of Lexlng^ton avenue and Seventy-sixth
«Creet, New York, writing to the Mens Gapsnle C!ompany, De-
troit, Mich., under date of December 28, 1001, says: ** We here-
by beg to acknowledge the receipt of the 4-10 M racks you so
kindly sent us, for which please accept our thanks. As to giv-
ing you a testimonial, we don't know whether we can say any
more in the testimonial line, except that we use a large quan-
tum of your Empty Elastic Gapsules and that we like them
▼ery much. We make all of our own capsules, such as Sandal-
wood, Wintergreen Oil, Creosote, etc., and we find them very
«atl8factory."
Liquid GtffxMiic Acid MisT* Co*
The strong and attractive advertising insert of the above
<!ompany which appears in this issue, is as full of information
for the dispenser as an egg is full of meat
The first page presents again to our readers the cultured
little Boston girl with her copy of Browning, and the informa-
tion that ** Liquid " fountains are even colder than this sweet
tittle damoselle, whom the head line says is the '* Chilliest
Thing on Barth." The makers claim that "Liquid" foun-
tains consume lees ice and deliver colder soda water than any
other fountain on the market At the head of the page are
two short testimonials from users, the writer of one of whom
is pleased beyond words, and say's unqualifiedly that the
** lilquid '* fountain is the best fountain made.
The second page of the insert is devoted to a unique de-
«isn advertising '* Liquid Fruits,'* sixteen varieties, as the ideal
•oda water syrups. Now is the time to begin to think of or-
•dering your supply of soda water syrups for the season. Soda
water syrups are necessarily a very delicate product, and the
noers of ''Liquid Fruits*' may have absolute confidence in
the purity of all " TJquld Fruits " put up by this company.
They are made on their own premises under the direct super-
▼iflion of the "Liquid people," and no pains nor expense is
spared in order to have them absolutely the finest.
Write, wire or 'phone the nearest branch if in need of a
ooda fountain or immediate service on any of the products of
the " Liquid Company; " their line comprises everything from
a stiaw to a soda fountain. They claim that their prices are
right, and that their service is the quickest and best in the
market.
Meadows' Malted Milk«
The Elgin Milkine Company, of Elgin, 111., have placed on
the market Meadows' Malted Milk at $2.60 and $20.00 per dozen
respectively for the small and hospital sizes. The Horlicks
Food Company made application for an injunction restraining
the Elgin Milkine Company from using the words "Malted
Milk/* As soon as the defense was filed, however, the Hor-
Uckfl Food Company withdrew their complaint Druggists
who wish to handle this malted milk should write to the El-
gUn Milkine Company for a copy of the dedirion of the United
fitates Patent Commissioner on the application for registration
of the words, " Malted Milk," by the Horlicks Food Company.
Rerentie Stamped Goods to Be Recalled*
The entire drug trade should be interested in the announce-
ment made by Raymond & Co., 61 Beekman street, New York
Olty, who are recalling all of the Raymond Pectoral Plaster
bearing revenue stamps, and issuing fresh stock in its place.
The announcement will be found in another part of this issue.
A New Tar Soap*
We Invite special attention to the advertisement of the
Binder Company, of Philadelphia, which appears on the front
cover of' this issue. This house has gone into the whole ques^
tlon of the manufacture of this tar soap in a thoroughly scien-
tific spirit, and the result is a product which they have no hes-
itation in commending to the attention of pharmacists. They
have a special opening offer to make, which will undoubtedly
be of interest to the trade.
Pure Carbolic Acid*
It should be interesting to every pharmacist and physician
to know that the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works offer and have
sold for many years a strictly pure carbolic acid, known to the
trade as " Qilt Label." For medicinal and dispensiqg purposes
this acid should always be given preference over the regular
grades. It has a very high melting point, which indicates ex-
ceptional purity. The Mallinckrodt Chemical Works also sup-
ply the " Black Isabel " carbolic acid, which is extensively sold
by the jobbing trade, and is unsurpassed in quality by any for-
eign or domestic make. Pharmacists should distinguish care-
fully between these two grades when ordering.
A New Vaccination Shield*
INDORSED BT THE MEDICAL PB0FB8BI0N.
The Oliver vaccination shield, which is illustrated here-
with, possesses several special points of excellence which will
undoubtedly commend it to the medical profession. The shield
is made of aluminum, and is therefore very light, but at the
same time strong and durable. It is so adjusted as to insure
perfect ventilation and still to afford complete protection from
the irritating contact of clothing, etc.
Fig. 1.
The above illustration (Fig. 1) shows the all aluminum form
of the Oliver shield. The shield is affixed to the arm by means
of strips of adhesive plaster, to which the shield is attached
by means of flexible strips of aluminum, which pass up
through slots in the shield and are then bent down. To re-
move the shield, the metal strips are unbent, and the shield
thus removed without disturbing the strips ofplaster.
Pfg. 2.
Fig. 2 shows a form of the shield in which the top of the
shield is of mica. The facts that the shield and dressing can
be so accurately adjusted that they can be removed, the shield
sterilized and fresh dressings substituted for the old with so
little trouble, are undoubtedly of great advantage. They may
be purchased through Jobbers or direct from the makers, the
Oliver Shield Company, Newark, N. J., at |1.00 per dozen.
An essential feature in the success of the old cork house of
Justus Brauer & Son, 248 North Front street, Philadelphia, la
that their corks are always fully up to sample and invariably
of full count They mak^ a specialty of prescription corks,
and such other fine goods as druggists use. Their advertise-
ment is to be found in another part of this issue.
Henry H. Sheip & Co., Philadelphia, make a specialty of
white wood syringe boxes, but manufacture as well every
form of druggists* wood boxes. Upon application they will
send samples and quotations. Their facilities are so wide that
they are in a position not only to quote as low or lower than
the market, but to Insure prompt delivery, the latter point be-
ing one which will appeal vefy strongly to manufacturers,
whose business has been held up upon occasion by dilatory
box makers.
All forms of tablet machines from the smallest to the larg-
est are made by the F. J. Stokes Machine Company, Philadel-
phia. This house has made quite a specialty of a small and
cheap hand machine for druggists, which has proved to be
abundantly satisfactory. By addressing the house, illustrated
catalogues and other information may be obtained.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
Rutb — A Souvenir.
Buth l8 the title of " Goodrich Olrl," a most cbartulng crea-
ture, at leaBt she looks so Id the picture, which the B. F.
Goodrich Company, of Akron, Ohio, furnish to the members o(
the drug trade. To the unfortunate outsider the price of the
picture postpaid Is 75 cents. We Infer from the Information
at hand that If our readers will be careful to mention the fact
that they are regular readers and admirers of the Auebicas
Obdooist they will not be considered as outsiders, and will be
favored with a copy of the picture without cost. Write them
on this head.
Straws.
The piitent paper straws manufactured by the Estate of M.
C. Stone, Washington, D. C, are an absolutely necessary ad-
Juuct to every up-to-date soda fountain. DrugglBtB who have
not used these Btraivs should write at once to the Estate of
M. C. Stone, Washington, D. C„ and secure samples and cir-
culars. Those who have already used them will remember
that this la about the time to order them from their Jobbers.
The .accompanying UluatraUon of the No. 1 size and ex-
planations show the principle upon which the fountains are
operated. Their larger sizes, No. 2 and No. S, are made of
Imitation of onyx or marble, and would be difficult to ols-
tlDgulsh from the ordinary fountain upon a store counter.
TLelr Imitation marble counters are very bandaome, and foun-
tclns or counters, or both, will be very attractive and an or-
nament to auy store.
A very attractive catalogue will be mailed upon applica-
tion to whoever may be Interested.
They have orders hooked already for over 500 of these
fountains for later deUvery, and they state, judging from the
Inquiries they are now having, their abilities will be tared to
the utmost during the neit five or six months to meet the de-
mands for this class of fountain.
See ad. and cut of No. 3 fountain on page ^.
A represents a faucet through which the soda solution la
drawn. B represents the body of the fountain. G Is a small
Worth Tatkiaz About,
It is a pleasure to handle a line of goods that is worth
talking about and that yon feel sure will satisfy your cus-
tomers. That Is exactly what a line of perfumes, toilet waters,
etc., of your own manufacture from the Wll-low Floral Oils
would do. Every druggist should take advantage of the fact
that Easter will soon be here, and there Is no line which would
be any more appropriate than a line of perfumes, etc. It
might be Interesting to some of our readers to know some-
thing of the history of Mr. Lowe. The original WU-low
started his brilliant business career in 1882 as a drug clerk,
when he tolled for fourteen weary hours each day. He soon
took np the study of pharmacy, and during bis Junior year
received a testimonial of merit. He graduated from the
Northwestern University as a Ph.G. In 1888 with high honors,
being valedictorian of his class. He went abroad In 1S90, at
which time he visited many famous perfumers, and gained
valuable Information which he Is using at the present time.
For ten years after his return to the United States he traveled
east and west, acquiring a better knowledge of the world and
Its ways. He also established a complete laboratory at his
home to assist him In continuing his studies.
On January 1, 1900, he launched bis present line of the
Wil-low Otis. To say that he has been successful would be
but mildly expressing It The Wll-low Oils and his clever
trade-mark, Wll-low, derived from the first three letters of
his first and last names, Wlllts H. Lowe, are attaining a na-
tional reputation, and they have come to stay. The single fact
that the Wil-low Oils require no color Is a saving of both time
and money to every druggist He has associated with him
several of the most famous chemists and perfumers.
C. W. Dewey and J. F. McCullough are traveling for him
In New EneLond and W. .T, Taylor la making a trip through
New Tork Srate. He has local representatives In nearly every
large dty. You have only to drop a line to Wll-low to receive
tall Information In regard to the prices, etc., of his oils. He
does all In his power to assist his customers, furnishing them
free with handsome and appropriate labels. Instructing them
as to the beat ways of putting the goods up, and explaining
the quickest and cheapest methods of Introducing them. He
would be pleased to receive a trial order, which would receive
his careful attention. He has just eatra^d new and commodi-
ous quarters at 247 Atlantic avenue, Bonton, Mass., where he
occupies a whole floor of a six-story double building.
A Fotintam for the Small Store.
The Acorn Brass Works, of Chicago, are preparing for n
large demand for a little soda fountain which Is destined to
meet the requirements of thousands of small stores whose
trade would hardly warrant Investment for a soda fountain
that runs up In cost to the hundreds of dollars. This is called
the Perfection Soda Fountain and sells for from $16 to 550.
These fountains are not charged with carbonic gas, as Is the
case with tlie ordinary higher priced fountains, but the soda
Is forced from the reservoir and cylinder surrounded by Ice
by air pressure, and Is a very simple as well as Ingenious de-
Bedpes for making sjTups and charging fountains accom-
pany each fountain, which allows customers to draw a de-
licious glass of soda 500 miles from a railroad station at a
cost of about ^ cent per glass, and practically as cheap as If
he were In a large city.
rubber hose connecting with cylinder D which draws the soda
solution from the bottom of the compression cylinder to the
fsucet D Is a compression cylinder, having a vent cock on
top and also a place to attach rubber hose F and 0, and at the
bottom Is a metal base forming a check valve, which serves
to sink the compression cylinder In the solution In the Jar
npar the bottom. B la a four or five gallon Jar, or any other
suitable vessel, for holding the soda solution. (Not furnished
with fountain.) F is a robber hose which conducts the air
from air pump G to the compression cylinder D. G is an air
pump, fastened to the floor, for pumping air into cylinder D.
H Is a vent cock to let the air out of the compression cylinder,
thereby allowing the solution In the Jar to pass through the
check valve automatically, seeking its level In compression
cylinder D. After the soda solution has all been drawn from
compression cylinder you need only to open the vent cock and
allow It to refill from the Jar, then close the vent cock and
apply air pump again.
Compression cylinders hold from ten to fifty glasses or
soda, according to size of cylinder. For descriptive circular
address Department B, Acorn Brass Works, Chicago, 111.
Warning: to Infringers.
The .illegretti Chocolate Cream Company, of 159 State-
street Chicago, and 92T Broadway, New York, have Issued a
warning to the trade against the purchase of any chocolate
creams bearing the name " Allegretti," not made by this house.
No one has a right to use the name. " Genuine Allegretti " or
" Allegretti," alone In connection with chocolate creams or
confectionery save the Allegretti Chocolate Cream Company.
Druggists who wish to secure a very profitable agency should
address this company at 159 State street, Chicago, asking for
terms to agents. When writing, kindly mention the Ahekicau
Drttoqist.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST
and PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 24. 1902.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
bdxt0bial8 95
Obxoihaii Abticuib:
Tinctures from Assayed Fluid Extracts, by Isaac VL Wellls. . 08
K»W RSMBOIBB »OB 1901 98
DBPABTMBlfT OF STOBB MANAOnCBKT :
Belationa with Physicians 09. 100
OKBAK of CUBBBIfT LiTEBATUBB :
Shining Curacoa Aloes, Poisoning with Poppy Capsules, The
Catalyptic Action of Potassium Iodide in the Quantitative
Determination of Iron, New Process for Fluid Extract of
Ergot, Amount of CInnamIc Add in Cinnamon Water 101
iBOvelerlanate of Copper, Relation of Canadlne to Berberlne,
Tlie Constituents of Kousse Flowers, Sodium Thlosulphate
from the Physical and Chemical Viewpoints, Rubber, Christ-
mas and New Year Presents In Pharmacy 102
Interaction Between Magnesium Sulphate, Antipyrtne and
Sodium Salicylate, The Native Remedy for Blackwater
Fever, Note on Ichthyol 108
The Pharmacological Assay of Drugs, The Adulteration of
Drugs, The Assay of Cinchona Barks, The Sugar Coated
Pill, Color Reactions for Certain Coal-Tar Derivatives. Fill-
ing Capsules with Essential Oils, Ground Flaxseed Adulter-
ated with Mineral Oil, A New Reagent for Albumin in the
Urine 104
Qctbibs and Answbbs :
Incompatibility of Potassium Bromide and Paraldehyde,
Cream for Chapped Hands and Face, Lecithin, Acid Alcohol. 105
Fletfi Reducers, The Action of Alkalies on Aloin 100
Bbvuwb of Books 106
Busx^rasB BuniDiNO 107, 108
HmwB or thb Dbuo Wobld 109-126
TO the credit of the pharmacists of this country be
it said the contributions to the Rice Memorial Fund,
originated in our last issue, are coming to hand in a
most gratifying manner, gratifying because the subscrip-
tions received are almost invariably accompanied by ex-
pressions of pleasure that a movement has been inaugu-
rated for giving a permanent form and substance to the
appreciation felt by the pharmacists of the United States
for the arduous, self-sacrificing and life-long labors of
Dr. Rice. As we go to press subscriptions have been
received amounting to over $300, and the interest
in the fund and the projected monument is constantly
spreading. We wish to again accentuate the fact that
no one need feel ashamed to subscribe a small amount
toward this fund. While large donations will, of course,
be received with pleasure by the c(»nmittee, it is the
number of donors, rather than the gross sum donated,
which will be of value as a demonstration of the fact
that the labors of Dr. Rice for the good of the many
were appreciated by the many. A list of the contributors
to the American Druggist Fund is printed on another
page.
OUR SUBSCRIBERS' DISCUSSIONS*
TO-MORROW, February 25, is the last day on which
replies to the second question propounded in Sub-
scribers' Discussions — What is the Best Method of En-
capsulating Liquid Drugs? — can be received. While the
responses to this question have not been very numerous,
a sufficient number have come to hand to give proof qf
the widespread interest which is taken in this new de-
partment of the American Druggist^ and it is to be
hoped that all who intend to compete for the prize will
send in their manuscripts so as to reach us as early as
possible to-morrow. The prize essay, as well as other
essays which may be deemed worthy of publication, will
be printed in our issue for March 10.
The topic selected for discussion in our third series
of Subscribers' Discussions is : " What is the Best Routine
Method of Making Suppositories?" This question
opens up a wide field of inquiry, and embraces, among
other considerations, a discussion of the merits of the
different suppository bases, the relative merits of rolled
and molded suppositories, the best forms of- molds, and
the relative advantages or disadvantages of rolled,
molded or compressed suppositories. Other points for
consideration will readily present themselves to the work-
ing pharmacist Answers to this third question of the
series are to be received not later than March 25, and all
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manuscripts should be addressed to The Editor, the
American Druggist, 62-68 West Broadway, New York.
As it is designed in these Discussions to enrich the
general fund of information regarding druggists' meth-
ods and other knowledge of a practical character having
a bearing on pharmacy and pharmaceutical processes, it
is hoped that all subscribers to the American Druggist
who are in a position to reply will do so.
THE STATUS OF THE *" UCENSED DRUGGIST "*
IN NEW YORK.
IN view of the number of times that the new pharmacy
law for the State of New York has been published
in the various drug journals, we should have expected a
better knowledge of its provisions on the part of those
interested. The distinction between the two grades of
licenses is but poorly understood by a large number of
pharmacists throughout the State. We are convinced of
this by the occasional receipt of inquiries from prospec-
tive candidates for the examination for the " licensed
druggist " certificate, and of inquiries regarding the privi-
leges of a person holding such a certificate in Greater
New York. It is quite evident, therefore, that the provi-
sions of the new pharmacy law are not well under-
stood, for there is nothing in any of its various sections
and subdivisions which would lead any one to suppose
that a "licensed druggist" has any standing whatever
in the metropolis. As regards the privileges of a " li-
censed druggist " under the law, subdivision 4 of Sec-
tion 194 defines his rights as follows :
Subdivision 4. It shall be lawful for a licensed druggist
under this act, who shall conform to the rules and regulatioiu
of the State Board of Pharmacy, to take, exhibit and use the
titles, "licensed druggist" and "drug store," and to have
charge of, engage in, conduct or carry on, on his own account
or for another, the dispensing, compounding or retailing of
drugs, medicines or poisons, in any place which by the last
State or United States census had a population of less than
one thousand, but no licensed druggist shall have charge of
more than one drug store at the same tima
Under Subdivision 5 he has the right to dispense, com-
pound or retail drugs, medicines and poisons in a phar-
macy or drug store under the management and super-
vision of a licensed pharmacist, except in cities having
a population of a million or more inhabitants.
The restrictions under which a " licensed druggist "
is allowed to practice are clear and evident from the fore-
going citations from the law. He may not open a drug
store and conduct the same in a town having a popula-
tion of more than one thousand, and he has not the right
to dispense, compound . or retail drugs, medicines and
poisons in cities having ttiore than a million inhabitants,
even under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist,
which latter provision clearly bars the " licensed drug-
gist " from the city of New York. In places where he
is permitted to keep open store he is prohibited from
styling such store a "pharmacy," and is limited to the
use of the titles " licensed druggist " and " drug store."
" The licensed pharmacist " has a roving commission
and enjoys the right of practicing pharmacy in any part
of the State, and it is lawful for him " to take, use and
exhibit the titles * licensed pharmacist ' and * pharmacy '
and ' licensed druggist ' and ' drug store,' to have, charge
of, engage in, or carry on for himself, or another, the
dispensing, compounding or sale of drugs, medicines or
poisons, an)rwhere within the State, but no licensed phar-
macist shall have personal supervision of more than one
pharmacy or drug store at the same time."
There is no real necessity for the existence of two-
grades of licenses in this State, as the distinction bears
no relation to the distinction that prevails between the
different grades of licenses issued in countries like Great
Britain and Germany. The only excuse for its retention-
in the law at the time of the change from the local board
system to an all-State pharmacy law was to preserve the
rights of the " assistant druggists " recognized by the old
State Board and one of the local boards. When the law
is finally revised to meet the views of educated pharma-
cists throughout the State the lower grade of license will
probably be abolished.
THE TRAINING OF THE APPRENTICE.
THE training of the beginner in pharmacy is a moot
question in more countries than our own. The
pros and cons of store experience before or after the
college, course have been amply discussed in previous
numbers of the American Druggist. Perhaps the ma-
jority of successful men in the business of pharmacy are
convinced that store experience prior to graduation from
a college of pharmacy makes the better pharmacist, while
a goodly number of those engaged in pharmaceutical
pursuits believe otherwise. The question has been by
no means definitely settled.
The advocates of store experience prior to graduatioi>
point to the fact that this is a method which has already
proved successful in training pharmacists, and those
who are opposed to it — such opponents belonging chiefly
to the newer generation of pharmacists — ^maintain that
the prestige of the profession is lowered by a system of
training which fastens the young clerk's attention more
upon the small retail trade side of his future vocation
in life than the more professional part of pharmacy, and
that clerks who are trained in this way are apt to forget
the intellectual side of the profession under the neglect
of their proprietors. The point is made that theory
should always precede practice, though the danger of the
college course becoming too theoretical under the new
system is not at the same overlooked.
A number of individuals prominent in British phar-
macy have recently participated in a remarkable sym-
posium on the subject of the training of the apprentice
in the Winter Issue of our London contemporary. The
Chemist and Druggist, Little evidence is brought out
in this symposium to show that real systematic train-
ing was ever the chief feature of the old-time pharma-
ceutical apprenticeship, a fact which must be disturbing to-
the ideas entertained by certain conservative souls who-
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have no love for the new, or anything that lacks the flavor
of antiquity. Speaking from our own experience, if we
were asked to name the chief feature of the training of
the apprentice in olden days, we should unhesitatingly
answer, Hard work. For the first two years of the pe-
riod for which he was indentured the old-time appren-
tice was charged with the work which now devolves upon
the porter. He was the recognized errand boy of the
establishment, and when not tramping wearily through
the town delivering siphons, prescriptions and packages,
he was engaged in the work of cleaning utensils, sweep-
ing the floor, washing the shop furniture, or cleaning the
windows and the woodwork of the counter, shelves and
ornamental fixtures of the store. He was early initiated
into the art of cleaning greasy spatulas and mortars and
pestles, and the manufacture of mercurial ointment was
often a diversion from the trying task of powdering
ipecac root in a Wedgewood mortar whose term of life
was uncertain and usually a short one. After about a
year of work of this kind, which began every morning
as soon as the apprentice took the shutters from the win-
dow at 7x>'clock and lasted, with intermissions for lunch
and dinner, until the store was closed at lo o'clock in the
evening, the apprentice — who was meanwhile permitted
occasional opportunities of acquiring expertness in the
wrapping of parcels, through experimentation with sand,
sawdust, coriander seed, senna leaves, or Gregory's pow-
der — was allowed to assist in the preparation of infusions,
tinctures, ointments and the numerous other galenical
compounds then manufactured by the retail pharmacist.
He was not trusted to compound prescriptions until about
his third year, and then always under the supervision of
a senior or the proprietor himself. As narrated in the
reminiscences of Henry Deane, who was one of the best
exponents of the craft that British pharmacy has known,
while grinding Prussian blue or powdering roots and
«eeds, the apprentice pondered over their physical con-
stitution and afterward read up their natural history in
a Dispensatory.
At the conclusion of his term of apprenticeship, which
lasted from three to five years, the young man, released
from his indei^tures, was generally presented with an
honorarium of some kind, consisting either of a round
sum of money or an article of apparatus. He then became
an " assistant," and if advancement did not come to him
in the establishment in which he had served his appren-
ticeship, and he was ambitious, he reached out for a
position in one of the metropolitan centers, or in India
or the Colonies. The apprentice was, of course, expected
to pass the preliminary examination of the Pharmaceu-
tical Society during the term of his apprenticeship, and
be prepared to go up for the minor examination and be-
come a registered Chemist and Druggist at the close of
his apprenticeship, or soon thereafter. In the time of
which we speak apprentices received no pay for their
services, but their parents and guardians were often ex-
pected to deposit a pretty stiflF premium for the privilege
of learning the art and business of pharmacy. By the
terms of his indenture the apprentice bound and obliged
himself " to serve honestly, faithfully and diligently, by
night and by day, including Sabbaths, when necessary,
and fiuther not to reveal the secrets of his master's busi-
ness or his employer's, nor to dispense drugs or medi-
cines on his own account." On the other hand, the master
bound and obliged himself to teach and instruct the in-
dentured one during the time of his apprenticeship in
the art and business of a chemist and druggist, " and in
every part thereof, as he himself knew and practiced the
same, and to use his best endeavors to make the appren-
tice skilled and expert therein." The indenture usually
contained an agn'ecment to allow the apprentice time to
attend study in a preparatory school.
The significance of our contemporary's symposium
is sufficiently expressed by the editor, who emphasizes
the fact that " the opportunity for training is not made
for the apprentice, but by him, and it is the lad whose
powers of observation are above the average, and who
is desirous of learning the business well, who finds him-
self superior to any disadvantageous conditions in which
he mav find himself." And he concludes that " retail
pharmacy is now ditferent, and the improvement of meth-
ods and better commercial conditions have thrown into
the hands of wholesalers a large amount of work which
was previously done in retail pharmacies, so that ap-
prentices are deprived of the opportunity of making large
quantities of plasters and tinctures, rolling big pill masses
and sweating over horse-balls. But there are compensat-
ing advantages, and youths of the old type, who are will-
ing to work and willing to learn, have as good, if not
better, chances now as any of our contributors had."
It must be admitted that all this does not advance
matters much. It does not bring us any nearer to a solu-
tion of the question as to whether the training of the store
should precede the training of the college ; that is, from
the practical standpoint; And we suppose the subject
will always remain a topic for discussion among pharma-
cists while pharmacy retains its semi-business, semi-
professional character ; but, no matter how the discussion
may wax and wane, it will not be questioned that not only
the apprentice, but the art of training him as well, is a
fading pharmaceutical factor.
THE PURITY OF OUR DRUGS AND
CHEMICALS*
IT is particularly opportune that in this semi-centennial
year of the foundation of the American Pharmaceu-
tical Association a committee should be appointed upon
the drug market, the duty of which will be to examine
into and report upon the quality of the drugs and chemi-
cals found in the open market. One of the main objects
of the organization of the American Pharmaceutical As-
sociation, or, rather, of the meeting which resulted^ in
the organization of the association, was an effort to im-
prove the quality of the drugs and chemicals in the Amer-
ican market by preventing the importation of adulterated
drugs. In pursuance of a resolution adopted at the St.
Louis meeting a committee has been appointed which
consists of E. L. Patch, of Stoneham, Mass.; Eustace
H. Gane, of New York, and Henry Kraemer and Mr.
Ihlhardt, of Philadelphia.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
TINCTURES FROM ASSAYED FLUID EXr
TRACTS.
By Isaac Mosheim Weills,
Washington, Pa.
SOME time ago I noticed in one of the journals an
article condemning the use of fluid extracts for the
manufacture of tinctures for dispensing or other pur-
poses, and bringing forward the contention that the U. S.
Pharmacopoeia directs tinctures to be made from the
crude drug. It is true, if every druggist were perfectly
qualified and possessed of the necessary apparatus for
making the analysis of all drugs, that it would be right
and proper to follow the letter of the Pharmacopoeia,
but when it is considered that many of the drugs vary
in strength at different seasons of the year, allowance
should be made for thes^ variations.
As an instance take Eupatorium purpureum, Queen
of the Meadow, or, as it is often called, Joe-Pye weed.
In the spring of the year, just after the stalk has grown
up and while yet young and tender, the plant contains
little of the medicinal qualities that will be found later.
Just after the plant begins to bloom and before the flow-
ers blow, or, to put it better, just between flower and
seed time, all its medicinal qualities are concentrated in
. the foliage. A few days later it will be found that much
of the strength has gone to ripen the seed. Now if a
tincture be prepared from specimens gathered at the
different times specified one will have three separate
and distinct strengths of tinctures of the same herb;
while if the tincture is made from an assayed fluid ex-
tract and diluted to a certain strength it will always be
of uniform strength, and the physician can place rdiance
on the tincture thus prepared.
I have before me an assay made in the laboratory of
Parke, Davis & Co., of Detroit, Mich., from which we
quote the following, showing the different percentage
strength of certain drugs as commonly found on the
market. The figures are : " Cinchona, red, total alkaloids,
per cent., 5.9, 5.2, 7.5, 6, 4.6, 8.3, 4.2, 8, 5.8, 6, 7.5, 4.2, 9,
' 6.88, 7.35, 8.5." Here we have a variation of from 4.2
to 9 per cent.
Again, " Colchicum seed, per cent, of alkaloid, 0.56,
0.4, 0.67, 0.72, 0.52, 0.55, 0.45, 0.8, 0.62, 0.67, 0.32."
The advantages of assay work in connection with the
standardization of drugs may be understood better from
this exhibit. Now how do Parke, Davis & Co. proceed
in cases where so considerable a variation is noted ? Sim-
ply if the formula calls for one pound of the crude drug
to make one gallon of the extract to assay at 100 per
cent., and the pound fail to bring it up to that standard
they add enough of the crude drug until it will stand
the test, even if it should take one and a half pounds or
more. Now it is evident that physicians prescribing
tinctures or extracts made in this way will get the re-
sults they expect from the dose they prescribe. But how
about tinctures made from the crude drugs? To give
point to my contention I will instance the fact that some
years ago a cargo of cascara bark, in transit from New
York to Philadelphia by water, was sunk in the canal,
where it remained for about two weeks. The boat was
raised, brought to the dock at Philadelphia, and the cargo
of cascara bark placed upon the wharf. The drug was
submitted to an expert for examination and this expert
decided that the bark was rendered worthless by the
soaking it had been subjected to. The firm ordering it
therefore declined to accept it; the consignment was re-
jected. A drug broker passing that way observed the
cargo of cascara bark in this condition and made a bid
for the whole lot at a small price. His offer was ac-
cepted, the lot of drug was sold to him, and he, drying
it out, forwarded it to a drug mill to have it ground.
The material was then shipped to New York and sold
for ground cascara bark.
Now what would follow if the average druggist was
to order ground cascara bark and it should be ^led from
this stock? Not having the means at hand to test its
strength, or trusting to buying his drugs from a first-
class wholesale house, the druggist would innocently
perpetrate a fraud. He would make up his extract from
this bark, make no assay and dispense the liquid. The
physician, failing to get the result expected, would won-
der why. The wholesaler, the druggist and the physi-
cian would all be innocent of any intended fraud on the
patient, but the result would be the same. All this tends
to show the importance of having tinctures made from
assayed extracts; this seems to be the most expedient
way out of the dilemma.
NEW REMEDIES FOR i90U
{Continued from Page 71.)
BELOW is a list of the more promising of the new
remedies introduced during the past year. The
claims of the introducers are set forth without indorse-
ment by this journal. The references given are to earlier
numbers of the American Druggist :
Jamrosin, which appears in the market in the form of a
fluid extract, is recommended in doses of six drops three times
daily for diabetes. It is said to be obtained from an East In-
dian member of the family Myrtacese.
Lactanin is a bi-lacto monotannate of bismuth. It is a yel-
lowish powder, and is a powerful intestinal antiseptic
Levico Ochre is a mud derived from the springs at Levico, a
Tyrolean health resort This is applied in the form of a hot
poultice in neuralgia, chronic inflammatory processes and exu-
dates, and also in sexual diseases. It contains both iron and
arsenic.
Limanol, an extract prepared by boiling the mud from the
Liman Springs at Odeasa. It is recommended as an applica-
tion in gout and ischia.
Liquor Thiophosphini is a substitute for syrup of guaiacol.
The solution contains potassium guaiacol sulphonate in con-
junction with calcium compounds. The dose is 5 to 10 grama
three times daily.
Lygosin Compounds. The sodium and quinine compounds
of di-ortho-cumarin ketone (lygosin) have been recommended
as bactericides.
Lycoform (or lyciform?) is a solution ot formaldehyde in al-
coholic potash soap solution faintly perfumed.
Lysulfol is a sulphur compound of lysol, containing 10 per
cent, of sulphur. A thick black fluid, nearly of the consistency
of an ointment, and used in various skin diseases, especially
the parasitic ones.
Maltogen is a malt extract made by the manufacturers of
tropon, Boeder & Co., of Vienna.
Mediglydn is the name given by the Helfenberg Chemical
Works (Deitrich's) to their Uquid glycerin soap, to which va-
rious medicaments may be added.
Menthorol is a mixture of menthol and parachlorphenoL It
is a rather thick fluid with a pleasant odor and taste, as com-
pared with parachlorphenol, and is used in 5, 10 and 16 per
cent, solutions in glycerin as a local application to the larynx.
The new remedy possesses all the therapeutic virtues of para-
chlorphenol without the disadvantages of the latter. Para-
chlorphenol, it may be noted here, has been used since 1894 In
tuberculosis of the larynx. The remedy is used in 5 or 10 per
cent, solutions in glycerin as an application, and In )4 or %
I>er cent, solutions for inhalation.
Methenyl-ortho-anisidin, which is prepared by the action of
ortho-formic add ester upon ortho-anlsidln, has been recom-
mended as an ansesthetlc.
Musol, which has been recommended as a specific against
diabetes, is put in boxes each of which contains 20 cachets^
with 1 gram of salol in each cachet
Sodium bi-iodo-salicylate has been recommended as a sab-
stitute of iodoform in the treatment of syphilitic sores, either
alone or as an addition to dusting powder.
Nioform is the name which has been given to lodo-chloro-
oxy-chinolin, which is said to have pronounced bactericidal
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properties, to be nontoxic and to be available for subcutaneous
injections. It has been recommended as a substtiute for iodo-
form.
Ossln Is a cod liver oil preparation made by Stroscbein, of
Berlin, whicb presents the oil in tbe form of a permanent
emulsion, readily mlsclble with water.
Ozonatine is an aerial disinfectant composed principally of
oil of turpentine and various odoriferous oils.
Osonoform is a preparation marketed by Badlauer, of Ber-
11 11, as a combination of ozone with a distillate of the silver
leafed flr. The preparation is intended for use as a disinfect-
ant in sick rooms.
Palladium chloride has been recommended in the treatment
of tuberculosis in the dose of ten drops of a 8 per cent solu-
tion.
Pegnin is the name given by the Hoechst Farbwerke to a
rennet ferment, which when added to cow's milk facilitates
its digestion and renders it more like human milk.
Persodine is the French specialty which has been recom-
mended for the treatment of tuberculosis. It consists of a so-
lution of two parts of sodium persulphate in 800 of water.
Petroz is the name of a substitute for vasogen, which is
said to consist of a mixture of 100 parts of paraflin oil, 50 parts
of oleic add and 25 parts of alcoholic ammonia solution.
Phenacylphenetedin is a non-toxic phenacetine preparation
readily soluble in alcohol and glycerin, and insoluble in water.
Phenol celluloid is a preparation prepared from collodion
cotton, carbolic acid and camphor as a dressing for wounds.
Physol is a permanent pepsin preparation.
Plantose is a plant albumen obtained from the pressed cake
of rape seed. It is tasteless, and contains from 12 to 13 per
cent of nitrogen.
Pneumin, or methylene creosote, is an odorless, tasteless,
yellowish powder, which Is non-toxic, and is claimed to have
proven of great value in the treatment of tuberculosis in
^ doses of 0.5 to 2 grammes.
Prophylactol Is the name which is given to an apparatus,
and also the medicament itself, for injection into the urinary
tract The liquid consists of 20 per cent, of protocol and gly-
cerin, containing con*oslve sublimate in the proportion of one '
part to 2,000.
Pulmoform, or methylene digualacol is a yellowish, odor-
less and non-toxic, and tasteless powder, which has been rec-
ommended in the treatment of tuberculosis.
Purgatin is an anthrapurpurindiacetate, and occurs as a
yellow, microcrystalline powder, melting at 175 degrees C.
Originally it was styled purgatol. The dose is 0.5 6m, it gives
a free movement without griping. Pugn^atln may be given
in capsules, or In watery solutions, or in tablets with chocolate
containing 0.30 Gm. each. I*urgatin colors the urine red, and
it may lead to confusion in testing for blood and for the Ehr-
licb dlaso-reaction.
Puroform is the name given to an antiseptic and disinfect-
ant made by Radlauer, of Berlin, which contains a compound
of zinc and formaldehyde, thymol, menthol and eucalyptol.
Pyramidon camphorate. Both the neutral and the acid
salt have been used with good results in tuberculosis, the dose
being from 0.75 to 1 Gm.
Pyramidon salicylate is said to yield good results in doses
of 0.75 Gm. in advanced cases of phthisis.
Bachitol is a product of the suprarenal glands, which is
said to produce excellent results in the treatment of rachitis.
Badal is a prophylactic recommended for the prevention of
gonorrhoea! infection. It contains 20 per cent of protargol.
Bheumatin is the salicylic salt of saloqulnine. It forms
white needles, difficultly soluble in waler, and appears to be
an excellent anti-rheumatic in doses of 3 Gm. daily.
Salicylic add glycerin-ester is recommended as a valuable
antisepttc and anti-rheumatic both for internal and external
application.
Saloqulnine is a quinine ester of salicylic add. It forms
crystals insoluble in water. It is highly commended in tbfi
treatment of intermittent fever, and in acute diseases such as
neuralgia and neuroses, generally.
Sanatolyn is a disinfectant obtained by mixing carbolic
acid with sulphuric acid, a small percentage of ferrous sul-
phate being present
Sangostol (liquor calcii iodo ferratl) is a preparation of iron
and caldum, which has been recommended in the treatment of
rachitic and scrofulous children.
Sanguinol is a dark brown odorless powder obtained from
sterilized cairs blood.
Selenopyrin Is a new antipyrin derivative obtained by de-
composing potassium selinide with a so-called antipyrin chlor-
ide.
Septoforma is an antiseptic and antiparasitic consisting of
a condensation product of formaldehyde dissolved in an al-
coholic solution of linseed oil-potassium soap. It is intended for
use in veterinary medidne.
STORE MANAGEMENT.
Condtfcted by W* A» Dawson.
In tuUUion to publishing a series of articles covering the commer-
cial side of pharmacy^ the editor oj this department will en-
deatfor to discnss, criticise^ advise and give information on
any qnesHon pertaining to the business management of the
drug store propounded by readers of the American Dauocasx.
This feature of the department is intended to constitute a busi-
ness fuerr column for the readers of the Amuucan DaaoaisT,
amd all queries regarding business matters addressed to it will
be freely answered.
::I31ELATI0NS WITH PHYSIC^NS*
AS soon as possible after opening a new pharmacy
or taking over an already established business, the
pharmacist, if the town is a small one, should make it
his dutv to call upon and pay his respects to the physi-
cians of the place, or, if in a large dty, visit the physicians
in the neighborhcxxl of the store.
As a means of introducing himself and of creating
a good impression in this introductory call the pharma-
cist should have prepared especially for the occasion a
suitable card. The card should be more of a visiting
card than a business card, and contain nothing but the
name, qualification and address of the owner. If a gradu-
ate in pharmacy, the name, should have "Ph.G." ap-
pended to it, the name of the college and year of gradu-
ation being engraved on the succeeding line, as New
York College of Pharmacy, '87 ; " in the case of a licen-
tiate the line might read, '' Licensed Pharmacist, Ohio,
'93." The address should be placed as on a visiting card,
the town or city tmder the name to the right and the
street address in the lower left hand comer.
The introductory call should be brief, formal and
dignified. No attempt should be made to drum up trade
at this time — ^that can come later on. The impression
the pharmacist should seek to convey is that his visit is
mainly actuated by a desire to fulfill the professional
amenities by making himself "known to the medical prac-
titioners with whom he may afterward hold business or
professional relations.
It is quite proper for the druggist to state his experi-
ence and qualifications, the degrees and certificates he
holds from different colleges and boards, the length of
his experience and the leading firms with which he has
been associated. It is also permissible to speak of the
location of the new store, the size of the stock and the
completeness of its laboratory appointments, and a cor-
disd invitation should be given to the physician to call
and inspect it, without, however, making any direct solici-
tation or appeal for trade or influence. Of course, where
a physician appears interested and asks questions the
pharmacist can talk business and explain some of his
plans, aims and ambitions in connection with his new
business enterprise.
A CARD INDEX OF INFORMATION.
As an aid to following up these introductory calls and
systematically advertising the pharmacy to physicians, a
card index of data pertaining to physicians should be
established. On the face of die card, besides the name
and address, should be noted such information as may
from time to time be obtained regarding each physician,
his school of practice and the size of his practice, whether
a liberal prescriber or furnishing medicine himself, his
credit and reputation, his peculiarities, likes and dislikes,
and the pharmaceuticals preferred by him, and so on.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
Not all of this information can be obtained at once, so
that the pharmacist must be constantly on the look out
for pointers of this character and enter them in the index
for future reference. Information of this kind will be
found of the greatest value in future interviewing or in
the distribution of advertising matter. An index that
has been kept in this way for two or three years will come
to embrace a mass of information and data that enables
the right sort of a business man to skim the very cream
of the physician's trade in his vicinity and to laugh at
the efforts of his competitors and the supply houses to
get it away from him. All they will get will be what he
leaves and that they will be welcome to.
In addition to physicians, the index should contain
the names of dentists and veterinary surgeons, each class
of names being kept on cards of a different color, and
after visiting the physicians, the dentists and veterinary
surgeons should also be called upon personally.
As soon as the introductory visit has resulted in a
successful interview, a pad of prescription blanks should
be mailed on the same day or the day after, so that they
will reach the doctor while the visit is fresh in his mem-
ory, and after that advertising matter in various forms
should be mailed at regular intervals, once a week as a
rule and certainly at least once a month.
A very good plan is to mail a supply of blanks month-
ly along with a typewritten letter detailing laboratory
methods and recent acquisitions to the stock ; and between
times mail such other advertising matter as may suggest
itself, booklets and circulars describing special prepara-
tions and galenicals, manufacturers' price-lists of such
goods as can be furnished at the list price, and the like.
ADVERTISING TO THE PHYSICIAN.
Once a month or so a representative should leave
samples and literature of specialties and galenicals with
the physicians of the neighborhood, and once in a while
it is a good idea to leave some advertising novelty that
will be of use on the office desk, for such a device, if pre-
served, will advertise the store to the patient as well as
to the physician : a desk pad, paper weight, ruler, or some
such thing, and, of course, to be effective it must be at-
tractive and too good to throw away.
A strong card, because proof of ability, is sending out
at intervals with other advertising matter a price-list of
analyses fees, water, urine, blood, sputum, etc. If de-
sired, little outside of simple testing need be done by the
pharmacist, as arrangements can be made with some large
chemical or analytical laboratory in the large cities to do
the important operations. The pharmacist should be capa-
ble of performing water and urine analysis, and it is the
latter that is of most importance to the average physician.
Besides the gain in prestige a steady trade in urinary
analysis .is a paying proposition, even at a fee as low as
50c. The urinary analysis trade of two or three insur-
ance doctors in a good-sized city will usually average
several examinations a day for the year through, and
represent no mean turn-over at the end of the year.
In his introductory call and in subsequent ones the
pharmacist should invite the physician to visit his phar-
macy, and when the physician calls he should be con-
ducted at once to the laboratory and shown about. This
is the crucial time, the trade and good will of the physi-
cian depending a good deal upon what impression is made
upon him at this time, hence the necessity of having the
laboratory right in equipment and appointments. The
physician cares little how big the soda fountain is or how
grand the store fittings, nor does he care how many thou-
sand ^s:lasses of soda are sold daily, provided he sees that
the real thing, pharmacy proper, is not being neglected
for the " side lines." He should at every opportunity be
impressed with the fact that the front store and the
laboratory are conducted as two separate businesses, or,
rather, as two distinct departments of the one business;
the professional part governed by the highest code of
pharmaceutical ethics and the business part conducted
along the lines of reputable and up-to-date business meth-
ods. Most physicians understand that, divorced from its
side lines, pharmacy does not afford a living to the phar-
macist, and not a few of them know that the pharma-
cist who has a large general trade is the one who can
best give to his laboratory the finest equipment in the
way of modern appliances, large stock and expert as-
sistance.
DO NOT RUN DOWN COMPETITORS.
In talking with physicians, and laymen as well, one
should always be on guard against being betrayed into
making disparaging remarks about competitors or one's
predecessors. Nothing is more tiresome than to listen
to a business man nmning down his opposition, and one
cannot help but feel that the tirade springs from jealousy
and a desire of self-glorification. Such talk is always
taken at a discount, usually leaves a bad impression and
does the speaker more harm than the person disparaged.
If one has but one business rule it should be this : Know
all about your competitors in business, but never let any
one else loiow that you know anything about them.
OBJECTIONABLE PRACTICES.
Two things that the physicians regard as most ob-
jectionable in a pharmacist are counter prescribing and
faking prescriptions, and justly so, for no honest pharaia-
cist countenances either of these disreputable practices.
But there are quack druggists as well as quack doctors,
andwiththe large proprietary houses doing detective work
and holding up to the medical profession as horrible ex-
amples the quack druggists they catch at substituting,
this evil is greatly exaggerated and medical men are thus
rendered unduly suspicious of pharmacists in general.
Another bugbear to the physician, who, although he feels
kindly toward the "proprietary," is the "patent medi-
cine," which is simply the proprietary in its most blatant
form, and for the sake of the physician, if not for his
own personal dignity, the pharmacist should be careful
of the sort of patent medicine advertising that he allows
his name to be appended to and the nature of the displays
made of these goods in the store and windows.
There are some preparations to which the pharmacist
may give as much prominence and advertise as loudly
and insistently as he pleases without giving offense v to
the physicians of the town. Preparations for the hair,
teeth, skin, etc., corn cures, plasters, salves, and many
other things. But any man will kick when you touch
his pocket, and advertising a preparation that comes into
active competition with the physician will be certain to
alienate his good will. For example, malaria is prevalent
in your town and physicians have considerable practice
in treating cases of it; if, then, you advertise a malaria
cure with a great flourish of trumpets, you come into di-
rect competition with the local physicians, and, naturally,
they won't like it. On the other hand, no doctor feels
offended at a big window display of Castoria, but objec-
tion is made to a display of a prolapsus uteri nostrum.
Dextrin Moontant*
White dextrin W
Alcoliol ^1
Boiled distilled water 5Vj
DIsRolve the dextrin In the water, and when nearlj eold add tb»
alcohol and strain.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
lOI
Cream of Current Literature
A •Qinmary of the leading articlee in contemporary pharmaceutical periodicale.
Pharmaceutisch Weekbladt Jantsary.
Transactions of the Nederlandsche Maatschappij ter
Bevordering der Pharmacie {Netherland Society for the
Advancement of Pharmacy.) By Jacobus Pollak, Presi-
dent of the Society. — ^A historical sketch of the move-
ment to found an official organ of the society. Begin-
ning with the present issue the Pharmaceutisch Week-
blad has been constituted as the organ of the Maatschap-
pij, and will publish its transactions, which include the
most important pharmaceutical articles written in Hol-
land. Formerly the transactions of the society were pub-
lished irregularly at various intervals as " Berichten der
Nederlandische Maatschappij ter Bevorderung der Phar-
macie," the last number of which appeared on November
I, 1901, as No. 8 of the third series. The Weekblad ap-
pears with the present issue in a new and more attractive
form; instead of the exceedingly ctmibersome folio size
sheet of eight pages, it is now a neat little octavo of a
little over twenty pages weekly. (January 4.)
Shining Curacao Aloes, By P. van der Wielden. —
This drug was supplied to the author by Brogades &
Stheeman, of Meppel, and was found to consist of black
shining pieces, among which there were some of liver
color. On thin sections under the microscope no crystals
whatever could be seen. The same obtains in the case
of Cape aloes, while a sample of " dull " Curacao aloes
showed the presence of aloin crystals. A small piece of
the sample of shining aloes gave a red color on addition
of nitric add, and in a little while was dissolved in this
acid. The same test with dull Curacao aloes gave the
same color reaction, but the aloes did not dissolve com-
pletely. Cape aloes gave a greenish yellow tint with the
same reagent (Bainbridge and Morrow's test). On dis-
solving the aloes in water — i-ioo— a resinous sediment
remained. The solution was, on filtering, yellow in color,
but on standing and heating it turned a darker color.
The qualitative reactions showed that there was a close
correspondence between the shining and the dull Curacao
aloes. True emodin does not occur, or only in traces,
free in the shining aloes. The shining aloes are, there-
fore, probably not adulterated with other substances.
The analysis showed : Water, 10 per cent. ; ash, 2.08 per
cent. ; constituents soluble in water, 66.87 per cent. ; con-
stituents soluble in alcohol, 98.06 per cent. ; in ether, 1.04
per cent.; in chloroform, 0.62 per cent.; in carbon di-
sulphide, 0.42 per cent. ; resin, -{- 30 per cent. ; in the sub-
stance freed from water, aloin melting at 149 degrees C,
16.4. per cent. (January 4.)
Poisoning with Poppy Capsules. By Van Ledden
Hulsebosch. — Among the lower classes of society in the
Netherlands there exists the reprehensible custom of
giving decoctions of poppy " bulbs " to infants whenever
these become troublesome. These preparations are
popularly called " slaapbollen " or " slaapsdroop "
(Syrupus papaveris). Of course, while the unripe cap-
sules of Papaver somniferus contain a large amount of
opium in the milky juice that exudes therefrom, the
dried fruit of this plant contains but traces of the
opium alkaloids. Certain it is that the decoctions and
syrups prepared from these capsules have a somniferous
effect upon children in very small doses, and that even
fatal results have followed their administration. (Janu-
ary 4.)
The Catalytic Action of Potassium Iodide in the
Quantitative Determination of Iron, By D. Schuh. — In
the ordinary titration method of determining the amount
of iron, with potassium iodide and sodium thiosulphate,
the iodide exercises a catalytic action. In the presence
of potassium iodide the reaction takes place according
to the following formula: 2Fe,Cle+4Na2S20j=2Na,S4
Oo+4FeCl2+4NaCl, while the reaction in the absence
of potassium iodide takes place thus: 2Fe2Cla+6Na,S2
03=2FeS508+2FeS^Oe+i2NaCl. (January 11.)
New Process for Fluid Extract of Ergot. By W.
Stoeder. — ^The following method of preparing this fluid
extract is used by the author: One hundred parts of
ergot powder, B30, dehydrated by percolating through
petroleum ether, and dried by exposure to calcium chlo-
ride, are mixed with the following:
Diluted alcohol, 70 per cent Parts 80
Glycerin Parts 20
The moistened powder is macerated in a percolator
for 24 hours and slowly percolated by additions of 70
per cent, alcohol until 85 parts are obtained. This is
set aside, and the percolation is continued with diluted
alcohol until the percolate is very slightly tinged with
red, and does not contain any ergotinin, so that 2 Cc. of
it, diluted, with 2 Gc. of water and made alkaline with
one drop of ammonia, on shaking with ether and pouring
the latter upon strong sulphuric acid, no violet color is
present at tiie point of contact of the two fluids. The
second percolate is now evaporated to 15 Cc, making the
rest of the 100 parts of the extract. (January 11.)
Plytfmacetttische Gentralhalle, Jantsary,
The Amount of Cinnamic Acid in the Official Cinna-
mon Water. By Dr. Eugene Holdermann. — ^The purpose
of this investigation is to determine the role of cinnamon
water with increased amounts of cinnamic acid in the
official Liquor Ferri Albuminati of the Ph.G. IV. In the
preparation of this solution the precipitated and washed
iron albuminate is dissolved in a minimum of free sodium
hydrate, with care to avoid an excess of the latter, so as
to prevent a disagreeable faste and to prevent the neu-
tralization of the gastric juice. In preparing large quan-
tities of the solution it is easier to limit the amount of
lye used to the minimum, and in these cases the cinna-
mon water, if it contains an excess of cinnamic acid,
causes a precipitate of iron albuminate. In order to find
out whether cinnamon water developed an additional
amount of cinnamic acid, on standing by the oxidation
of the aldehyde contained therein, the author tested acidi-
metrically a Sample of freshly prepared cinnamon water
and one of this preparation which had stood for a year,
taking the precaution in preparing the new sample to
use the same amount and the same lot of cinnamon bark
thkt had been used in the preparation of the old one. He
found that the old sample contained 0.1776 per cent, of
cinnamic acid and the new sample contained only 0.088S
per cent, of this acid. He found, therefore, that the dif-
ference is one of serious consequence in the preparati(>n
of large quantities of Liqtior Ferri Albuminati. (Janu-
ary 9.)
Isovalerianate of Copper. By Dr. Wm. Kinzel. —
The amount of water of crystallization in this salt [Cu
(C5Ho02)2] is variously stated by chemists. Schmidt
gives no water of crystallization, while Beilstein gives
one molecule. The oily appearance and the scant solu-
bility of the salt in water made it scarcely probable that it
contained much water of crystallization when ordinarily
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
formed. The compound was, therefore, prepared from
pure copper oxide and pure isovalerianic add ; the salt
formed was found to be very slightly soluble in water.
It was very soluble in alcohol (50 per cent.^ and crystal-
lized from this solution in beautiful, intensely green crys-
talline needles, which formed spherical groups. In very
dilute alcohol the salt is soluble, tinting the solution in-
tensely green, the color being so strong that die addition
of concentrated adds leaves a slightly colored solution.
This intense color is interesting because it explains
the beautiful reaction of copper acetate upon resinous
adds in the resin canals of plants bdonging to the order
of Coniferae, etc. Dried in the exsiccator between two
pieces of filter paper, the salt formed dark green trans-
parent needles unchanged on contact with air. Copper
itovalerianate upon amlysis was found to contain no
water of crystallization in the pure, ordinary form, but
it is possible that a salt exists which contains a molecule
of water. (January 16.) •
Archftv Fiser PhanauAep December.
The Relations of Canadine to Berberine. By J.
Gadamer. — In 1875 Hale found a third alkaloid in the
rhizome of hydrastis canadensis, in addition to berberine
and hydrastine, but the existence of this substance was
denied by other observers. E. Schmidt, in 189 1, isolated
this new alkaloid and called it canadine. Its formula was
said to be CmH,iN04 — ^i.e., it had 4 more atoms of
hydrogra than berberine. Schmidt was also able by
abstracting hydrogen to convert it into berberine. When
this berberine was reduced again it was found that it
became, not canadine, but its isomere, hydroberberine.
The exact nature of the isomerism was, however, in
doubt The author found that physical isomerism was
the relation between these two alkaloids, for he was
able by means of bromocamphosulphcnic acid to
convert the optically inactive hydroberberine into dex-
tro and laevo-berberine. He found further that laevo-
canadine, melting at 135 degrees C. and polarizing at
[X] ^ == — 298 degrees, was identical in every re-
elect with " natural " canadine. He also shows that
berberine is a strong quaternary base, with a formula
of (VI,.NO«.
On the Constituents of Kousso Flowers. By Dr. A.
Lobeck. — ^The author analyzed the kussin of Merck's
make, after crystallizing it repeatedly in hot alcohol until
it melted constantly at 142 degrees C. He found that
the properties and formula (CatHj^O^) given by Leich-
senring were correct. His next care was to determine
whether kussin is a principle or a compound, for Dac-
como and Malagnini have asserted that it is a complex
substance. By repeated re-crystallizations he succeeded
in obtaining a body which mdted at 160 degrees C, in-
stead of 14S degrees C, as originally. From the mother
liquors he isolated a second substance which melted at
121 degrees C. The former he called alpha-kussin, the
latter ^ta-kussin, the latter occurring in the proportion
of 4 per cent, in the commercial product.
Alpha-kussin occurs in beautiful elongated lemon-
yellow needles, which give the same reactions as kussin,
except that alpha-kussin in absolute ether set free hydro-
gen on addition of metallic sodium, and is physiologically
inactive. He found it to contain two methoxyl ^oups,
thus [C,iH,4(OCH,),Ob]. Beta-kussin crystalhzes in
intense yellow prisms, gives the same reactions as alpha-
kussin, and has the same composition as kussin (C,,
H„0,)-
The author next examined the prindples isolated
from kousso flowers, protokussin and kusotoxin, in order
to fiaid whether they are constantly present in the flowers.
The materials for these investigations were obtained by
a method similar to that devised for the extraction of the
prindples in aspidium (the magnesia method), from a
kousso extract furnished by Merck. Protokussin oc-
curred in small, colorless, shining needles, easily soluble
in ether, benzol, chloroform, acetone and hot alcohol,
sparingly in cold alcohol, insoluble in water. Its formula
is that given by Ldchsenring — ^i.e., Q^HsgO^.
Kussidin, the second constituent, melts at 178 degrees
and crystallizes in small square, almost colorless, plates,
and is easily soluble in ether, chloroform, benzol and
alkalies. It has a weak physiologic action resembling
that of kussotoxin. Its formula is CsiH^^On.
Kussotoxin is a ydlowish white, amorphous sub-
stance, and its formula is C^tHnnO^of instead of C^gH^^Oi^,
as Leichsenring has it.
PhannaoetttlBche Pott^ December, 190U
Sodium Thiosulphaie Considered from the Physical
and Chemical Viewpoints. By Prof. F. R. Faktor.—
The molecular weight of sodium thiosulphate Na^SsO,
is, according to this author, 158 [i.e.j without consider-
ing the weight of its water of cnrstallization]. The dec-
trie conductivity of this salt is from 26 to 27 units, and
the ionization takes place by degrees — ^that is, first into
NaS,0, and Na, then into Na and S,0,. In order to
convince himself that hydrolysis actually takes place the
author conducted a series of experiments with the aid
of the inversion of sugar. One Gm. of sodium thiosul-
phate was dissolved in 100 Cc. of water and 20 Gm. of
cane sugar were dissolved in the same volume of water.
Twenty-five Cc. of each solution were pipetted off and
the observation tube of the polarimeter was filled with
mixture. The polarimeter showed the salt actually invert
sugar. (December i.)
Rubber. By Dr. M. Schneider. — ^Rubber is obtained
by tapping certain tropical plants which contain milky
liquid. These juices are precipitated by the addition of
add fruit juices or solutions of other acids, or by evapora-
tion of a thin layer of milky juice, which leaves thin sheets
of rubber. The method used in Para, in Northern Brazil,
is the most rational. The milky juice is converted into
compact rubber by the so-called smoking process, which
is carried out as follows : Under a chimney made of tin or
clay a wood fire is built, into which nuts of certain va-
rieties of palms, particularly atalea excelsa, maximiliana
regia, and Euterpi edilus or the beans of the Para or
Brazil nuts are thrown, whereby acetic acid and creosote
are formed. When white fumes escape from the chimney
the gatherer of rubber dips a wooden shovel, which is
smeared with clay at its lower end, into the " milk " and
holds it over the hot smoke until all the water has evapo-
rated and the rubber remains as a thin skin. This pro-
cedure is often repeated and a thick layer of rubber is
finally separated with a knife. The rubber thus prepared
is the best and contains only one or two per cent, of resin,
losing only fifteen or seventeen per cent, in weight in the
process of purification. The German Pharmacoporia re-
quires that I part of rubber be soluble in 7 5-10 parts of
petroleum benzine within a few hours. This method of
testing, however, will not enable us to recognize the best
variety of rubber. The ash of rubber shows slight traces
of ferric-oxide, which is probably derived from the re-
fining apparatus. The amount of sulphur is determined
by melting with potassium nitrate and predpitating with
barium-chloride. The following method is also easy of
execution : Rubber is melted with sodium in a combustion
tube until all the superfluous sodium evaporates. The
residue is dissolved in water, filtered and tested with a
solution of sodium nitrocyanide, i in 50, which g^ves a
violet color if sulphur is present. (December 8.)
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
103
Christmas and New Yearns Presents in Pharmacy: A
Historical Study. By Herman Schlenz. — The custom of
giving presents at the festival of the New Year existed
among the old Romans. In Germany the custom of giv-
ing New Year's presents became obsolete, and it is only
in France that this custom is abused. Formerly it was
a frequent custom to give presents to friendly physicians
on their birthdays, as is seen from the records of the
fifteenth century in Vienna. The relations between physi-
cians and pharmacists were probably cordial enough in
the Middle Ages, and it was usual for the pharmacists
to supply the physician with remedies free of charge for
his own use or for the use of his family. In 1224 Fred-
erick II issued a decree which prohibited physicians from
associating with pharmacists and enjoined the two pro-
fessions each to keep its own station. A law, which was
inspired by Thomas, of Sarepta, a celebrated priest physi-
cian in 1350, prohibits the physiciaji from living witli a
pharmacist and provides that the patient shall be free to
purchase his medicines wherever he pleases. Similar
provisions were passed later in Constants and Nurem-
berg. An ordinance of the old city of Worms expressly
provides that the druggist must supply medicines, paper
and ink for prescriptions to physicians free of charge
and that physicians shall be obliged to treat the pharma-
cist and his family gratis. In the sixteenth century it
was the custom to hold banquets at which a great deal
of wine and beer were consumed whenever a committee
of physicians were sent by the government to visit a phar-
macy, in order to inspect the establishment. These fes-
tivities became obsolete in 183 1.
The ordinance which was enforced in Lucerne in the
year 1592 concerns the official city physician and provides
that he must seek to maintain friendly relations with the
pharmacists and must not lend money -to physicians nor
make gifts to them, except at New Year, and diat he must
not give away to them more than four shillings' worth of
meat and drink during the year. A court decree, dated
December 29, 1771, prohibits the giving of New Year's
or other gifts by pharmacists to physicians in Austria, and
also any secret or prohibited tmderstanding concerning
prescriptions written in a secret code, under the penalty
of closing the drug store or revoking the license to prac-
tice medicine. In 1798 Frederick William issued a decree
against " the custom, old as it may be, but incompatible
with the principles of a proper government, namely, that
of pharmacists making so-called Christmas presents to
the physicians of their locality, in the shape of sugar,
coffee, spices, etc.," and imppses a fine of twenty thalers.
The custom of giving gifts on various occasions was so
prevalent in Germany in the eighteenth century that phar-
macists were in many places obliged to make costly pres-
ents to the various city officials in addition to the physi-
cians. These presents gradually came to resemble bribes
to such an extent that steps were taken to abolish the
custom everywhere. Of late there have been no laws on
the subject in Germany, and the pharmacist who enjoys
the confidente of the physician and the public need not
make any gifts to physicians as a matter of business
policy. (December 15.)
Pharmaoettttcal Joofnal^ Jantuur*
Interaction between Magnesium Sulphate, Phenazone
[antipyrine] and Sodium Salicylate, By J. P. Gilmour.
— ^The author describes a series of experiments made to
determine the cause of precipitation in the following
mixture :
9 Phenazoni 31
Sodii sallcylatiB Sllj
Potass, bromld. 31t
Magnesll solphatis gL
Olycerlnl jM
AquiB ad. grUj
When the bottle was returned to be refilled it con-
tained a copious deposit of cluster, white prismatic crys-
tals, accumulated on the bottom, and adhering firmly to
the sides. As on theoretical grounds there was no reason
to expect the formation of an insoluble compound in
such a mixture it became necessary to get at the cause
of the interaction by a process of elimination. Accord-
ingly the following solutions were prepared and set
aside for twenty-four hours at a temperature, as recorded
by a maximum and minimum thermometer, ranging from
60 degrees to 51 degrees: j
(1) Sodii salicylas + phenasBone No I4>paient change \
(2) Potass, bromid. + phenaaone No apparent change
(3) Potass, bromid. + phenazone Np apparait cbaage
+ aodii salicylas.
(4) Magnesli snlph. + phenazone. . . .No apparent change
(5) Magnesii solph. + sodii No apparent change
salicylas.
(6) Magnesii sulph. + sodii salicylas. .Orystalline deposit
+ potass, brom. + phenazone.
(7) Magnesii snlph. + phenazone Crystalline depoati
+ sodii salicylas. i
Experiment No. 7 was repeated in various forms.
With a concentrated solution there was an immedia^
formation of minute detached crystals, which multiplied
so abundantly that the contents of the vessel soon became
semi-solid. In solutions of the strengdi of the original
prescription the reaction dSd not become visible for some
hours, when tiny crystalline fod could be detected on the
sides of the glass.
The interaction is shown to be between the magnesium
sulphate, phenazone and sodium salicylate, and the exist-
ence of these substances in the crystalline deposit waf
demonstrated by appropriate tests. (January 11.)
The Native Remedy for Black Water Fever. By E.
M. Holmes. — In a note published in the Pharmaceutical
Journal for November 30, the author referred a plant
used by the natives of the East Coast <d Africa as a
remedy for black water fever to Cassia c^breviata, Oliv.
(see American Druggist, December 23, p. 389)^ From
an examination of a mature pod of the plant, which has
since been handed to him by the discoverer. Dr. O'Sulli-
van Beare, of Pemba, Mr. Holmes now decides that the
plant is not identical with the Cassia abbreviata, Oliv.
His description of the plant is convincing of this, and he
has named it after £he discoverer, calling it Cassia
bearedna. The appearance of the pods and seeds is shown
by sectional drawings. The root of Cassia beareana is
used by the natives for haematuria and black water fever,
while the leaves are used as an application to ulcers and
skin diseases. Dr. Beare is anxious that die remedy
should receive a fair trial, and offers at his own expense
to supply material for any medical man in East Africa
who will try it in black-water fever and haematuria, and
report the results to him. (January 18.)
Note an Glacial Acetic Acid. By F. H. Alcock. —
Attention is called to the fact that glacial acetic add
suffers loss of strength by evaporation from loosely stop-
pered bottles. (January 18.)
Treatment of Wounds in Animals. By " Centaur.*' —
The various kinds of wounds to which animals are sub-
ject are described and appropriate treatment outlined
(January 18.)
The Preparation of Compressed Tablets. By an Ordi-
nary Pharmacist. — ^This is a continued article designed
to supply information to British pharmacists regarding
the manufacture of the different dasses of compressed
tablets.^ The author acknowledges his indebtedness to
the writings of such American pharmadsts as Edd«
CoUentz, McFerran and Remington. (January 18.)
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD,
Note on Ichthyol, By David Harley. — The origin of
the word ichthyol from the Greek Icthus, a fish, is given,
and the source of the substance from a mineral oil dis-
tilled from a bituminous quartz containing fossil deposits
— chiefly fish — shows the significance of the name. The
mineral oil is treated with sulphuric acid and neutralized
with ammonia — the product being ammonium sulpho-
ichthyolate — ^a complex sulphur compound, the formula
for which is said to be: (NH^)2C2gH,,S80«. The vari-
ous forms in which ichthyol is used in medicine are noted
and the pharmacy of the substance receives passing men-
tion. (January 25.)
American Journal of Pharmacy, January*
The Pharmacological Assay of Drugs. By Arthur R.
Cushny. — The author discusses first the general subject
of assaying and gives the details as to the methods of
pharmacological assay of digitalis. He says that the
chemical assay of digitalis may be dismissed as imprac-
ticable at present, and, in all probability, for many years
to come. He looks upon the pharmacological assay as a
useful substitute for chemical assay in the case of many
remedies in which the latter is not applicable, as it per-
mits of a standard being formed for these preparations
which is sufficiently constant and exact for therapeutic
purposes. The author regrets the exclusion of pharmaco-
logical tests by the pharmacopoeial convention, for in ex-
cluding these it has rejected what is in many cases the
only method of assay and has also excluded antidiphther-
itic serum, which is certainly the most important acquisi-
tion to therapeutics for the last quarter of a century.
[The author is in error in assuming that the interdiction
of physiological assay will necessarily result in the ex-
clusion of serums from the Pharmacopoeia, the phrase-
ology of the instructions to the Committee of Revision
being such as to leave the committee itself in doubt on the
subject. In fact, a vote is now being taken in the com-
mittee to ascertain whether or not the instructions are to
be construed as permitting of the introduction of serums.
The motion positively instructing the committee to intro-
duce serums was lost in the convention principally be-
cause it was mandatory. — ^Ed. Am. Drug.]
State Pharmaceutical Associations, By Joseph L.
Lemberger. — ^The author reviews the origin, history
and influence of State Pharmaceutical Associations, giv-
ing them credit for being very important factors in the
development of pharmacy.
The Adulteration of Drugs. By Lymaq F. Kebler. —
The author cautions the reader against assuming that
because so many reports are published showing adultera-
tions in drugs the majority of the drugs in the mar-
ket are adulterated. A careful examination of the reports
will show that they are in fact as well as name reports
of adulterations, and not to be considered as reports
on the purity of drugs. The proportion of intentional
adulterations actually met with does not exceed five per
cent. The author describes at length a number of adul-
terated articles and the means best adapted for detecting
the adulterations. Many of these have already been re-
ferred to by the author in articles contributed to the
American Druggist.
The Alkaloidal Contents of Cinchona Bark, By J.
B. Nagaelvoort. — The author reviews the work of Van
Ketel on this head and arrives at the conclusion that
Van Ketel's method does not yield as favorable results
as its orginator had hoped for.
The Sugar-Coated Pill By William R. Warner, Jr.
— It was not until 1856 that the scientifically prepared
and inviting sugar-coated pill was manufactured and
introduced in America bv William R. Warner, at that
time a retail apothecary, located in Philadelphia, who
had spent much time and thought upon the subject and
finally gave to the world his conception and its results.
Notwithstanding the fact that many variations upon this
sugar-coating have been introduced, pills coated with
sugar still remain very popular. Thomas S. Wiegand
contributes a brief note upon the same topic, giving the
method used to coat pills with sugar.
Color Reactions of Certain Coal-Tar Derivatives. By
Robert A. Hatcher. — The description given in a recent
publication of the color reactions occurring between a
mixture of formaldehyde and sulphuric acid and several
coal-tar derivatives so closely agrees with the color pro-
duced by the reaction between this reagent and morphine
as to cause possible confusion. The author therefore
has undertaken a comparison between the reactions of
morphine and that of the coal-tar derivatives. The re-
sults of this comparison show that while the test is a
reliable one for morphine, it is well for the analyst to
be familiar with the reactions of the coal-tar derivatives,
as otherwise an error may be made, while if any of these
derivatives are present it is desirable to remove them
before applying the test.
Filling Capsules with Essential Oils, By William G.
Toplis. — The author recommends the addition of arrow-
root or preferably of potato starch to the oil. To dispense
half a drachm of terebene weigh out half a drachm of
potato starch, place it upon the pill tile, add the terebene
and mix with a spatula. Now add three or four drops
of water and stir briskly. Again add a few drops of
water, stirring as before, and repeat if necessary until
the mass becomes solid, after which it can be divided
into the necessary number of parts and put into capsules.
Estimation of Berberine, By H. M. Gordin.— The
author suggests several modifications of the two methods
proposed by him at the St. Louis meeting of the Ameri-
can Pharmaceutical Association for the estimation of
berberine and published in the American Druggist for
October 14, page 203.
Ground Flax-seed Adulterated with Mineral Oil, By
Lyman F. Kebler.— The author states that a little less
than two years ago Eustace H. Gane called attention for
the first time to the adulteration of flax-seed meal, which
consisted in the removal of the natural fixed oil and the
substitution of a mineral oil. This observation, which
was recorded in the American Druggist, Volume
XXXVI, page 4, was confirmed a few months since by a
report published in a British journal. Mr. Kebler has
experimented with ground flax-seed, expressing the oil
and substituting a mineral oil, the result liing a flax-seed
meal which would respond to the pharmacopoeial require-
ment of 25 per cent, of fixed oil, though, of course, the
oil was not saponifiable. Mr. Kebler has himself found
one sample of ground flax-seed which contains an ab-
normally high proportion of unsaponifiable oil having
the characteristic fluorescence of the mineral oils.
A New Reap^ent for Albumin in the Urine
Polacci (Giornale di f armada di Trieste, 1901, p. 235),
offers the following formula for a reagent for albumin in
the urine :
Tartaric acid i Gm.
Corrosive sublimate 6 Gm.
Sodium chloride 10 Gm.
Dissolve in 100 Cc. of distilled water, add 5 Cc. of for-
maldehyde. Two Cc. of the reagent are poured into a
test tube, and on the surface of the liquid 3 or 4 Cc. of
urine are carefully placed. When albumin is present a
white ring will appear at the junction of the two fluids.
The test is said to be very delicate.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
10$
Qvieries and Ans^vers
We than be glad, in this department, to reapond to calla for information on all pharmaceutic matters.
Incompatibility of Potassium Bromide and
Paraldehyde. — A. L. asks us to comment/ on the sub-
joined prescription and point out wherein the ingredients
are incompatible, with each other :
R Potass, bromidll 31
Paraldehyde ; 31v
Elixir simpliciB, q. s. ad Sly
Sig.: 3ij to produce sleep.
It is questionable whether the quantity of paralde-
hyde prescribed in this mixture will entirely dissolve in
the amount of simple elixir ordered, especially in com-'
bination with the potassium bromide; but, apart from
this, there is a chemical incompatibility between the
paraldehyde and the potassium bromide. The tendency
of paraldehyde to act as an oxidizing agent is well known.
In contact with a solution of potassium bromide it would
be very apt to convert the latter into a bromate salt, and
the reaction would necessarily weaken the therapeutic
values of both drugs, besides producing a combination
different from that which the prescriber intended to ad-
minister. It is, however, a combination which is not in-
frequently prescribed, and unless a lengthy interval
elapses between the time of compounding and the time
of taking the medicine the incompatibility would not
devlop sufficiently to affect very materially the proper-
ties of the compound.
Cream for Chapped Hands and Face.— F. &
F. write : " We want a good formula for a preparation
for chapped hands and face. We have many, but should
be glad to see what you would suggest."
Of the numerous preparations put up and sold as
emollients for chapped surfaces we know of oone so gen-
erally satisfactory as the ointment-like compound which
is sold under the name of Cucumber Cream. Various
formulas are extant for this preparation, but it is general-
ly admitted that the product yielded by the following
process, which is one given by Askinson in his work
on " Perfumes and their Preparation," is of superior
excellence :
Oil of sweet almond 2 lbs.
White wax 2% ozs.
Spermaceti ; . .2^ ozs.
Cucumber extract 5^ ozs.
Cucumber Juice 2 lbs.
The cucumber juice is warmed carefully to a heat of
140 or 149 degrees F., rapidly filtered from the curd, and
at once added to the rest of the mass, which has been
previously melted.
Cuatmber extract is made as follows :
CUCUMBER EXTRACT.
Cucumbers 1 lb.
Alcohol 20 fl. ozs.
The cucumbers are peeled, cut into thin slices and
macerated in the warm alcohol. If the odor is not de-
veloped sufficiently in the alcohol after a few days' mac-
eration, it is poured over some fresh slices, the macerated
residue is expressed, and at the end of the operation all
the liquids are united and filtered.
Cucumber juice is best made after the following
process :
CUCUMBER JUICE.
Take aicumbers in the green state, wash them thor-
oughly, then slice them with the skin on into small frag-
ments, place in an earthen or porcelain dish, pour upon
them hot water to cover, and let simmer for half an hour
or more, being careful that the heat is not too high, or
the water too low so as to scorch. Then strain through
a colander or muslin, and to every pint of the juice add
4 fluid ounces of alcohol. Let stand over night and filter.
Salicylic acid, borax or formaldehyde may be employed
instead of alcohol as a preservative.
Lecithin. — R. J. — Lecithin exists as a natural con-
stituent of nervous tissue and of yolk of egg. Being a
compound of cholin with glycerophosphoric acid, on de-
composition with acids or alkalies it yields glycerophos-
phoric acid, fatty acids and cholin. Lecithin is said to-
represent five per cent, of the yolk of the hen's tgg, its-
phosphorus content varying between 3.7 and 4.1 per cent,
in amount. Various methods have been proposed for the
preparation of lecithin from yolk of tgg, but the prin-
ciple in each is the same. The yolks are first extracted with
ether by shaking until the ethereal solution takes up no
more pigment. The ethereal extracts are united, the
ether is distilled off, and the oil filtered off at the tem-
perature of the body. The yellow, somewhat frothy, ma-
terial which remains on the filter is dissolved in as little
ether as possible and precipitated with acetone. The
precipitate is collected on a filter and washed with acetone
until the wash-acetone dissolves no more cholesterine.
The residue is again dissolved in a small amount of ether
or benzol. To this solution an excess of absolute alcohol
is added, when, on standing, a white amorphous sub-
stance separates out. After filtration the pure lecithin
can then be obtained by distilling off the alcohol and
ether. Lecithin is a yellowish whitCj waxy hygroscopic
solid, soluble in ether and in alcohol ; it swells and forms
ultimately a kind of emulsion with water or saline solu-
tion.
The pharmacy of lecithin has not been studied to any
extent, at least not in this country. In France, where
elegant pharmaceuticals enjoy the greatest vogue, vari-
ous preparations of lecithin are put up for sale. It is
generally prepared in pill, tablet, or capsule form, though
a solution in oil for hypodermic administration is also on
the market.
It is somewhat interesting to note the vicissitudes
of phosphorus preparations in medicine. Some fifty
years ago the simple phosphate salts enjoyed consider-
able popularity, being largely prescribed in conditions
where the glycerophosphates are now supposed to be in-
dicated or useful. After the phosphates came the h)rpo-
phosphites, which came largely into use in various morbid
conditions supposed to be dependent on malnutrition of
the nervous system, and are still largely prescribed in
medicine, though they have been supplanted to some ex-
tent of late by the glycerophosphates, which were intro-
duced into medicine by an eminent French physician.
The indications to-day are that the glycerophosphates
will in turn be supplanted by the lecithins, which, as we
have indicated above, are also glycerin derivatives rich
in phosphorus.
Acid Alcohol. — A. M. asks us to state what is
meant by the term " acid alcohol."
The fluid wKich goes under this name is made by
mixing ten volumes of a 25 per cent, solution of hydro-
chloric acid in ninety volumes of 96 per cent, alcohol. It
is also called Bunge's fluid.
io6 AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD,
Flesh Reducers.— T. P. A. K. asks for particu- REVIEWS OF BOOKS.
lars regarding the system followed by jockeys f or „ _ „
reducing their weight while undergoing training. He Berlin: juHum springer, 1901. i2mo., pp. 238, wSh laitiStioM
asks particularly in regard to the drugs which are em- ^ ^^ ^"'*
ployed for this purpose. In Germany the " Drogist " constitutes quite a dis-
We do not think that drugs play any part in the sys- tinct class from the pharmacist. He is restrained by
tern pursued by jockeys and their trainers for the reduc- rather strict laws from selling a large number of drugs
tion of weight: excessive sweating by means of steam and chemicals that may be sold by pharmacists. He is
baths, exercise and appropriate diet are the agents com- not permitted to compound prescriptions. His business
monly employed. The bromides and iodides have been is not regarded as a profession, and he is classed as a busi-
recommended for reducing flesh, but we doubt whether ness man of higher intellectual attainments than the
their use would be advisable in the case of jockeys, average storekeeper. He deals, in all household articles,
though there would be less objection to their use with such as soaps, paints, varnishes, oils, crude drugs for
these men than with men under real training, where the domestic use and for the laundry and factory, perfimiery,
object is not so much to reduce weight as to fit the sub- toilet articles, etc
ject for some unusual physical strain. The use of blad- The growth of this branch of business has been re-
derwrack as an obesity cure had a great vogue some markable in Germany and there is now scarcely a town of
years ago, its use being suggested probably by the fact any magnitude that does not boast of a " Drogerie," in
that it is known to contain appreciable amounts of iodine addition to its pharmacies. Naturally, there is a good
and bromine. A typical formula for an anti-fat prepa- deal of rivalry between the pharmacist and his competitor
ration containing bladderwrack (Fucus vesiciilosis) is the drogist. The pharmacists of some towns are in
the following: favor of abandoning the strict and conservative profes-
Eztract of fucus vesiculosis 2% lbs. sionalism that has so long characterized the German
I>j8t**i«l water 7% lbs. apothecary, and of entering into things with more eye
-^^^^^^ 20 OSS. ^ profit and to commercial success. However, the great
The extract is dissolved in the water by heat, and the majority of German pharmacists are opposed to any such
alcohol added to the fluid when cold. Dose: One table- new policies. The result is that the drogisten are reap-
spoonf ul, thrice daily. ing a rich harvest almost everywhere ; that it is easier to
The remedy is sometimes prescribed in pill form, get young men with good education and fair business
either alone or combined with other ingredients, as in training to enter the ranks of the drogisten than to em-
the following: bark on the rough sea of pharmacy, and that even the
„ , ,^ I- ^^ ^ business of the drogist is becoming overcrowded.
LXmrca5S^^S.::::::::::::::::::::::::::^GS: , f "/^^r"!' T^*^ ^?'' the/y^T^tic instruction
Extract of bladderwrack 20 Gm. ®^ "^^ drogist m the theoretical side of his calling. The
Powdered guaiacum . * 40 Gm. reason is simply this, that the drogist is a comparatively
Powdered senega 40 Gm. new figure in the German commercial world. He is in
Dfv^tatolmB^^^etSi^O.isQm. '* *e course of development and has not reached his full
jj growth as yet. The young men who enter the store of
Extract of bladderwrack. . . '. gr. iv. * drogist become, first of all, apprentices, and later ad-
Powdered niarBbiiiaUow q.8. vance to the dignity of assistants. There are unofficial
Fiat pilula. Dose : One or more pills with meals, examinations for apprentices wishing to qualify as assist-
thrice daily *"*' conducted by the associations of drogists in various
The Action of Alkalies on Aloin.- J. A. W. ^^^ Germany and Austria. ^ . , ^
writes: "Kindly pnbUsh in your inquiry column next ,V^J, P'"*^*"* ^o'"*"* e»ves in a bnef and very sys-
issue what action alkalies like sodium bicarbonate have Tf^JT'T • "'?"*'.^l ^j *^ theoretical side of
upon aloin, and what would be the medicinal action of L k^- f ''"*"^i^- ^* ^eludes elementary treatises
^uch a combination? " chemistry and botany, and chapters on the vanous
It is believed by some-Professor Caspari among J^^f of goods carried in stock in such establishments,
others-that aloin when it passes through titie stomach J°i!"^rl^?f*?°" and arrangement it corresponds
is converted into emodin by the alkaline intestinal fiuid, 1?,^!. l^f f u k "^^^ °* pharmaceutical practice,
and that the emodin so foiiied is the real laxative prin- '"? *^ !j^* ?l^''^^°!f ' ^"^ «f ^pl«« but it is. of course,
ciple of the drug. It is reasonable to assume that the 2?* ^u^f^^^J""^ does not go so much into details,
addition of sodii^ bicarbonate, or a similar alkali, would ?^„rT f I., * i ! ki ''°^°"' ^^^^V"^^' «t*^' *^«
tend to increase the laxative action of aloin, especially Ho^5!li°:l^%^°"" f table, givmg origin, composi-
in the case of the average aloin of the market, wWdi is ^^^VCT^,^' in • iu^*'"' ^"'^/'^isame tabular arrange-
jiiSrmK p^°^"^^ ^"^ °^«^ ~"^^*^ -'* s^dii^iJsrw'ith z ifw: al^sSe ^™s.4 s
resinous mauer. n ^xt t^ ^xt a another concerns itself with the methods of testing the
Waterproof Drawing Ink.- G. W. P.— We do different classes of goods for their purity and oth«- re-
not know the composition of Higgins "waterproof draw- quired qualities '^ -^
ing ink. A very black and indelible drawing ink may The book is intended as a manual for the beginner
be made by dissolving shellac m a hot water solution of and is naturally very elementary in style. The subject
borax and rubbing up m this solution a fine quality of is, however, handled in an attractive manner, and there
India ink. is no doubt that it will serve its purpose well. It will
be the means of introducing the young drogist to the
Rheumatin is the neutral salicylate of saloquinine. studies that underlie the practice of his art.
(See American Druggist for December 9, p. 352). It
is tasteless, sparingly soluble in water, and combines the ^^
effects of the acid and of quinine. It is recommended PAMPHLETS* ETC, RECEIVED.
in rheumatic pains, and has proved valuable in the most uorS^^SS^Slon St'ow^Potat fff ^^ v^'o^tow isTiS"
severe cases of articular rheumatism, complicated by 1901. a. B. Merrlam. secretary. 19 Wabash' arenne. ^tt^!
heart failure. Ill,
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND
BUSINESS BUILDING.
Cooddctod by U« G« ISaimliig*
771/ Departf9tent Editor unll be pleased to criticise advertisements ^
suggest improvementSy and answer all questions coming
within the scope of this department.
PHARMACEQTICAL RECORD.
107
HIS DREAM CAME TRU&
SOMETHING over a year ago a suggestion was made
in this department that at least one man acted upon.
It was to go after the individual ; to pick out lists of
people trading with competitors and go after them per-
sistently through the mail. *
One man has been doing this on an extensive scale for
the past thirteen months, and the other day he made a
report
He has spent for a series of booklets, circular letters
and one or two little gifts made to the people on his list,
about $260.00. The results, as far as he can trace them,
are about $2,500,000. He apparently got more than he
deserved from his outlay, due probably to specially suit-
able conditions in his locality. But the fact remains that
he would not have done this but for the suggestion given
him ; the moral is obvious.
This idea of going right after the man wanted is be-
ing widely developed in many directions, and it is easy
to see that it is a scientific method. Any campaign of
that sort should be carried on in connection with general
advertising, for those already your customers must not
be neglected.
CRITICISM AND COMMENT.
AN ABORTIVE EFFORT.
I recently saw a window display that missed being as
effective as it should because the central idea was badly,
expressed.
A pair of old shoes were tucked against a hot water
bottle, accompanied by a sign to the effect that there
would be no cold feet these winter nights if hot water
bottles were used. As most people are not in the habit of
going to bed with their boots on, the result was a trifle
confusing. The basis for a good display was here, but
badly worked out.
The thing to do is to portray the thought dearly.
This might have been made effective by borrowing a
large doll and doll's bed and presenting a genuine sleep-
ing scene. Or a tailor's dummy could have been em-
ployed.
INSURING AGAINST RESULTS.
Open many a country newspaper, particularly in the
East, more particularly in Pennsylvania, and you will
find druggists advertising in some such manner as this ;
Smltli** Drns Store, %% B. IHarlLet St.
Finest llnefi of medicines.
PrescrlptlonB carefully componnded.
Such an ad not only does no good, but may even do
harm. In these days, when advertising is becoming more
and more a test of merchants' fitness to survive, an
archaic ad of the above sort reads " fossil " as plainly as
though it bore the words.
Such cards ordinarily occupy from one and one-half
to two inches space, which, while not large enough for
the most effective advertising, is large enough to do
good if properly used. How much better, for instance,
to employ such a space for short talks changed daily, or
even weekly; something like the following, which is one
of a series of three hundred used by one druggist :
Prescription Talk No. 6*
Experience counto In the filling of prescriptions.
We find we have compounded, upon an average, five
thousand annually since we started in business.
This we believe to be at leajst half of those written
in this city in this period. Our experience adds to
your security, but not to your exi>ense.
SAUNDER'S PHARMACY.
S S S
Lewis R. Whitacre, Merchantville, N. J., sends the
quinine pill ad which is reproduced. This is an extremely
IT FITS
THE POCKET
I UDGING from the demand,
^ those bottles of 50 two
grain Quinine Pills at i8c are
filling a long felt want. These
are not the kind of pills usually
put up in bottles to sell at a
"cut price," which too often
means " cut quality " ; they
are the best pill we can buy
regardless of price. Their
makers' name stands for all
that is best in their line.
We have these pills in plain,
sugar-coated and gelatine-
coated forms.
Instead of paying loc for a
dozen, try a bottle of these.
A neat screw-cap bottle, " It
fits the pocket. "
good ad, one that should sell the goods. The only fea-
ture to argue about is the heading, which to me sug-
gested a pocket flask — ^perhaps this is a reflection an me,
rather than on the ad. It also suggested Kodaks ; I think
the Kodak people once used this same line in reference
to pocket cameras. At any rate, it is best to have the
heading epitomize the ad when possible, so that those
who give the ad a glance only will catdi its import None
but those who have need of them are going to buy quinine
pills, so the heading vrould have be^ better had it em-
bodied Quinine. This ad is probably but one of a series,
m which case there is no objection to putting the "fit
the pocket '' idea forward in one of the ads.
HE NO DOUBT LANDED THEM.
E. C. Barker, Canisteo, N. Y., sends copy of his local
newspaper, issued before Christmas, in which he is by
Jo8
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
far the largest and best advertiser. He has one full page,
a separate space of about 24 inches, besides gets liberal
editorial mention. It is certain that no one got away
from this advertising.
The ads are well written and arranged, the display
being so planned as to give prominence to all the various
lines of goods. The whole effort shows skill and judg-
ment. The man who has the stock to justify it, and who
dares do this sort of a thing is the one who makes certain
of satisfactory results.
EXCELLENT DISPLAY.
The sponge ad of the French Drug Company, Ta-
coma, Wash., is a good example of simple but effective
Sponge»>
Lux\iry—«
Yon might ask—" who ever
heard of sponge Inxnry ? "
We answer — only those who
have used one of onr large
bath sponges. A large va-
riety of the beet Sponges for
toilet and.bath nses. From
Bo To SI. 78
FRENCH DRUG
Pf\ Z3^o PacHk Ave.
^"^ Tel. Main 69.
SEE WINDOW
display. This small ad would be conspicuous on the
page of almost any paper.
Vhat They Say.
Tibbett's Little Liver Pills are made for sluggish
livers. They bring about normal, healthy action of the
liver and stomach, and remove constipation. Small dose,
small price, 15 cents. Tibbett's Pharmacy, Chelsea,
Mass.
A chance to figure with you when in need of anything
in the line of drugs, paints and oils is all that we ask.
We guarantee our prices to be the lowest for the best
goods on the market. Jno. H. Witte, Burlington, Iowa.
Compounding physicians' prescriptions is the greater
part of our business. Bring us your prescriptions and
have them prepared by experienced pharmacists only.
Ask your neighbors about our service, they trade with
us. A. T. Hodnett, York, Pa.
Real tooth brush luxury cannot be had unless you
have a good tooth brush, one which cleans every little
nook and crevice and does not shed its bristles. The
Caughell brush is just such a brush. It is 25c. White
Drug Store, Aylmer, Ont.
Cunningham's Headache Powders cure headaches.
That is the only thing they do, but they do it well. They
are pleasant to take and leave no bad after effects. Cun-
ningham's, Detroit, Mich.
• Sick Room Goods. — Let the sunshine in. Make the
sufferer more comfortable. Real necessities are here
waiting for a chance to brighten some sick room. Bal-
lagh's, Nevada, Mo.
Prescription precision is a certainty here. No matter
how simple the prescription may be, it is filled by an ex-
perienced pharmacist. That means accuracy. Only the
purest drugs are used in compounding prescriptions here.
That means quality. Andrew R. Cunningham, Detroit^
Mich.
Good Aidvertisins:«
It is not often that a retail drug store furnishes the topic
for a leading editorial article in a metropolitan daily. This
good fortune, however, has happened to J. Milhau*8 Son, in
front of whose store at 183 Broadway appears a very promi-
nent sign reading:
WE GIVE YOU JUST WHAT YOU ASK FOR.
The homily which the editor of the New York Journal
preaches on this text runs as follows:
We are glad to seize upon this occasion to pay a
tribute to this motto, and, incidentally, to point out a
dishonest and very common practice among merchants
—that of substituting one article for another.
One business man devotes all his energy, his
money and his time to building up the reputation of a
certain article. He enables the retailer to make a
large profit, and he spends his money that customers
may be plentiful.
When a customer asks for the article in question it
is dishonest to say to him, as many do:
"Don't buy that We have something else Just as
good and much cheaper."
If the merchant has something good and cheap of
his own, let him sell it to his customers by all means.
But let him not steal the trade of a man whose energy
helps to build up his business. Let him not divert to
his own pocket all of the profit which he ought to in
honesty share with another.
There are wares that are made enormously profit-
able to the retailer simply because men push their busi-
ness with intelligence and perseverance. It is ungrate-
ful as well as dishonest for the sake of a little extra
profit to cut into the legitimate business of the advertis-
ing manufacturer.
Incidentally the public, as well as the storekeeper
and the manufacturer, are interested in this question
of substituting one article for another.
That which is represented as "Just as good" is
usually NOT Just as good, but very far from It
If a man has spent a million dollars building up the
reputation of a certain article, it is to his advantage to
keep up the quality of the material which enters into
the manufacture of that article. His profit is large if
he is honestly treated, and it would be suicide for him
to use inferior material for the sake of a little extra
money.
The man who makes up an Imitation article and an-
nounces it as " Just as good " has no such sum at stake.
He has Invested nothing. He has no valuable name to
ruin, and it is to his interest to make the "Just as good "
article JUST AS CHEAP as he can make it
The buyer should remember these facts and put his
confidence in that retailer who, Uke the man quoted at
the head of this article, gives to the customer JUST
WHAT HE ASKS FOR, treats the wholesaler honestly,
and shows gratitude for the energy which builds up a
successful business and makes the retailer prosperous.
About Hot Chocolate.
There may be so much said for this delicious drink that I could not
find space enough in this little paper to say It all. The kind I refer to
Is the rich, creamy, always hot. bat not scalding drink, with % topping
of whlppnd cream. There's nothing better on a cold day than a cap or
onr hot chocolate.
It's different from others because of the material, and then oor ap-
paratus costs many times as much as other druggists care to spend for
a hot soda fountain. It requires just such a machine as you'll find in
my pharmacies to make good hot chocolate. Pouring hot water on
chocolate and adding milk doesn't make hot chocolate as it ought to beu
If you had the other kind, try lioeser's ; that means you'll come agalik.
That's what I am aiming at.
A GOOD STORT WEI«L TOLD.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
109
THE RICE MEMORIAL FUND«
The ^American Dtu^^ist^ Subscription List Swelled
by Numerous G>ntributions.
V
The project of honoring in a substantial and befitting man-
ner the memory of the late Dr. Charles Rice is now in fair
prospect of realization. The fund started by the Amebican
Dbuggibt in the issue for February 10 has been swelled by the
receipt of numerous donations of both large and small
amounts, and included among the acknowledgments printed
below are the names of a few friends and admirers of the de-
•ceased who have asked to be put down for the sums opposite
their names. In forwarding their donations to the fund sev-
«ral contributors have expressed their feelings of pleasure at
being privileged to participate in the movement for the erec-
tion of a monument to the deceased. In addition to the plac-
ing of a suitable memorial shaft over the place where there
rest the remains of the late beloved chairman of the Commit-
tee on Revision of the United States Pharmacopoeia, it is the
purpose of the Board of Trustees of the United States Phar-
macopoeial Convention to prepare a volume containing a por-
trait with a sketch of the life and labors of Dr. Rice, and cop-
ies of this memorial volume will, we suppose, be presented to
«nbscribers to the fund.
In our last issue we emphasized the desirability of receiv-
ing numerous small contributions from the rank and file of the
profession, and with a view of reiterating and further em-
phasizing this, we print the following extracts from a letter
inclosing a small contribution. The writer says: "I am one
•of a multitude who cannot afford to do a hundredth part of
what we would like to do for this most worthy object I be-
lieve you would make thousands of poor men like myself
feel more comfortable if it were understood that a dollar or
two was as much as is expected, inasmuch as this amount
from each one desirous of contributing would be sufficient. I
believe there are many who will do nothing rather then suffer
t>y comparison with their more fortunate brothers. At the same
time a dollar subscription plan would not Interfere with large
-checks to the committee.**
In sending his personal check for $25 M. J. Breitenbach
-writes: " I do not know of any contribution which I have ever
made toward a fund of a like nature which afforded me as
-much pleasure in giving, and I might say a privilege as this
•one. During the years of my connection with the drug busi-
ness I have known of no one who was more deserving of a
^memorial of this kind than Dr. Charles Rice."
In forwarding his contribution to the fund, Theo. D. Wet-
^erstroem, of Cincinnati, says: " Now is the time for the Cin-
-cinnati druggists to show their appreciation of Dr. Rice's ef-
forts in their behalf a few years ago."
George J. Seabury writes: ** The movement meets with my
profound approval. The memory of this unique personality
<Dr. Charles Rice) who labored so long and so arduously for
pharmacy should be honored in some special manner. I will
give $100."
The Ambbigah Dbuooibt acknowledges, in the order of their
jreceipt, contributions from the following:
Prof. J. Up! Lloyd ^?5-5$
Dp. V. C. Price 25.00
A. R. Blllott 26.00
D. J. Oeppltty 6.00
R. A. Lee 60
-Q. W. Seellff 1.00
Dp. B. a. Cannon 1-00
D. SlebpandtB 1.00
H. A. Lakin. 60
J. Jones 60
Apthup J. Reeder 1.00
W. J. Qnencep 1.00
Eustace H. Gane 2.00
J. M. Tobin 1.00
Wallace Ppoctep, Philadelphia 1.00
W. N. Stem, Philadelphia 1.00
T. 8. Wlegand, Philadelphia 1.00
Dp. W. J. Koblnson 5.00
Sewapd W. Williams 2.00
Falpchlld Epos, ft Foster 50.00
M. J. Bpeltenbach 25.00
Lehn ft Pink 10.00
B. V. Zoeller, Tarboro, N. C 5.00
W. Hall Wickham 5.00
Dp. Oustavas Balser 25.00
" Cash •• 25.00
A. B. Saype 10.00
Geopge J. Seabupy 26.00
T. D. McRlhenle 1.00
Theo. D. Wettepstpoem, Cincinnati 1.00
-The AMBBICAN Dbuoqist 26.00
Total $806.50
ANNUAL MEETING OF MANUFACTURING
PERFUMERS-
Trade Evils i>lscui8ed— Fake Imported Goods— A Growing Evil
Among Essential Oil Dealers — Reoommendatiofis of tlie Freii-
dent— Resolutions Adopted— The Growth of the Association —
The Qtfcstlon of Prepaying Freights— Repeal of the Tax on
Alcohol*
The annual meeting of the Manufacturing Perfumers* Asso-
ciation was held in the rooms of the Down-Town Club, New
York, on Thursday and Friday, February 13-14, and was at-
tended by representatives of leading perfume firms from all
sections of the United States. President James E. Davis, of
Detroit, presided over the sessions of both days. Many sub-
jects of vital Interest and importance to the trade were dls-
cu&fsed and acted upon, among them being reciprocity, the tax
on alcohol, discounts, misrepresentation of domestic perfumes
by selling them under fictitious foreign names, etc. The first
day was taken up mostly with the president's annual address
and reports of various standing committees, the greater part
of the discussions and business of the meeting taking place
on Friday.
BECOMMESDATIONS OF PBBSIDENT DAVIS.
In his annual address. President Davis urged that efTorts
be made to bring about a more stable method in the matter
of the prepayment of freights and the terms of credit given.
There is more and more demoralization each year 1b these
particulars, he said. He also referred to the Increasing prac-
tice of selling goods and dating ahead. " Some manufac-
turers," said he, " think that if they can date their Invoices a
little further ahead than their competitor, they are bound to
gain ground. I think this Is a mistake. A more harmonious
method will materially benefit the manufacturing industry of
this country as a whole." Mr. Davis then gave a list of other
TBADB EVILS
that he thought should be remedied, among them being: The
consignment of goods, putting up of American perfumes un-
der fictitious foreign names, giving the Impression of being
Imported, thus Increasing the demand for foreign goods; free
ofTers or premiums; the tendency to Increase discounts beyond
reasonable limits; giving bonus of advertisements In publica-
tions; exchange of goods that do not sell with the retailer; an
extra discount for cash varying from 8 to 6 per cent; claims
for shortage; supplying formulas for making perfumes to
those who are not legitimate manufacturers.
AN OBJXCTIONABLE PBACTICB.
On this last point, Mr. Davis said that a growing evil is a
custom existing among essential oil dealers to secure orders
by ofTerlng to supply formulas and small quantities of essen-
tial oils to those who were not bona fide manufacturers, from
whom they think they can secure a little business by so do-
ing. Particular attention was also called to the fact that cer-
tain foreign manufacturing perfumers have started branch
houses in this country and are manufacturing, or, at least,
bottling and packing their goods in this country so as to avoid
paying duty, and are selling them as if made and put up in
France.
BB80LUTIOK8.
Gilbert Colgate, chairman, presented the report of the Com-
mittee* on Resolutions, which was acted upon section by sec-
tion. In accordance with the president's suggestion, the com-
mittee favored legislation requiring foreign agents who put up
perfumes in this country to use labels indicating that the
goods have been bottled in the United States.
The recommendation of President Davis, that some action
be taken to stop the practice followed by certain essential oil
houses by giving formulas to retail druggists and others,
thereby encouraging them to make their own perfumes, pre-
cipitated a lengthy debate as to the best and most practical
means of wiping out the evil. This practice, it was declared,
had resulted in " fake " mixtures and imitations being placed
upon the market, deceiving purchasers and Ixyuring the repu-
tation of goods that are imitated.
The following resolutions were adopted:
" Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that the
members of this association shall pledge themselves in writ-
ing to the proper officers of this association, that upon notice
from the secretary that a manufacturer or dealer in first ma-
terials is selling or proposes to give formulas as an Induce-
ment to engage in the manufacture of -perfumery, they will
no
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
thereupon ceaee to purchase from such houses and continue
such course until satisfactory assurances to the Bzecutiye
Board are given that these practices are discontinued; and be
it further
" Resolved, That the matter be referred to the Bzecutive
Board for definite action with full power to carry out the
sense expressed in this resolution."
Treasurer Harry S. Woodworth reported that the total re-
ceipts for the year. Including dues, interest and balance from
the previous year, amounted to 11,216.85; disbursements,
$1,170.13, leaving a balance on hand of 945.22.
ACQUISITIONS TO MEMBEBSHIP.
W. B. Bobeson, chairman of the Membership Oommittee,
reported that the association's membership had been increased
during the year by 28 active and 31 associate members, mak-
ing a total membership of 51 active and 45 associate. The
new active members are:
A. P. Babcock, D. R. Bradley & Son, Bruen, Ritchie & Go.,
Galifomia Perfume Company, A. B. Galisher & Co., Solon
Palmer, Lehn & Fink, Herman Tappan, Richard D. Young
Perfumery Company, Blsinore Perfume Company, R. H. Macy
& Co., Herbene Pharmacal Company, of New York; Allen B.
Wrisley Company, Junius J. Smith and John Blockl & Son,
of Chicago; Elysian Mfg. Company, Frederick Steams & Co.,
of Detroit; A. J. EUIbert & Con., Milwaukee; Freeman Per-
fume Company, Cincinnati; The George Lorenz Company,
Toledo; I. F. Nace*s Sons, Vail Bros., Philadelphia; Mellier
Drug Company, St Louis; Paul Rieger & Co., San Francisco;
Abner Royce, Cleveland; The Stevens & Stevens Company,
Urbana, O.; Virot & Co., Warren, Pa.; Youthful Tint Com-
pany, Rochester, N. Y.
A BURBAU OF TBADB NA1CE8 AND TRADB-MABKS.
O. P. Meyer, of St Louis, chairman of the Committee on
Trade Interests and Fraternal Relations, reported that a
bureau has been established to keep records of trade names
jEuid trade-marks so as to avoid similarity of marks and their
indiscriminate use. He mentioned many Instances where
various firms had claimed the same trade-mark. The com-
mittee has issued a pamphlet or list of copyrighted, registered
and trade-marked names of perfumers of the United States.
The committee recommended a scale of discounts and gave
statistics as to the length of credit given by various firms, the
time ranging from 10 to 60 days.
Theodore Ricksecker, chairman of the Bzecutive Board,
submitted the report of that committee, which among other
things referred to work done in v^ous branches of the asso-
ciation.
AOITATIRO FOB A BBDUCTION OF THB TAX ON ALCOHOL.
The report of the Committee on Legislation contained
much information important and valuable to the members.
It was submitted by Henry Dalley, chairman, and was in
imrt as follows:—
"A question of great importance to manufacturing per-
fumers—the reduction of the tax on distilled spirits— will prob-
ably be brought up at the present session of Congress. I find
that as the result of persistent agitation regarding the heavy
taxation to which alcohol used in the arts is subjected, which
has been carried on by agencies with whose work you are all
doubtiess familiar, there is a strong sentiment in Congress in
favor of reducing the tax on distilled spirits from |1.10 to
90 cents per proof gallon. As to the drawback of tax upon
exportation, efforts have been made during the past eight or
ten years to secure an amendment of the laws relating to
domestic distilled spirits so as to allow the payment of a
drawback of the Internal revenue tax paid on such spirits
when exported as a constituent of manufactured articles. As
a result of a memorial from leading manufacturers using
alcohol to the Senate Committee on Finance and the Ways
and Means Committee of the House, I am Informed that these
committees favor such an amendment, and if the work is con-
tinued, It will become a law at this session.*'
He referred to the new Treasury ruling as to the assess-
ment of duties on the weight of botties or other containers in
addition to that assessed on perfumery as such. It is an ad-
vantage to the domestic trade, said he, for It increases the
equivalent ad valorem duty, making it that much more diffi-
cult for foreign manufacturers to bring in their goods; he
thought it impolitic however, to so largely increase the duty
as to prohibit importations, and thereby create inducements
to foreign manufacturers to establish factories in this
country.
As chairman of the Committee
ON ITNDBBYALnATIONS OF DCPOBTBD GOODS,
Richard A. Hndnnt said that perfume manufacturers were
more concerned with possible undervaluations of perfume
manufactured abroad than they were in undervaluation of
raw materials by dealers in perfumers* supplies, sn^ as eth
sential oils, pomades, etc. The true values of these, he said,
were quite well known and, therefore, easily detected by the
customs authorities. Relative to importations of manufac-
tured perfumes, "the invoicing below the actual foreign
value," said he, " might well result in placing these goods on
our markets at prices below the normal, which means the
breaking through of the tariff wall erected for our protection,
and the creation of a competition both unfair and injurious.**
Importations had increased 16 per cent, during the past fiscal
year as compared with the previous year. He spoke of the
difficulty of securing information on alleged undervaluations^
and requested the members to co-operate with the committee
In every possible way.
The subject of
PREPAYING FBBIOPT
provoked much discussion. Some members wanted to wipe
out the practice altogether; others favored fixing a certain
limit, and still others thought that no practical solution could
be found to the problem without seriously affecting various
trade interests. Messrs. Hudnut, Dalley, Ricksecker and
others took part in the discussion. Mr. Hudnut moved that
no freights be prepaid in any market of the United States;
that goods be sold f. o. b. at place of shipment Mr. Dalley
moved to refer the matter to the Committee on Trade Re-
lations. His motion was finally carried.
On motion of H. S. Woodworth the selling of domestic
goods under foreign names was discountenance The ques-
tion of dating invoices ahead was discussed, but no formal
action taken.
Adolph Splehler, of Adolph Spiehler & Son, Rochester,
chairman of the Committee on Nominations, reported the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year, who were unanimously
elected:
President, James B. Davis, of Detroit; first vice-president,
Gilbert Colgate, of New York; second vice-president, Jos^ih
Cave, of Philadelphia; secretary, Henry Dalley, of New York;
treasurer, H. S. Woodworth, of Rochester. Bxecutive Board,
term ezphing 1006, Richard A. Hudnut, Sturgis Cofflfn, Alfired
G. Wright; 1904, Frederick K. Steams, Theo. Ricksecker;
1905, Bddy Palmer, George A. Lorens.
An enjoyable banquet and vaudeville entertainment at the
Waldorf-Astoria on Friday evening, which was attended by
between sixty and seven^ members and guests, conduded
what was generally ^needed to have been the most tmcccoi
ful meeting, from a business and social standpoint, in tlie
history of the association.
SUIT AGAINST DRUGGIST DISKDSSED.
Employers Not liable for Acts of Their Clerks*
Clarence P. Fish, a bricklayer who had injured one of his
fingers while playing ball, went into the drug store of Howard
Menu, at 911 Bast 105th street. New York, and submitted his
finger to the druggist's clerk for treatment Fish claimed
that the clerk advised him to use a carbolic solution and gave
him a bottie of the pure acid without Instructions to dUute the
same, and believing thai he had received a solution, he poured
the undiluted acid upon bandages and gangrene set In and the
finger was consequentiy amputated in St Luke's HospltaL
Fish brought an action for |15,000 damages against Menn,
charging him with negligence for the Improper treatment and
advice given to him by his clerk. The action was brought to
trial in the Supreme Court before Justice Charles F. MacLean
and a Jury.
Counsellor Joseph Steiner, of 309 Broadway, attorney for
the druggist, contended that the evidence showed that the
clerk had no authority to practice medicine and surgery, and
he, not being a duly registered physician, his employer could
not be held responsible for his alleged misconduct or neg-
ligence, and that Fish's damages, if he had any, was against
the clerk individually and not against his principal. It also
appeared that Fish knew the dangerous, poisonous and cor-
rosive character of the drug and was chargeable with con-
tributory negligence. Judge MacLean took the same view and
dismissed the case.
This is a very important decision for all druggistB, but
nevertheless great care should be exercised in the handling of
carbolic acid, and where, under their humanitarian Impulses,
druggists and their clerks wish to relieve sufferers, it is al-
ways advisable to prepare a weak soluti(m of carbolic add.
as ignorant people are liable, as in this case, to use the pura
add in treating their wounds. At any rate this dedsfon shows
that employers are not responsible for medical and surgical
treatment and advice dispensed by their clerks.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
Ill
THE SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY.
N. A. It a NOTES*
Montfily Meeting of tlie New York Section.
The usual monthly meeting of the New York Section of the
Society of Chemical Industry was held at the Chemists' Club,
Friday evening, January 24, Clifford Richardson in the chair.
The first paper presented was on Sulphur Blacks and Their
Action Upon Cellulose, by Louis J. Matos/ In view of the very
generally accepted theory that black dyes weaken the fabrics
to which they are applied, the author carried out a series of ex-
periments with the sulphur blacks, testing the textile strength
of the cellulose fibers before treating with the dye, after treat-
ing with the dye, and after treating with the mordant or as-
sistant. The results obtained seem to prove conclusively that
the loss of textile strength through the operation of the dye and
mordant is practicaUy nothing, but that the loss of strength
which is frequently observed in practice is due to a failure to
wash the goods entirely free from the acid used in fixing the
dye, and It is this residual acid, wheUier acetic, chromic or sul-
phuric, which is the real cause of the loss of strength.
THB PRESENCE OF COPPER IN DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
Eustace H. Gane, head of the manufacturing laboratory of
McKesson & Bobbins, presented a note on the Presence of Cop-
per in Powdered Drugs and Chemicals. The presence of small
quantities of copper in various powdered drugs and chemicals
had, he said, been frequently observed, and traces of this metal
have also been noted in the ash of various drugs. The pres-
ence of the copper has generally been attributed to the absorp-
tion of the metal from the soil by the plant, though its casual
occurrence and the irregularity with which it appears has led
the author to attribute it to the careless handling of copper
utensils. The rejection of several consignments of powdered
ammonium carbonate which had developed a blue mottled ap-
pearance rendered it necessary to determine the origin of the
copper so as to avoid future trouble. Bvery iK>ssible source of
contamination was eliminated, the use of brass sieves, and of
copper, or of tinned copper scoops and utensils in the milling
room being interdicted, but in spite of these precautions the
same trouble occurred again. Bventually the author was able
to trace the origin of the metal to the copper rivets and to the
copper lacings of the leather belts used in the milling room for
the transmission of power. The rivets and lacing are worn
down by friction, and the air of the room becomes in this way
contaminated with copper, which deposits on all exposed pow-
ders.
In the discusaion'whlch followed Caswell A. Mayo said that
the occurrence of copper in various powdered drugs and tiieijr
preparations had long been a source of trouble, and had been
very widely commented on in the pharmaceutical press, the
general consensus of opinion appearing to be that the contam-
ination was of chemical origin and due to the utensils used
either in milling or in subsequent operations. The suggestion
by the author as to the probable source of contamination was
certainly entirely novel, and seemed to offer a very reasonable
ex^anation of a problem which had long been a subject of
sp^ulation among manufacturing pharmacists.
The next paper had as its subject, The Influence of In-
digo Bed in Indigo Dyeing. In the absence of the author, J.
Merritt Matthews, the paper was read by Dr. H. Schweitzer,
secretary of the Section. The author said that one of the rea-
sons frequently assigned for the better results obtained from
the use of natural indigo as contrasted with those obtaiined
with artificial indigo was the presence of indigo red in the
natural product. This theory, the author set out to prove, was
not tenable, and he adduced a number of facts to prove its
erroneousness. He believed that a careful investigation
would show that the poor results obtained with the artificial
product were due solely to faulty methods of manipulation.
They certainly were not due to any favorable infiuence which
the presence of indigo red might exert in the natural product.
The A* Ph*A. Committee on Drug: Market*
At the St. Louis meeting of the American Pharmaceutical
Association provision was made for the appointment of a
committee on the drug market whose duty it would be to
prepare a report upon the quality of the drugs and chemicals
found in the' open market This committee has been an-
nounced, as follows: E. L. Patch, of Boston; Bustace H. Oane,
superintendent of the manufacturing department of McKes-
son & Bobbins: Prof. Henry Kraemer and George Ihlhardt,
of Philadelphia. Druggists who meet with drags of doubtful
quality are requested to forward samples to some member
of this committee for examination.
Over Thfee Hundred Associatlona Organised by N* A. R. D«
^orken- Excellent SLesislts Obtained in the Soifth— The New
Certificate of Membenhip— The Chicago Case.
m.. t
Chicago, February 15.~A resume of the work done up to
January 1, 1902, shows that 325 associations have been
formed by the organization department of the N. A. B. D.
These are mostly county associations whose average member-
ship is fourteen. They have been formed largely in the
Northern and North Central States. During the winter it was
thought best to send the organisers South, where the weather
conditions are more favorable to the economical handling of
the work than they are in the North during the winter season.
With the advent of spring, however, the organizers will begin
to work east, and the work will be continued with vigor until
the entire country is covered.
THE WOBK IN THB SOUTH.
Nearly all of the organizers of the N. A. B. D. are at pres-
ent in the South. One of them is in Southern lUinoUi, and
others are in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida,
Louisiana, Virginia and Washington, D. C. They are meet-
ing with distinct success in their work, and as they gain in
experience success comes easier. It is expected that next
week the city of Washington will be completely organized.
N. W. Hoffman, the organizer, is meeting with a cordial re-
ception, and the druggists of the capital city seem to be ready
for the work.
The druggists of Bichmond, Ya., /have been reorganized,
and much is expected of the new association. The dtles of
Norfolk and Newport News are being organized as fast as
Organizer F. C. Vincent can attend to the work.
In Tennessee Organizer B. O. Bottume has done what the
retail drug trade of the South has considered impossible. He
has organized the city of Memphis and reconciled the dis-
cordant elements among the druggists there. James S. Bobin-
son is president of the Memphis association and T. B. Ballard
is secretary.
In Alabama Organizer W. L. Post Is meeting with a very
cordial reception, and considerable good work is being done.
THC CERTIFICATB OF HKMBBRSBIP.
The N. A. B. D. has gotten out a very handsome certificate
of membership, which is presented to those associations or>
ganlzed under the organization department and which, there-
fore, pay a nominal organization fee. Members of other as-
sociations auxiliary to the N. A. B. D. will be supplied with
these certificates of membership in quantities of less than
ten certificates at five cents each, more than ten and under
fifteen at four cents each, and in quantities of fifty or more
at three cents each, charges in all cases prepaid. These
certificates read:
N. A. B. D.
No
/ Shield illofltrated and )
(Scroll) In nnion there J Inscribed : United we L (Scroll) Oar motto :
Is strength. ) stand ; divided we f To live sad let live.
^ fall. '
CerUfloate of MembertMp,
This is to certify that
is a member of the national AasoczATioir or Rstail Dbuooxsts, sad
is entitled to all the rights, privileges and beneSts goaranteed by the
constitution thereof.
Given under onr hands this day of 19. . .
, Local Secretary.
Thomas V. Wootbn, National Secretary.
A CBIOAGO JOBBER BROUGHT TO TIME.
It will be remembered that Chairman Jones, of the Bze-
cutlve Committee, gave the Jobbers warning at the meeting of
the N. W. D. A. convention last fall that If positive proof were
secured against any firm violating the trlparite agreement
the full power of the N. A. B. D. would be used in adminis-
tering a reminder. After much labor the members and ofll-
cers of the Chicago Betall Druggists' Association at last got
tangible evidence against a firm in Chicago. Though It was
known that this house consistently refused to sell to depart-
ment .stores and aggressive cutters as a rule, it was con-
sidered best to advise the trade in the Central States of the
evidence in the possession of the association. While it is true
that the amount of goods sold to the aggressive cutter was
very small and the sales were doubtless made inadvertently—
as was later on made plain— yet even carelessness has the
same ultimate efTect as deliberate intent. Inasmuch as
through carelessness the cutters get the goods and snap their
fingers in the face of the N. A. B. D. It is undoubtedly true
that no house in the country would admit having sold to a
cutter otherwise than by inadvertence, and If every house
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
must be given the liberty to slip up a given number of times
for carelessness, then the N. A. R. D.. like " Old Uncle Ned."
might Just as well ** hang up the fiddle and the bow " and go
to the rear and assume the customary attitude. It is a great
pleasure to inform the trade that the Chicago house referred
to have given the association the most satisfactory assurances
of their intention to be more strict in future with regard to
aggressive cutters who are listed, and it is hoped that all re-
tailers will show their appreciation of this firm's present
satisfactory attitude.
NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST.
In a letter received not long ago from Mattoon, 111., it is
said that the agreement is the salvation of the druggists there
and that every one is getting full prices.
Another great victory has been achieved in Duluth, Minn.,
whore the druggists and the department stores are all lined
up on a differential proposition that seems to be fair to every-
one concerned. E. E. Chapman is the organizer and deserves
the commendation of the trade.
All associations afBliated with the N. A. R. D. are espe-
cially requested to be prompt in the payment of their dues.
In order that the work may be carried on properly sufficient
funds must be promptly available for the purpose. All asso-
ciations in arrears are, therefore, requested to send in their
remittances with the least possible delay.
The St Louis association has adopted a salesman's card,
which. It may be stated for the information of those who do
not know the purpose of these cards. Is issued to salesmen
calling on the druggists of the city representing any house
which is in accord with the N. A. R. D. Not only In St Louis,
but in territory contiguous to it, a rigid insistence on the
salesman showing the St Louis card should be made by
every druggist
The N. A. R. D. congratulates the various associations of
retail drug clerks which have been formed upon their com-
mendable efforts toward more satisfactory general conditions
and rejoices that the clerks recognize the fact so fully that it
. is through organization alone that they can secure what they
seek. The N. A. R. D. feels that this is a good preparatory
school for the clerks, introducing them later on to the larger
work of the N. A. R. D.
INDEX OF LEGISLATION AT ALBANY*
The Wm of Mr. Tufts.
The funeral of James W. Tufts, president of the American
Soda Fountain Company, was held February 5 at the family
residence, Medford. The 400 employees of the factory went
out from Boston and viewed the remains before the services.
The Rev. Henry C. Deliong delivered a short eulogy. There
were no pallbearers, but three young men— Sidney Gleason,
George W. Crockett and Lyman F. Sise— asted as ushers at the
house. The interment was at Oak Grove Cemetery. Mr. Tufts'
will has Just been filed. He was rated as a millionaire. The
bulk of the estate is left to his widow, son, daughter and son-
in-law, all of Medford. His son, Leonard, and son-in-law, Wil-
liam T. Jenney, are named as executors.
To the employees of the American Soda Fountain Company
who have been employed as foremen by the company for a
period of two years within the four years immediately preced-
ing his death, the sum of |600 each is given, as follows: G.
Barton, George Kuhns, 0. G. Cheney, William Helmer and
Conrad Adami; also |600 each to the following employees in
the counting room: F. J. Morton, A. M. French, W. H. S. Jarvis,
George A. Sweetser, W. S. Stone* and John Macksey.
The will provides for $200 to each male employee of a par-
ticular branch of the Tufts factory, and who have also been
employed at the new quarters on Congress street, providing
said employee has a wife depending upon him for support
To each unmarried employee, whether male or female, who
comes within the descriptive limitations, $100.
To each domestic servant other than those employed at his
estate, Pinehurst the sum of $100.
To his daughter, Mary Gertrude, is left $50,000 uncondi-
tionally and unrestricted, but with the suggestion that she use
the Income or principal of the fund for securing for deserving
grirls or women either rooms or a suitable building where they
can board at a low cost in comfort and conditions healthful
and respectable, paying therefor only the cost of supplies and
attendance.
Under the fifth clause it Is noted that Mr. Tufts had intended
to make provision for the establishment of a trade school, but
owing to the likelihood of such a school being undertaken by
others, he concluded to withdraw such bequest thinking that
one such school would be more productive of good than two.
He recommends, however, that his wife preserve an active
Interest in this school, if established, and that if necessary she
give it financial support to the extent of $25,000.
Position of Bills Affectios: Pharmacy.
In the list below is shown the position of all bills introduced
at this session of the Legislature of the State of New York
affecting the interests of New York pharmacists, up to Satur-
day, February 15. We are indebted for the particulars here
given to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, which prints a complete
index of all bills of general interest in the State and local to
Greater New York in its issue of February 15:
In Senate.
PosmoH.
No. INTBODUCKR K^D TiTLI. SbN. ASSBK.
406. Ambler (Columbia), Adulteration of Food Agr. ....
184. Audett (Kings), Penal Code, Explosives, Soda Water. Cod. ....
276. Hill (Brie), Amendment to Pharmacy Law (Id.
O'Malley) P. Pub. H.
221. Marshall rKlngs). Poison Cork Pub. H
116. Slater (New York), Adulteration of Drugs Pub. H
336. Slater (New York), Pure Food (Id. GraeS) Agr
Lx Aaaetnbly*
709. Fancier (Cattaraugus), Sale of Certain Drugs Pub. H.
27. Fltsgerald (New York), Antitoxin Law Cit.
689. Graeff (Essex). Pure Food (Id. Slater) Agr.
129. Nye (Schuyler), Practice or Pharmacy bj Physi-
cians Pnb. H.
416. Nye (Schuyler), Drugs. Adulteration of Pab. H.
70. O'Malley ( Erie) , Amendment to the Pharmacy Law.
(Id. Hill) Pub. H.
407. Riditer (New York), Relating to Sale of Drugs. Cod.
97. Smith (New York), Manufacture of Soda Water Cod.
Explanation of Abbretiations.
Agr. — In Committee on Agriculture : CIt. — In Committee on Affairs
of Clues ; Cod. — In Committee on Codes ; P. — Passed ; Pub. H. — In Com-
mittee on Public Health ; Id. — Identical, when there are similar bills
In the Senate and Assembly.
HEARINGS ON PHARMACY BILLS.
Local Pharmadsts at Odds.
PHARMACY LAW AMENDMENT.
Before the Assembly Committee on Public Health a hear-
ing was held on Tuesday, February 11, on the Hill amendment
to the State Pharmacy law, changing the method of electing
members of the State Board of Pharmacy from the Eastern
Section. George H. Hitchcock and A. G. Searles, of the Man-
hattan Pharmaceutical Association, appeared in opposltiou to
the measure. Those present to urge Its adoption were Thomas
Stoddart, president of the State Pharmaceutical Association;
William Muir, of the Kings County Society; George Klelnau, of
the German Apothecaries' Society; Mr. Bernstein, of the New
York Retail Druggists' Association, and Mr. Zeitler, of the
Drug Clerks' Circle.
Mr. Stoddart referred to the resolution passed by the State
Association at its meeting in June last. The State Leglslatiye
Committee had beeninstructed to draft an amendment idong the
lines 01 that leeolution, and in order to further create harmony he
went to New York with the LegislatlTe Committee and con-
ferred there with similar committees of pharmaceutical organ-
izations. The result was the amendment in its present form,
with one little exception— namely, the provision that the voter
be a licensed pharmacist Mr. Stoddart said he considered it
bad faith on the part of the Manhattan Association to oppose
the pending measure, and the general opinion was that local
opposition should stop. From the State meeting in Jane ap
to the time of introducing the amendment no objection, he
said, had been raised, and Manhattan's opposition now was
therefore unexpected.
Mr. Hitchcock, speaking for the Manhattan Association,
said he believed the franchise should be open to every licensed
pharmacist, and that the election should be held in New York.
He ofTered an amendment to that effect
William Muir, of Kings County, said It looked singular for
an organization to plead for men who were not organized. He
called attention to the fact that the unorganized interests
were not represented at the hearing. Mr. Bernstein said that
If a pharmacist did not take enough Interest In trade matters
to belong to an organization he should not be entitled to vote.
The fate of the Hill amendment is left uncertain.
THE SODA WATER BILL.
On Wednesday, February 12, a hearing was given before the
Senate Committee on Codes on the bill introduced by Mr.
Audett to amend the law passed at the last session with re-
gard to the manufacture of gun powder and other explosives.
The amendment exempts carbonic acid gas from the provisions
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of the law. Before the hearing started Senator Elsberg said
he had been requested by ex-Senator Ford, who introduced
the bill last year, to adjourn the hearing for another week In
order that opposition to the amendment might be heard. The
request was granted, but those who had come to the hearing
to favor the pending measure were allowed to state their
views.
Thomas Stoddart, president of the State Pharmaceutical
ABSociation, said that unless the law was changed in this re-
spect Its enforcement would work great hardship all over
the State, and especially in the outlying country districts.
George Klein^iu, for the German Apothecaries'- Society, said
that there had never been any accidents from carbonic acid
eras* except from charged water in tanks. Mr. Hitchcock, of the
Manhattan Association, said that that body had passed resolu-
tions favoring an amendment, and that the present law was
unfair and uncalled for. William Muir, of the Kings County
Pharmaceutical Society, declared that the original bill was
introduced and passed in the interest of manufacturers of soda
water, and not in the Interest of public safety. Ninety per
cent of the druggists occupy the first floor over their stores.
If there is any danger, it is to one close to the carbonator. The
law as it now stands, he said, leaves a chance for blackmail.
Passed the Kentucky* Board.
At the meeting of the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy, held
in Newport, January 14, of a class of twenty-four the follow-
ing applicants successfully passed the examination: C. W.
Aitkin, Lexington; B. B. Downs, Greenup; E. H. Higgins, Hop-
kinsville; F. L. Lee, La Grange; T. J. Turner, Mayfield; N. B.
Davidson, Louisville; B. F. Hermann, Newport; D. L. Lawson,
Louisville; A. H. McNaughton, Louisville; H. R. Smith, Belle-
vue.
The next meeting of the board will be held In Louisville,
April 8. Applicants should file papers with the secretary, J.
W. Gayle, Frankfort, Ky., at least ten days before the time of
meeting.
Death of William Martmdale.
I From our London Correspondint.)
London, February 2.— William Martindale, F. C. S.. F. L. S.,
died suddenly of syncope on Sunday, February 2. He was
found dead in his study at 19 Devonshire street, London,
having only recently returned from a brief trip to the Scilly
Isles for the benefit of his health. Mr. Martindale was bom
near Carlisle on June 12, 1840. He came to London in 1862
and passed his examination for registration as a pharmaceuti-
cal chemist In 1866. After a short period as an assistant he
was appointed pharmacist and lecturer on materia medica
at University College Hospital. He left that position in 1873,
T^hen he commenced business in New Cavendish street, Lon-
don. The business was an old one, but Mr. Martindale much
extended it, and it became one of the largest and best known
of purely pharmaceutical concerns. Mr. Martindale was for
ten years an examiner to the Pharmaceutical Society, and on
his resignation was elected on the council of that body. He
was chosen treasurer in 1898 and president in the following
year. He was twice president of the British Pharmaceutical
Conference (a body of similar constitution to the A. Ph. A.).
in 1801 for the Cajrdlff meeting and in 1896 for the Liverpool
meeting. He was chosen last year a member— the only phar-
maceutical one— on the committee appointed by the Privy
Council to consider the regulations as to the sale of poisons,
and his death before the conclusion of the committee's labors
is particularly unfortunate. Outside pharmacy, Mr. Martin-
dale was a fellow of the Chemical and Linnean Societies. He
was mayor of Winchelsea, where he had a country house,
in 1893. His chief recreation was golf. The " Extra Phar-
macopoeia," of which he was joint author with Dr. Wynn
Westcott, was first published In 1883. It became extraordi-
narily popular with medical men and pharmacists, reaching the
tenth edition last year. Mr. Martindale, with Michael Car-
telghe and N. H. Martin, was a British delegate to the Inter-
national Pharmaceutical Congress held during the World's
Fair at Chicago. The funeral took place on February 5 and
was attended, in addition to private friends, by a large number
of leading physicians and pharmacists. Mr. Martindale leaves
a widow, two sons and two daughters. The eldest son is Dr.
W. H. Martindale, Ph.D., who had been for some years as-
sociated with his father's business.
OBITUARY NOTES.
Charles Carroll Gardner, president of the Century Perfume
Company, of this city, died at his residence in Newark on
February 5 at the age of 49. Though bom in Piermont N. Y.,
his childhood was passed in Georgia. In 1867 his family came
to this city and he entered the employment of McKesson &,
Bobbins, with whom he remained for many yeara He be-
came interested in the Doty Plaster Company, later had charge
of the New York office of Grosvenor & Richards, and in 1887
took charge of Seabury & Johnson's salesmen. In 1893 he
left Seabury & Johnson to accept a similar po9ition with
Lazell. Dalley & Co., taking an interest in the business. His-
health gave way about 1897, and he withdrew entirely from
business for a while, but finally resumed his duties, and later
accepted the presidency of the Century Perfume Company.
Mr. Gardner was highly esteemed as a man of mosrt exemplary
character and great business acumen.
On February 6 Frank E. Engelman, who for many year&
had been identified with the drug trade of Philadelphia, died
from a complication of diseases at his late residence, 63 West
Logan street, Germantown. Mr. Engelman was one of the
best known men in the drug trade. He was born in this city
and for a number of years was connected with a prominent
drug house. For the last eight years he has been a druggist's
attorney and notary public. He did an extensive business in
buying and selling drug stores, and a few days before hi»
death he effected a deal by which Jesse W. Pechin pur-
chased the drug store at Germantown avenue and Cambria
street. He was a member of the Merchants' Beneficial Asso-
ciation and the Pennsylvania Council Royal Arcanum. A
widow and one daughter survive him.
Harvey C. Clark, a member of the wholesale drug house
of Farrand, Williams & Clark, died of acute bronchitis, on
FoItT"*^^ ^' ^^' ^^^^^ ^*^ ^^"^ 8^* Cuyahoga Falls, O.. In
1839. and received his early education at Warren, O., later
graduating from Western Reserve University in 1861 He
then entered the employ of his uncle, William Farrand. of
Detroit, in the drug house of Farrand, Sheley & Co. In 1872
he was made a junior partner and in 1890 was admitted into
full partnership in the larger firm. He was one of Detroit's
most prominent merchants and was noted for his public
spirit, being prominently connected with the Y. M. C. A and
other educational and charitable institutions.
Mrs. Rebecca Church, who was the widow of Peter Pruyne
one of Chicago's first druggists, died January 4 at her home!
184 Lincoln Park boulevard. Mrs. Church came to Chicago
^^\ ^^L ^iS ^^^ °^^y ^^ inhabitants. She was born
October 25. 3820, and waa the daughter of Silas W. Sherman,
of Brookfield. Conn. On the death of her first husband she
married Thomas Church. Mrs. Church was the mother of
Mrs. Seneca D. Kimbark. The funeral took place January 6.
Charles W. Sutterfield, of West Union. O., died last month
after a long Illness. He was a pioneer druggist at Adams
County and was considered not only one of the shre\^dest, but
one of the most popular business men in that section of the
State, having, been twice elected County Treasurer. His
daughter was recently married to Frank J. Kapp, at one time
connected with the Cincinnati drug trade.
John A. MacKlmmie, druggist, of Norfolk. Va., died recent-
ly in that city. Mr. MacKlmmie was bom near Edinburgh.
Scotland, and went to Norfolk from Detriot, Mich., where he-
had lived and conducted a drug business for nearly 30 years.
He is survived by a widow and two sons.
George G. Cowl, who was connected with the firm of A. B
Sands & Co. until the dissolution of that firm, and for the
past 30 years or so had been in the drug brokerage business,
died Sunday, January 26. He was 58 years of age.
o*^if; ^^^^®s ^' Serre, a chemist and pharmacist, died at
St. Mary 8 Hospital, Passaic, N. J., from consumption, on
January 22. aged 40. He was a member of the Society of
Chemical Industry.
Died at Scranton, Pa., on January 28, Charles Henwood. a
well-known druggist, aared 55. He was born in Penzance.
Cornwall. England, and came to the United States when 2i
years old.
^^^^ P' 5®^°®; druggist of Syracuse, N. Y.. died on Jan-
uary 13 In that city, after a long Illness, aged 75. He hart^
conducted a pharmacy on North Salina street for nearly half
a century. '
Edwin Fisher, who conducted a drug store at 513 North
Ninth street, Reading, Pa., died at his home in that city on
Januarj' 26, aged 42. ^
^-?'®? Q * ^u^^^' ^- •^•' ^"^ January 27, George Amdt drug-
gist, at South Orange avenue and Bergen street, aged 50.
ai-^t??iT«i?^^^?*??'.*.'^**^^ druggist, of Louisville, Ky..
died at his home in that city on January 30, aged 77.
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Coben. The liabiUdes were given as $8,619.08 and aaaeti
$47.46. Amonj; tbe creditors mentioned In tbe acbediile are
the Norwich Pliarmaceutlcal Compan;, o( Norwich, N. T.
The many friends of William J. Baird, with the New York
office of Powers & Wetghtman, will be glad to ieam that be
baa recorered hla health after a Bevera lllneaa, and Is to be
found ODce more In his accustomed place. His return to the
office was marked b^ floral gifts on tbe part of his aasoclates.
Oscar O. Kallsb, the drugglert of Fourth avenue and Tw«it7-
tblrd street, Is proud of a cablegram from Edna Ma;, the
actress, testifying to the virtues of American cold cream orer
the English article. MIbs Maj Is playing In London. Her
third order was received on January 10. It read: " Send by
fltst steamer $10 worth of cold cream. The kind I always use.
Have forwarded money. Edha Mat."
Tbe annual election of officers of the Drug Trade Club of
New York took place January 19, witb the following result:
President. J. L. Hopkins; vice-president, William Hamann;
treasurer, Alexander Robb; secretary, Harry HIIL Tbe fol-
lowing non-resident members were elected: George B. Crabbs.
Lockland, O.; Qeorge Simon, Passaic, N. J.; Q. B. Heckel. Phil-
adelphia; Arthnr H. Elliott Philadelphia; Charles Phdps.
Racine, Wis.
A Bermuda Drug^ Store.
The first thing that the Ajiebican Dbitooibt man did when
be set foot on His Majesty's Island of Bermuda was, quite
naturally, to look for a drug store, and to his pleasure and
surprise be found that J. H. Bradley, manager of the leading
pharmacy, Tbe Pbtenlz Drug Store, was a fellow alumnus of
the BuSaio College of Pharmacy. Mr. Bradley is the hand-
some gentleman who. In the accompanying snapshot, occupies
the center of the field. Though a native of the " still Text
Bet-moothes," Mr. Bradley picked out the Buffalo College as
his alma mater, and has kept In close touch with the United
States and with American goods. In fact, though there are
but few Americans In the Island, Mr. Brsdley finds It better
to get his supplies from New York than from London. He
likes American methods of doing business. Our wholesale
bouses are more accommodating and make more ellort to please
customers than do those of England, while tbe service Is more
prompt here as well. American manufacturers take the most
advertising space In the Island newspspers and hence their
goods arc In demand. The cut rate evil has not yet struck
Bermuda, all dollar articles bringing 4 shillings, English,
equal to 96 cents ia D. S: coins, which, after all. Is really a
bit of a cut Mr. Bradley ts a keen, wide-awake business man
and will soon make another visit to New York City. ^
GREATER. NEW YOR.K.
Oeorge U. Olcott, of Dodge & Olcott, "baa sailed for tbe
West Indies, where he will seek rest and recreation during
tbe month of March.
Harry Warrick, formerly well known In the drug trade as
a dealer in essential oils, and who was of late in the emitloy
-of FrItzBchie Bros., died at bis home In this cityon February 13.
Thomas P. Cooke, of the New York Quinine & Chemical
Works, has recently concluded a auccessful trip among the
Jobbing drug trade of the Southern and Southwestern States.
Schleffelln & Co. have made an arrangement with the well-
known liondon firm of Thomas Christie & Co., 410412 Old
Swan Lane, London. E. C., to act as sole agents for the United
States for their well-known speclaltlea.
The firm of Daggett & Ramsdell, pharmacists. New York
City, were Incorporated at Albany on February 16, with a
capital stock of 130,000 and the following directors: V. Cbapin
Daggett of Richmond Hill; H. M. O'Neill and A. H. Stephens,
of New York.
A new drag firm under tbe name Martinez Pbarmacal Com-
pany have been incorporated under the laws of the State (MT
New York, to deal In drugs In New York City. The firm are
capitalized at $3,000, and have the following directors: A. M.
Jinlenes, Francisco Escobar and Santiago Mortlnes, all of
New York.
Oeorge R. Hllller, president of R. HlUler's Son Company,
tbe widely known wholesale drug dealers, has received a solid
bronze medal from the State of New Jersey, In recognition of
bis services as a member of tbe First Regiment' of New Jersey
Tolnnteers, that responded to the Presldsnt's call in the Olvll
War in 1861.
A petltinn in bankruptcy was filed a few days ago by the
Buropean & American Medical &, Surgical Institute, at 1T4
iSecond avenue, composed of Isaac Welnsteln and Charles J.
The annual meeting of the Newburgh Druggists' Association
was held last month, when officers were elected, aa follows:
President Isaac C. Chapman; vice-president Richard Ennls;
secretary, Frederick Wallace; treasurer, Clarence Miller.
Executive Committee: Geo. H. Merrltt Isaac B. Locler, F. A.
Grenzebach. Legislative Committee: Geo. H. Merrltt and P.
W, Nutt Frederick Wallace was appointed to represent the
organization at the annual meeting of tbe N. A. R. D.
Thomaa J. Mncmahan. manufacturing pharmacist SI West
Thirteenth street New York, has filed a petition In bankruptcy,
with liabilities $15,172 and no assets. The liabilities were con-
tracted principally from 1888 to 1894. Mr. Macmahan has for
years been a trustee of the New York College of Pharmacy,
and was formerly proprietor of a successful pharmacy on
Sixth avenue. Of late he has been in business as a manu-
facturer of various pharmaceutical specialties under tbe firm
name of the MaAnahan Pbarmacal Company.
Some of tbe leading Jobbers of this city are quite Inter-
ested in the controversy over the threatened atMlltlon of the
Indian Warehouse, at New York, and tbe transfer of bids for
Indian supplies to other and rival trade centers. Sevool
ye:irs ago bids for furnishing the Oovernment with drug Bup-
ptles for tbe Indians used to be opened here. In recent years,
however, the drug bids have been opened In Obicaga Tbe
closing of the warehouse In this city does not In Itself Interest
them very much, beyond the loss of prestige to this market
but tbere seems to be some prospect of having all tbe bids
for Indian supplies trnnsfctrred to WashlngtoQ and opoied
there, a change that It Is thought would be advantageoiu ts
local Jobbers who put In bids. They regard New York as tbe
primary market for this line of supplies.
Robert H. McCutcheon. well known In drug trade cirdei
here as a manufacturer of capsules under the name of the
American Capsule Works, at 265 Green^vlcb street Is In trou-
ble. Deputy Sheriff Campbell recently received two execu-
tions, aggregating $6,308. against him, one for $3,311 in favor
of Henry and Charles E. Spruck, of Richmond County, and the
other for $3,087 In favor of the Chatham National Bank on a
note to the order of Charles A. Boynton, against whom also
attachment was Issued in favor of the bank. Besides bdng a
manufacturer of capsules, Mr. McCutcheon has been Identlfled
witli a number of other Interests, among them the Dnited
States Capsule Company, of Detroit; tbe Perfection Playing
Card Company, the United States Playing Card Company, the
United States E^intlng Company, the Security Conduit Com-
pany, of this city, and the New York National Exchange Bank.
Drug: Fire Insurance Controversy.
Members of the drug trade who have been protesting
against seeming Inconsistencies and dlscriml nations In the
new drug Insurance schedule recently put into effect by the
Fire Insurance Exchange, of this city, feel that their griev-
ances will be adjusted and that tbe present schedule will be
revised so as to eliminate its most objectionable features.
They are much gratified with the treatment received at tbe
hands of the fire Insurance interest as manifested by tbe
letters' eipresaed desire and willingness to reconsider tbe
matter aod rectify mistakes. A conference was held on Mon-
day, January 27, at the headquarters of tbe New York Fire
Insurance Exchange between members of the apedal commit-
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tee appointed by the Drug Trafle Section of the New York
Board of Trnde and TranBportatlon and the Warehouse Com-
nilttee of the Fire luaurance Exchange. The drug trade was
represented by J. L. Hopkine, of J. L. Hopkins & Co., ohatr.
aian of the drug section, and John H. Stallman. of the Htaii-
mau-Fulton Company, chairman of the special committee.
Other membera of the committee are John M. Peters, of Wm.
J MathesonA; Co.; Albert Bruen, of Bruen &. Bltchle; PhUlp
S. Tllden, of the Franklin Kalbflelflch Chemical Oompany;
William A. Hammon. of the RoMBler & Hasslacher Chemical
Company, and William J. Carr, of Parke, DbtIb ft Go. P. O.
Uoore, chairman, and other members of the Warehonae Oom-
iDlttee of the exchange were present The drug men tub-
milted an elaborate and detailed Btatement of their side or
tbe case, calling attention to what they considered Inconalstent
and absurd features of the classiflcatlon, and made a strong
plea for a revision of the schedule. The fire Insurance men
explained the basic rate applied to warehouses, according to
risk Involved^ etc., comparative methods of rating articles
according to liability to catch Are and the extent of possible
damage. It was finally decided that the drug trade committee
ahould prepare a revised schednle to be submitted to the Fire
Kschange committee at a subseqnent meeting.
KINGS COUNTY SOOETY MEETS.
BfooUyn Colbge of Phunucy to Have a New BoHdiag— May
StMt an Alumni Jounul— Criticbm of the Board of Health.
At the monthly meeting of the Kings Oonnty Pharmacentl-
cal Society, held at the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy on Tues-
day, February 11. eeveral matters of much importance to the
society and to drugglBta generally were discussed. President
OacRT C. Klein, Jr.. presided. After Secretary Tuthlll hod
read the minutes of the last meeting. Treasurer P. W. Ray
reported a balance of J3S7.73 In the society's treasury on Feb-
mary 10. and $T,S46.26 In the college treasury on JaDoary 24.
In the absence of William Muir, T. J. France reported for
the I'eglalatl're Committee. He told of the work done by the
committee at Albany. He naked that the secretary be in-
structed to write to each member of the Public Health Com-
mittee of the ABHembly on the Hill pharmacy law amendment.
It was decided, however, to telegraph from the society while
Id session, requesting that the bill be reported favorably by
the committee. The mesiiege was accordingly sent.
Mr. Tnthlll brought np the matter of a new college build-
ing- The- trustees have (or some time been considering the
advisability of securing a new site and building for the Brook-
lyn College of Pharmacy. Throogh the chairman of the
board, they reported that they recommended the purchase of a
plot of ground near the present site, It poeelble, for a sum not
exceeding ^10,000. The trustees have two or three sites in
view, but nothing definite has as yet been decided upon. The
plans for the new building have been drawn. They provide
for a building BO feet front 75 feet deep and four stories high.
On motion of Mr. Ray. the Building Committee and tmateee
were authorized to purchase a plot the price not to exceed
$10,000. Mr, Bay reported that there was $9,147.70 In the
college treasury. The trustees, he said, could arrange to bor-
row twenty or thirty thousand dollars when necessary.
The rancher bill came up for consideration and was op-
posed by the society. The bill permits merchants and retail
dealers In, places where there Is no drug store within three
miles to sell carbolic acid, laudanum, quinine and spirits of
nitre In original packages bearing a licensed pharmacist's
labeL The society was of the opinion that snch a law would
not be in the interest of pnbUc health.
J. Q. Wlscherth called attention to a plan now being con-
sidered to establish a central purchasing agency like the Con-
solidated Drug Company, of Manhattan.
The proposition to establish a Journal for the society pro-
voked considerable discussion. It was Snaily decided to leave
the matter In the hands of a committee of three, to report at
the next meeting. The committee consists of Dr. Schroeder
and Messrs Droge and Wlscherth.
lost before the meeting adjourned the membera Indulged
In considerable criticism of the Board of Health for what was
said to be Its discrimination In rates against pharmaclata In
tbe pnrebase of antitoxin. Druggists are obliged by law to
buy their antitoxin from the Board of Health. The present
price allowed physicians greater adraatagea than It did
licensed druggtsts. It was alleged; physicians were allowed
a 20 per cent discount while pharmacists were given only a
10 per cent, redttction. A committee of three— Mears.
Schleussner, Hegeman and Troug— was appointed to confer
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with a similar committee from the German ApothecnrlM' As-
sociation, and to bring the matter to the notice of the Board
The following new members were elected: Arnold W. M.
Brandenberg, Fernando B. V. Brandenberg, Charles A. Can-
non. Samuel Holzm an. Louis J. Jacoby, Henry B. Lents. Louis
May, Nicholas McDonald and Edward W. P. Bave.
MEETING OF MAN HATT AN ASSOCIATION.
Podtton of Billi at Albany Exchange of Licenia by the Board of
pii„awcy— The Stonge of CombuitibUs by PhannacWi— .
Draggisti and the Medical Sodetia.
The regular meeting of the Manhattan PharmaceoOcal
Association was held at the New York College of Pharmacy
on Monday evening, February 17, President J, -Maxwell
Prlngle, Jr., In the chair. After the minutes of the prevloUB
meeting had been read and the treasurer's report received.
George H. Hitchcock, as chairman, reported Cor the Legtsla-
tive Committee. He called attention to the bills at Albany not
yet acted upon, and to the work done by the committee In
favoring or opitoslng the passage of various measures. There
would be no more hearings on the Poison Cork bill, he said.
He thonght that the bill exempting carbonic add gas from the
provisions of the law regulating the manufacture of gnn-
powder. etc, otherwise known as the Soda Water bill, wonld
be passed. A. C. Searles and Mr. Hitchcock attended the
hearing on the Hill amendment to the State Pharmacy Law,
relating to the election of members to tbe State Board from
the Eastern Section. They both opposed the amendment and
Mr. Hitchcock said that there was a strong probability that
the bill wonld not be reported out of the committee la its
present form.
Mr. Hitchcock recommended that pharmacists holding a
license from the New York City Board of Pharmacy ex-
change It for an all-State license. They can do this by paying
$1 to the State Board, and Mr. Hitchcock thonght It would be
best to take advantage of the opportnnlty while It lasted, as
possibly this privilege might be changed or revoked.
Chairman W. L. Schaaf reported for the Committee on
Trade Interests. He read extracts from the New York 01^
Charter, as published by the Bureau of Combustibles, show-
ing the quantities of combustibles that retail druggists are
allowed to carry under the law.
Dr. George C. Dlekman reported on the result of efforts to
arrange meetings with the materia medica section of local
medical societies and the State Medical Association, l^e
locals, he said, did not seem to take much Interest In the sec- '
' tlon, and consequently there was not much prospect of ar-
ranging any meetings. Tbe State Medical Association, how-
ever, might do something, he said.
One new member, A. E. Merln, was elected.
THE ST. LOUIS COCKED HAT LEAGUE.
We present herewith a picture of the team of tbe Searle ft
Hereth Company, winners of the championship tor the current
season.
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WESTERN NEW YORK.
Bulfalo
Doing Well— The Social Qtib Flouriihinfir— Many
Changes of Ownership in Drug Circles*
(From our Regular Correspondent,)
Buffalo, February 20.— There Is plenty of evidence that the
Buffalo druggist Is making money these days and doing better
than he used to, for the most confirmed grumbler Is now say-
ing that he is doing fairly well, and the good feeling member
of the trade declai'es that business is " fine.?
TEB SOCIAL CLUB FLOCRISHINQ.
Socially the Buffalo comes to the front in two solid lines.
The social club is flourishing in spite of some rery bad weather
this winter, and now there is a masquerade ball on the pro-
gramme, to be given on the 26th, apparently on the inspira-
tion of the German singing societies, which have lately come
forward in that capacity and to which not a few of the city
druggists belong. Then there is the bowling club, which
meets every Friday afternoon. So far this winter there have
been no matches with other city drug bowlers, but these will
be on the list later on. A new change of location is on again,
as the alleys do not suit. The new ones at Washington and
Mohawk streets, built for the late tournament, are now to be
tried. The reports are very flattering and big scores are ex-
pected.
MANY STORES CHANGE OWNERS
The new State Board of Pharmacy is, under the present
arrangement of business, showing its value as a news gatherer,
as well as a regulator of the trade from a supervisory stand-
point. Secretary Reimann, of the Western Branch, reports
the following recent changes of proprietorship: D. F. Rundell,
of Little Valley, sold to C. L. McLouth; Benedict & McLoy, of
Andover, sold to O. E. Vars & Son, who now have two stores
in that town, one managed by each member of the flrm; L. S.
Hunt, of Belfast, sold to the Fisk-Crawford Company; G. P.
Jenkins, of Fourteenth street, Buffalo, sold to Mrs. B. J. Lock,
who Is a graduate of the Buffalo College of Pharmacy and a
pharmacist under the new board; F. Pryor, of Springville,
sold to C. W. Kellogg; G. H. Salt, of Niagara Falls, sold to W.
M. Bowen.
The Western Branch has now received the reports of all
but eight of the Buffalo drug stores, and all but 18 of the out-
lying stores, which is considered an excellent showing, in view
of the 375 on the list. It is found that as a rule it is careless-
ness that makes the trouble, as the same stores that were
delinquent under the individual registration plan are on the
back list now. The branch will take forcible means of getting
the reports if necessary. There were a great many defective
blanks sent in, which has kept Secretary Reimann very busy
of late, and the delay in getting the blanks from the printer
contributed to the slow completion of the work.
AN OI<D DRUGGIST BURNED OUT.
The drug store of Casper Dort, on Fillmore avenue, Buffalo,
was, early in Februiary, damaged by flre to the extent of about
$1,000. Mr. Dort was quite severely burned about the face in
trying to put out the flre and to save some of the goods. He
is one of the older city druggists and stands well in all drug
circles. A second store is under the management of his wife,
Elizabeth Dort, who Is a graduate of the Buffalo College of
Pharmacy. It was the plan to unite the two stores this year
under a single management. The fire may have hastened this
arrangement
BUSY COUNCILMEN.
Councilman Stoddart and Alderman McEachren, the Buffalo
druggists, are not attending very strictly to their private busi-
ness this winter. The Common Council has been in a deadlock
ever since the opening of the year over the election of a city
treasurer to fill a vacancy, and there is not much to do but at-
tend the meetings.
el MINOR NEVS NOTES.
Julius E. Francis Tuerke's drug store, at 1872 Niagara
street, suffered about $300 damages from flre about 10.30
o'clock on the night of January 26.
The Buffalo Druggists' Bowling Club is better attended this
winter than usual, and still other members are speaking in
favor of taking -a hand, as they need the exercise. At the last
meeting some fine scores were made, Herman Dedo running up
231 and Eli Randall 228.
The Western Branch is preparing to send out copies of the-
State law with new covers, in which are the special notices to-
prospective candidates for license. It has been arranged to
drop the examinations for February, May, October and De-
cember, with the idea that the remaining six will be sufficient
and the expense will be less.
Work on the revision of the Pharmacopoeia proceeds about
as rapidly as usual. The various committees are passing the
work along as it reaches them. Dr. Gregory, the Buffalo mem-
ber, reports the receipt within a few days of considerable work
on tinctures. He has Just sent forward three lots of matter
on syrups, elixirs, ointments, plasters and the like.
It Is reported that there are a good many drug stores for
sale in Buffalo this winter, though the business is better than
formerly. Among late sales is that of the N. E. McClurg store
on Seneca street to W. J. Thompson, who already owned one
store on the east side. He will retain both and has engaged
his brother, Harry H. Thompson, as manager of the new pur-
chase.
C. O. Rano, the well-known Buffalo pharmacist, who lately
returned to active business after being long retired, by buying
the McArthur store on Niagara street, is already in full pos
session and announces that he has retained all the old em-
ployees, including F. G. Prescott, who has been in charge some
years, and also Edward M. Cummings as pharmacist. Every-
body welcomes him back to business.
The meetings of the Buffalo Druggists' Social Club are in-
creasing in interest every month. The last one was very large-
ly attended and the exercises were very taking. There seem»
to be a poet concealed somewhere In the list who is making a
good thing by praising the specialties of the members in verso.
He sings of Dr. Gray's honey of white pine. Gregory's syrup
of licorice, Perkins' corn cure, sure to be the thing, as it has
been tried on Reimann's horse, and so on. There are no files
on the club.
ITEMS OF NEWS.
Dr. L. P. Reimann, of Fifth and Poplar streets, celebrated
his sUver wedding on October 18 at the Broad Street Drawing
Room, at which a large number of his druggist friends were
present to congratulate, him.
O'Rourke & Hurley, the well known pharmacists, of Little
Falls, N. Y., have issued their calendar for 1902. The beauti-
ful picture entitled " Feeding the Deer," represents the little
daughter of Mr. Hurley feeding a couple of tame deer. The
design has been copyrighted.
The Polk & Calder Drug Company, of Troy, recently elected
the following officers: Directors, C. F. Polk, J. A- Calder, W.
D. Bunny, F. E. Draper and W. F. Polk. Officers: C. F. Polk,
president and treasurer; P. A. Calder, vice-president; W. D.
Bunny, secretary.
E. C. McKallor, president and manager of the Elk Drug
Company, Binghamton, closed a deal on February 11 where-
by the company become sole owners of the WiUard Day Phar-
macy, 21 Main street, Binghamton. The Elk Drug Company
publish the Broome County Almanac In the interest of their
other retail store, known as the Barkman Drug Store.
Wm. H. Quinn, of De Camp & Quinn, Glens Falls, has pur-
chased his partner's interest in the drug business there, and
will conduct the business hereafter under the firm name of
S. T. Quinn & Co. The new member of the flrm, S. T. Quinn.
a brother of Wm. H., will divide his time between the local store
and that of W. H. Quinn & Brother, of Ballston. William P.
De Camp, the former member of the flrm, has entered the em-
ploy of Merck & Co., New York, as traveling salesman.
Proceedings of the twentieth annual meeting of the Massa-
chusetts State Pharmaceutical Association, held at Fall River.
Mass., June 11, 12 and 13, 1901. with minutes of special meet-
ing, Boston, September 25, 1900, also by-laws, roll of member-
ship and extracts from the public statutes of Massachusetts.
Published by the association. Under the heading, " Important.
Special to Members of the Association," attention Is called
to the fact that all the expenses connected with the publication
of the volume are paid for by advertising patronage.
NOTES FROM KINGSTON.
C. B. Bevler, of Poughkeepsie, is managing the Laycock
Pharmacy.
Chas. D. Clinton, the former mannprer of the Laycock Phar-
macy, has entered the employ of Van Deusen Bros, as sales-
man.
The Drug Club is talking of holding a banquet in the near
future. The one held last year was a success in every way.
and was attended by every druggist and drug clerk in the city.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
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MASSACHUSETTS.
l^islatlon in MaBsachtsietts- Bills Proposed fof Registration of
Assistants— After the Patent Medttcines— Mr. Tofts' Policies
WiH be Conttntied In the American Soda Fountain Company—
Price-Cottlng in Pittsfield* '
{From our Regular Correspondent)
Boston, February 19.— At this time of year the interest of
the trade is centered in the State House. Fewer measures
than usudl were introduced at this session. One bill was that
of Representative Nichols, a Ck)lumbus avenue pharmacist, and
n member of the Health Committee, which Is entitled "An
act to provide registration for assistant pharmacists," but this
title is misleading, as the bill alms to set aside some salient
features of the present law. The first section follows: " Section
fourteen of chapter seventy-six of the Revised Laws of Massa-
chusetts Is hereby amended by adding thereto the following:
The board shall also register in a like manner and under the
same regulations any person who desires to do business as an
4i88istant pharmacist: provided, however, that for the period
of three months from the passage of this act any person who
has had three years' experience under the personal supervision
of a registered pharmacist shall, upon application and the pay-
ment of a fee of 50 cents, be registered as an assistant phar-
macist and receive a certificate duly signed by the president
and secretary of said board."
Two hearings have been held on this bill, at which it was
opposed by Messrs. Nixon, Canning, Hubbard, Sawyer, Bartlet
and Tilden. No one favored the measure excepting its sponsor.
It Is not likely to receive a favorable report, but as an outcome
of this effort, Secretary Tilden, of the Board of Pharmacy, and
F. A. Hubbard, representing the M. S. P. A., are to ascertain
what other States are doing in the matter of registering as-
sistants, and then they will probably draft a bill embodying
^hls idea.
~ MR. BARTLKTT'S BILL UKOPPOSED.
A hearing has been held on the bill allowing the Board of
Registration in Pharmacy to reconsider its action in suspend-
ing the licenses or certificates of pharmacists in certain cases.
This was favored by W. W. Bartlett, Ph.G., and there was no
opposition.
A favorable report has been presented on the bill to transfer
the powers and duties of State Inspector of Liquors to the
State Board of Health.
THE REGULAR "STRIKE" MEASURE ON HAND.
The annual measure which would necessitate publishing
formulas of patent medicines appeared and another bill requests
that certain provisions of the pharmacy law, from which manu-
facturers and dealers in patent medicines are now exempt, be
applied to them. Neither bill is likely to receive a favorable
report . . , _
All of the State laws were revised by a commission last
year. The pharmacy laws underwent some slight changes
-during the revamping. One of these would permit the reap-
pointment of two members of the commission— Messrs. Butler
and Tilden.
THE AMERICAN SODA FOUNTAIN COMPANY.
The policy of James W. Tufts win be continued by the
American Soda Fountain Company. His individuality was so
thoroughly inculcated into the soda water business that he
was really the foundation upon which it was built It remains
as a lasting tribute to his memory. Leonard Tufts, the second
vice-president of the company, has gone to Plnehurst for a
few weeks to look after the interests thrust upon him by his
father's death. ^ , ,. ^
James N. North, the treasurer of the company, has been
confined to his home for some time by illness, but his condi-
tion is now much better.
B. O. Tracy, manager of the fruit syrup, extract and
sundries department of the company, with headquarters at
the Boston factory, has just returned from a month's trip
throng the South. He found the conditions such as to war-
rant the expectation of a large season's business.
PRICE-CUTTINO IN PITT8FIELD.
In Pittsfield the druggists have been receiving full prices
until recently. Now cutting is the order of the day, and it is
expected that It will be extended to nearby places.
THE DATE OF THE M. S. P. A. MEETING
has been changed to June 3, 4 and 5. The gathering will be
held at Northampton.
TROUBLE OVER LICENSE.
Druggists In several cities are already having trouble over
the license question. In Maiden a temperance association has
appointed a committee to wait upon the License Committee of
the City Government and protest against the granting of
licenses to some 40 or more drug stores throughout the city.
In Haverhill another organization has secured alleged evi-
dence against six druggists. This evidence will not- be pre-
sented at court, but will be placed before the License Com-
mission in an attempt to prevent licenses being granted the
offenders.
In Somervllle, F. E. Whittemore and his clerk, James Done-
gan, were each recently fined $50 for Illegal sales of liquor
on Sunday. Appeals were taken In each case.
The twenty-first annual meeting of the Massachusetts Phar-
maceutical Association will be held In the city of Northampton
on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, June 3, 4 and 6, 1002.
H. A. Wlswell, of Northampton, is the local secretary.
SODA FOUNTAINS IN NEW ENGLAND.
New Englanders are making extensive preparations to se-
cure the nimble nickel which comes -from dispensing soda
water. Many of them have recently obtained new apparatus
from the James W. Tufts branch of the American Soda Foun-
tain Company. The list includes the following druggists: C. E.
Webber, Orono, Me.; O. E. Bliss, South Portland, Me.; F. li.
Pease, New Bedford, Mass.; A. H. Nuess, Lewlston, Me.; G.
T. GUcrease, Brookline, Mass.; E. H. Derivlare, MandvlUe,
R. I.; J. P. Taylor, New Bedford, Mass.; S. J. & J. A. Wright,
Walsefield, R. I.; C. J. Carew, South Boston, Mass.; Peter
WiUett, Auburn, Me.; J. Dube, Lewlston, Me.; C. S. Llttlefield,
Ogunquit Me.; W. D. Spauldlng. Hallowell, Me.; Billings &
Stover, Cambridge, Maqs.; W. H. Merrell, Lisbon, N. H., and
A. L. Denesphaud, Worcester, Mass.
BOSTON FIRMS CONSOLIDATE.
Announcement has been made of the consolidation of the
five largest local importing houses engaged In handling drug-
gists' sundries, etc. A new corporation will be formed under
the name of the Eastern Qommission & Importing Company,
with a nominal capital of $200,000. A building has been leased
and the new company will begin business early next month.
The concerns making up the new corporation are the Pea-
body-Whltney Company, the F. R. Smith Company, H. P.
Emerson & Co., W. S. Carr & Co. and Hyer Bros.
CITY JOTTINGS.
ti. S. Flagg, East Boston district, has a new fountain from
James W. Tufts.
Sawyer & Co. have opened a "drug shop" at the comer
of Tremont and Hollis streets.
The question of transferring the duties of the State Assayer
of Liquors to the State Board of Health has been referred to
a sub-committee of the Public Service Committee.
It is rumored tliat the building 80 Tremont street, so long
occupied by Theodore Metcalf and his successors, will soon
be torn down to make way for a skyscraper.
Dr. Durgln, of the local Board of Health, has petitioned
the Legislature asking that the State Board of Health be
authorised to produce antitoxine and vaccine lymph for the
free use of the people.
The Alumni Association of the M. C. P. held a social at
Huntington Hall on the evening of January 22. An enjoyable
concert was first held and this was followed by dancing.
President Simpson had charge of the affair.
The Northeastern Section of the American Chemical So-
ciety met at the German Tumverein on the evening of Janu-
ary 28. Dr. James Locke read a paper on Some Recent Prob-
lems in the Systematlzation of Inorganic Compounds and Dr.
B. S. Merigold on Some Recent Work on Uranium.
A bill has been introduced into the Legislature asking that
the Board of Registration of Pharmacy be authorized to re-
verse its actions and change its determinations as Justice may
require. Another measure requests prohibition of sales of
cigarettes^ except by Jobbers or whoelsalers doing an inter-
state business with persons outside the State.
A measure has Just been introduced in the House authoriz-
ing the registration of drug clerks as assistant pharmacists.
This bill provides that the Board of Pharmacy shall register
any person who has had three years* experience under the
personal supervision of a regrular pharmacist, upon application
and the payment of a fee of 50 cents.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
BAY STATE NEWS.
B. 0. Bngstrom, Pittsfield, sncceeds Carl Hjdren.
A. B. Carpenter & Co. sncceed G. W. Mathewson, Bast
SomerviUe.
The business of P. H. Sazton, Montello, has been purchased
by Leslie T. Adams.
B. F. Smith, North Weymouth, is a petitioner in bank-
ruptcy; liabilities $3,946.50, no assets.
W. B. Webster, of East Weymouth, is using a carbonator
recently purchased from James W. Tufts.
Bourke & Martin, of Worcester, recently purchased an
elegant soda apparatus from James W. Tufts.
J. W. Colcord, of Lynn, is to move into a new store. He is
to add a new Tufts fi)untain to his equipment
M. B. Perry is to open a new store at New Bedford, and
has placed an order for a fountain with James W. Tufts.
The Brookline store of the T. Metcalf Company has Just
been sold to Messrs. Thomas Curran and David C. Hickey.
rnderwood & Judd recently purchased the Garland phar-
macy, at Gardner. They are making extensive improvements,
ii^duding plate glass windows and a comer entrance. The
firm will also have a new Tufts fountain.
Ralph G. Perkins, who conducts two stores in Somervllle,
was before the local court last week charged with maintaining
a liquor nuisance. The testimony failed to substantiate the
charge and Mr. Perldns was honorably discharged.
The Surgeons' & Physicians' Supply Company of America
were recently incorporated for manufacturing and dealing in
medical supplies; capital, $500,000; paid in, |6; president,
Frederick W. Reeves, Cambridge, Mass.; treasurer, James
H. Nickerson, West Newton, Mass. President Reeves is well
known to the drug trade, having been prominently identified
with the Apothecaries' Guild and N. B. R. D. U.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Rhode IsIasKi
At the annual meeting of the Rhode Island Pharmaceutical
Association at Providence on January 8 the following offlcers
were elected: A. W. Fenner, president; Gilbert R. Parker, 8.
W. HimeSt A. B. Collins, J. T. Wright and W. H. BufBnton,
vice-presidents; C. H. Daggett, secretary; Albert FMiner, trsas-
urer; Howard A. Pearce, A. J. Johnson, Jr., and B. W. Van,
Bzecutive Committee.
North DakoU Board*
The examination of the North Dakota Board of Pharmacy
was held at Fargo, February 5, 0. The successful candidates
were: A. G. GiUespe, Minto; J. F. Brown, Redfleld, 8. D.;
J. A« Breidenbach, Grand Forks; T. R. Williams, Larimore;
A. A. Kurtz, JamestOT^-n; R. G. Lund, Cakes; C. M. Gaylord,
York; H. F. Sitier, Leeds; Geo. W. McKnight, Willow City;
W. B. Patten, Grand Forks; A. H. Movius^ Lidgerwood; S. B.
Pixley, Church's Ferry. The next meeting of the board will be
held Wednesday, July 10, at Fargo, N. D.
Passed the Kansas Board.
At the thira regular meeting of the State Board of Phar-
macy, held at Leavenworth, Kan., December 4, the following
were present and passed the examination: Robert F. Haines,
Niotose; L. S. Sargent, Jimction City; B. T. Shoemaker, Junc-
tion City; Albert B. Stevens, Coffey ville; George T. Brown,
Ottawa; J. A. Tuggle, lola; Sam Gordon, Kansas City; H. B.
Read, Mound Valley; Loehr M. Grubbs, Topeka; D wight Mc-
Bride, Paola; C. U. EUiyes, Goffs; H. Aug. Carey, Bl Dorado;
George W. Knauer, Topeka; Chase W. Brown, Ottawa; Grace
A. Forbes, Mankato; H. M. Stunz, Holton« Registered As-
sistant Pharmacist, C. A. Harkness, Hays City.
Since the September meeting of the Kansas Board the fol-
lowing have been registered without examination, by virtue of
being graduates of recognized schools of pharmacy: J. 8.
Cblsm, Argonia; A. B. Crandall, Jewell City; Hy D. Higginsoo,
Wichita; J. C. Reese, Newton; Harry G. Dunmyre, Kerwin.
The next meeting of the Board will be held at Ft Scott,
Kan., March 6, at o'clock, a. m. Thocie who desire to take
the examination should notify the secretary, W. B. Sherrlff,
BUsworth, Kan., at least five days before the date of the meet-
ing.
Twelve Hundred DruggistB Play Euchre A Long List of Handsome
Prircs Oifered— The P« A. R. D. Doing Good Work— The
Bottle Law^The Retail Drug Trust.
(From our Beguior Oorrefpondent.)
Philadelphia, February 20.— The big annual euchre party
of the Philadelphia Association of Retail Druggists, the third
and largest of the kind, was given at the Mercantile Hall on
Broad street on the evening of February 11. There were
twelve hundred players and three hundred prizes were pro-
vided, ranging from a $360 piano to a box of candy. The
players filled both the upper and the lower floor of the hall,
and two excellent orchestras furnished music during the
games, and after the games were finished provided music for
the dancing, which was kept up till a late hour.
N. A. Oozzens, as chairman, presided over the affair, and
was ably assisted by the following committee: G. W. Fehr,
vice-chairman; D. J. Beese, secretfury; H. A. Nolte, treasurer,
and W. T. Myers, U. G. Ruff, A. 0. Schofield, Jacob Bppsteln,
J. W. Frey, G. P. Scheehle, J. O. Perry and Mahlon Krata.
The grand prize, a $360 MerediUi piano, was won by Mrs.
Benjamin Lyons, of 2263 North Park avenue; the first ladles'
prize, a silver water set, donated by Valentine H. Smith dt
Oo„ by Birs. Bmma Allen, 2836 BYankford avenue; the second
ladles' prize, a colonial ladiesT writing desk, by Mrs. F. B. Ball,
1820 Oamae street; the third ladies' prize, a box at the Park
Theatre, by Miss B. Bell, 1344 North Twenty-ninth street; the
first gentlemen's prize, a handsome tumbler washer, with
spray, globe and chandeliers, valued at $160, donated by
Johnson & Ck>., by Mr. Smither, of Camden, N. J.; the second
gentlemen's prize, a Springer torsion balance, donated by the
makers, by J. F. Marsh, 2023 North Woodsted street
S. H. Garragan and wife, F. P. TuthlU and wife and Oas-
well A. Mayo came over from New York to attend the affair.
GOOD WOBX OF THB P. A. B. D.
Valuable as the social features of the P. A. R. D. un-
doubtedly are, they form but a small part of the work of the
association. Quite recently six or eight of the members were
saved the sum of |66 each through the good offices of the
P. A. R. D. hi some litigation in which they had been Involved.
This is but one of many instances in which the association
has been of immediate practical benefit to Its members.
MUST NOT BBFILL BC»TTLE8.
There is always some one ready to make the druggist's Uf e
a burden. During the session of the Legislature of 1809 a
bill was passed which prohibited the use of a bottle the
second time, except in refilling prescriptions, and excepting
also milk, mineral water, beer, etc. This law has never been
recognized, and there are few druggists that are aware that
such a bill was ever passed. Recently all the leading whole-
sale druggists, as well as many of the retail druggists, re-
ceived a copy of this bill. Owing to the drastic character
of the measure the druggists have paid no attention to tt, and
it is said that if an attempt is made to enforce it a fight will
be made to determine the constitutionality of the act
The bill was Inclosed in a plain envelope which was mailed
in Pittsburg. It is believed that it was sent out by some
manufacturer of bottles.
ANOTHEB OPINION ON THE PHBNYO- CAFFEINE OASB.
Olayton F. Shoemaker, chairman of the Proprietary Oom-
mittee of the N. W. D. A., in discussing the decision In the
Phenyo-Gaffeine case, said: "The decision by a Phila-
delphia court in regard to the test case brought in the
Phenyo-Caffeine matter is exactly in accordance with the
opinion which I have always held, and, it seems ta
me, likewise in accordance with the dictates of com-
mon sense. While I am fully prepared to admit that
it might be entirely possible, from a leg«] standpoint
to control the retail as well as the wholesi^ie prices of
patent medicines so long as a continuous contract can be
traced. It has always seemed to me that it would be mani-
festly unreasonable to claim that an alleged contract could
be enforced without proof of continuity or vrithout any rea-
sonable supposition of assent on the part of the buyei* In ad-
dition to this, I do not believe that either by legal process or
by any other process is it possible to make the retail prices of
patent medicines uniform all over the country. The kiatoral
operation of commercial laws provides that all goods shall be-
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retailed more cheaply In the large cities than in the small
towns. While I have the greatest sympathy for the mem-
bers of the retail drug trade whose profits in this direction are
mnch less than formerly, I am also clearly of the opinion that
full retail prices in the big cities need never be expected again
t>y any one under any conditions. The most that can be
hoped for is price agreements which will secure a moderate
<^ompensation for the dealer."
STATUS AND PLANS OF THB STNDICATB STORES.
The plan to form a syndicate of drug stores in this city is
being pushed, and the promoters of this scheme are quite en-
thusiastic over it J. J. McFadden, the organizer, says mat-
ters are progressing most satisfactorily and that within sixty
•days the stores embraced will be operated under one manage-
ment. It is said the new company have options on the good
will and fixtures of twenty-five drug stores in this city, and
there is a good demand for the stock of the company. There
are to be 50,000 shares of a par value of $10 each. In speaking
•of the plan Mr. McFadden says it is not a new one, as there
Is a similar organization in London which operates 248 stores,
juiother In Pittsburg which controls forty stores and there
are combinations of the same character in Cincinnati and
•other dties. Mr. McFadden also said: '* There is no national
mainspring to the combine. At present it is purely local, but
may grow beyond the plans of the projectors. It is proposed
by establishing a central pharmaceutical laboratory, where
certain lines of goods may be manufactured, to save from 20
to 40 per cent of the cost of these same goods. Oompounds
that are now made by the retail druggist in small quantities
may be made in bulk at the central laboratory at a great sav-
ing. The principal matter, however, will be the gain to the
^*onsumer in quality and cheapness. On the other hand, we
propose to give stockholders 8 per cent and accumulate a
surplus besides for future improvements."
DETAILS OF THE SCHEME OF OBQAKIZATION.
It is reported that over 100 owners of drug stores have
been informed of the details of the plan and have consented
to Join the trust The prospectus says the stock is to bear
8 per cent interest and another 8 per cent is to go into a
linking fund for the purchase of opposition stores. In connee-
tioD with the retail business the trust is to establish a whole-
sale branch, which will furnish the stores of the corporation.
Having a wholesale concern the trust can undersell opposition
stores at least 50 per cent and make money. The first $500,-
<XX) of stock will be given in exchange for stores to be ab-
sorbed by the trust The remaining half is to go toward es-
tablishing the enterprise and wiping out opposition wherever
it may crop up to interfere with the monopoly. The Common-
wealth Trust Company are to be the fiscal agents of the cor-
poration.
Mr. McFadden announced that the management of the com-
bine would go into the market to acquire all of the well es-
tablished drug stores now being operated on the independent
plan. Thf owners of the stores desired would be made good
offers for their property, and if they refused to sell they would
be driven out by opposition stores in their immediate vicinity.
Where the proprietors of established stores decided to come
Into the trust they will be retained as business managers at
a guaranteed salary and a commission on the gross business
•done by them. Besides, they will receive the interest on the
stock given them in exchange for their stores.
WHAT IS SAID OF THE PLAN.
It is said the incentive for the combination is to be able
to fight the larger cut-price drug stores, which are now driving
the independent druggist out of the business. A movement of
this kind was started some time ago among the wholesale
•dioiggists, but the prospectus was too glittering and the plan
fell through. It is thought that a company with a consider-
ably larger capitalization than $1,000,000 will be required to
corral all the retail drug stores in this city, especially as the
department stores are considering the advisability of adding
a drug department The assertion that the trust in having
a bouse of its own, can purchase direct and effect a saving of
50 per cent is ridiculed by the leading wholesale druggists.
The leading retail druggists do not take much stock in the
plan.
STUDTINO BIOLOOICAL PHABHACT.
On February 12 Prof. Remington took the senior class of
the Philadelphia College down to Olen Olden to inspect the
vaccine farms of H. K. Mulford & Co., where the party were
most hospitably entertained and saw every detail of the proc-
ess of manufacture of serums, etc.
OHIO .
Cincinnati Drugg^ Ponder the Suppression of tlie Ctttter— Pfo-
posed New Poiaon Law Arouses Oppoiltton— Remarkable
Thefts of a Prison Disposer.
{From our Regular Correspondent,)
Cincinnati, February 16.— The Ohio Valley Retail Druggists*
Association held an important executive business meeting last
week, at the Odd Fellows' Temple in Cincinnati, for the con-
sideration and discussion of a number of interesting matters.
The old question of mdeting the prices and methods of adver-
tising of cut rate druggists, of whom there are an unusually
large number in Cincinnati, was warmly discussed, and a plan
of action determined upon, which will be closely followed by
all the members of the association. Some of the members
were in favor of advertising in competition with the cut rate
dealers, but it was finally determined to continue to meet the
cut prices, but to refrain from general advertising, as in the
past because of the difficulties presented to the smaller dealers.
Local competition is now so keen that most of the local dealers
now meet as closely as possible the cut rates on the best known
and most widely known proprietary and patent medicines ad-
vertised by the cut rate stores. The situation is made even
worse because one or two of the larger department stores of
Cincinnati have/ added drug departments or enlarged their
old drug departments, and have been advertising a low
schedule of prices in their general display advertising, and
have thus succeeded in diverting a portion of the retail drug
patronage from the regular channels.
AN AKTI-COOAINE LAW HAS OBJECTIOKABLB FEATUBE8.
Another thing discussed at the meeting of the association
was the pending legislation restricting the sale of cocaine and
other drugs. The members of the association, as a whc^e, are
heartily in favor of certain restrictions on the sale of cocaine,
but they do not like the proposed phraseology of the bill, and
particularly that clause referring to the keeping of a ** poison
book." The bill provides that the druggists, even in the caae
of the compounding of prescriptions containing cocaine, must
secure the name, age, sex and other data of the purchaser, and
enter the full memorandum in the " poison book." This fea-
ture, the druggists say, is unfair, and they want it changed
in the law. The druggists claim that when they receive a
prescription from a reputable physician calling for a com-
pound containing cocaine, that eliminates the druggist, and
the imposition of the special registration is an obstacle to their
business. In short, they say that it means they must pry into
the business of not only the physician, but of the customer,
and this would be disagreeable. By resolution the whole mat-
ter was finally left in the hands of the Board of Control of the
''Association, who will confer with the framers of the bill and
seek to have the objectionable features eliminated.
BISON DBUO SCANDAL.
An unusual case has developed at the Ohio State Peniten-
tiary at Columbus. Thomas C. Jones, serving a life sentence
for murder committed in Wood County, has l^n serving as a
nurse in the prison hospitaL Dr. J. M. Thomas, superintendent
of the hospital, discovered that he was disposing of drugs to
other convicts, who either received money from friends and
relatives outside the prison, or else made money vrithin the
prison walls by extra taslcs. He had been "treating" one
convict, Conrad Straub, for heart trouble, and had received
from this one man |14.75 for drugs stolen from the State.
Other discoveries followed in rapid succession. On a shelf In
the hospital, covered with a heavy curtain, was found a com-
plete and generously stocked apothecary's stock. In his locker
was constructed a false side, and in this was stocked a large
quantity of morphine and other drugs. Other drugs he had
concealed under a table top. Jones swore that the morphine
; had not been stolen from the hospital stock, but had been pur-
chased outside. Jones had also cunningly "worked" the
prison physicians for a large supply of alcohol. During his
spare time, when he was not busily engaged in selling the
State drugs to fellow convicts, he made fancy handkerchief
boxes, and told the physicians that he needed alcohol to thin
out the shellac used in covering the boxes. Jones may have
had a confederate outside the prison walls from whom he
obtained drugs that he could not secure from the hospital's
store, and which he sold to the other convicts at a large ad-
vance over the regular prices. He has been placed in solitary
confinement and will be otherwise severely punished.
THB SYNDICATE XOVEMENT IN CINCINNATI.
Druggists generally are interested in a series of local news-
paper stories to the effect that negotiations are in progress for
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a union of drug stores, similar to the plan in effect in Chicjago.
For a number of days past several of the largest drug manu-
facturers in the West have been in Cincinnati quietly consult-
ing with two of the most prominent members of the local
trade. These conferences have all been of a most private na-
ture, and little information of a reliable sort can be obtained
as to the nature of the business transacted or considered. The
plans, as stated by local druggists, are to purchases stores that
are about to be closed and abandoned because of competition
or unprofitable business, with small financial returns. In the
event of failure to purchase them it is proposed to lease them
and place the owners in charge on a commission basis, and
the syndicate also expects to open drug stores in the large de-
partment stores, in places where they are not already pro-
vided. Two of the Cincinnati druggists said to be interested
in the matter are Dr. B. H. Weatherhead, whose place of busi-
ness is at Sixth and Vine streets, and who is one of the largest
retail dealers In Cincinnati, and Otto Stein, of the great Stein-
Vogeler Wholesale Drug Company; President Weller, of the
Bichardson Drug Company, of Omaha, Neb., is said to be one
of the out of town dealers Interested in the Cincinnati move-
ment. The names of the others who are interested have not yet
been made public. All the gentlemen mentioned have persistent-
ly declined to make a statement of any sort, and will neither
affirm nor deny the rumors that have been current. Just how
far the project has been carried is not known.
CRITICISM BY COBONBB.
Coroner Louis Schwab, of Hamilton County, of which Cin-
cinnati is the county seat, in a verdict announced last week
in the case of a woman named Frankie Edwards, a member
of the demi monde, who had committed suicide with poison,
took occasion to severely criticise the druggists of Cincinnati.
MICHIGAN.
The Phenacetine Decision— Tiie Detroit GwnterfeHefB to Come
tip for Trial — Tiie Boaid of Pharmacy — PhyBtciaiis Support
the Co-operative Telephone Co*
Pass List of the Ohio Board.
The results of the Janaary examination of the Ohio Board
of Pharmacy are announced by W. R. Ogler, secretary, Colum-
bus, as follows:
Pharmacists.— Robert D. Hamilton, DarrowvlUe; Perry B.
Powell, Kenton; I^ulu M. Hutt, Waverly; C. A. Houk, Ar-
canum; Henry M. Knemoeller, Cincinnati; W. H. Haumesser,
Wauseon; C. W. Phillips, Akron: O. P. Seeds, Commercial
Point; Doyle Sheldon, Shelby: C. P. Pink, Prederickton; Wm.
J. Mock, Cleveland; G. W. Morehouse, Sparta; Carl Tuttle,
Berlin Heights; Roy C. Start, Toledo; Carl P. Schwilk, Upper
Sandusky; H. Dale Shields, Columbus; W. H. Gamble, Mc-
Keesport, Pa.; B. B. Prase. Barberton; G. P. Pranke, Wapa-
koneta; John G. Neilly, Cambridge; P. A. Childs, Crestline;
F. W. Price, Pomeroy; Leo A^ Lesser, Cleveland; B. E. Vale,
Bast Liverpool; Robt. K. Davis, Pindlay. Total applicants,
79; passed, 25.
Assistant Pharmacists.— Prank Bauer, Cincinnati; H. B.
Kennedy, Toledo; P. W. McNess, Cleveland: MaV Drayer, Co-
lumbus; Wm. Johns, Cleveland; B. E. Owen, Warren; C. P.
Woodward, Dennison; J. K. Haly, Zanesville; C. G. Klmmel,
Wharton; Clarence Gressel, Wharton; Mary L. Brown. Day-
ton E. R. Lehman, Wellington; Leah H. Burdsal, Cincinnati;
Joseph Schneider, Cincinnati; L. L. Bunnell, Franklin; Harry
Mason, Columbus; H. B. Rudolph, Jr.. Springfield; C. H. Deter-
ding, Columbus; Perry E. Miner, Linden vllle; Karl J. Rausch-
kolb, Columbus; Wllber H. Stoll, Cleveland. Total applicants,
38. Passed, 21.
Por Assistant Pharmacist on Examination as Pharmacist.
—Roy O. Parks, Cleveland; T. C. Rogers, Greenville; H. A.
Twining, Haskins; B. C. Sells, Kenton; A. J. Kuenle, Dayton;
G. A. Prinzbach, Cincinnati; C. P. Ackerman, Cleveland.
The next examination will be held in Columbus May 13, 14.
Passed the New Jersey Board.
The following is the list of successful candidates at the
examination by the New Jersey Board of Pharmacy, on Jan-
uary 10. 17, 1902:
Registered pharmacist— Harry Lee Blckel, Philadelphia,
Pa.; Robert St. Clair Blew, Brldgeton; William Henry Britton,
Caldwell; Harry W. Christman, Ocean City; William Allen
Cole. Jersey City; Sidney L. Dorland, New York, N. Y.; J.
Howard Prick, Atiantic City; Bayard Hilliard, VIncentown:
Blwood Rue Hall, Montclalr; Isaac Johnson, East Orange;
Frederick Edwin Knowles, Newark; Daniel J. McAghon, Jer-
sey City; Thomas M. Pascall, Newark; J. E. Price, Branch-
viUc; Albert E. C. Roy, New York, N. Y.; Charles P. Richter,
New York, N. Y.; Aaron Reich, Newark; Charles H. A.
Stoerzer, Newark; Paul Traub, Bordentown; J. Horton Uhle,
Bast Orange; Harry Vaughn, Morristown; Adolph Wolfert,
New York. N. Y.
Registered assistant— P. G. Clark, Atlantic City; Walter R.
Rieck, Newark; Louis Schneider, jr., Newark.
(From our Regular Correspondent.)
Detroit, Pebruary 20.— There is a great deal of interest felt
among the drug trade in Detroit over the decision this month
of the United States Court of Appeals for the third district,
in the phenacetine patent case, handed down by Judges At-
chison, Dallas and Gray, at Philadelphia. The case was one
of the hardest fought battles in pharmacal history, and has
been in course of litigation for six years.
The Parbenfabriken of Elberfeld Company, owners of the
patent on phenacetine which had been taken out by E^ N.
Dickerson, brought the case against Conrad D. Mauer, of Phil-
adelphia, to establish the validity of the patent The local
pharmaceutical association backed the defendant in the at-
tempt to break the patent All but two points in the defense
were brushed aside in the court's decision, first, the claim to
anticipation based on an article by Dr. Hallock, who de-
scribed in The American Chemical Journal in 1879 some ex-
periments in which something similar to the process for the-
manufacture of phenacetine was gone through with, and sec-
ond, that the company's patent did not sufficiently describe
the substance, in that, contrary to declaration, it could be
colored by the use of nitric acid, either when very strong,,
when applied with heat, or when allowed to stand for seven-
teen hours.
THE DECISION OP THE COURT.
In regard to the first, the court decided that any claim to
anticipation based on Hallock's article could not stand, as
the process was not the same and the result obtained was not
phenacetine.
On the second point, the court stated that such tests as
the defendants proposed were unusual and abnormal and
were never intended to be covered by the statement in the
patent adding that they converted the phenacetine into dilter-
ent substances.
THE CASES IN OETEOIT.
During the present term of the Recorder's Court in De-
troit, there will be tried four men on the charge of having in
their possession counterfeit phenacetine labels with the pur-
pose of using them. Lewis J. Pulmer and Herbert T. Jenkins,
doing business under the name Windsor Drug Company, it is
alleged, imported phenacetine into Canada and were ofiTering
it for sale with a certain amount of adulteration, as phenace-
tine bayer, with labels like the regular Canadian labels of
the Parben Pabriken Company.
Edward H. Horn and William P. Bartlet operating as the
German Tablet Company, at 122 East Elizabeth street De-
troit, are charged with having in their possession the means
for making these spurious labels.
Attorney H. D. Morton, of New York, and Allan H. Frazer,
of Detroit representing the company, say that hundreds of
druggists who have purchased spurious articles will be made
to account for them to the company, and action will be taken
as soon as the above cases are disposed of.
THE STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY
reports that one important case has been prosecuted success-
fully this month. Charles H. McCarger, of Mulliken, Eaton
county, was charged with carrying on a pharmacy without a
license. He was tried Pebruary 5, convicted, and was fined
$60 and $40 costs. McCarger has appealed the case. The
State Board will hold Its next meeting for the examination of
applicants in St Cecelia hall. Grand Rapids, March 4 and 5.
p. F. INGRAM, PRESIDENT OF THE CO OPERATIVE TELEPHONE C0»
P. P. Ingram, of the firm of P. P. Ingram & Co., manufac-
turing pharmacists, has been elected president of the new
Co-operative Telephone Company, which is figuring to pur-
chase the partially completed plant of the People.'s Telephone
Company, formerly controlled by the Everett-Moore syndi-
cate, and now in the hands of a receiver. The company has
met with fiattering success thus far, and there seems to be
but little doubt that It will be a go. The various societies of
physicians have passed resolutions Indorsing the Co-operative
Company and the matter will soon be brought up before the
Retail Druggists* Association. At present the Michigan Bell
Telephone Company have a monopoly and recently raised all
rates 50 per cent
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ILLINOIS.
Tlie Shorter Kotsrs Movement Gains Momentttm— Qty Council
Eaqpected to Take a Hand— Apprentices Should Register at Once
on Entering a Drug Store— Delay BSeaos Delay In Final Regis-
tration—An Unusually Large Class Registered by the Board.
(Frmn our Regular Oorrespandent.)
Chicago, February IT.—The drug clerks' agitation for
shorter hours has grown to notable proportions and has made
considerable progress. The Executive Ck>mmittee, represent-
ing the C. B. D. A., has passed the following resolution:
" Resolved, By the Executive Committee of the auxiliary
•districts of the 0. R. D. A, at the regular monthly meeting,
held February 11, 1902, that we recommend to the association
that such measures be adopted as will, as far as possible,
secure fewer working hours for all engaged in the retail drug
business, aiid that the association urge upon its members the
securing of such sleeping quarters for clerks as are unob-
jectionable from a sanitary point of view."
OITY COVVCU. EXPEOTSD TO ACT.
This resolution will be taken up at the meeting of the
whole association in April. Mr. Bodemann has written to
the Drug Clerks' Association to the effect that he and W. A
Dyche, tiie two Chicago members of the Board of Pharmacy,
will co-operate with the clerks In their campaign for the
prosecution of all violators of the pharmacy laws. One of
the startling features In connection with the agitation is the
talk of a strike that will tie up all drug stores. Mass meet-
ings have been arranged, and the clerks are discussing the
advisability of becoming affiliated with the Retail Clerks'
International Association, so as to secure the backing of or-
granized labor. In the meantime the officers of the Drug
'Clerks' Assoda^on are making every possible effort to induce
•all drug clerks to Join their organization. The officials expect
that the city council will pass an ordinance prohibiting the
practice of sleeping in stores. The clerks say they are in a
position to force druggists to yield to their demands if neces-
sary, for if all registered men should go out their places could
not be filled. It is a question, of course, if such 'united action
could be secured.
THB APPBBNTICB REOI8TRATION
Members of the State Board of Pharmacy are anxious that
employers and clerks should urge all young men of their ac-
quaintance who are learning the drug business to get regis-
tered as apprentices as soon as possible. These young men
are urged to write to the secretary of the board as soon as
possible and be registered. It is pointed out that delay to do
this means a similar delay in being given registration certifi-
cates as assistant or registered pharmacists, for their experi-
ence will be d^ted from their registration as apprentioes.
This part of the new law has not been strictly enforced as
yet, but the board members hint tliat it would be well to
make ready for possible strict interpretations of the statute.
LiOts of apprentices are said to be ignorant of the fact that
the law affects them in this manner.
PASSED THE BOARD EXAMINATION.
An unusually lai'ge number passed at the meeting of the
State Board which has just been finished. There were 165
applicants and 112 passed. These were granted certificates
as registered pharmacists:
W. A Bamett, Henry Bader, C. H. Brown, A. J. Broman,
R. B. Carlyou, T. F. Cummlngs, H. R. DeLand, J. T. Fawcett,
W. B. Freeman, W. A. Forbes, R. J. Forbrich, E. J. Giessy,
W. Hardeman, A. F. Hennessey, Lewis Hyman, A. Jaus, A. J.
Jewell. W.'V. Keller, T. J. Knaak, A. Koenlgstein, Ernst Lea-
sing. J. V. Lee, O. M. Llndvall, W. F. Lutzen, M. A. Masor. H.
T. Moyer, O. J. Matthael. G. McCormlck, Jr.; F. E. Pierce,
M. R. Price, T. F. Provost, W. N. Rickert, J. Ruzicka, J. J.
-Samuels, C. R. Sanderson, A. T. Schieder, A. B. Shutts, V. A.
Sloan, C. M. Snow, D. P. Stephens, L. F. Supp, J. T. Sweeney,
A. F. Schroeder, H. E. Secor, J. W. Thorson, H. D. Valbracht,
W. E. Wendt, J. F. Welch, J. P. Warren. H. Weinkauff. L. W.
Brookings, H. L. Cady, W. S. Bloch. A. Dougherty, L. D.
Jackson, A. B. Landers, C. Markus, J. H. Newman, B. L. Old-
field, S. W. Taliaferro, J. P. Cholewinski, B. Deikelmann, A.
C. Dockhom. O. A. Fritz. H. T. Graham, H. N. Henckell, J. J.
Metz, C. W. Mlnshall, H. Minchin. E. S. McNichols, P. A.
Schroeder, J. B. Tiscornia, E. Williams, C. B. Westcott S. M.
Williams, H. J. Burmelster, A. Seekamp and M. Spira.
The following passed as assistant pharmacists: A. H.
Bauer, F. H. Bess, John Brenner, F. J. Denn. B. S. Geiger.
R. R. Gbaret. Harvey Gill, M. W. Gurpe, O. Heronemus, M.
L. Holm, A. F. John, E. J. Karlovsky, J. L. Kies, V. E. Law-
rence, B. T. Locke, W. A. Mynara, J. J. McClugage, W. H.
Perry, O. L. Prohaska, J. E. Schneider, A. H. Schwarse, W.
H. Schroeder, C. A Salopoulomlos, G. H. Thompson, B. T.
Todd, J. A Thomas, H. B. Walter, C. J. Weimer, J. B. WoJ-
talewlcs, W. H. Zabel, L. R. A Schwanke, O. Bvers, J. A.
Mayer and B. B. Stacy.
THE NEW SLOT TELEPHONES.
President George A. Graves, of the Chicago Retail Drug-
gists' Association^ might almost be said to have broken a rec-
ord and to have established a most unusual precedent in local
drug circles, for when Interviewed in the interests of a local
paper recently about the telephone agitation, Mr. Graves said
something, and said it hard. When asked what he thought
about the new nlckel-in-the-slot telephones, Mr. Graves did
not call attention to his new brand of dgars, nor did he say
anyttiing about the nice skating on the lake, but he is credited
with remarking: " We druggists are good natured, but there far
a limit" Information also leaked out that before many days
a committee would call on President Sabin, of the Chicago
Telephone Company, In order to inform him that there must
be a change. It Is asserted by some that the new nickel tele-
phones are detracting from the revenues secured from the ten-
cent apparatus. Mr. Graves asserts that the difference cuts a
big slice out of profits.
CHICAGO NOTES.
Martin Lewis has succeeded J. Nienaber at Twenty-second
and State streets.
Mrs. Mary T. Barclay, widow of the veteran Oak Park
druggist who died recently, passed away at her home Feb-
ruary 18.
In an explosion^ due to gas, in which eleven lives were
lost in the vichiity, the drug store of J. C. Kleiner, at 2100
Archer avenue, suffered considerably. Windows were blown
out and many bottles were broken. The damage amounted to
1200.
The D. D. D. Society, composed of doctors, dentists and
druggists, held its first banquet on the night of February 14
at Netherwood Hall, Marshfield avenue and Taylor street.
Dr. M. L. Aren was toastmaster, and there were a number of
speeches.
Arthur Burrage Farwell, secretary of the Hyde Park Pro-
tective Association, caused a stir in the Kenwood Evangelical
Church recently while reading his annual report He de-
clared before the congregation that some druggists of Hyde
Park were violating the anti-liquor law in force there, and he
asked his hearers to watch for infractions of the law.
The Executive Committee of the Chicago Retail Druggists*
Association at its last meeting discussed the telephone prob-
lem at length. It became evident that most of the druggists
favored the dime-in-the-slot device, and that the company
like the nickel apparatus. Better arrangements are to be
made to secure the druggists against losses on toll service.
The cessation of aggressive advertising has greatly improved
the condition of Chicago druggists, according to members of
the committee.
WESTERN NEVS.
At Wyota, Iowa, F. D. Jeffrey has succeeded Fried & Co.
Novak & Nicking have purchased W. GralTs store, at Iowa
City, Iowa.
A. L. Garden has purchased the store of W. E. Norton at
Edison, Neb.
S. M. Reinardy has succeeded Dennis, Relnardy & Co., of
Burlington, Wis.
The store of H. C. Granneman, at Fort Wayne, Ind., has
been burned out. It was fully insured.
E. Bishop, at Bement, 111., has sold out to W. W. Davis
and is now in business at Crawf ordsville, Ind.
J. A. Falkenhaner, Ti tonka, Iowa, recently suffered a se-
vere loss by fire. The building in which his store was located
was destroyed, but the druggist managed to save a portion of
Ills stock.
W. J. Wyman has purchased the A. J. Yaw store at Belvi-
dere. 111. Mr. Wyman has been connected with the store for
a number of years and is a son-in-law of Mr. Yaw, who died
about two months ago.
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'Bhe Drug and Chemical Market
The prices quoted In this report ere thoee current In the wholesale market, end higher prices are paid for reUll lots.
*The quality of goods frequently necessitates a wide range of prices.
Condition of Trade*
New York, February 22, 1902.
THE volume of business in the drug and chemical mar-
ket has diminished during the period under review
on account of the interruptions to traffic caused by the
widespread storm, and much of the trade of the fortnight
has been made up of small orders to jobbing houses.
The market has thus ruled quiet, and large transactions
have been notably the exception. Importers who con-
fine their operations principally to original packages
complain of a considerable falling off in the demand in
comparison with the corresponding period of previous
years, but, adverse conditions notwithstanding, the situa-
tion is characterized by many strong points and the out-
look is considered favorable for results the coming spring.
Prices on most lines are firmly maintained, though the
lack of demand for certain staples has contributed to an
easier feeling. The competition among the independent
and trust producers of alcohol has served to unsettle
values, and prices are tending downward, a reduction
having been already announced by certain distillers. Cod
liver oil has developed a firmer tendency in view of im-
proved demand, and prices are generally higher. Most
of the chemicals which were affected by the so-called
"chemists' war" of prices have recovered from their
unsettled position, the manufacturers having settled their
differences. Wood alcohol has advanced in the interval
in the face of active buying against spring requirements,
and prices are well sustained at the advance. We have
no improvement to report in opium, which continues
dull and neglected. Quinine is not taken with any spirit,
but no effort is being made to urge business, and manu-
facturers* prices are'unchanged from the previous quota-
tions. Few of the fluctuations named in the subjoined
table are of more than ordinary importance, such price
changes as have occurred during the interval resulting
•either from competition or the natural operation of the
law of supply and demand.
HIGHBR.
Balsam coimlba.
Wood alcohol,
Ck>d liver oH,
Acetate of lime,
Arsenic,
Nitrate of soda,
Damlana leaves,
Lobelia herb.
Lobelia seed,
Bayberry bark,
Onm asaf oetida.
Hemp seed, Russian,
Wormseed, American,
Senega root. Western.
LOWER.
Alcohol,
Opium,
Gum Arabic, sorts,
Krgot,
Grains of paradise,
Cnbeb berries,
Menthol,
Bnchn leaves.
Balsam tola,
Gum Senegal,
Cardamom seed.
Golden seal root.
Cacao butter.
Union salad oil.
Bleaching powder.
Mustard seed.
DRUGS
Alcohol, [;rain, has weakened in the interval, owing to a war
of prices between the independent and trust producers, and
a reduction of 25c per gallon has, It Is said, been announced
in some quarters. Confirmation of this was lacking at the
time of going to press, and we have no actual price chaaget
to report, though tiie announcement of a' reduction is honrly
expected. Wood is in active demand and holders have ad-
vanced their range 6c, making the quotation for 96 per cent.
65c to 70c, as to quantity.
Arnica flowers are in demand and selling fairly in a Jobbing
way within the range of our quotations, say 9c to 10c.
Balsam copaiba has advanced a notch since our last, and
though the demand has slackened somewhat during the past
few days holders continue firm in their views and another
advance is looked for. Meanwhile current sales are only
slightiy in excess of Jobbing proportions. Importers quote
Central American at 86c to 39c and Para at 45c to 47c, which
figures appear to be slightly above buyers* limits.
Balsam fir, Canada, has developed a stronger feeling, owing
to scarcity, and recent Jobbing sales were at $3.60 to |3.76 for
Canada and 75c to 85c for Oregon.
Balsam, Peru, meets with some attention, though the sales
In most Instances are in smaU Jobbing lots, on the basis of
11.35 to $1.40.
Balsam, tolu, is easier, and sales have been made at slight-
ly lower prices, some transactions being at 27c.
Barks.~Bayberry has developed some scarcity, and prices
are generally higher and firm. A continued firm market is re-
ported for sassafras, wild cherry and elm, which are about
out of the market for the moment. Cascnra sagrada is in-
quired for to a moderate extent, with best grades given the
preference, and we hear of sales within the range of 4%c to 7c.
Buchu leaves, short, are in better supply, and some business
has been reported within the range of 18c to 20c; l<mg are
about out of market and we hear of nothing offering below
$1.00.
Cacao butter i^ neglected and values have yielded a point
or two since our last, current sales making at 31c to 31^ for
bulk, and 87c to 39c for cakes in 12-Ib. boxes.
Cannabis Indies is firmly maintained at the quoted range of
62^ to 56c, and an early advance is looked for in some quar-
ters, particularly in view of the fact that the export duty from
Bombay has been increased.
Cantharides have been in better demand the past fortnight,
though the sales in most instances are of small quantities;
prices, however, are firm at the range of 60c,to 63c for Rus-
sian, and 45c to 50c for Chinese, as to quantity.
Chamomile fiowers have remained quiet during the inter-
val and the tone of the market is easy, though prices are fair-
ly well sustained for the different grades, Roman being quoted
at 17c to 20c, German, new crop, 17c to 24c, and Hungarian,
new crop, 12c to 15c.
Cinchonidine sulphate continues to find a fair Jobbing out-
let, and prices appear well sustained at the recent advance to
25c to 27c, as to quantity.
Cod liver oil is developing a firmer tendency and an im-
provement in values is looked for. The market has been prac-
tically cleared of the cheaper lots, and nothing is now obtain-
able under $23.00, while some decline to shade $23.50 for 60-
bbl. lots; meanwhile we quote the range at $28.00 to $28.00.
Colchicine is very scarce and wanted, and $26.00 per ounce
is now quoted.
Cubeb berries are dull and neglected and holders are easier
in their views, with whole offered at 9%c to lie, and powdered
at 13c to 16c.
Cuttiefish bone has developed no new features of interest
either as regards price or demand. Holders quote prime
Trieste at 21c, Jewelers' large at 80c to 85c and small at 45c
47c.
Damlana leaves have marked a sharp advance owing to
scarcity, 16c to 17c being named as acceptable by most hold-
ers.
Ergot has further yielded owing to pressure on the part of
some holders to realize, and Russian is now quoted at 38c t#
40c and Spanish at 38e to 42c, as to quality and quantity.
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Brgot of rye, according to J. Bemhardl, of Leipzig (Phar-
maceutical Journal), Is being adulterated with the ergots of
^¥rheat and barley to an increasing extent. The admixture of
such foreign sclerotia, wrongfully described as ergot of rye,
afl he points out, is not a new thing, but it la only lately that
It has developed to the present extent, and such large quanti-
ties of the ergots of wheat or barley are nowadays being ad-
mixed with genuine ergot of rye, that many parcels of the lat*
ter should be rejected on that account Mr. Bemhardl has met
with lots, supplied from the southern districts of Russia, that
were adulterated In this manner to the extent of 30 to 40 per
cent., and a good many lots of such a mixture of ergots have,
he says, recently been shipped. The difference can easily be
detected by the appearance, the ergots of wheat and barley
being much bigger and shorter than the ergot of rye, and of
similar shape to wheat and barley grains. Russian ergot is
said to be more and more preferred by those manufacturers
who are of opinion that the outer part of the grain contains
the most active portion of ergot.
Grains of paradise have weakened since our last, with sell-
ers offering stock within the range of 16c to 18c, as to quality
and quantity, but the demand has not been stimulated to any
extent by the cut in price.
Guarana is only in moderate consuming request, but the
available supply being limited, values are maintained with
considerable firmness, such sales as come to the surface being
at 75c to 80c.
Jaborandi is attracting some attention in view of the firm
position of the article abroad and quotations are firmly main-
tained at the range of 18c to 20c.
Juniper berries have been in improved request of late and
the market has developed more firmness, owing to reports of
depleted stocks at primary sources of supply.
Lithla carbonate reflects the Influence of competition among
holders, and while the nominal spot price is $1.50, it is said
that lower figures will buy in some Instances.
Lobelia herb is scarce and wanted and 18c to 20c is now
quoted as the range, according to quality and quantity.
Lycopodlum is meeting with a fair Jobbing inquiry and
prices are steadily maintained on the basis of 51c to 52c for
unmarked and 58o to 54c for Pollltz.
Menthol is unsettled and offered a shade lower in most in-
stances, dealers apparently being more disposed to realize upon
the stock in hand; quoted $4.00 to $4.10.
Opium has developed no action of any consequence during
the past fortnight and little worthy of note has come to the
surface. The market remains very dull, and various explana-
tions are given for the weakness. On the one hand it is inti-
mated that the market is being depressed by dealers who are
anxious to increase their holdings, while on the other the
weakness Is attributed to the natural operation of the law of
supply and demand. Meanwhile quotations are barely steady
at the decline of $2.95 for single cases and $3.00 to $3.05 for
broken packages. Powdered is dull and easy at nominally
michanged quotations, though we hear of a sale at $3.75.
Quinine is held as before and the trade requirements are
small. Manufacturers' prices are maintained on the basis of
27c for bulk, while parcels are offering from second hand at
the range of 26c to 26Hc, as to brand and quantity.
Saffron, American, is passing out to the trade in small quan-
tities within the range of 13c to 14c, the Inside figure being for
single bale lots; Valencia is held and selling at $6.00 to $6.26.
Salad oil, Union, is easier, and manufacturers now quote at
the range of 46c to 47c, as to quantity, a reduction of 2c per
gallon.
Senna leaves are In good consumptive request, preference
being given to the medium grades of Tinnevelly; sales of Alex-
andria whole are making at 10c to 12c and of broken true at
6MiC to 7c; Tinnevelly are quoted at 5c to 14c, as to grade and
quantity.
Thymol has marked another decline, the open quotations
of the market being now $2.65 to $2.80, and a sale Is reported
down to $2.40.
CHEMICALS.
Acetate of lime is in Improved position, owing to Increased
demand, and a slightly higher range of quotations has been
established, brown being now held at 00 to 06c and gray at
1.80c to 1.35c.
Arsenic, white, is scarce and higher and now quoted at
894c to 4c for Bnglish; German held at 3^ to 8%c.
Benzoic add, artificial. Is dull, but the open quotation of the
market has not changed from 36c to 40c; natural continues
selling at 7^ to 8c per ounce.
Bleaching powder is easier, but not quotably lower, l%c to
2c being named for English and German and $1.70 to $1.90 for
French and Belgian.
Blue vitriol remains In firm position and manufacturers'
prices are steadily maintained at the range of 4^c to 4%Cr
while 4%c and upward is named for retail orders.
Boric acid is In good demand for consumption, and manu-
facturers' prices are well sustained on the basis of lOKc to
ll^c for crystals and ll^c to ll%c for powdered.
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Carbolic acid has, it Is believed, reached its lowest point,
and it is said that an advance In prices is only retarded by the
continued competition among manufacturers. Current quota-
tions for crystals, in bulk, are 19c to 20c, while pound bottles
are held at 28c to 24c.
Chlorate of potash continues to offer at 8c for crystals and
8^ to 8)4o tor powdered. Sales for future delivery have been
made at 7%c for domestic.
Citric acid remains seasonably quiet, and small Jobbing
sales only are reported at the range of 88c to 88^^ for domes-
tic and 32V2C \o 33c for SlciUan.
Copperas remains in quiet condition and the quotation for
carload lots is 35c.
Cream of tartar has not varied from 19c to 19%c for pow-
dered; the market lacks animation and the demand is unim-
portant
Nitrate of soda is held with Increased firmness and hold-
ers of spot stock demand 2.35c.
Sal ammoniac is In moderate demand and lump Is well
sustained at the range of 8%c to 8%c.
Saltpetre, crude, is held and selling fairly at 3^; refined
quoted at 4%c to 5%c, as to quality and quantity.
Tartaric acid is passing out fairly into channels of consump-
tion, and in a jobbing way at unchanged prices, say 28c to
28^ for powdered.
ESSENTIAL OILS.
Anise has further declined, and the bottom of the market
seems to have been reached at $1.10, though it was rumored
that offers had been made to sell in single case lots at $1.06.
Cassia has declined 2^ without, however, Infiuendng the
demand, the trade requirements being momentarily very
small.
Cltronella, In a small way, continues selling at 22c to 23c in
drums and 24c to 25c for cans.
Orange, sweet, offers rather sparingly at $1.35 to $1.50,
which is below the lay down cost of London prices.
Peppermint continues firm, and while there have been
some sales of bulk in the country at $1.70, according to report,
the market has stiffened up again, with $1.75 named as inside
there, and some holders asking $1.80. We quote the range at
$1.80 to $1.90, with H. G. H. in bottles held at $2.00 to $2.10.
Sassafras, true, is selling In a small way at 38c to 40c; arti-
ficial is held at 30c to 81c.
GUMS.
Aloes are quiet, but prices are ruling steady, the quotations
for Cape standing at 6c to 0%c, Curacao, 3%c to 4c, and
Socotrine, 20c to 25c.
Arabic, sorts, are easier under liberal stock and recent
sales were at 8^ to 10c, as to quality and quantity.
Asafoetida Is finding a good consuming outlet and there is
an active Jobbing demand experienced, with the sales at 20c
to 25c, as to quality and quantity.
Camphor is in moderate demand only, and the sales of do-
mestic during the interval have been at 67c to 67%c, for barrels
and cases respectively.
Gamboge is firmer under diminishing supplies and in a
small way realizes 60c for pipe.
Kino is steadily held at 40c to 46c but only Jobbing sales
are reported.
Mastic, Myrrh and Olibanum are held as before; Jobbing
sales are frequent.
Tragacanth of the various grades continues in moderate
Jobbing demand at our quotation.
ROOTS.
Althea, cut, in view of the small available supply, is held
with increased firmness, but the demand scarcely rises above
Jobbing proportions and the price has not varied from 26c.
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CalatnuB 1b beld and eelllng In small Jobbing quantltlea at
tbe range of 7c to tic and 28c to 30c for bleached and nn-
bleached. reapectlvelr.
Dandelion, German, te flnner and recent buBiness has been
■done at 7c to 8c.
Olnseng, Sontbers, U scarce and wanted, wltb the market
Ann at f4.2& to C6JW.
Golden seal la quiet, but holders evince no disposition to
nrge sales In an open way and tbe qnotatlon remains 48c to
-SOc.
Ipecac, Carthagena. is not inqnlred for to any extent and
prices are largely nominal on tbe basis of onr qnotatlon, say
41.40 to ^L45: Rio beld and selling at $2.60 to ^60.
Benega is beld with more flrmnese, and while there are
fellers at S2c, B4c to BOc Is tbe general qnotatlon.
Talerlan Is In moderate demand, Belgian bringing 6c to
■BHc, German 16c to 16c and English 18c to 20c.
THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROAD
Canary Is lower. In sympathy with the foreign market,
■Smyrna being quoted at a decline to 2%c to 3c and Sicily at
a*: to 8^4c.
Cardamon Is easier and recent sales of bleached and de-
corticated have been at 6Cc to 86c and 66c to 60c, respectlTely.
Hemp, BuBstan, baa marked a fractional advance, being
now quoted at 2%c to 3c.
Lobelia Is scarce and quotatlona have been advanced to
-SSc to05c.
Mustard, Csllfomla brown. Is dull and neglected and hold-
-ers name 4c to 4^0 as acceptable figures, as to quantity; Barl
%rown bas improved and now commands 6c to 5^.
Quince, German, Is fractionally lower, current transactions
1>elng at 86c to 38c.
Rape has moved Into stronger position, and German and
English are now quoted at 3^ to 3%c and 4c to 4%c, re-
■spectlvely.
PAINTS, OILS AND WINDOW GLASS.
Window Glass.— l?he situation In glass Is rather unsettled.
We hear of prices being made much betuw the market range.
1>ut conditions attached to these prices. In the form of contract
-offered buyers, are not to their liking. The market is Irregular,
tint nominally It can be quoted at 90 and 12!i olf list.
Turpentine Is rather quiet, but prices are well contained In
■the face of advices from the South »nd coaUnued good export
-demand; quoted 44^4 to 45 cents in barrel lots.
Colors In Oil.— Prices are Irregular, depending on delivery
and grades In demand. Little can be said on this at the mo-
ment, as the position of linseed oil makes It difficult to quote
Linseed Oil.— While this Is supposed to be a dull season of
yesr crushers report a good trade, numerous orders and In-
-qulrles being received during the past week. For carload lots
-62 cents is named, wltb an advance of 1 to 2 cents for one
and five barrel lots. The market Is very Arm at this quotation.
On Chicago Board of ITade flax closed at $1.72 for cash and
^1.74 for May. The foreign situation bas turned very strong.
cable advices received to-day reporting linseed as selling at 60
shillings a quarter, as against 61 shillings early In January.
The trade 1q general look for a continuation of tbe high price
■of oil, since notwithstanding tbe large crop of flax raised this
season 4,000,000 bushels have been exported, which leaves
amount available for crushing abont the same as last year.
The consumption of oil Is expected to be very heavy this
spring, and tbe amount of seed or oil that will be carried over
to early fall on account of the late date at which crop begins
to come In leaves but little hope of a low price on oil.
White Lead.— The market Is quiet, hut firm at 6 cents In
lots of 600 pounds, with ^^ cent advance named on smaller
lots. Red lead and litharge In kegs are quoted at the same
figure, and H cent leas In casks. Dry leads special held at 5M(
-cents.
A brus; Carg;o lost.
The ateamshlp Claverdale, bound for this port from the
Orient, was stranded on the Jersey coas» during the heavy
ftorm last week. The cargo Included: From Hankow, 173
cases nut oil to order, 189 cases wood oil to order. 150 bbla. nut
■oil to order; from Kobe, 100 cases vegetHble wax to order. 340
^ases camphor oil. Jiackenzie Bros.; from Shanghai, 317 cases
*iut oil. 20 cases rhubarb, and 433 cases wood oil.
TfiMe COAnUd Aittstt.
nntlemaD to the ielt of tbe plctorB l« A^ J. Tnifotlim, ^
-"ul rennwntstlTe ot th« K. T. Boots Co. (Hjomei), of I™^
while tHe famlUar Bpirft In the rentw *L!?*T f^l^ "?^iS!i
u leaA for New York atafe ph«Tn«clirt^ to '^'O" "•J™, 5?J°_™
and fSTorably known during tfio past Ave jmt; u tn» tra"lUi« rmji*
■cntstlra of the Empire Stale DruB Co.. of Boitalo. ^« J??j!^iS<%SS
(entleman oe the ritfbt ii B. W. De Poy. tonoerlj of '^l22«£H«r2f
Mff. Co., of BoettestBr, and now New \ork Htati r«preTOtMlve M
Kmne4r ft KennodT. JohnitowD N. t.. minufactuMrs of Jj™ ^•°.'
drag Ktop, ■ new hatr tonic that li meetlDg with mnch taw- ■*
chance meeting o( then thre* apoWlei or commmra in anop^-aute town
a few dajB ago afforded them the opportonltj ot p*™w«tlng ttelr
feature* "or the education of their eitetulve •^'•p"'* *" *5*S£?5
trade, and tie picture wai aa a matter of wr^.'W'i.^ *"" *>™""*
Dbdooist for reproduction, thii belnjc the or
cooDtrr which oialntaina • aeparate depirtmei
Inga of traveling lalesmen to the drag trade.
Harry L. Lack, who has been covering the Penasylvaiila
territory for tbe J. Bllwood Lee Company, of Conshohockeu.
Pa haa been transferred to the New York office to look after
the loteiesta of the same company among the drug trade ot
Greater New York, Mr. Lack Is no stranger to some of otir
druggists, having at one time sold Gllpin, Langdon A Co. s
line In this territory.
For J. M. Maris & Co., W. H. Cunningham Is now covering
the territory In New York State formerly covered by Kpbort
B Service Mr Cunningham Is no stranger to this territory,
having previously represented the J. Ellwood Lee Company
over It for a number of years.
J F Beerbower, who represents the sundries department
of Lehn & Fink, has Just returned from an extended stay is
Philadelphia. He will be at headquarters for a few Oaya, post-
ing up on new goods, after which he goes on the road again.
A E Hendey, formerly with W. J. GUmore, now represents
Lehn ft Fink in Ohio. Western Pennsylvania and West Vir-
ginia succeedhig G. Ebers, who bas gone Into business for him-
self.
Boston —Henry Spavin, of the American Soda Fountain
Company, has returned to the hunt for orders, and It to a pleas-
ure to his friends to note his improved condition.
W. R. McMillan, who travels for McKesson & Bobbins, of
New York, was In town a few days ago. He made a success-
ful trip.
G. R. Dorrance came to this city recently. He was hnstling
for his specialty, Allen's Com Plasters.
Frank Verey has been talking the goods of the Fraser Tab-
let Triturate Mfg. Company, of New York. He secured a big
batch of orders.
Gen. N. W. Day was around recently looking after the Inter-
ests of Schleffelln & Co., of New York, He reported business
good.
H. W. Thomas has been busy placing goods for F. R. Ar-
nold & Co. He me* with good success.
W. W. Murray sold many goods on his last trip. He travels
for the Oakley Soap Company.
H. B. IJaams knows how to talk essential oils. He Is an
agent for Geo. Landers & Co.. New York.
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Buffalo.—A traveling man who is new to the Buffalo whole-
sale drug trade is W. D. Shattuck, who lately presented the
claims of Parker. Stearns & Sutton to our consideration.
Another visitor who allows wide intervals to separate his
visitB is Alfred Klahre, who comes in the interest of the
Roessler & Hasslacher Chemical Company.
Whlttemore Bros. & Co. send to this district this month
R. W. Sarrington, an occasional and always welcome caller in
the interest of their polishes.
Arthur C. StalUnan, who was in Buffalo early in the month
selling the goods of the Stallman & Fulton Company, is in this
territory often enough to be well known and is always well
received.
R. E. Service, who now signs himself plain " Bob," has just
gone the Buffalo round for the first time in his new capacity
of salesman for Lazell, Dalley & Co.
H. E. Smith has Just completed his occasional trip to Buf-
falo, selling the Dr. Hand Remedies for the Smith, Kline &
French Company, doing a good business, as usual.
J. L. Fonda, the brush man, well known to the buyers of
his specialties, was in the city about St Valentine's Day, look-
ing itter the interests of the house of George R. Gibson.
Charles Pfizer & Co., as usual, send into the Buffalo terri-
tory their tried and trusty salesman, C. M. Badgley, who has
lately departed with a good lot of orders in the chemical line.
Cincinnati.— Charles Griffiths, representing Herf & Free-
richs, of St Louis, has been visiting the wholesale and Jobbing
trade.
"Jake" Blitz has been booking good sized orders for the
J. Blwood Lee Company, of Conshohocken, Pa.
Mr. Beck, representing Dodge & Olcott, of New York, has
Joined the Eastern colony of drug salesmen in Cincinnati.
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Dick" Johnson, who is one of the invaluable aides for
Merck & Co., of New York, is a member of the Chicago dde-
gatlon, whose present trip has been unusually successful. Mr.
Johnson's headquarters is Chicago.
C. M. Browning, of the Benton, Meyers Company, of Cleve-
land, has found busiut^ss of healthy proportions during his
recent trip to Cincinnati.
F. N. Pike, representing Sharp & Dohme, of Baltimore, has
been imparting valuable information to the local trade about
the goods his firm are willing to supply.
T. P. Cook, of the New York Quihine and Chemical Works,
was well satisfied with the results of his trip, and his inter-
view with Will Wagner, the secretary of the Stein- Vogeler
Company.
Piiiladelpfiia.— Fred. A. Fenno, of Wallace & Co., of New
York, paid his first visit of the year to this city on the 20th
and looked hale, happy and prosperous.
A. Berret of the Malt Diastase Company, of Brooklyn, has
been detailed to work the trade here tor the next six months,
which certainly ought to stir up the demand for Maltzyme.
Geo. Neidlinger, of Neidlinger Bros, of New York, paid us
his annual visit a short time ago and took some pretty good
orders for his specialties.
Rudolph W^irth, whom we all know so well, gladdened the
cockles of our hearts by a visit on the 17th, and we- in return
contributed to his happiness by causing him to use two or
three order books for the orders we gave him for Fougera &
Co.
Jas. D. Slpp, who was formerly with the Coke Dandruff
people, but now with the Duroy & Haines Company, of San-
dusky, has been doing some good work for his house.
Ciiicago.— William P. Byrne has Just returned from a
lucrative trip to Detroit for the L. A. Becker Company. Mr.
Byrne was for 20 years with the Matthews Soda Water Com-
pany.
Frank L. E. Gauss, special representative for Searle &
Hereth, is in Cleveland writing up some big orders.
E. H. Nelson, general manager of the E. H. Nelson Com-
pany, was at the Chicago Drug Trade Club during the week of
February 15.
B. Cooling has signed a contract with Armour & Co. and
will represent them in the East hereafter. He will call on
druggists and physicians, introducing their famous laboratory
products. He has been in Chicago for the last week for in-
structions under Manager Frank M. Bell. Mr. Cooling was
for ten years with Fairchild Bros. & Foster, and for a number
of years with John Wyeth & Bros, in the West
Edward C. Fowell, of Schieffelin & Co., was with us for two
weeks during the last of January and the first of February.
Mr. Fowell travels from New York to 'Frisco for the house of
Schieffelin, calling on the Jobbers and large proprietary houses.
J. H. Odbert, for the last four years Chicago' manager for
Hance Bros. & White, has resigned his position, and will en-
gage In the drug brokerage business, with headquarters at
Pittsburgh, Pa. Mr. Odbert leaves a host of warm friends be-
hind, who will regret to learn that he is to leave Chicago. He
has been an active member of the Chicago Drug Trade Bowling
Club and the Chicago Drug Trade Club. He will be suc-
ceed by T. A. Cobb, who has been associated with drug
houses on Randolph street for 25 years, and who needs no in-
troduction to the trade.
Frank Cook, Wisconsin representative for the Western
house of Sharp & Dohme, was in Chicago during the first
week of February for instructions and a conference with Man-
ager Charles E. Matthews. Mr. Cook resides in Milwaukee,
and is the founder of the Lanikol Chemical Company.
The advantage of an attractive store as an advertising
medium can harly be overrated. The drug store in particular
cannot afford to miss any feature which will please the eyes
of customers and convince them that cleanliness and orderli-
ness are strictly observed. A soda fountain is a standing ad-
vertisement of your store— if the fountain is both handsome
in appearance and sanitary in construction, a combination
which is universally admitted to be fully realized in the
Twentieth Century Sanitary Fountain, manufactured by the
L. A. Becker Company, Chicago. Druggists who are strug-
gling with the problem of a dwindling soda water trade-
those who are anxious to build up a large, profitable soda
water trade— should investigate the merits of the L. A. Becker
Company's fountains. From druggists who have Installed the
Twentieth Century Sanitary Fountain in their store there
comes the most emphatic testimony regarding the increased
trade and prestige secured by It.
A New Vaccination Shield.
The shield illustrated herewith is made of aluminum and
is therefore very light, but at the same time strong and dura-
ble. It is so adjusted as to insure
perfect ventilation and still to
afford complete protection from
the irritating contact of clothing,
etc. The shield may be pur-
chased through jobbers or direct
from the makers, the Oliver
Shield Company, Newark, N. J., at $1 per dozen.
HINTS TO BUYERS.
The Abbott Alkaloldal Company, of Chicago, have a salable
article in their Saline Laxative. Ask them for terms, referring
to this journal.
The Mizpah Pessary is a uterine supporter that has a large
sale. Write to Walter F. Ware, 572 Arch street, Philadelphia,
for descriptive circular.
The Southern's Palm Limited represents the best efforts-
of the Southern Ry. Nothing better can be found elsewhere
in the world. New York offices, 271 and 1185 Broadway.
The up-to-date soda fountain requires many articles that
are necessary accessories. The Erie Specialty Company, of
Erie, Pa., handle everything in this line. Communicate with
them, mentioning this journal.
One of the best proprietary articles, of its kind that is in-
creasing in favor is Pepto-Mangan. It is the exclusive prop-
erty of the M. .1. Breitenbach Company, of this city. It is a
good article to keep a supply of.
The Tilden Company, manufacturing pharmacists an^
chemists, of New Lebanon, N. T., and St Louis, Mo., will have*
some interesting offers to announce later. Watch their ad-
vertisement in this journal.
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A profit bringing remedy of renown '' is bow Sobering &
Glatz, of 68 Maiden Lane, refer to Anusol SuppoBitories, for
whicb tbey are tbe sole agents in tbe United States and Can-
ada. Write tbem for literature.
The Ideal Hair Bmsh is made witb an air cushion and
with Siberian bristles. Write to Henry L. Hughes, 78 Munroe
street, Chicago, 111., for illustrated description and quotations
on this brush, which la a rapid seller.
One of the claims made for the Cpke Dandruff Cure is that
it will cure where other remedies fail— a verr good recom-
mendation. It is well advertised and easily sold. Consult A.
R. Bremer & Co., of Chicago, mentioning the Aiobbioan Dbuo-
OIST.
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No fountain beverage ever increased in popularity so rapidly
as Coca-Cola, according to its manufacturers, and there seems
to be plenty of evidence to prove that fact. It appears to be
a good trade winner. Write to the Coca-Cola Company, At-
lanta, Ga., and find out about their attractive offer.
No drug store can afford to be without a supply of liquorice,
especially in winter and spring months. Young & Smylie, of
Brooklyn, offer several liquorice preparations well-known for
purity, flavor and general excellence. Send for their illustrated
catalogue.
One of the most popular of modem pharmaceuticals is Antl-
phloglstine, the Bale of which has been phenomenaL The
Denver Chemical Mfg. Company have an advertisement in
this number which should interest every one who desires to
keep in touch with modem progress.
Druggists who use a methylated spirit are Invited to read
the advertisement of the Manhattan Spirit Company, of
Buffalo, which apears in this number. This is an excellent
spirit for tinctures used externally, and for the preparation of
most toilet articles.
Ground oxide of zinc, offered by Robt Shoemaker & Co., of
Phlla4elphia, has come to be the standard. It is ground in
French oil of sesame, benzoinated. It is packed in pound Jars
and sold to the trade at 50 cents. The U. S. P. formula is
printed on the labeL
Druggists who carry photographic supplies, or who con-
template putting such a line in, will be Interested in the new
advertisement of C. B. Goerz Optical Works, of 52 Union
Square, New York. This camera embraces every advantage
and is an article which can readily be sold by droggists.
McAvoy's Malt Marrow nets a large profit to druggists,
gives satisfaction to the physician and strength to the patient.
Write to the McAvoy Extract Department, Chicago,. Ill, for
particulars as to their introductory offer, mentioning the
AHSBIGAN DBUOGIST.
The Chocolate Cooler Company, Grand Rapids, Mich., are
exclusive manufacturers of all kinds of ice cream cabinets
for use at soda fountains. They carry twenty different sizes
and styles in stock. Write them for catalogues and prices,
mentioning the amebigan dbugoist.
Metal furniture is becoming more and more of a fad. It
commends itself both to the public and to the proprietor. It
is neat, attractive and durable. The Yesbera Mfg. Company,
of Toledo, Ohio, offer a wide variety of designs to select from.
The metal parts are beautifully oxidized and the seats are of
quartered oak or mahogany finish. Write to them.
G. W. Meredith & Co., of East Liverpool, O., declare that
their "Old Abe" and "Diamond Club Pure Rye Whiskey"
are more than 10 years old. They claim to be the largest
whiskey bottlers in America. Their goods are put up in most
attractive packages, and their prices are certainly worth con>
sidering.
Every pharmacist can use pr^ared chalk, and the line used
by the Thomas Mfg. Company, of Baltimore, has many ad-
vantages. The company also sell whiting, and their whole
line is carried by most of the jobbing houses in the Unite<l
States. The advertisement of the company will be found on
the front cover of this issue.
Evans & Sons, Ltd., of London and New York, have found
it necessary to quote the price of their British Lanolin to the
retail drug trade. They invite dragists to write to them for
quotations. They have established their rights to the use of
the name " Lanolin " by court decree, and there can be no ques-
tion as to the right of any pharmacist to use the article.
Druggists all know, even if the public does not, that when
a man asks for Castoria he wants the original Fletcher's, but
if any druggist thinks that he can fool the public long by glT-
ing tliem something else he will find out that he is much mis-
taken and win lose more In the end than he can possibly gain
by the substitution.
A package dainty enough to harmonize with the f umlshlngi
of any lady's boudoir and containing a preparation of sucb
excellent quality for the face and hands as to delight the most
fastidious is Suprema Cream, the new skin food. It is an
article of real merit retailing at 60 cents, and as It pays the
dealer the handsome profit of 100 per cent on the Investment,
it should become very popular. Steams, of Detroit, makes It
A mill capable of grinding almost any substance is offered
to the trade by A. W. Straub A Co., 3737 FUbert street, Phila-
delphia. By referring to our advertising pages our readers
wil find the announcement of the company. The mill is not
only thoroughly effective, but Is so cheap aa to be within the
reach of all. It will be sent on trial, so that the druggist will
Imow Just what he Is buying.
An interesting announcement is made by Seger & Gross, of
42 West Sixty-seventh street. New York. The experience of
successful pharmacists has shown that a well fitted store is
half the battle. Seger & Gross have Installed some of the most
beautiful and convenient interiors In the metropolis and else-
where. As will be seen by the advertisement, they also make
a line of very inexpensive and at the same time artistic in-
teriors. They can be depended upon for thoroughly substantial
work at the right price.
The Paris Medldne Company invite the attentl(m of our
readers to some figures. Their Laxative Bromo-Qulnlne tab-
lets are in the first place the original and the best In the
second place they are more profitable than the ImltatlonB.
Why then should any druggist waste time on imitations when
the original is more profitable to sell? Write to the Paris
Medicine Company, St Louis, Mo., for free advertlaing mat-
ter, of which they will furnish an ample supply.
Any druggist who contemplates fitting out a new store or
refitting an old one with fixtures would do well to OHiBult tbe
M. Winter Lumber Company, of Sheboygan, Wis. This firm
have made a specialty of the fixture business so long that it
has become a science with them. They take particular pride
in their fixtures because of their practical and modem arrange-
ments, correct designs, selected material and high grade fin-
ish. Twenty-five cents in stamps will be well invested In one
of their 20th century catalogues. It may contain Just what
you want Mention the Amebican Dbuogut.
One of the most attractive of the advertisements appearing
in our issue of Febraary 10 was the two-page insert of the
Duroy & Haines Company, of Sandusky, Ohio. The long ex-
perience of this company In the manufacture of grape prod-
ucts has been turned to account by the manuf actiurers of soda
fountain supplies, which are offered to the retail drug trade
at a very close margin indeed. Druggists who have not
handled the Duroy & Haines soda fountain supplies should
write them at Sandusky, asking for descriptive matter and
prices.
White Rabbit Egg Dye is one of the most attractively put
up of the Easter dyes, and druggists who carry it in stock
are loud in its praises. It offers eight colors for five cents,
and the manufacturers furnish with each box a number of
handsome colored lithograph pictures for free distribution.
This year the same makers furnish a White Rabbit Paper Dye
which enables one to sell sixteen different color designs for
five cents. Forty five-cent packages, which cost the dealer
$1.00, bring him in $2.00. Order both the paper dyes in de-
signs and the egg dyes in color from your Jobber. Some idea
of the designs may be obtained by reference to the colored
insert In this number.
Printers' Ink describes a unique time Sf^vlng device in use
In the office of one of New York's large drug companies. Over
the desks of each member of the firm and each manager of a
department are four incandescent lights of different colors.
When the individual is at his desk and at liberty to consider
questions from others in the office, his white light ia lit When
he is in the building and must be hunted up he leaves his green
light burning. When he is engaged and not to be disturbed
except for vitally important matters, his blue light is in evi-
dence, while the display of his red light means, practically>
** Danger! Will not brook intermption upon any considera-
tion." The merit of the simple device is that it saves needless
steps about a somewhat large office, the lights being hung near
the ceiling and visible from any point in the room.
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THE ENCAPSULATING OF VOLATILE OILS.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
E0ZTOBIAL8 127 128
OUB SUBSCBIBBRS' DISCUSSIONS :
The Best Method of Encapsulating Liquid Drugs, by Louis
Emanuel 129
An Ingenious Mold Device, by Richard Staebler 130
The Use of Soft Capsules, by Louis Buck 131
The Use of Dropper and Wire, by Isaac M. Wells 131
An Extemporaneous Method, by J. T. Johnson 132
Dbpabtmbnt of Stobb Managbmbnt :
The Show Window 133
Dbuggists' Coubsb in Optics :
Tlie Field of Vision 134
Obioinal Abticlbs:
My Thesis, by Medora A. Gorman 132
The Cut Price Evil In the Drug Trade, by Thomas V. Wooten.
135, 136
Cbbam ov Cubbbnt Litbbatubb :
On the Composition of Biliary Calculi, Bromal Alcohols,
Kordofan Gum, Bee-Keeplng, An Oral Examination In
" Practical Pharmacy " 137
Young Men and New Drug Stores. How to Read Drug Jour-
nals Most Profitably, Novel Display Advertising, Obesity
Pills 138
QuniBS AND Answbbs :
Development of Mold in a Solution, Emulsions of Chloroform,
Olive Oil and Alcohol, Ehrllch's Reaction, Ehrllch's Bile
Reaction, Coloring Incandescent Globes, Nail Powder 339
To Make Domestic Tobacco Resemble the Havana Leaf 140
Books amd Paicphlbts Rbcbitbd 140
BasiRBBS Building :
Follow Good Models, Criticism and Comment 141, 142
Nbws of thb Dbug World 143-158
WE publish in this issue a selection from the papers
sent in answer to the second question in our series
of Subscribers' Discussions. The value of these Dis-
cussions to druggists in business grows as the series
lengthens. The paper by Louis Emanuel, of Pittsburg,
which carries off the prize, contains many useful sug-
gestions as to the dispensing of volatile liquids in capsule
form and constitutes a valuable contribution to the study
of modern pharmaceutical methods. A somewhat in-
genious method of making a receptacle for the empty
capsules while they are being filled is described by to-
other contributor, Richard Staebler, of. Newark, N. J.
The plaster of Paris mold which Mr. Staebler uses has
several advantages over the perforated stick or card-
board device, and suggests a number of useful applica-
tions besides the special purpose for which it is recom-
mended here. It can readily be seen how by this method
a number of molds of varying size and capacity can be
made without much trouble and kept on hand for use
as wanted at the dispensing counter.
The ne:ft question in the series, — What is the Best
Routine Method of Making Suppositories? — relates to
the pharmacy of suppositories and calls for an essay de-
scriptive of the merits of the different suppository bases,
the use of molds and the relative advantages of rolled,
molded and compressed suppositories, etc. The last date
on which manuscripts can be received in competition for
the prize of $10.00 offered in this Discussion is March
25, 1902. They should be addressed to The Editor, the
American Druggist, 62-68 West Broadway, New York.
THE EXCHANGE OF UCENSES*
THE members of a local association in Manhattan
were advised at a meeting last month to lose no
time about exchanging the licenses issued to them by
the old New York Citv Board of Pharmacv for a new
All- State license, for the reason that a law might be
passed at any time withdrawing the right now given
of exchanging such licenses. The information that the
privilege of exchange applies only to pharmacists who
are licensed by examination by one of the local boards
was not given, however, and we have been asked to make
it clear that licenses granted on college diplomas, or by
exchange of certificates with other boards are not ex-
changeable for a New York All-State license. While
the holders of licenses issued on diploma and otherwise
by the old local boards of pharmacy (New York and
Kings County) are entitled to practice pharmacy in the
counties contained in the Eastern Section, they are re-
quired to pass the regular examination and must be
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registered by the State Board of Pharmacy before- they
can practice elsewhere in the State.
DRUGGISTS AND THE EXCISE LAW.
THE liquor dealers of New York State have never
taken kindly to the fact that druggists are allowed
certain privileges in the dispensing of liquors on physi-
cians' prescriptions, and they have complained bitterly
at times about the smallness of the tax imposed upon
druggists for the sale of liquors on prescription. As
regards the injustice of raising any revenue whatever
upon the pres<?riptions of physicians we shall say nothing
at this time, though we believe it to be a matter deserving
of the earnest attention of our legislators. What we
particularly desire to focus attention upon is the methods
which have been used by the agents of the State Excise
Commission to trap druggists into violations of the
Liquor Law. The light of publicity cannot, in our opin-
ion, be thrown too soon on some of the contemptible
devices which are resorted to by the spies of the State
Excise Commissioner in their efforts to make out cases
against pharmacists ; and we are confident that if all were
known in connection with the operation of the odious
Raines Lav/, the citizens of the State would rise in their
indignation and demand its repeal.
The respectable people of New York are well aware
of the extent to which the law is openly violated every
day in the week by the keepers of saloons and of the low
resorts, styled " Raines Law Hotels ; " but they know
little of the odious manner in which upright citizens are
tempted by the agents of the State Excise Commissioner
to break the law, and thus lay themselves open to the in-
dignities and penalties involved in the violations which
these disreputable agents in many instances have con-
nived at.
Not long ago, for example, one of these contemptible
spies entered the premises of one of the most respected
pharmacists and upright citizens of Brookljm and pleaded
with the latter to sell him a small supply of whisky,
advancing the pitiful excuse that the liquor was to* be
used to save the life of his dying wife. It was late at
night and the druggist was just about to close his store,
besides it so happened that he carried no whisky in stock ;
but, believing the pitiful tale of the man and thinking he
would help to save a life, the druggist made the offer
of a few ounces of port wine out of a bottle which had
been in his possession for many years and was cherished
on account of its age and purity.
The man consented to take the wine and agreed to
keep an eye on the store while the pharmacist went
downstairs to the cellar to procure it. Four ounces
of the wine were bottled and handed over to the
spy, who proposed p^iyment, which was refused. The
man insisted, however, upon leaving a twenty-five cent
piece on the counter, thanked the druggist and walked
out. We may be sure that the druggist retired that night
with the comfortable feeling that comes to a man who
has done a generous and humane act. But next morning
judge the shock which his confidence in human nature
was subjected to when he was served with a summons to
appear before the Deputy Commissioner of Excise and
answer for a violation of the Liquor Law !
We do not know the State Excise Commissioner, but
we do know Governor Benjamin B. Odell, jr., and feel
satisfied that he will be the last man to countenance such
a despicable proceeding as is here described. Acts of this
kind disgrace the State's officers and make the law odious
to law-abiding citizens.
THE LIABILITY OF EMPLOYERS FOR ACTS
OF EMPLOYEES.
WHILE it is generally understood that an employer
is liable for the results of acts of his employees, a
decision was recently rendered by Justice MacLean which
takes the ground that when those acts are outside the
legitimate province of the duties for which the employee
was engaged the liability of the employer ceases.
In the particular case in question a bricklayer sub-
mi ted an injured finger to a drug clerk, who, it is claimed,
advised the application of carbolic acid solution and gave
the patient a bottle of the pure acid without instructions
to dilute it before use. The patient, supposing the liquid
to be a dilute solution, poured the pure acid upon the
bandages. Gangrene set in and it became necessary to
amputate the thumb, whereupon suit was brought against
the druggist for damages.
The main point set up in defense was that the clerk
had no authority to practice medicine and surgery, and
that not being a licensed practitioner his employer could
not be held responsible for these results, the complain-
ant's claims, if valid, being against the clerk as an in-
dividual. This contention was granted by the court and
the case dismissed. Unfortunately for a clear interpreta-
tion of the law, the case was tried before a jury and the
contention of contributory negligence was also set up and
was taken into consideration. In spite of this, however,
the decision rendered is quite conclusively to the effect
that the employer cannot be held liable for the acts of
his employees outside the field of their legitimate duties
or, at least, outside that field where not acting under
specific orders.
THE RICE MEMORIAL FUND.
IT must be very gratifying to those familiar with the
grand services to pharmacy which were rendered
by the late Dr. Charles Rice to witness the generous
and widespread response which has been made to the
appeal By the American Druggist for funds toward the
erection of a suitable memorial shaft over his grave.
Subscriptions continue to come to hand, accompanied in
most instances by letters expressive of the privilege and
pleasure felt by the donors in being allowed the oppor-
tunity of participating in a movement which reflects so
properly the feelings of reverence for the memory of one
who occupied the very distinguished place in American
pharmacy which he did.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
Our Subscribers* Discussions.
A SERIES OF MONTHLY PRIZE ESSAYS.
Questions for discussions in lAis tUpattmeni are announced once
a tmottih. Tlie time allowed /or manuscripts sent in amwer to the
second question: " What is the Best Method of Encapsulating
Liquid Drugs T " expired on Tuesday, February 3$.
The third question of the series as announced in our issue
for Februrary to is as follows :
Ill—Wbat l» tbe Best Routine Method of MakinE
Suppositories 7
It is suggested that the chit/ points'/or consideration in
replying to this question might consist o/ a discussion of the
merits of Ihe different suppository bases, the relatite merits oj
rolled and molded suppositories, the best forms of molds, and the
relative advantages or disadvantages of rotted, molded or com-
pressed suppositories. Other points for lonsideration will readily
present themselves to the working pharmacist.
Whoever among our subscribers answers the above question in
the manner most satisfactory to ilie editor and his advisers will
receive a prize of $io. No importance whatever wilt be attached
lo literary style, but the award will be based solely on the value oJ
the substance of the answer. We shall publish the substance of such
of ihe answers as seem to us most likely to prove interesting io our
readers, and we reserve the right lo publish any of the answers as
original coj/imunications.
Answers to the third question of the series are to be received
not later than March 15, tg02 They should be addressed to
The Editor, the AMERICAN Druggist, 6r-(iS West Broadway,
New York.
Only subscribers to the American Druggist will be entitled
lo compete. This prize wilt not be awarded to any one person
more than onee within one year. Every answer must be accom-
panied by ihe writer's full name and address, both of which we
must be at liberty lo publish.
The prize of $io /or the best essay submitted in the second
series has been awarded to Louis Emanuel. 0/ Pittsburgh, Bi.,
whose paper appears below.
PRIZE ESSAY NO. 2.
The Best Melbod of EoupiuUting LfquM Drugi.
Ev Louis Emanuel, Phar.D., Ph.G.,
PittsbuTEh, Fa.
IN an emergency fixed or volatile oils, as well as liquid
drugs containing not less than 50 per cent, of alcohol,
can be encapsulated in hard, empty gelatin capsules in
the following manner:
Take Ihe lid of an ordinary pasteboard box not over
half an inch deep and perforate it with the point of a
lead pencil to a diameter sufficient to hold firmly a No. O
(for 5 minims) or a No. OO (for 10 minims), accord-
ing to the amount of liquid to be capsuled. Placing the
body of the capsule in these perforations, with an ordi-
nary medicine dropper fill the capsule with the medicine
prescribed (0 a point decided upon by a previous measure-
ment. The caps are then prepared for adjustment by
moistening them lightly on the inside with water by
means of a camel's hair pencil. This will secure perfect
adherence of the cap, and the capsules are then ready
for dispensing.
For liquids, however, I prefer to use the soft empty
LOUIS EMANUEL, PHAR. D., PH.G.
ATrarded tbe Prl« In SnbvcrlbsrBi Dlvcnaalona No, 2.
I.out> Kinanuel. of PltUbnrgh. Pa.. wIiom papct In amwer to the
q.]«Et[on. What la the Beat Metbod of Rncapaulatlog Liquid Drun? In
SnbacrllMirs' Dlaenaalona No. 2, woa adjadied the beat inbinltted, and
nbo carries off tbe brlie at 110, 1b a product ot tbe Bnekere Btate, btv-
iDg been bom ou alarm Id Hancock CoudC;. O.. od June 24, 1854. Hf
Traa Eraduated' In pharmic; from the Philadelphia College of PharmacT
Id 18TG. pasaing irltb high bonora and taking [he prlie In Materia Med-
lea and fWtany. He engaged In bualneaa for himaelf the jear he ^nd-
uated. and baa ancceaafullj n>nducted baalnera In the aame locaMno at
the corner of Second avenue and Grant street. PIttabargb. ever since.
Ue was one of the founder* of the Plttaburgb Collese of Pharmacj. and
li 1802 he fliled the i4ialr of chi^mlBtrf during the lllneu of Profi'S^ar
IllsoU, Id ]801 be waa appointed a member of the Pennajlvanla Board
of rharmarj and nas Its presiding cfficer for a period of aeren yenn.
The honornrj degree of Doctor In rharroacy was conferred upon lilm
bj the Weatera PennsTlvanlB rnlveralty In 1SB7. He baa been a fre-
qiieot contributor to the varioua drug Joumala, bit article* deallnc a*
■ruch with tbe commercial aa tbe profeadonal and lecbnlcal aapeci ' *'
pbarmacf. Mr. Emanoel enJo;a the er* ■" — "" -' "-'- -
rsL :.i -":---.:-
prealdcnt of tbe PIttabnrgh College o
Commltt - ■'---— "^- "
eateem and confidence of hla
mlttee ._
AaaoclatloQ.
a Adulteration o
1 Retail Dmnlati
,. .. Pbarmac;. and eb
e PenoarlTanla State Pbarmse
utical
capsules which are marketed by only two firms, one in
New York and one in Detroit. In filling soft capsules it
jvill be found most practicable to use a holder of wood.
Select a flat piece of wood J4 inch thick, ^ inch wide
and 14 inches long. In this bore holes }i inch in diameter
and Yi inch apart, making fifteen perforations to each
stick. The empty capsules are placed in these perfora-
tions and filled by means of an ordinary medicine drop-
per, care being taken not to spill any of the liquid on the
edges of the capsules, as this would interfere with their
proper sealing.
After the required number of capsules are filled they
are ready for sealing, and this is accomplished best by
first passing a heated metal strip or a broken spatula
blade over the orifice of the capsule, three at a heating, in
order that a more secure union may be obtained with
the sealing gelatin. This sealing gelatin is composed of
gelatin, 3 parts ; glycerin, 2 parts ; water, 5 parts, and it
is kept in a liquid state by the heat of a water bath. The
three capsules which have been treated with the heated
iron are sealed by dipping a pointed stick, of the size
and form of a penholder, in the hot gelatin solution, and
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brushing, as it were, the adhering gelatin over the orifice
of each capsule. The solution should not be dropped
over the orifice, but applied by a brushing motion. One
dip for every three capsules will
usually be found sufficient, and the
operation is continued until all are
sealed. In a short period they will
all be in condition for delivery ; but
should any have been imperfectly
sealed, they must be treated again
with the hot metal strip and sealed
as before.
In filling capsules for stock the
following method is best on ac-
count of rapidity and permanency
of the fonn of the finished capsule :
A bulb pipette of a size that the
bulb will hold a fluid ounce is pro-
vided with a rubber bulb (an old-
fashioned syringe bulb) at the up-
per opening ; the lower end should
have a point as fine as an ordinary
medicine dropper, or a drc^per
pipette may be attached by slipping
a small piece of nursing bottle tub-
ing on the end of the bulb pipette,
as shown in the accompanying il-
lustration. This forms an air-tight
union upon slipping the dropper
pipette over the rubber, and the
whole forms an apparatus simitar
to that pictured in the figure shown
herewith. Compressing the rubber
bulb, the end of the pipette is
dipped into the liquid to be en-
capsulated and the pressure is re-
leased, the liquid being then drawn
into the glass bulb, is ready to be transferred to the
capsule ; the pipette is taken in the right hand, with its
opening pointing downward toward the left hand, in which
the capsule is held, after which a slight pressure of the
thumb and forefinger of the right hand on the rubber
bulb will fill the capsule instantly, which is then placed
in the perforated stick. After several hundred are thus
filled, they are removed to a cool cellar and in a place
where there is considerable moisture for about twenty-
four hours. This will cause the liquid to contract and
the capsule to expand. The capsules are sealed, as pre-
viously described, forming a capsule which always re-
tains its form, and will not collapse, since as the liquid
again expands at a normal temperature, it causes a con-
stant tension on the capsule.
Creosote, guaiacol and similar bodies are known to
exert a softening action on gelatin, and should not, there-
fore, be encapsulated in their purity, nor should they be
massed with an absorbent powder. They should be mixed
with an equal measure of some fixed oil, like cod liver,
olive or castor oil, particularly where soft capsules are
used. Treated in this way no softening effect will be
noticed.
The practice of massing volatile fluids is inelegant
and should be discouraged, for the reason given and also
because it results in a material increase in bulk. In cases
where a volatile oil is prescribed in combination with an
extract, it will be found best to use yellow wax as an
excipient in the proportion of, say, one-half to an equal
weight of the volatile oil, the oil being added to the melted
wax, and the whole massed in a mortar in the usual man-
ner.
Ichthyol being incompatible with carbonates, magne-
sium carix)nate should not be employed in massing this
fluid. Magnesium silicate (talcum) may be used, but
aluminum silicate (kaolin) is to be preferred, especially
where dispatch is a consideration, and in the proportion
of eighty grains of the kaolin to every sixty grains of
ichthyol. As ichthyol contains an appreciable amount
of water it is important that the mass should be of a firm
consistency in order to insure the permanency of the
capsule; the quantity of a mass of this kind filled in a
No. 2 capsule will be the equivalent of three grains of
ichthyol. When time permits it will perhaps be found
best to evaporate the ichthyol to two-thirds of its weight
at a temperature not exceeding 60° C. This operation
can be conducted in a tared capsule over a water bath, a
register or a hot soda water urn. The tenacious mass
which results can be worked up and divided in pieces to
fit a No. 5 capsule and represent three grains of ichthyol.
The mass is best rolled by hand, since the work of rolling
and dividing is facilitated by the heat of the hand. After
cutting and reducing to such a diameter as will fit the
capsule, the hands are washed to remove all odor of the
drug, and each masslet is placed in the capsule by means
of a needle or pin. I find a steel hat pin, such as ladies
use. to answer the purpose admirably. The cap is then
pressed down firmly in order to mass the contents com-
pactly.
AN INGENKJUS MOLD DEVICE.
Richard Staebler, of Newark, N. J., conlribulcs the
following :
The filling of soft gelatin capsules is a simple opera-
tion if Merz capsules are used and the directions accom-
panying them are followed. With hard capsules it is
different. I use the following method:
Take a flat wooden or tin box of a size large enough
to accommodate a sufficient number of the capsules to
be filled ; fill the box with a paste of plaster of Paris, and
when the paste is beginning to set and is of a sufficiently
thick consistency, sink the empty capsules in the mass
to about two-ttyrds of their depth, inserting them at
equal distances apart. When the plaster has set hard
remove the capsules. In this way is formed a cheap and
efficient mold for the reception of empty capsules. To
fill the capsules insert them empty in the molds and fill
them with the volatile or other liquid prescribed by means
of a medicine dropper.
As an efficient means of sealing the capsules I have
found it most convenient and practicable to sprinkle a
little water on a slab and touch the lower edges of the
caps with the water before applying them to the capsule
containing the medicine. After closing the capsules allow
them to dry for a minute or two, after which they are
ready to be boxed and handed out to the customer.
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THE USE OF SOFT CAPSULES PREFERRED.
Louis Buck, with McMonagle & Rogers, Middle-
town, N, Y,, says:
After repeated failures and almost invariably unsatis-
factory results in attempting to dispense volatile oils, etc.,
in hard capsules with the aid of an absorbent powder, and
many futile attempts at sealing the hard capsules with
their liquid contents unabsorbed, the use of soft capsules
at last adopted has been attended with most satisfactory
results.
Empty soft or elastic capsules are now put upon the
market by several of the capsule manufacturers and in
at least two sizes, five and ten minims, possibly in other
sizes as well, but these answer the requirements of any
ordinary piescription work.
The only difficulty in the use of these soft capsules
is in the acquiring of the slight knack in the sealing, but
a few minutes' practice will enable one to do this satis-
factorily, and the capsules can be sealed and dispensed
much more quickly than a mass can be made and filled
into hard capsules.
For presoription work an ordinary medicine dropper
is used for tiling the capsules, and this may be used in
one of two ways. If, for example, three minim capsules
of a volatile oil are wanted, by means of the dropper
drop into a minim graduate, say, fifteen, minims of the
oil and note the number of drops required for that
amount ; from this the number of drops required in each
capsule to equal ten minims can readily be ascertained.
As a rule it will require four or five drops of the oil to
equal a minim. After the proper amount of oil has been
placed in each capsule, they may be filled by means of
the dropper with some inert oil, usually olive oil, and
sealed.
Perhaps a better method is to mix the volatile oil at
once with a sufficient amount of the olive oil to fill the
capsules i-equired, and then fill each capsule with the
mixture ; however, this is not always advisable.
Occasionally some powder is prescribed with the
liquid, and this can be divided into proper portions for
each capsule and placed in them by means of the small,
cone shaped funnel provided by one manufacturer in the
outfit supplied with the capsules. The funnel is simply
a cone about one-eighth of an inch in diameter, but it is
all that is required to introduce powdered drugs into
capsules. Strips of board with holes bored in a double
row for about twenty capsules are most convenient for
holding capsules while filling.
A strip of metal for sealing the capsules (by melting
the top which must be clipped off from the capsules) is
supplied by one manufacturer, but this method is un-
reliable and really no quicker than the following method :
This method of sealing provides for the use of a
stirring rod dipped in a hot solution of gelatin and passed
over the opening of the capsule. The capsules are in-
stantly sealed and, after cooling a few minutes, are ready
for dispensing, though a second application of the gelatin
will leave a thicker layer of gelatin across the opening
and is sometimes desirable.
The gelatin solution may be prepared as follows :
Gelatin 3 parts
Water 9 parts
Glycerin 2 parts
or, by adding a little water to the tops which have been
clipped off from the capsules, if the capsules used are
those, which come with tops attached ; or, by adding a
little water to the capping material usually supplied with
the capsules which come clipped ready for use, and, of
course, in either case heat will be required to make the
solution.
The gelatin solution should be kept in a small galli-
pot or beaker glass fitted in a small tin box, which will
serve as a water bath. The solution will be ready for
use by the time the capsules are filled, if a few drops of
water are added, and the container placed over an alcohol
flame. It is important that the solution be of proper
consistency, which is, when hot, almost that of a heavy
syrup ; one or two trials will enable one to recognize at
once the proper consistency. If the film over the sealed
capsule seems too soft after cooling add a little hard
gelatin to the solution.
After a little experience with this method of en-
capsulating liquids it would be hard to induce a dispenser
to return to the tedious method of massing and filling
into hard capsules. The difficulty of avoiding a con-
siderable loss of volatile oil in massing, too, is well known.
One manufacturer of capsules supplies as part of the
filling outfit a stop-cock, which may be fitted to a small
percolator and is convenient for filling large quantities
of capsules for stock. By this means stock capsules of
sandal oil, cod liver oil and creosote, etc., may be filled
at a considerable saving over the market-price.
THE USE OF DROPPER AND WIRE.
Isaac M. Weils, of IVashington, Pa., says:
There appears to be quite a diflference of opinion as
to the best method of filling capsules with liquid drugs.
I am reminded of the story of General ** Stonewall " Jack-
son of Confederate fame. He was once asked how he
was able to make such rapid forced marches, often cross-
ing unfordable streams. His reply was : " I can attribute
my success to one man in my command ; he was what I
should call an all around man, level headed and thorough,
and belonged to the miners' and sappers' corps. To make
this plain," said the General, " on one of my marches it
was found necessary to build a bridge across a stream.
The engineers looked over the ^ound, took measure-
ments and then went back to make their sketches and
specifications for the bridge. At the same time my in-
valuable officer of the miners' and sappers' corps went
down to the Stream, sized up the situation at a glance
and then called his men up into the wood, where he had cut
such timber as was needed, and hauled it to the bank of
the stream. While the engineers were busy over their
plans and specifications he had the bridge in place and
ready for the passage of the troops. I sent one of my
aides to know how matters were progressing, and the
answer he brought was : * Tell the General that the bridge
is finished, but the pictures of it have not come.' "
In filling capsules with liquids, if we are to set about
it in the easiest and quickest way, we must first know
what kind of material they are to contain, whether oleo-
resins or oils or liquids of less density. I have always
found it best to use a dropper for all liquids that could be
readily drawn up in the tube. In this way the required
quantity for each capsule can be gauged better, cleanli-
ness is assured, and when the dropper is laid aside one's
hand is left free to put the cap on the body of the capsule,
after the open end of it has been moistened with water to
make the cap stick.
Some oleoresins are so thick and heavy that they
cannot be readily drawn up into the tube of the dropper.
This is notablv the case with oleoresin of male fern, ich-
thyol and similar heavy liquids. With these I find it best
while holding the empty capsule between the thumb and
fingers, to dip a clean wire into the liquid, then with-
draw it, then hold it perpendicularly or nearly so and
allow the liquid that has adhered to it to drop into the
empty capsule until the required quantity has been
dropped in, the capsule being then sealed as in the first
case. I have never been called upon to fill a prescription
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which only contained creosote or any of the volatile oils
in their purity. I therefore cannot speak from experi-
ence in regard to them. If I were called upon to fill such
capsules I think I should use potato starch or wheat flour
as an excipient, and make a mass, afterward dividing
and rolling it out as for pills.
After trying various methods of my own, as well as
those suggested by others, I find the foregoing to be the
best and simplest method for use at the prescription
counter. The wire, or dropper can be thrown away after
use, if need be, as their cost amounts to very little.
AN EXTEMPORANEOUS METHOD.
/. T. Johnson, of Fergus Falls, Minn,, writes:
We are a long ways from modern methods and ap-
pliances out here and have occasionally to resort to all
sorts of expedients. I have usually used a thick, muci-
laginous solution of French gelatin for sealing capsules
after filling. This I keep in a half ounce wide mouthed
vial, fitted with a* good cork, in the center of which I
fasten a hard wooden toothpick, sharpened very fine
and extending down into the glue. Using the pick as a
brush, I lightly smear the edge of the cap with a layer
of the liquid gelatin, and this cements it very nicely.
In my limited experience I have had very nice results
from this method. The only objection to it would be
the slowness in large operations. My method may not
be according to best modern methods; but you know
necessity is the mother of invention, and what we want
in emergencies is results that will pass the overseer's
square.
MY THESIS.
By Medora a. Gorman.
HaTerhill, Mass.
ALL my junior year this thesis had been my constant
companion night and day, with its never-ending
questions. What are you going to work up, and under
whom are you going to work?
It was now my senior year, and, these questions must
be answered. We had one professor whose most marked
characteristics were briefness and thoroughness in work.
He was the most non-committal stoic I had ever met.
Withal he was a very kind, big-hearted man and a gen-
eral favorite. So to him I went, hoping to get something
short, and trusting to his kindness not to be too hard
with me. " Going to take a thesis under me, are you ?
I am afraid you will be sorry you did not work up some-
thing in pharmacy. Make salicylic acid synthetically by
the Kolbe process, and let us see if it is profitable to make
the acid on a small scale."
This seemed very simple. How many things do!
The first stage in the work was to heat sodium hydrate
and phenol together, with constant stirring over the yel-
low flame of a bunsen burner, until a dry pinkish powder,
sodium phenolate, is formed. This is put in a retort
and heated in an oil bath to lOO degrees C., while a
stream of dry carbon dioxide gas is passed over it.
Professor said : " Get cotton seed oil, it seems to
give such a steady heat." My apparatus was a tin pail
and a ring stand. I sometimes thought the pail was full
of spirits instead of oil, it moved about so. Do not mis-
understand me and think I was in union with the spirits.
I will confess my gown was saturated with the oil, and
I am quite sure the janitor never had to oil that desk
since. I owed him this, however, for the trouble I gave
him afterward.
During the passing of the carbon dioxide gas over the
sodium phenolate sodiiun phenol-carbonate is formed.
The reaction is as follows: 2CeHBOha-f C02=CeH40.
COjNa.
The temperature is now gradually raised about 20
degrees an hour until a heat of 200 degrees is reached.
This meant five hours of watching the thermometer and
a pile driver, which was working just outside the labora-
tory window. It was a source of consolation to know
that some one else was engaged in as monotonous work
as I was. While I was contemplating the ups and downs
of the pile driver and the thermometer, the sodium
phenol-carbonate was being changed by heat into a neu-
tral sodium salicylate, a molecule of this salt reacting
with a molecule of unchanged sodium phenolate.
Only one-half of the phenol is used. I should judge
these reactions were carried out perfectly, and a very
good yield of the crude product is obtained. The con-
tents of the retort are dissolved, the acid precipitated with
sulphuric acid, the liquid decanted, and the precipitated
acid spread out on porous plates to dry. When this is
done we have a dark brown mass that looks more like
molasses candy than salicylic acid, but it gives a splen-
did test for the acid, with neutral ferric chloride, and I
began at this stage to congratulate myself and say nice
things about Professor B. This stage of kindly feeling
for the world at large was not tested for any long period,
for my troubles were just beginning.
The problem now was to purify and crystallize my
crude product. I first tried dissolving in boiling water^
decolorizing with bone black, and recryst^llizing from
hot water. I worked ever so long on this, and the longer
I worked the more mystified I became, and the less acid
I was getting. Finally, when my crude product was all
gone and my patience exhausted, I remembered that
salicylic acid was volatilized with steam, and my product
was " all in the air." There was a man working near me
who was troubled very badly with rheumatism, and I
consoled myself with the hope my labors might not have
been in vain, even if I did have to begin over again, and
then — the pile driver was still working.
The next lot had more trouble in store for me. I
tried an experiment which no skilled pharmacist should
ever try, that of making two things at once. I en-
deavored to make absolute alcohol and salicylic acid at
the same time, and came to grief with both. The janitor
speaks of this mishap with tears in his eyes to the juniors
and seniors of to-dav.
The third lot I purified by dissolving in alcohol, de-
colorizing with bone black, crystallizing and recrystal-
Hzing from alcohol. This operation gave me about one-
half grain of acid. It was something and I was grateful.
I made another lot and used alcohol again, but concen-
trated my solution and evaporated on watch glasses.
As a result I have now in my possession a tiny vial con-
taining a few crystals of acid, which represent my time,
and labor for many a day, watching the temperature
rise and my hopes fall.
Professor B. in his kindness of heart accepted my
great labor and small results as far as material acid was
concerned. Although I have little to show for my work,
I assure you my time was well spent, and any article on
salicylic acid has a great charm for me. I would not
advocate its manufacture on a small scale, for the scale
would be too small to be. operable. It would require too
much time, and the loss in money would be noticeable.
I was three months working for my few grains, and
it cost, including breakage and material, about thirteen
dollars. You see I was unlucky, even in my cost. We
could, however, well pay f6r having our salicylic acid
made for us if we were only given the privilege of mak-
ing our own tincture of iron, for instance, which I have
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133
seen written for as a "proprietary," and many other
things which the wholesale manufacturers so kindly
make for us. .
STORE MANAGEMENT.
Conifadmd by ▼• A« DawMiu
in addition to publishing' a series of articles covering the commer-
dot side of pharmacy^ the editor of this department will en-
deavor to discuss^ criticise^ advise and give information on
any question pertaining to the business management of the
drug store propounded by readers of the American Druggist.
Thisfemture of the department is intended to constitute a busi^
ness query column for the readers of the Ambrican Druggist,
and all queries regarding business matters addressed to it will
be freely answered.
THE SHOW WETOOW.
HAVING considered the fittings and arrangement of
the store, the ofiice and the laboratory, we will now
turn our attention to the fitting up, furnishing and deco-
ration of the show windows, the platforms, display stands,
frame works, apparatus and properties, as well as the
textiles, papers and other decorative materials used in
making effective window trims.
Advertising by means of window displays is often
referred to as the dieapest and most effective method
of gaining publicity at the pharmacist's command, but
this statement is not quite accurate. While it is true that
window displays may be made at small expense other
than the time spent in preparing them, good, striking,
effective window trims cannot be produced without some
expenditure of thought, study, time and money, and as
a rule the larger the amount of money expended on a
trim the more effective it will be in selling goods and
in enhancing the reputation of the store. Whether his
6tore be situated in a large city or a small country town,
the pharmacist will do well to devote one-fourth to one-
third of his advertising appropriation to window trims.
The advertising appropriation should be a sum equal to
three per cent, of the gross sales of the business, and in
some cases as much as five per cent, of the sales may be
devoted to advertising. In speaking of " window trims "
here the term is to be understood in its technical sense
as used by the professional " window trimmer," meaning
the decorative arrangements and accessories used as a
background for displaying goods, and does not include
the goods used in the display.
FREQUENT CHANGES OF DISPLAY ADVISABLE.
As with the other departments of the pharmacy, the
window trimming must be systematized, to the end that
the greatest possible effectiveness may be obtained for
the amount of labor and money expended; the displays
"being changed at regular intervals, frequently enough to
prevent any appearance of staleness. No display of goods
should stand more than a week, no matter how good the
results; if it is thought desirable to run a display for a
longer period the arrangement of the display should be
changed, or the goods transferred to another window.
In all cases the glass of the windows should be washed
at least once a week on the inside and two or more times
on the outside. Friday is ,the day of the week most
favored by business men for window-cleaning day, but
in business where there is no bid made for Sunday trade
Monday seems to be the best day for the purpose, as where
Sunday trade is not sought after the windows may be
emptied of goods on Saturday night, leaving them vacant
over Sunday. In a pharmacy known to the writer the
window trimming has been reduced to a system that
runs like clock work and every week, year in and year
out, new trims appear in the two show windows, each
succeeding trim being radically different from the pre-
ceding one, and always strikingly original in design and
arrangement.
THE ROUTINE OF WINDOW CLEANING.
The first thing attended to by the porter on arriving
at the store on Monday morning is the cleaning of the
inside of one window, and when this is done, the clerk
who attends ta the window display begins putting in the
trim and display. The porter meanwhile goes on sweep-
ing and dusting the store, after which he deans the other
window on the inside, and then goes on with the doors
and transoms and the outside of the windows. In this
way there is no delay and the windows are trimmed and
dressed with goods at an early hour of the day ; of course,
all the trim and the signs used are prepared beforehand.
A very good point in the system used by this clerk is
that he has always several alternative plans ready for
each cleaning day.
THE USE OF AN '' IDEA BOOK."
An " idea book " is kept by this clerk, in which he
makes inemoranda and rough sketches of whatever ideas
that he thinks ma}- be useful in getting up displays. In
this book is also entered memoranda relating to goods
that are available for display. In this way he usually
has a large number of possible displays on tap, and can
map out his work some w^eeks or months ahead, and have
the window displays always seasonable and appropriate.
Frameworks, backgrounds and false work — the hid-
den parts of the trim — ^are prepared at odd times during
the preceding week, and the decorative materials and ac-
cessories carefully thought and worked out; or, if there
is no time to do Ais, an effective trim can be worked up
quickly with what material in the way of " properties "
may be on hand. These " properties " — to use a the-
atrical term — ^are the various platforms, stands, frame-
works and draperies that have been carefully .preserved
from former trims and which are used over and over
again in different combination.
SIZE AND SHAPE OF THE TYPICAL DRUG STORE WINDOW.
The drug store windows, being designed to admit
light to the store interior, as well as to afford a display
place for goods, is of an entirely different type from the
high, deep, inclosed windows suitable to the dry goods
and most other retail businesses.
The show windows of a drug store should be shallow
in depth and entirely open at the back, so that the free
admission of light will not be interfered with, and the
handsomely fitted interior of the store may be visible
from the street. Two feet is about the right width for
the floor or platform of the window ; for, while windows
of this depth will admit of making the most elaborate
trims, they will not take a great amount of goods to
make an effective display, a desideratum in the retail
drug business, where it is often necessary to make a
striking display of a line of goods that is not heavily
stocked.
Where the windows of a pharmacy are of the high,
deep, dry goods store type the platforms should be nar-
rowed down as much as possible and the hight of the
window neutralized to some extent by the insertion of
a stained glass section three or four feet wide at the top
of the window, or by hanging an ornamental wooden
grille work screen at the top of the back part of the win-
dow; such a grille is preferably made of a spindle design
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and not geometrical, since the latter style of grille shuts
out the light more than the spindle work.
The ideal proportions for the drug store window are
a front glass of equal hight and width, with side glasses
running back at a bevel to a depth of two feet to form
a bay window projecting beyond the line of the building.
The window with rear lights admits a greater volume
of light than does a window that consists of a single
glass cased flush with the line of the building, and makes
a handsomer and more symmetrical window as well.
DRUGGISTS' COURSE IN OPTICS
Goiidiscted by C H* Brownt M«D.,
Presfdent of the FhllAdelphla Optical College
T%is series of papers is designed to furnish in/ormaiion which
is required by druggists for the intelligent handling of a line
of optical goods. The first of the series appeared in our issue
for September 24^ igoo,
THE FIELD OF VISION.
AS a man looks out upon a landscape thfere is in front
of each eye a circular space within which objects
are distinctly perceptible', while beyond its borders vision
fades away to nothingness. This circular space is called
" the field of vision." In man it has quite a large limit ;
for instance, when the eye is directed straight forward,
the light from a brilliant object may be perceived when
the object itself is placed away* round to one side. In
many of the lower animals, where the eyes are more
prominent than in man, the field of vision is very much
enlarged. In birds and fishes it is still further enlarged
by the lateral position of the two eyes. The ostrich, when
its head is directed forward, can easily see objects placed
a few yards behind its back ; the field of vision for such
an animal is consequently a complete sphere, objects be-
ing perceptible in every direction.
Diagram ahoiriiig the shape of an emmetropic eye as compared with that
of an extremely hypermetropic and an extremely myopic eye.
In man the field is limited, and objects placed laterally
at the external borders of the field must be very brilliant
to attract attention. Within this field there is only one
point where objects can be seen with perfect distinctness;
it is in the center of the field, and its prolongation forward
from the pupil is called the " line of direct vision." Ob-
jects met with upon this line of vision- can be distinctly
seen; all other objects, situated upon either side, above or
below it, are seen more or less imperfectly. If one place
himself in front of a fence composed of vertical stakes, he
can see those placed directly in front of the eye with per-
fect distinctness, while those on either side begin to ap-
pear uncertain and confused. On looking at the center
of a printed page in the line of direct vision we can see
the distinct outlines of the letters, while at successive dis-
tances from this point, as the eye remains fixed, we dis-
tinguish first only the separate letters with confused
outlines, then only the words, and, lastly, only the lines
and spaces.
This limitation of distinct sight to the line of direct
vision is practically compensated for by the great mo-
bility of the eye-ball, which rapidly turns in all directions^
thus shifting the line of direct vision, and examining in
turn every part of the field of vision attainable by the
eye. In reading this article the eye follows the lines from
left to right, seeing each letter and word distinctly in
succession. At the end of each line it returns, sud-
denly, to the commencement of the next, repeating the
same movement from the top to the bottom of the column.
The cause of the indistinctness of the images seen
outside the line of direct vision is a twofold one : First,
because the rays of light, on account of the oblique man-
ner in which they enter the eye, are more rapidly con-
verged and consequently are not accurately focused upon
the retina ; in the second place, a perfect image is impos-
sible on account of the diminished acuteness of the retinal
sensibility at every part of the retina except the yellow
spot.
In the formation of well-defined images on the retina
to the end that perfect vision m?iy result there are three
factors involved, as follows: Refraction, Accommodation.
Convergence.
REFRACTION.
Distinct vision necessarily depends upon the rays of
light which enter the eye being brought to an accurate
focus upon the retina. The refracting media of the eye
are the cornea, the aqueous humor, the lens and the vit-
reous humor, which, taken collectively, may be regarded
as forming a single lens, the focal length of which 'is
precisely equal to the length of the axis of the eyeball.
The normal human eye may be defined as an optical ap-
paratus of such form that parallel rays of light — that is,
rays proceeding from a distance of twenty feet or more —
are precisely focused upon the retina without any effort
upon the part of the eye, thus imprinting upon this sensi-
tive membrane a sharply defined image of all objects from
which these rays emanate. This is the condition known
as " Emmetropia," this word being derived from two
Greek words signifying that it is in measure.
When this normal condition is departed from in any
direction then we have the condition known as " Ametro-
pia," signifying that it is out of measure. This departure
from the normal condition may be in three different di-
rections.
In one case the eye-ball may be flattened from before
backward, in which case the rays of light, instead of
being focused upon the retina, do not come to a focus
until they get behind this ipembrane ; this state of affairs
constituting the condition known as " Hypermetropia."
In another case the eye-ball may be elongated from
before backward, in which case the rays of light, instead
of being focused upon the retina, come to a focus before
they reach this membrane, thus constituting the condition
known as " Myopia."
Either of these departures from the emmetropic con-
dition may exist from a small degree to a very great
degree.
This figure illustrates very graphically the extremes
of hypermetropia and myopia as compared with emme-
tropia.
Cottgii Powdef
{Pulvia PectoralU, Wedel.)
Liquorice root, In powder 5x
OrrlB root, in powder jij
Sublimed sulphur ' jy
Benzoic acid '. .{gg
Siigrar. In fine powder tiiM
Oil of nnlse. .;...;..;.. .m X
Oil of fennel m] x
Mix the oils with the sugar by trituration, add the other Ingredienta,
and sift.
Pose : A teaspoonful three or four times a day.
AMERICAN DRUCXJIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
135
Sjpoaaceous Hair Vaih*
Spirit of soap 200 Om.
OTycerin 100 Om.
Ram SO Om.
Spirit of lavender 50 Om.
Alcohol, 90 per cent 350 Om.
Rose water 250 Om.
Vanillin 0.1 Om.
Wintergreen oil *. 2 drops.
Red sandal wood powder 5 Om.
Mix, allow to stand for two days, and filter. — PKarm. Zeit.
THE CUT-PRICE EVIL IN THE
By Thomas V. Wooten.
TRADE.'
Secretary of the National Association of Retail Druggists.
You doubtless learned on that first Monday morning a few
years ago when you washed your first lot of bottles and
scrubbed the front windows for the first time, that even in
the dinig business the work is not so easy or pleasant as it
is commonly understood to be. Every calling has its draw-
backs, and ours certainly furnishes no exception to the rule.
It is not my intention to dwell upon any of the disagreeable
things contended against by the average present day druggist,
except that almost universal hindrance to our prosperity,
price demoralization. . . .
PHARMACY MOT A PROFESSION.
I am very glad, indeed, to be a graduate in pharmacy, and
I hold ray pharmaceutical knowledge very dear, and I wish to
congratulate you upon your determination to qualify your-
selves fully for the practice of pharmacy in the truest and
best sense of that term; but I am aware, as are many of you,
that if you enter upon the practice of pharmacy as a profes-
sion you must preempt for yourselves a different field, must
breathe a different atmosphere, from that in which the drug-
gists of your village, your town, your city, are now doing busi-
ness. You may be able (Heaven knows how heartily I hope
you will be) to graft the practice of pharmacy upon the drug
business so as to yield the luscious fruit of a satisfying, profit-
able vocation; but until that time has arrived you will, with-
out doubt, need to consider the problems here discussed, the
problems that are now perplexing those who are struggling
against heavy odds to make drug stores profitable. . . .
It is not my intention to make invidious comparisons, or to
say harsh things about price cutters and their methods. That
these people are short sighted and that their actions are
prompted by selfishness is easily provable; but nothing ever
can be gained by confronting cutters with their ill doings and
commanding them to desist therefrom. They must first be
made to see their mistake and then be approached in a con-
ciliatory spirit and asked to abandon it in their own interests,
as well as those of others, before we can have any assurance
of success. If. however, I succeed in convincing you that your
own welfare, either as a druggist or as a clerk, demands that
from the very beginning of your career your influence shall be
exerted against this evil, the effects of which are rendering
our calling unsatisfactory and unprofitable, affecting as it
does all who are engaged in it, I shall feel that I have done a
good hour's work, for which I shall deserve your gratitude. . . .
The history of all disturbances in the commercial worid
proves that the greatest sufferers are those who occupy the
lowest strata in the commercial structure, those whose com-
pensation is the smallest. There is little doubt that the in-
sufficient salaries now being paid to drug clerks is due In a
large measure to the indefensible practice of selling goods for
prices less than they ought to command. It becomes, there-
fore, a matter of vital consequence to you, whether you ex-
pect to be clerks or owners of stores, to exert your influence
to the utmost against the curse of price demoralization.
WHEN COMPETITION IS AND WHEN IT IS NOT THE LIFE OP TRADE.
The theory that competition is the life of trade is true in
the drug business as elsewhere, provided the competition does
not Involve the giving away to the public of profits without
any compensating advantage. On articles of merchandise
upon which large sums may be saved by the exercise of
technical skill in buying; by shipping in enormous quantities;
by obtaining supplies from new and unusual sources; by sell-
ing goods in largo lots upon favorable terms; by displaying
wares advantageously and turning over immense stocks with-
in a short time, competition is probably the life of trade. But
when the amount of the commodity demanded by the com-
munity cannot be Increased or, if at all, very slightly; when
the dealers all are required to pay practically the same prices,
the difforence between them rarely. If ever, exceeding 6 per
♦ From an address delivered before the students of the School of
Pharmacy of Northwestern T'nlverslty on February 28, and commun!
csted by the author.
cent.; when technical skill hi buying is out of the question
and all dealers purchase in practically the same market be-
cause the goods vary so little that no advantage is gained by
obtaining them elsewhere; when. In addition to these points
of advantage and disadvantage held as common all must
operate under conditions that unfortunately tend to force
down the volume of business but force up the necessary ex-
pense of doing business, it may well be questioned whether
competition is not the death of trade. I am not blind to the
fact that in rare Instances a house commanding large capital
and having better facilities than usual for doing bushiess on
a large scale may, for a time, seem to prosper to the disad-
vantage of other druggists; but I have never known an in-
stance where permanent good— allow me to accentuate the
word permanent— resulted from reducing prices to the con-
sumer. As a rule, prices seek lower and still lower levels, until
the smaller druggists are making no profit and the larger
ones considerably less than they would be if the uniform
schedule were a profitable instead of a profitless one.
In spite of ourselves prices are bound to be practically the
same In all stores, which being true. It would seem that every
shrewd man who Is Interested would insist as a business
proposition, devoid of any semblance of sentiment, that uni-
formly high prices be maintained instead of prices uniformly
low. . . .
THE REAL COST OF GOODS.
One reason why druggists fall so easily into the price cut-
ting habit is that they do not know, and apparently do not
care, anything about the cost of doing business. In their
ignorance they imagine they are not doing themselves or any
one else any very great harm by lowering prices. Those of
you who have been fortunate enough to 'be associated with
druggists who were good enough financiers to know what It
cost to do business, have doubtless learned that it requires
from 20 per cent, to 25 per cent, to pay running expenses, and
that this must. In all cases, be taken out before profits can be
calculated. Supposing the total cost of doing business to be
20 per cent, which is a low estimate, as any druggist will tell
you, let us see how much rate cutting can be done without
serious detriment? For the reason that everybody knows the
prices of advertised proprietaries, these goods are usually se-
lected by cutters as their field of operations. Adding 20 per
cent, to ^ a dozen proprietary we have an actual cost of $9.60
a dozen, or 80 cents a bottle. Now, a cut to 90 cents leaves
a margin of 30 cents profit on a bottle; a cut to 80 cents leaves
no profit, while a cut to 75 cents entails an actual loss of 5
cents on each bottle. If the cost of the proprietary is ^.75
a dozen, which is not unusual, the actual cost to the druggist
is 87V^ cents a bottle, 90 cents yields a profit of 2^^ cents, while
a cut to 85 cents or less entails an actual loss. But many
druggists admit that it costs them 25 per cent, to do business.
In this event, the actual cost of the |8 proprietary Is 83 cents,
and the actual cost of the $8.75 proprietary is 91 cents; It is
easy to calculate how much cutting can be done in these cir-
cumstances without positive loss ' to the cutter. A great
many druggists wonder why it is that in spite of all their
sacrifices for their business and in spite of their constantly
exercised rigid economy they are still unable to make more
tljan a scant living; it is believed that in the great majority of
cases the explanation is to be found right here.
The volume of business in the average drug store is so
small and the expense of transacting it so wofully out of pro-
portion to the aggregate amount of business it is possible to
do that the margin of profit must be large if compensation
worthy of the labor and the laborer is to result.
It is a homely adage that when a man starts down hill
everything seems to be greased for the occasion; this observa-
tion is especially true of price cutting, as It affects the dm?
business. I -have before me several out price ads that well
Illustrate this point. Even prescription work, that depart-
ment of the business which requires for its correct handling
the skill of the trained pharmacist, has not escaped. As
you yourselves may have observed, there are drug stores hi
this city that advertise to fill prescriptions for 10 cents, mean-
ing thereby that the skill necessary to compound any pre-
scription that may be offered can be procured for the price
of a cigar. What a commentary on pharmacy as a pro-
fession! When such things are done. Is It any wonder that we
are sometimes looked upon as robbers when we demand ade-
quate compensation for the professional service we have ren-
dered? Is there any encouragement here for a young man to
perfect himself In the art of preparing, in the form most
acceptable and most helpful to the patient remedial agents
suggested by the physician's best skill?
CUT RATIES PROMOTE 8UBSTITUTIOX.
Observe the result of such methods! The practice of sub-
stitution grows as naturally in such soil as do fungi In a bog.
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Is it any wonder that the silver tongued detail men of the
manufacturing houses make some physicians believe that
druggists are all Ignoramuses and l^naves, compelling thope
druggists who would not be so considered to overcome the
prejudices against them thus created? Is it any wonder that
the doctor's credulity is imposed upon and that he grows into
the habit of self dispensing, because he distrusts all drug-
gists, charging up to all the iniquities of the few who degrade
the profession?
Consider for a moment also the practice of urging upon
patrons one's own preparations, when advertised proprie-
taries are specifically asked for. This substitution, so called,
often requires considerable persuasion on the part of the
druggist, and if the effect of the substituted preparation is not
all that could be desired by the patient the failure is charged
up to the store at which it was procured, the reason assigned
by the disappointed purchaser being either ignorance on the
druggist's part or his desire to make more money out of the
substitute. Aside from the moral obloquy of taking from an-
other manufacturer the customers whom he has won by his
advertising (even though this advertising was a clever piece of
" confidence " work) it is doubtful whether the practice of Ui-
sistlng In these circumstances that your preparation is better
is to your permanent advantage. If your remedy is really a
meritorious one, why not advertise it yourself In such a man-
ner as to create a demand that is distinctly your own? This
will, without doubt, require an immense deal of work, but the
results will be satisfactory, because you will retain your own
self respect, as well as the esteem and confidence of your cus-
tomers. The department stores and the aggressive cutters
have little to lose by such methods, but it is a grave question
whether any druggist will find this practice to pay In the
long run. . . .
HOW SHALL THE EVIL OP PRICE CUTTING BE CURED ?
First, by substituting for the policy of competition the
more rational and more serviceable policy of co-operation.
Competition, ill advised and misdirected, has produced nearly,
if not quite all, the troubles of which we have been speaking;
mutual respect and mutual good will and co-operation must
cure the evil which has wrought such disastrous results. The
representatives of many branches of business have learned
the value of co-operation, and this policy may be rightfully
considered the growing tendency of the commercial world. In
the language of Dr. Garst, the manufacturer of Phenyo-Caf-
feln, "Reciprocity and co-operation are the life of trade."
Why should retail druggists who have so long suffered the
evil effects of the competitive system not take advantage of a
plan that has yielded such satisfactory results to other inter-
ests? Instead of giving away our profits, as has become cus-
tomary, why not let us help each other to secure additional
profits? As Mr. Kramer, the proprietor of Cascarets, puts it,
instead of doing each other, as we have been, why not let us
Join hands and do the seventy millions of the American
people?
LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT TOU KNOW YOUR BUSINESS.
The first Indispensable requisite is to educate druggists
to an appreciation of the fact that there Is a legitimate outlet
for their energies and their business ability outside of cutting
prices. It has been clearly established that there is a healthy
demand for first-class prescription work, work that Is done
skillfully and in such a way as to inspire confidence, both
upon the part of the doctor and the patient that the prescrlp-
tlonlst knows his business. In the case of the doctor this be-
lief must be Inspired by your conferring with him frequently
concerning new remedies and the best method of administer-
ing them, as well as those already in use; by sampling him
with your own preparations, which, In appearance and palata-
billty, speak for themselves, and for which you can vouch in
the matter of strength and purity. In the case of the public
this belief must be cultivated by the extreme neatness of
everything pertaining to the packages in which the medicine
is dispensed, as well as the appearance and acceptableness of
the preparations themselves. As Prof. Remington says, the
patient must judge from these externals as to your skill
as a pharmacist because he has no other means of determin-
ing, but you may be sure that your reputation will be made or
marred by this estimation; and you are none the better off
by reason of your maintaining that these things are not
proper evidences of your qualification as a pharmacist; Justly
or unjustly, you will stand or fall by the Judgment thus
formed.
Another legitimate field for the exercise of dormant energy
is the appearance of the store. ... In selecting a location
for a store the advantages of ventilation and sunlight should
receive more attention than they do— should be considered an
indispensable requisite. I know it involves constant labor
and the exercise of good taste to keep a store always bright
and attractive, but no other investment of time and energy
pays so well if you Intend to build up a business that shaU
be a source of profit and a credit to your enterprise and busi-
ness ability.
Another consideration deserving careful thought is the
promptness and efficiency of clerks. By efficiency I do not
mean obsequiousness or that over-anxlous-to-please air that
in some men is so annoying, but that patient, in-
telligent and kindly interest In the patron*s desires that
makes him want to return when other things are needed. The
temptation to dls<iuss here the virtues which clerks ought to
cultivate and the faults which they must avoid is very great,
but the subject Is Inexhaustible. A field of labor badly in
need of cultivation in hundreds of stores is the careful, tactful
training of young men, that their work on behalf of the
store shall be productive of the best results.
I have already mentioned casually the making and adver-
tising of the druggist's own preparations. Here is an im-
mense field for the exercise of energy and business sagacity.
Make your preparations as efficacious as they can be made^
and then go into systematic advertising, putting behind these
remedies your own character and your own skill as a phar-
macist, and never letting up on the advertising; the results
will surprise and delight you. . . .
THE VALUE OF CO OPERATION.
Another important step in the reformatory process is to
educate druggists to value co-operation and to make the most
01 the opportunities it affords. This will be slow work with
the older men in the business, but young men Just entering
upon active business life, as you are, ought to be made to un-
derstand that only by concert of action between yourselves
and others similarly engaged can you be certain of making
your calling the success in a financial way that it deserves to
become.
THE UOVEMENT FOR SHORTER HOURS.
I rejoice in the movement for shorter hours now being agi-
tated, as well as in the movement for better pay for clerks.
The hours of the average drug clerk are, without doubt, too
many and his compensation too small. Whether in existing
conditions the average druggist can afford better pay to his
clerks is doubtful, but the whole subject of how to get more
money out of the drug business is one which deserves the
careful thought of all who are engaged In it in whatever
capacity. The effect of agitation is certain to be helpful.
One reason why I am glad of this agitation is that it brings
the clerks closer together, and by strengthening their organi-
zations prepares them for active work In other directions. It
has taken an Immense deal of persevering labor to convince
the men now engaged In the drug business of the value of
association work, and to create in them a willingness to lend
a hand toward making their associations, local. State and na-
tional, as helpful as they are capable of being made in ad-
vancing the common weal. If the young men who are com-
ing into the business are able, through their organizations, to
right the wrongs against which they have to contend it will
not be difficult to secure their active help in pushing forward
the reform that may be needed when they shall have become
owners or managers of stores. . . .
RESULTS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE N. A. R. D.
The National Association of Retail Druggists has now been
in existence three years, and the results of our work have
been very gratifying. The prompt repeal by Congress of the
war tax on medicinal preparations was one of the striking
examples of the Influence wielded by this organization. The
prompt reduction of the prices of proprietaries to $21 $4 and
$8 by a large number of manufacturers, in compliance with
the expressed wish of the association, is another result which
we herald with satisfaction. In scores of towns, cities and
rural communities throughout the country ruinous price cut-
ting has ceased as the result of our work, and In scores of
other places prices on proprietaries, counter goods and pre-
scriptions have been materially advanced. (I speak of Chi-
cago.) Thousands of dollars are being added by us to the
profits of the drug trade of the United States every month,
and the prospects are bright for still greater usefulness in the
future. All of this has been accomplished by making use of
the principle of co-operation, not only among the retail trade,
but among the manufacturers and Jobbers as well. I feel sure
you will consider this a convincing argument in favor of the
wisdom of the policy for which I have In this talk made so
insistent an appeal. ....
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Cream of Current Literature
A •ummaiy of the leading articles In contemporary pharmaceatlcal pcriodicala.
L'Ocosi, November, t90K
On the Composition of Biliary Calculi. By Dr. A.
Funaro. — The author analyzed the stones removed from
the gall bladder in a case operated upon by an Italian
surgeon. There were in all 199 stones, weighing in all
17.55 Gm. He found that they contained 90.87 per cent, of
cholesterine, 4.60 per cent, of water, 0.81 per cent, of
bilirubin, 2.24 per cent, of biliyerdin, 0.88 per cent, of
mineral material, and 0.14 per cent, of soluble organic
material.
A' Contribution to the Study of Bromal Alcohols.
By Dr. Emilio Gabutti.— The author studied the proper-
ties of bromalglycol and bromalglycol monoacetate. The
formula of the former was found to be CoHg04Bre. It
was found to be an alpha or beta dioxyethanebetatri-
bromal phaoxyethylic ether. Bromalglycol monoacetate
has the formula of CcHoO^Br^, and is an alpha or beta
dioxyethanebetatribromalphaoxyethylic acetic ether.
The Action of Aluminum Chloride upon the Nitrates
of Phenylendiamine. By Dr. Emilio Gabutti.— A pre-
liminary communication in which the author describes
the metaphenylendiamine nitrate.
Apotheker Zetttiog, December.
Kordofan Gum. By Dr. J. J. David.— Until the fall
of the Caliph Abdullah the gum districts of the Mahdi's
kingdom were completely closed to Europeans. Conse-
quently, gum arable from this district found its way to
Europe only in very small quantities ; for the Caliph had
prohibited commerce — export as well as import — to all
believers, because luxury was fostered thereby, and par-
ticularly because the gum was considered an important
part of the provisioning and was kept in warehouses.
Rumors of large gum harvests in Kordofan have been
floating about for a number of years, and in 1887 Carl
Neufeld, a Gei:man merchant, attempted to secure this
treasure, but he paid for this attempt by a cruel imprison-
ment of twelve years. In 1890 the author obtained the
privilege of traveling over the newly opened region, and
started with a caravan from Dongola. Ten days' journey
through the sandy desert brought him to JCagmar, where
he found the first Acacia trees, namely A. Seyal, A. spiro-
carpan and A. stenocarpa. These varieties gave only a
brown or red gum, which is more elastic and less brittle,
less often cracked than the best kinds for which he was
looking. Further South, in Bala, he found A. Verek
gummifera and other varieties. Attempts to exchange
various articles, such as textile fabrics, knives, beads,
etc., for gum did not find favor with the mass of the
people, for gum was considered a staple article of food
and only the richest inhabitants sold gum for such luxu-
ries as beads, while the poorer inhabitants could only be
persuaded to sell it for other food products. The Nu-
bians employed their spare time in gathering gum during
the months from October to April. The Acacias grow
in little groves, far away from the habitations. The
scarcity of food in this region was such that gum had
a greater value than it would under other circumstances,
and a unit of weight of gum was worth about the same
amount of grain and, in addition, a small quantity of
iron articles were given as a bonus.
The gum is gathered by wounding the bark of the
tree with the points of lances, or with knives wherever the
exudation is not sufficient. This is usually done in De-
cember or in January, and the cuts are made in the upper
parts of the trees. 'The best gum is obtained from the
acacia groves which are prepared in this manner and
which are styled ** gardens." A second class of gum is
obtained from the wild, uncared for regions. The gum
is gathered from March to May, sometimes later. The
gatherers bring daily from five to seven pounds of gum
in little baskets to the merchant, who generally plants
his tent near a well. Some natives bury their gum in
appropriate places. The chiefs amass large quantities of
gum through their slaves, wives, etc. There is no such
thing as cultivation, nor are the rights of property well
defined. The amount of gum could be enormously in-
creased by cultivation. (December 4.)
Pharmaceutical Joumaly February.
Bee-keeping. By Samuel T. Frost— 7lt is as a hobby
for pharmacists that the author discusses the subject of
bee-keeping, and not, as might be supposed, as relating
to the products of the bee. The life of the bee is told
in simple language and most interestingly. Bee-keeping
is something which has attracted much attention of late,
especially since the publication of Maeterlinck's profound
study of the subject, and the present article is one that
pharmacists can read to their intellectual profit, though,
as far as can be judged from the installment given in
this number, it has no pharmaceutical application. Con-
tinued. (February i.)
Calcium Phosphate, Its Composition and Impurities,
By R. C. Cowley and J. P. Catford. — ^The authors have
met with specimens of an article sold as pure calcium
phosphate which were of questionable purity, and they
review the pharmacopoeial processes of manufacture and
tests for purity, bringing to light some discrepancies. A
sample of *' Pure Calcium Phosphate," when examined
by the sodium acetate test, gave a precipitate of calcium
sulphate, the preparation having evidently been made
from calcium phosphate that had been treated with sul-
phuric acid. Phosphate so treated forms superphosphate
or monocalcic phosphate (CaH4(P04)„ and calcium
sulphate. On adding solution of ammonia to the solution
of this mixture a precipitate containing di- and tri-calcic
phosphate with sulphate would be produced. A micro-
scopic examination of the substance revealed the presence
of all three. The authors call attention to the utility of
the microscope in examining precipitates ; in the case here
reported the presence of calcium sulphate and of di-
sodium phosphate are readily detected by the microscope.
(February i.)
Pharmaceutical Era» January.
An Oral Examination in "Practical Pharmacy." By
Thersites Mendax. — This is an account of an imaginary
State Board examination conceived in humorous vein.
The story opens in the examination room of the State
Board of Pharmacy and Mr. Pluckham and Mr. Plougher
are the examiners. Mr. Smith is the candidate for a
license, and he is asked a variety of questions to deter-
mine his knowledge of pharmacy as conducted in the
rural districts. It is a sarcastic skit, evidently directed
at the character of the questions commonly put at State
Board examinations. Some of the supposed questions
and answers are highly humorous, as the following ex-
tracts will show. After interrogating the candidate as
to his previous experience and college attainments, in
which It is developed that he has served a period of five
years and taken besides a two-years' course in the College
of Pharmacy; where he gained the gold medal, the candi-
date is asked to identify a specimen, Mr. Pluckham, the
examiner, saying:
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Your papers 'have been very Batisfaetory so far. I see that
you have taken full marks on four subjects— materia medlca,
toxicology, dispensing and botany. We will now see how
much you know about the really practical part of your pro-
fession. Will you kindly identify these things?
Mr. Smith: This looks like a Woonsocket rubber boot, very
much the worse for wear, and, Judging by the label, this .Is a
bottle of a much advertised rubber cement, which retails for
15 cents.
Mr. Pluckhara: Perfectly correct, sir. Now. suppose these
articles were brought into your store, and you are requested to
put a patch on that boot, what would you do?
Mr. Smith: I should excuse myself on the ground that I had
never taken a course in boot mending, and refer the reader to
the nearest cobbler, or to the place where he purchased the
cement.
Mr. Pluckham: Really, Mr. Smith, you surprise me! Is it
possible you are ignorant how to repair an. ordinary fracture
in a rubber boot? Your customer would probably be offended
and transfer his patronage to another drug store.
Another specimen is as follows :
Mr. Pluckham: Will you kindly read this order?
Mr. Smith (spelling out slowly): R-u-f-f-e-r-t-s ten s-e-n-c-e
box pills c-a-t-1-i-k a-s-l-d ten pills box s-e-n-t-c-e.
Mr Pluckham: I may say that order contained 20 cents In
cash when it was received.
Mr. Smith: At first sight it looks like an order for 10 cents
worth of " Rough on Rats " and 10 cents of carbolic acid, but
I should interpret it for an order for 10 cents' worth of Pll.
aloes and myrrh, and the same amount of Pil. cath. co. U. S. P.
Mr. Pluckham: Absolutely correct.
After a few more questions Mr. Pluckham, the ex-
aminer, expresses regret that he will not be able to give
the candidate a very high percentage in the examination.
Mr. Plougher tells him that he is lamentably deficient
in business tact and fears that he has made a mistake in
the choice of his profession, though he may improve in
time. He adds : The fact of the matter is that too many
men think that a druggist is in business to compound
prescriptions and make money for himself, whereas his
true mission in life is to serve the public, and save, or
make money on other people. The fact that you can
make a qualitative or quantitative. analysis of any prepa-
ration cuts no ice. The ordinary customer does not want
to know how much hydrastin or berberin exists in a
2-oz. bottle of fluid extract of golden seal, but he may
require you to patch a rubber boot or furnish him with
gratuitous advice and medicine for his dog or cat."
(January i6.)
Young Men and New Drug Stores, By George A.
Grunbok. — The mistakes made by young pharmacists
who enter business on their own account are touched
upon by the writer. One mistake is to order drugs used
in small doses in too large quantities. He advises all
young men when starting new stores to order labels ip
as small quantities as possible. Neat labels, clean bottles
and boxes and caps on prescription bottles impress cus-
tomers favorably. He advises against diffidence or
modesty in making sales and Cites the case of young phar-
macists, called upon for some simple remedy for a cough,
who handed out a five-cent article, when they could have
made a sale amounting to 25c. with equal satisfaction
to the custOTner. It is more important, in the writer's
opinion, to keep the windows clean than to strive after
attractive displays. He suggests that the store should
be made to appear a very busy one, and gives a lot of
other advice of more or less value. (January 16.)
How to Read Drug Journals Most Profitably, By
F. J. Roemer. — One of the principal items of interest
and profit in every drug journal, according to this writer,
is its advertising pages. He believes in reading the ad-
vertisements before touching the reading matter, for the
reason that new goods and remedies are to be found
there. After perusing the advertising pages the reading
matter should be taken up, and if time is limited the
head lines only of the different articles read and noted.
Those which have most interest are read first, and the
balance of the spare time of the reader given to the re-
maining pages of the journal. Many good ideas are to
be found in the department of Advertising Ideas in the
leading drug journals. This department is generally
conducted by a skilled advertising writer, who knows
good advertising when he sees it. The author of this
paper advises sending a stamped envelope to the drug-
gists whose advertising is praised in any of the journals,
and in this way obtain information along desired lines.
(January 16.)
Novel Display Advertising, By Joseph F. Hostelley.
— One or two new ideas in the display of goods in the
store are given. What is said to be an effective method
of displaying medical and surgical supplies for the sick
room is to set up two folding screens, each with three
wings in a corner or against the side wall of the store,
and unite them to form a cozy nook or compartment, with
a narrow passage-way for entrance. The screens inclose
a tier of shelves arranged in steps or conically and set
close to the wall. On the shelves are arranged on white
paper sterilizers, powder insufflators, nasal douches,
atomizers, syringes, medicine droppers, absorbent cotton
and antiseptic gauzes and bandages, with night lights,
ice bags, invalids' cushions, etc., appropriately displayed
on different shelves. A placard hung on a wing of one
of the screens sets forth the fact that an exhibit is being
made of hospital and sick room sundries. An original
method of advertising cod liver oil emulsion consisted
of the installation of a pair of platform scales, loaned
from a hardware dealer. Upon the flat arm of wood
above the metal beam of the scale was arranged a stage
to hold several bottles of the cod liver oil emulsion.
Customers were invited to '* get wisdom on their weight,"
an easily noticed sign being suspended near the scales,
reading " Get Wisdom on Your Weight, Perhaps you
need nourishing. Emulsion Cod Liver Oil, 75c. per bot-
tle.'' A table of weights showing what individuals of
given height and age should weigh faced every one who
stepped on the scale, and helped to the success of the
scheme. Beef, iron and wine was sold under the legend :
" Building Material, 50 cents per bottle," which said
legend surmounted an arrangement of bricks, lath, a
hod of mortar and a nail keg, topped by a half a dozen
bottles of beief, iron and wine. A display of great mas-
sive shoes, loaned temporarily from a boot and shoe
maker, was used to advertise corn cure; the packages
of com cure were deposited in and upon the shoes, and
the display set off by a card reading " Comfort for the
Feet." An unusual display of sponges is suggested as
follows : Suspend large and small golden yellow sponges
from the top of the window by means of twine, and to
each sponge fasten a great many pieces of Irish moss.
Tie several pieces end to end to form streamers of moss
and let them hang from the pendant sponges. (Januarr
23.)
Obesity Pills.— Dieterich gives the following for-
mula:
Potassium bromide 10 Gm.
Sodium bicarbonate 20 Gm!
Extract of bladderwrack 20 Gm!
Guaiacum wood, powdered 40 Gm!
Senega root powdered 40 Gm!
Extract of dandelion q.g.
Divide into ptHs weiglilng 0.15 Gm.
They should be consperged with powdered cinnamon,
or, if to be silvered, should be dried at 20 to 25 degrees C.
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Q\ieries and Ansivers
We Bhall be glad, in this department, to respond to calls for information on all pharmaceutic matters.
Development of Mold in a Solution. — M. L.
G. H. writes ; " I make a compound of sodium phosphate,
magnesium sulphate and iron pyrophosphate, using water
as a solvent, facilitating solution with citric acid and
sweetening with syrup. Upon standing a mold forms
on the surface of the solution. How may t*his be pre-
vented ? "
It is nothing unusual for a fungoid growth or mold to
form in solutions of organic chemicals, such as that de-
scribed by our correspondent. While it would not ab-
solutely retard the growth of mold in the mixture in
question, the substitution of phosphoric acid for citric
acid would be an improvement, and with this change the
solution would keep better. In any case the addition of
a preservative of some kind is desirable, and we should
recommend the use of glycerin, employing just sufficient
glycerin to replace the syrup, which is used as a sweeten-
ing agent. In this way the double purpose can be
achieved of preserving and sweetening the mixture.
Emulsions of Chloroform, Olive Oil and
Alcohol. — E. D. L. submits the following questions:
(a) Can chloroform, olive oil and spirit of camphor
mixed in equal parts be made into a perfect mixture
(cloudy, possibly milky) and be dispensed without a
" shake " label, without the use of some agent to saponify
or emulsify the oil? (6) If not, what agent would you
suggest to keep the mixture in suspension?
The ingredients named will not form a stable emul-
sion of themselves and we are unable to suggest the
addition of anything which would saponify or emulsify
the mixture. If oyr correspondent will make his spirit
of camphor from strong alcohol and substitute castor
oil for olive oil, and vary the proportions slightly, he
will be able to produce a clear solution ; or by first form-
ing a yolk of egg emulsion of the chloroform and olive
oil with the addition of the spirit of camphor and suffi-
cient water, a milk-like liniment might be produced. It
should be noted that olive oil is only soluble to a limited
extent in alcohol, while castor oil mixes readily in the
proportion of i to 4.
Ehrlich's Reaction. — A. S. asks us to describe
the urine test which goes under this name, and to give the
method of carrying it out.
Ehrlich's typhoid reaction is also known as the diazo
test. It depends upon the property of diazosulphobenzol
of uniting with certain aromatic substances found in the
urine of persons suffering from typhoid fevcF to form
aniline colors. As diazosulphobenzol is a very unstable
body, the idea was conceived of obtaining it in a fresh
condition by the action of sodiumnitrite on sulphanilic acid
in add solution, which liberates nitrous acid and forms
diazosulphobenzol. Two solutions are prepared, one con-
sisting of a solution of sulphanilic acid, in a dilute solu-
tion of hydrochloric acid, and the other of an aqueous
solution of sodium nitrite, as follows :
Solution A,
Sulphanilic acid 1 Gm.
Hydrochloric acid 50 Cc.
Distilled water, enough to make 1000 Cc.
Solution B.
Sodium nitrite 0.5 Gm.
Distilled water 100.0 Cc.
The above formulas are those given by the late Dr.
Charles Rice in '* Hospital Formulary," 5th edition, re-
vised, and we may note that the amount of sulphanilic
acid ordered is just ofhe-half of that prescribed by Pro-
fessor Ehrlich, the originator of the test. We are unable
to state the reason for this deviation from the original
formula, but as Dr. Rice was a careful chemist and had
frequent occasion to prepare the solution, he doubtless
had good reasons for reducing the quantity of sulphanilic
acid.
In performing the test. Solution A and Solution B are
mixed just before use in the proportion of fifty parts of
Solution A to one part of Solution B.
Dr. Rice's method of applying the test was to put some
of the urine into a test tube, add an equal volume of the
mixed solutions, shake, and then add water of ammonia
until the mixture was rendered strongly alkaline. Nor-
mal urine assumes a yellow color under these conditions,
but typhoid urine acquires a carmine-red color, and upon
shaking the foam becomes rose red, while the surface of
the sediment that forms in the test tube after the mixture
has stood for twenty-four hours becomes green.
The reaction is said to be constant in typhoid fever ; it
makes its appearance usually within the first week, and
gradually disappears between the end of the second and
the third week. The reaction is never obtained in healthy
individuals, or in diseases unaccompanied by fever. A
positive reaction is not, however, in itself absolute proof
of typhoid infection, since in some cases a red tint ap-
pears due to the presence of constituents which are not
characteristic of typhoid fever.
Ehrlich's Bile Reaction.— A. S.— This is some-
times confounded with the typhoid reaction which bears
the name of the discoverer. The reaction is obtained by
mixing a sample of the clear filtered urine with an equal
volume of diluted acetic acid and then adding drop by
drop a solution of sulphodiazobenzol obtained by mixing
solutions A and B of the typhoid reaction in the propor-
tion of fifty parts of A and one part of B. If bilirubin is
present the urine will become reddish to dark red, which
color is turned to bluish violet upon addition of acetic
acid.
Colorng Incandescent Globes.— E. J. R.—
Supplementary to the information given previously re-
garding a method of coloring electric light globes, we
glean from a recent issue of an exchange some particu-
lars about the use of alum for frosting the globes which
may prove suggestive and useful. To make red glass
globes a saturated solution of alum is colored with
cochineal or logwood. The globe is dipped into this
solution and held in a horizontal position while the crys-
tals are forming and the excess of the liquid is draining.
The drying and cooling process should be very slow in
order to impart a perfect crystallization to the glass. Re-
peated dippings and dryings will make a heavier coating
of crystals. Yellow globes are made by coloring the
solution with turmeric ; blue, by using indigo, and other
colors by using White Rabbit Egg Dyes. Another meth-
od provides for the use of a hot solution of Epsom sah
or a hot solution of ammonium chloride, but the last
named substance being exceedingly hygroscopic, is less
well adapted for the purpose than the other salts named.
Catheter Lubricant. — According to Frederick
Griffith, M.D. (Medical Brief, February, 1902), a lubri-
cant for catheters and for general use which has been pre-
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sented to the profession by Dr. Gouley consists of the fol-
lowing formula :
IJ White Castile soap, powdered 1 oz.
Water 3 ozs.
Musllage of choudnis crlspus 3 ozs.
Formaldehyde 10 minims.
Thymol 5 grains.
Oil of thyme 5 minims.
Alcohol 15 minims.
Mode of preparation : Heat the soap and water and stir
until a smooth slime is formed ; then add the three ounces
of mucilage (made of the strength of one ounce of chon-
drus crispus to the pint of water). When cool pour in
the formaldehyde, then the thymol and oil of thyme mixed
with the alcohol ; stir, strain and keep in a covered vessel
until all air bubbles have vanished. The result is an opal-
escent, honey-like substance which should be put up at
once in two-ounce collapsible tubes and sterilized.
Soluble Essence of Lemon. — R. D. G. writes:
" I wish to make a soluble essence of lemon with diluted
alcohol, but as strong in oil as that made with full
strength alcohol."
The secret of success in the manufacture of a soluble
essence of lemon of full flavor lies in the use of citral
as a fortifier. Citral is the principal flavoring constituent
of oil of lemon and may be obtained through any dealer
in essential oils. A good article is yielded by the follow-
ing formula:
Citral fl. 3lY
Oil lemon fl. 5xv
Deodorized alcohol Cong, iij
•Water Cong, ij
The oil of lemon may be omitted entirely and the ex-
tract made from citral alone, furnishing a much cheaper
product, as in the following formula:
Citral fl. 51
Deodorized alcohol O vl
Water Oix
Glycerin 01
The commercial extract of lemon sold in grocery
stores is rather an odd mixture, but consumers seem to
like it, and its mode of manufacture may therefore inter-
est our readers:
Oil of lemon S^vi
Citral ovi
Acetic extract ginger (Squibb's) Jilss
Acetic extract capsicum (Squibb' s) 31
Alcohol Cong, xi
Glucose, syrupy Cong, vl
Water, enough to make Cong. Ix
Special yellow aniline. .- to color
Dissolve the aromatics and the dye in the alcohol ;
dilute the glucose with the water, then gradually add the
latter to the alcoholic solution.
iTo Make Domestic Tobacco Pesemble the
Havana Leaf. — E. & Co. write : " Will you kindly
publish in your next issue details of a proces that can
be employed to make domestic tobacco smell and taste
like Havana tobacco ? "
If we knew of a simple process of manipulating do-
mestic tobacco leaf to impart to it the flavor and aroma
of Havana tobacco, we should sell the secret and retire
comfortably on the proceeds. We unfortunately know of
no simple process for the purpose named. The smoking
quality of tobacco can be improved by a process of curing
or fermentation, the fermentation being the work of bac-
teria. Dexterous manipulation of the varieties of bac-
teria, isolated from tobacco in process of curing, has en-
abled the industrial bacteriologist to impart the flavor
and aroma of Havana cigars to tobacco leaves hitherto
less highly prized, but the process is not one that could
he undertaken on a small scale, and we question whether
it has ever been successfully applied to the. ordinary
grades of domestic leaf.
Book Reviews^
FoiiMULAXBB DBS M&DICAMBIIT8 NouYiAUX. Par H. BocqalUon-LimoQ-
■In. Avec une Introduction par Henri Hachard 14« 6dftion
revue, corrlg6e et augment6e. Paris : J. B. BaiU^re et Fils. 1902.
18mo, pp. 300. Price. 3 fr.
This little manual of newer remedies is too well
known to need extended comment. The fourteenth an-
nual edition, that of 1902, may be said to include every
new remedy of interest introduced during 1901. The
style of the work is concise, easy of reference, and the
information, so far as we have seen, is accurately given,
though an index of original sources of information would,
we think, have enhanced its permanent value. As it
stands, however, it is as convenient and efficient guide to
the newest materia medica as has been published any-
where, for, in addition to what are termed the S)mthetic
remedies, the book' contains notices of all the important
recent accessions in the line of newly discovered medici-
nal plants. The language of thfe book is so easy and
simple that a fair reading knowledge of French will
suffice to make use of the manual.
PAMPHLETS, ETC, RECEIVED*
The Position of Pleubooocctjs and Mosses on Trees.
By Henry Kraemer, Philadelphia. Reprinted from the Botan-
ical Gazette. Vol. XXXII. December, 1001.
Address delivered at the opening of the Albany Ck>llege of
Pharmacy. October 7, 1901. By WlUls G. Tucker. M.D.. pro-
fessor of chemistry (reprinted from the Albany Medical An-
nals, December, 1901).
The Calendar of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great
Britain. 1902. London: Pharmaceutical Society of Great
Britain. 17 Bloomsbury square. North British Branch: 36
York place, Edinburgh. Pp. 571 (price 2 shillings).
The Constitution of Pixocabpine. Pabt III. By H. A.
D. Jowett. D.Sc. (From the Transactions of the Chemical So-
ciety. 1901.) The Wellcome Chemical Research Laboratories.
Frederick B. Power, Ph.D.. Director, 6 King street, Snow Hill,
London. E. C.
A New Synthesis op a-ETHTtTBicARBALLYLic Acid. By
H. A. D. Jowett, D.Sc. (From the Transactions of the Chem-
ical Society, 1901.) The Wellcome Chemical Research Labora-
tories. Frederick B. Power, Director, 6 King street. Snow
Hill. London, E. C.
The Constituents of the Essential Oil of Asabum Caw-
ADENSE. By Frederick B. Power, Ph.D., and Frederic H.
Lees. (From the Transactions of the Chemical Society, 1902.)
The Wellcome Chemical Research Laboratories. Frederick
B. Power, Director. 6 King street, Snow Hill. London, E. C.
Derivatives of Gallic Acid. By Frederick B. Power,
Ph.D., and Frank Shedden, B.Sc. A.I.C. (From the Transac-
tions of the Chemical Society, 1902.) The Wellcome Chemical
Research Laboratories. Frederick B. Power, Ph.D., Director,
6 King street. Snow Hill, London, E. C.
Mineral Resources of the United States. Calendar
Year 1900. Department of the Interior United States Geolog-
ical Survey. Charles D. Walcott, Director. David T. Day,
Chief of Division of Mining and Mineral Resources. Washing-
ton: Government Printing Office, 1901. Pp. 11 to 927.
We have received from the Lloyd Library. Cincinnati.
Ohio, copies of the following publications: Bulletin of the
Lloyd Library of Botany. Pharmacy and Materia Medica.
by J. U. & C. G. Lloyd. Cincinnati. Ohio; Bulletin No. 3;
Mycologlcal Series. No. 1; The Genera of Gastromycetes. il-
lustrated with 49 figures, by C. G. Llyod; Mycologlcal Notes,
by C. G. Lloyd, Nos. 6, 6, 7 and 8.
Contributions from the United States National Herbarium.
Vol. VII., No. 3. Plants used by the Indians of Mendocino
County, Oallfomia. By V. K. Chesnut, United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture, Division of Botany, Washington, 1902.
Proceedings of the sixteenth annual meeting of the
South Dakota Pharmaceutical Association, held at Redfleld,
S. D., August 15-17, 1901: and eleventh annual report of the
South Dakota State Board of Pharmacy with State Pharmacy
Register.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
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BUSINESS BUILDING.
Coodttctod by U« G. Maanliig*
Department Editor will be pleased to criticise advertisements^
suggest improvements, and answer all questions coming
within the scope of this department.
FOLLOW GOOD MODELS.
NEARLY all advertisers, consciously or unconsciously,
imitate in their advertising. They have some sort
of an ideal, vague though it may be. It is perfectly
natural that this should be the case. Nearly all our
" original " ideas were equally original with thousands
of people dead and gone.
We can all learn something from the success of others
and it is obvious that it pays to follow good models. The
essence of all good advertising is the same. The prob-
lem of advertising drugs, silks or horseshoes is prac-
tically the same. Study the ads of successful advertisers
and endeavor to find out where their strength lies. The
general advertisers can teach many a lesson. Take, for
instance, the advertising of Scott's Emulsion. This is,
perhaps, the best proprietary advertising done, and it
wins in the face of odds that no retailer has to meet.
The series now running in most of the papers is- set
in pica old style • without border and with no display
other than a heading of moderate size. The strength
is not in external things, but the argument, where the
strength of all good advertising lies. The important
thing is the thought ; then comes skill and tact in express-
ing the thought. For example, take portions of one of
these ads:
The most beautiful thing in the world is the baby,
all dimples and joy. The most pitiful thing is that
same baby, thin and in pain. And the mother does not
know that a little fat makes all the difference.
The Uttle one gets no fat from her food. There is
something wrong; it is either her food or food-mill.
She has been living on the fat she had stored in that
plump little body of hers— and that is gone. Etc.
Now it can with justice be said that any man who
dofes not know this is a good ad does not know anything
about advertising. The man who will read this ad care-
fully can get hints for the construction of ads on almost
any subject, for about all the essentials of good adver-
tising are here.
The man who employs freak display, cheap smart-
ness, or who has an idea that brevity is the whole thing,
had better pore over advertising of this other kind until
the light dawns on him.
$2,500, NOT $2,500,000.
In the previous issue the story was told of a druggist
who increased his business $2,500 in one year by certain
methods. The compositor made it $2,500,000. I have told
some tall stories about advertising, but cannot stand for
that one in the form it appeared.
CRITICISM AND COMMENT.
Stead & Whipple, Cordele, Ga., send a seed ad, in
which they offer about twenty first and second cash pre-
miums to those who grow the best vegetables from seeds
puchased of the advertisers.
The ad is well arranged and clearly written. This is
an old plan and one widely employed, often by those
who do not sell seeds, and is an annual feature with
many.
It is apt to be worth using in communities where
farmers' trade predominates, provided it has not already
been used by others.
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WELL DONE.
W. G. Gregory, BuflFalo, submits a couple of four-inch
double column ads, recently used in his local papers. One
of these is reproduced. This is a good ad, especially for
a city paper, because it will tell its story to those who
give it but a casual glance ; metropolitan papers are hur-
riedly read by a large portion of their readers. You
will notice that a glance takes in the substance of this
ad:
"Ebony Hand Scrubs, 29c. Gregory, Pharmacist/'
Ebony Hand Scrubs.
W e bought a lot of Imported Hand Scrubs with
genuine Ebony backs at a bargain. There are two
styles, each expected to retail at 75c. We will sell
them till gone
at
c.
We can't do It again.
OTHER EVERY DAY PRICES:
Phone, - - 5o I Mennen's Talcnm, - ^4^
Lyon's Tooth Powder, leo ' R. & G. Violet Soap, 2O0
We will sell you GENUINE Goods at the lowest
prices and give you WHAT YOU ASK FOR.
GREGORY. Pharmadst.
530 Main Street in "The Genesee."
The average reader will receive a general impression
as to the lowness of Gregory's prices which may bear
fruit later, while those, who are at all interested in the
article advertised will give the ad a careful reading. The
remainder of the ad is condensed and suggestive, and as
a whole it shows thought and skill.
Another ad says:
Eaae Your TBroat
with Optimal Throat Waters. An excellent combina-
tion of Horehound, Wild Cherry. Coltsfoot, Tola,
Licorice, Cubeb, Capsicum, Acacia and Sugar.
Regular 10c.
The wafers are thin; good for the mouth. The box
is thin; good for the pocket.
To introduce, 6c. per box of 40 wafers, 3 for 15c.
Jt jt jt
Editob Business Building:
We mail to-day three copies of local papers containing our
ads. Kindly criticise. Your jeumal is always very welcome.
Have received from it many valuable suggestions In many
ways. W. W. Stephen & Co.
Meaford, Ont
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
Stephen & Co. use a space equal to one full column
in each of their papers and on the whole appear to use
it well. Each of the ads sent is quite different in charac-
ter^ and it is possible that a more uniform method of
presenting the store news would be better. If a man's
advertising is good it is interesting; if interesting, the
form in which displayed becomes secondary, while there
are advantages in having one's ads distinctive so that
they can be recognized at sight. Notice how careful the
sucessful general advertisers are to follow this rule.
One of the papers sent contains four separate ads in
one column, each surrounded by a border, separated by
an inch of white space, and as distinct in setting as though
it had no connection with the others. This is a very
good idea where a number of distinct subjects are to
be presented, but the entire column could have been held
together and made to catch the eye in its entirety by
using a vertical rule in the center of the column to con-
nect the various sections.
One of the columns is devoted to an informal talk
without headings other than *' By the way " at the top.
Matter of this sort in country papers is quite sure to be
read. The following extract is typical of the remainder :
We recommended a package of " ChewsUck," the
new dentifrice, to a gentleman who was purchasing
a toothbrush. He is not easy to suit, has his likes and
dislikes, and knows what he is talking about. How-
ever, he bought " Chewstick," and we have not heard
from him since, but as his sister was in Saturday and
purchased " Ghewstick," we imagine our gentleman
friend was suited.
By the way, we have another tooth preparation that
pleases and has the desirable quality of cheapness.
We call it Metcalf's Antiseptic Tooth Powder. The
package is of ample size and it is nicely put up.
In the above we have examples of store news of
which every druggist has an unlimited supply, or can
have if he will keep his eyes and ears open. Such news
is just as interesting and readable as much that appears
in the regular news columns and will be as faithfully
read if well presented.
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CONSPICUOUS.
Schultze & Seydler, Shiner, Texas, send copy of paper
in which they have the largest and most conspicuous ad.
They have in addition to this several locals and reading
notices.
An ad as large and as neatly set as the chief one is
bound to do some good; all readers must be impressed
with the enterprise of the firm and will note the name
and business. The opportunity is largely wasted, how-
ever, because this ad presents too many things, nothing
strongly or definite enough.
It would be a splendid thing if one could name a list
of articles as this ad does — drugs, medicines, stationery,
toilet articles, perfumes, soaps, brushes and other things
— and get some sort of consideration for each, but it
can't be done, not in this way at least, and there is no
use trying. Any ad of this character must necessarily
leave the reader with a confused impression anYi it is
not apt to have many readers. It is the sort of an ad
that a reader does not get into very far; it's an old story,
heard often before. To the inexperienced advertiser it
is hard, with ample space at his disposal, to devote the
ad to one subject. It seems like a waste to him. Yet it
is the other method that is wasteful. Better talk tooth-
picks and make an impression on people, than to list a
lot of things without .chiving readers something to get
hold of.
For instance, this ad appears to have been used on an
occasion when the town was being visited by stockmen.
Among the dozen or more things in this ad which are
named (mere mention is all that anything gets) is a
htaling preparation for wire cuts, galls, etc. If the whole
ad had been devoted to that one subject it would likely
have sold some of the remedy and given just as much
general publicity to the store. There is no reason why
the present ad should sell anything directly, though it
has some general value just as a sign has.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The Filins: of Prescriptioiu.
To the Editor:
Sir, — In the American Druggist for February lo
I noticed numerous suggestions on methods of filing
prescriptions, and seeing no method recommended that
exactly corresponded to' mine, I take the liberty of ex-
plaining how I file prescriptions.
I first have boxes made measuring about 8 inches
wide by 9 inches long and 6 inches deep, of heavy card-
board, and so arranged that when the lid is taken off one
side opens, and the lid is so marked as to show the num-
bers of the prescriptions contained in the box. Besides
showing the numbers it also shows the dates, leaving
blank spaces on both sides. Now this box contains ten
smaller boxes made on the same plan, but of lighter card-
board ; they are about 7 inches long, 4 inches wide and i
inch deep, each holding 100 prescriptions, having a turn-
able bent file at one end to hold the prescriptions. The
file can be so turned as to prevent the prescriptions from
falling ofl:, and in case of a repetition the file is gently
turned around and prescriptions turned to the correct
one, those above being turned over to the end of the box.
By putting lid over the bottom of the box it holds the
prescriptions out of the way, not harming them in the
least, while the prescription in use is protected by those
at the bottom, these acting as a card. These small boxes
are fitted with a tape pull for convenience in getting at
them.
Of course, all prescriptions are numbered, dated, price
noted, and, in case of capsules, the size of capsule used,
and amount of excipient where the prescription is for
pills, and should any difficulty arise in compounding
this is noted, as well as the method of overcoming it.
It is only seldom that two compounders are required
to use the same box, but this system obviates the danger
of getting the cards mixed up and lost, besides saving
much time.
After twenty or fifty thousand prescriptions have ac-
cumulated these can be placed in larger boxes arranged
in a similar manner to the boxes holding a thousand.
I have very often found prescriptions in the back num-
bers to be repeated, where the numbers on the containers
had been worn off, within one minute and never more
than three minutes. Some will say that this method
will take up too much space, but after it has been used
for a little time the space question will cut no figure.
Now as to the expense. Since hardly any of us keep
our prescriptions after five years, the boxes can be
emptied and the same numbers used over again, using
a letter or character as a prefix or suffix all the way
through, and when this runs through affix another to it.
After five years it will not be necessary to buy anv more.
In conclusion I will say that after using this system
for some time I have not been able to note a single dis-
advantage. Jos. Hart, Ph.C.
Jackson^ Miss., Feb. 21, 1902.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUliCAL RECORD.
THE RICE MEMORIAL FUND* DINNER TO ENNO SANDER.
143
Fttrthct Contributions to the ^ American Druggist ^ A Banquet Tendered by Friends of the Veteran on
Subscrfptfon List. His Eightieth Birthday*
Interest in tbe Rice Memorial Fund continues unabated.
The response to the appeal for contributions to the supple-
mentary fund started by the American Dbuooibt has been
hearty and spontaneous, the desirability for professional rea-
sons, as well as for Dr. Rice's memory, of enlarging to the
utmost the circle of friendly interest In the movement insti-
tuted by the Committee on Revision of the United States
PharmacopcBia being freely aclcnowledged. In the article
printed in our lasl issue one or two trifling inaccuracies crept
in which we desire to correct. Thus George J. Seabury is
credited in the extract from his letter with a contribution of
^100, while $25 only appears opposite his name on the list of
contributors. We should have explained that it is Mr. 8ea-
bury's Intention to make $75 the nucleus of a fund to be
started in three other drug Joui^als in separate donations of
$25 each. The total amount contributed to the Amsbican
Dbuooist Fund at the time of publication of our issue for
February 24 was $306.50, instead of $305.50, as there stated,
an error having been made in adding up the column.
The following additional donations have been received:
Previously acknowledged $306.50 «
Eustace H. Gane, New York 2.00
Prof. Albert U. Brundasre, Brooklyn 2.00
Prof. H. V. Amy. Cleyeland 6.00 .
Clarence 6. Stone. New York 2.00
Wm. Mclntyre, Philadelphia 5.00
Wm. F. Kaemmerer, Cleveland 1.00
J. A. Dunn. Brooklyn 1.50
Col. B. W. Fitch. New York 3.00
Wm. Mittelbach, Boonvllle. Mo 1.00
Dr. Wm. Simon. Baltimore 10.00
Total 1339.00
AN APPBAfi TO PHYSICIANS.
(From the Medical News.)
The movement set on foot by the leaders of the pharmaceu-
tical profession to honor by some fitting memorial the mem-
ory of Dr. Charles Rice, late of this city, is well under way
and should be liberally responded to by physicians throughout
the country. The raising of the standard of the pharmaceuti-
cal profession and the present high standard set for the prep-
arations of the Pharmacopceia are largely the results of Dr.
Rice's activity.
MEDICAL MBN SHOULD SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION.
(From the yew York Medical Journal.)
We are glad to learn that measures are being taken to col-
lect a fund for placing a simple slab or a memorial shaft over
the place where there rest the remains of the late Dr. Charles
lUce. The Committee on Revision of the United States Phar-
macopoeia is collecting a fund, and the American Druggist
has opened a supplementary subscription list. It seems to us
eminently fitting that medical men also should show their ap-
preciation of Dr. Rice's great services, for they were of value,
if only indirectly, to the advancement of medicine, and we
know that this fact is widely realized.
INTEREST IN THE FUND IS SPREADING.
(From Drug Topics, New York.)
The many friends of the late Dr. Charles Rice will be glad
to learn that contributions to the Rice Memorial Fund are be-
ing n^ceived in a most gratifying manner. Subscriptions
amounting to over $300 are already at hand, and the interest
in the fund and the projected monument Is constantly spread-
ing. The editors of the American Druggist deserve credit
for the position they have taken :n this matter, as it was
largely due to their efforts that the movement was started.
Co-operative Manufacturing: on the Pacific Coast*
The National Pharmacy Company have been incorporated
in New Jersey to carry on the business of manufacturing
pharmacists on the Pacific Coast. The plan of the company
is to associate physicians, pharmacists and manufacturers
together in a co-operative organization for the purpose of man-
ufacturing and dealing in standard and standardized phar-
nmcentlcal preparations. Two hundred thousand dollars have
Already been subscribed, tlils stock being held by about sixty
of the leading physicians and pharmacists of California. The
t*ompany have absorbed Clinton E. Worden & Co. and the
Pearls Pharmaceutical Company, and may increase their cap-
ital stock and take in other concerns later.
St Louis, March 3.— The pharmaceutical friends pf Dr.
Enno Sander tendered him a banquet at Faust's on the oc-
casion of his eightieth birthday, which event he celebrated
on Wednesday, February 20. A committee consisting of H.
F. A. Spilker, chairman; Prof. Gustavus Hinrichs, Dr. H. M.
Whelpley and Prof. J. M. Good had the arrangements in
charge. Forty-two of his old friends were present Dr. San-
der was one of the founders of the St Louis College of Phar-
macy, is an ez-president of the college and has always been
one of its stanchest friends. He was the first professor of
materia medlca and botany in that institution. In recogni-
tion of all this he was on this occasion elected emeritus pro-
fessor of materia medlca and botany in that institution. In
recognition of his services in organizing the Alumni Associa-
tion of the college, and his continuous substantial friendship,
that organization elected him an honorary member, which is
the first time that honor has been conferi^ed upon any one by
this association. The banquet lasted from 7 until 11 p.m., and
was pronounced by all present a most successful and enjoy-
able affair. Albert E. Ebert of Chicago, came down for the
occasion and acted as toastmaster. The toasts were as
follows:
Our Guest, Dr. H. M. Whelpley; The Pupil iind the Teacher,
Dr. O. A. Wall, sr.; The Pharmacist of Old, 0. F. G. Meyer;
Continued Honors, William H. Lamont; His Absent Friends,
Prof. J. M. Good; Honor to Whom Honor is Due, Prof. J. M.
GrOOd.
Many letters were read from distant friends who were un-
able to attend the banquet, among the communications read
being a poem by Caswell A. Mayo, editor of the American
Druggist, which follows:
THE ABSENT— AND THOSE GONE BEFORE.
A OREETIKO AND A TOAST.
Across the festal board you gaze
On loving friends and cordial lionts,
Who gather on your natal day
Your health to drink In merry toasts.
Their faces, filled with Joy and love,
Give tribute to that modest worth
Which makes us all with one accord
Call that day blest which gave you birth.
But 'mid that gay and Joyous band,
Forget not that fond absent friend,
Whose halting verses lamely seek '
For absence to make some amend.
And ladies fair there are — God wot !
Would Join me in a greeting true,
But that they'd rather speak themselves
Than trust me with their thous^ts of yon.
Ah. sly old dog ! I know not how
Their brightest smiles you always win.
But '* love breeds iove," and not to love
You In return were surely sin.
And there are those grown old In years,
Whose hearts still glow with friendship's fire :
But who stand mute for lack of skill —
Not love — to sound the votive lyre.
And last of all. those silent friends
Whom mem'ry calls from days of yore.
Whose loving hearts He cold in death,
\Mi08e spirits have gone on before;
Tliere's I»rocter. teacher, savant, friend,
Ajid Curtman, mine of chemic lore ;
There's Malsch and Rice and Bedford, too,
Who wait you on the further shore ;
All these would greet you, dear old friend,
For these I sing in faulty score.
And beg jou pledge in full, deep glass,
THE ABSENT— AND THOSE GONE BEFORE.
Dr. Sander was born in Trinum, Anhalt, Germany. He
took his Ph.D. in chemistry at Halle In 18^7. participated In the
revolution of 184.S, was captured and imprisoned, but subse-
quently pardoned. Coming to the United States In 1850, he
went to St. Louis in 1852, where he first taught school and
then engaged in the practice of pharmacy. In 1868 he began
the manufacture of chemicals, and later took up artificial
mineral waters, in which he has been very successful. In 1871
he was elected president of the American Pharmaceutical As-
sociation, and for forty years consecutively has been treasurer
of the St. Louis Academy of Sciences. He has never married.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
CONDITIONS IN CUBA.
«
A Suggestive Interview with W* J. Andrus*
W. J. Andrus, secretary and treasurer of the Pheno-Bro-
inate Chemical Company, 38 Murray street returned recently
from a stay in Cuba extending over a month. Mr. An-
drus made the visit for recuperative purposes and to attend
to certain business matters, and he expresses himself as de-
lighted with his experiences.
In recounting some of his observations to a representative
of the A-MERiCAN Druggist, shortly after his return, Mr. An-
drus said:
" The one thing that Impresses itself above everything else
upon the American who visits Cuba at the present time Is the
fact that the commerce of the island is approaching a crisis. In
the two principal cities, Havana and Matanzas, I talked not
alone with the natives, but with Americans, who have been es-
tablished there for years, and who are either in business on
their own account, or who represent American Industries; and
they one and all insisted that success in all business enter-
prise in Cuba depends on the satisfactory moving of the two
great staple products of the country— sugar and tobacco.
" A large proportion of last year's crops of both are now
in the warehouses, and will not be moved until satisfactory
prices are obtained. In the meantime, producers are begin-
ning to grind the second sugar crop, and unless what is now in
the warehouses is moved, there is sure to follow a most se-
rious state of affairs.
•" The people of Cuba are awaiting the result of their peti-
tions to the American Congress for some decisive action bene-
ficial to their commerce, for they recognize that this country
is her legitimate and best, as it Is her only available, market.
" The working people are, generally speaking, in a most de-
plorable condition of poverty, and were it not for some few
natural products of the soil which grow wild would die of
starvation. Prosperity in the island depends, in great meas-
ure, upon the employment of this class of people. When Gov-
ernmental conditions in Cuba are established upon a stable
basis, and those to be governed entertain respect for those who
govern, the development of the natural resources of the island
will progress very rapidly, and products that hitherto have not
been cultivated at all, or but little, will be grown in large
quantities and afford a very appreciable revenue.
" Heretofore the better element among the native Cubans
entertained the idea held by the bulk of the Cuban people that
it was not the intention of the United States to withdraw its
government from the island. Now they are beginning to real-
ize that the United States intends to fulfill its promise to give
them independence, and the feeling is changed to one of re-
gret that the American troops will be withdrawn, a circum-
stance which is evidenced by the very general consideration
and courtesy exhibited to the American soldiers.
" Another impression one obtains by a visit to Cuba is that
the Cubans regard the Americans as millionaires, whose sole
purpose in visiting the * ever-blessed isle ' is to get rid of their
surplus wealth. They accordingly never make the mistake of
undercharging the tourist for anything.
** I was astonished to observe the hygienic and sanitary
conditions existing under the operation of the United States
Sanitary Corps, of which Major Gorgas is the chief, situated
at Havana. Marvelous and noticeable improvement has been
made in this respect, which I believe the Cubans do not fully
appreciate. The cesspools that have contained accumulations
of years have iJeen emptied and disinfected, the streets are
kept scrupulously clean, being swept every night, and tons
and tons of germicides and disinfectants have been, and are
being, used. The fact that there has been not only no deaths
from yellow fever in Havana, but not a single case of the dis-
ease for the past four months, indicates a wonderful improve-
ment in this direction, and reflects unlimited credit upon the
energy, ability, etc., of the sanitary staff.
" One of my objects in making the trip," continued Mr.
Andnis, " was to learn from personal observation something
about the prevailing conditions in the drug business and in the
medical profession. I wanted to learn some of the existing
peculiarities. I found that all the druggists— wholesale and
retail— and all of the physicians, are gentlemen of culture and
exceeding courtesy. In proportion to the population I found
that the number of pharmacists and doctors was fairly numer-
ous. I visited many of the principal hospitals, saw their super-
intendents and staffs, and was impressed with the hospitals'
equipments, as well as with the ability of those having them
in charge.
As to the retail drug stores, I remarked the absence of
many of the characteristics so common to the pharmacies of
this country, and particularly of those in all our large cities.
There is an evident determination to be conventional—to stick
to old traditions. The druggists of Cuba, from what I could see,
endeavor to confine their business to their leg^ltlmate profes-
sion, that of compounding prescriptions. They carry proprie-
taries, but do not push them forward, nor do they put sundries
to the fore as they do here. It is the custom of physicians to
prescribe rather than to dispense, and of the pharmacist to
abstain from prescribing, and therefore the relations between
the physician and pharmacist are harmonious.
" I inferred from what I saw that the proprietor of a re-
tall pharmacy In Cuba regards his calling more as a profession
than a trade. He does not apparently aim to be a merchant
In the retail stores that I visited, too, I failed to notice soda
water fountains. I believe that some of the pharmacists had
them, but they were neither prominent, nor, in fact, insepa-
rable parts of a drug store as they are regarded here.
" Another feature of the Cuban retail drug store, too. Is its
neat and tidy appearance. I saw neither cards, nor pam-
phlets, nor circulars to which customers are Invited to help
themselves, and, in fact, there is every sign of a tendency to
discourage methods that are commonly in vogue here, and that
are looked upon generally as * trade inducers.* "
PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY*
Pharmaceutical Meetins: — ^Atomic Weights— Drug and
Food'Adulteratfon — Doses and Their Measurement.
Philadelphia, February 28.— The regular monthly pharma-
ceutical meeting of the Philadelplila College of Pharmacy was
held Tuesday, February 18, James T. Shinn, treasurer of the
college, presiding.
Prof. Edgar F. Smith, vice-provost of the University of
Pennsylvania, was the first speaker on the programme, and
gave an address on the subject of Atomic Weights, which was
both scholarly and convincing. He reviewed the work of Dal-
ton and Berzellus, the former of whom proposed hydrogen
as a basis for atomic weight determinations, and the latter
the use of oxygen as a standard of comparison. Prof. Smith
said that hydrogen is the ideal standard, and has the claim
of priority in its favor, but owing to the small number of
compounds formed by its direct union with the other ele-
ments, oxygen is to be preferred as a standard for atomic
weight determinations. Another point referred to by the
speaker was that if oxygen be considered to have the atomic
weight of 16 then about one-half of the atomic weights of the
other elements will be whole numbers.
Dr. Albert Robin, bacteriologist and pathologist of the
Delaware State Board of Health, read a lengthy x>aper on
ADULTERATION OF DRUGS AND FOOD PRODUCTS.
In considering the subject of food adulteration the speaker
said that the claim is made by manufacturers that competition
is so close as to compel them to adopt methods they would
otherwise be glad to abandon. Then he said: " This position,
however, cannot be maintained with regard to drugs. Here,,
evidently, the price to the consumer does not enter into con-
sideration, the prices being, as they mostly are, altogether
out of proportion to the original cost. Neither does competi-
tion, in so far as the retail price of the drugs is concerned,
compel the druggist to reduce the cost, which may be said to
be fairly uniform, with a liberal margin, for wholesale fluc-
tuations."
M. I. Wilbert apothecary to the German Hospital, Philadel-
phia, read a paper, entitled Dose Measures and Measured
Doses. The author, having tested the capacity of spoons
according to the definition of the French Codex, finds that
they do not vary to any considerable degree. In considering
the accuracy, or inaccuracy, of medicine glasses, Mr. Wilbert
said we need not be surprised to find at times that these meas-
ures are not even approximately correct, and one peculiarity
is that the more expensive glasses are more likely to be in-
accurate than the cheaper ones. In regard to the persona!
equation In measuring doses, the speaker said that this Is a
factor of considerable moment and is one which Is generally
lost sight of in discussions of this kind.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
MS
•N. A. R. D. NOTES.
The following l8 a partial list of the unreported associations recent-
ly recently organised and affiliated with the N. A. R. D. : Alabama —
Kscambla and Pike counties. Florida-^— Escambia and Santa Rosa coun-
ties. Organizer Schodde started work in this State at Pensacola and
is working eastward. In addition to the county associations, which
lociude only white members, he is forming a State association for col-
ored members. Illinois — Hamilton, Jefferson. Randolph, Whiteside and
McHenry County associations Just organized. Kentucky — Lyon County
and Webster County associations. In the latter county the ten per
cent, cut on patents, which has been in existence for some time, was
removed. Organizer Weeks is nearing the center of the State. Mlchl-
fan — Macomb, St. Clair and Livingston counties organized. Onfaniza*-
ion work has been discontinued in this State for the winter, rennes-
see — Obion County organized. A start was made in this State by
Organizer Bottnme, who was transferred from New York State. Vir-
ginia — ^The Capital City Association was recently formed at Richmond
to take the place of the former association in that city. Chesterfield
County has been organized. Organizer Vincent, who was the Michigan
organizer, has been transferred to this State. Wisconsin — The Dane
County Association has been formed with 76 members. This county
includes the city of Madison. The work in this State has been aban-
doned for the winter and will be resumed in the spring.
• • •
A strong factor In the success of the N. A. R. D. is the rigid insist-
ence that salesmen show their salesmen's cards. While in small asso-
ciations this may not be so Important, in the larger associations it is
of great Importance. The card is the salesman's passport — his guaran-
tee that his lirm are loyal to the Interests of their principal customers,
the retail druggists. The following letter from the American Malt
Cream and Drug Company of South Bend, Ind., illustrates the esteem in
which these cards are held by the manufacturers doing business in
Chicago :
"Chicaqo^ III., September 2, 1901.
" Thomas V, Wootcn, Secy, N, A, R. D., OMcago, III.
'* DBAS Sib : I am authorized by the American Malt Cream and Drug
Company of South Bend, Ind^ to say to you that they have reduced the
t»rices on their Malt Cream Food to $2, |4 and |8 per dozen. This be-
Dg done In harmony with the N. A. R, D., we presume that they will
Issue to us the * National Card,' that we may have some means of recog-
nition for our several traveling salesmen.
" We renew our pledge to do all in our power to uphold the retail
prices on oar Malt Cream and to do what we can to prevent it being
sold by aggressive cutters where the same shall come to our knowledge.
" Yours respectfully, E. F. Bakbr, Manager.
** Chicago Branch."
• • •
The best way to insure attendance at association meetings is to
avoid holding them too often, not to hold a meeting unless there is
something of importance to be discussed, and to combine some social
feature with the business part of the meeting, either before or after
the business has been disposed of. When members leave a meeting feeling
that their time has been, wasted it is always harder to get tnem out
a gain. It frtionld be the business of every member to make every other
member Acquainted all around and to take part in the discussions dur-
ing the meeting. The benefit derived from this is two-fold : More light
is thrown on the subject under discussion, and as members practice the
art of talking and thinking on their feet they develop confidence and
power. No man knows what he may become as a debater until he has
consistently developed his powers in this direction. To be a good de-
bater implies a habit of logical thought, and such a habit can be formed
more quickly in debate than by any other means. When a stranger
comes loto the meeting shake hands with him as soon as opportunity
offers. Such attentions are appreciated by every one. Don't act stiffly
toward your brother druggist, even if you may not have gone through
the fornaallty of an introduction. If ne Is a druggist he ought to be
given the credit for being a sood fellow whether you know him or not.
As to the Bublect of refreshments before the meeting, we have the
authority of Chauncey Depew, who says that he always likes to know
that his audience has had something to eat before he begins to speak.
A sandwich and proper liquid refreiAiments always taste good away
from home. Smokers, banquets, balls and parties are coming very much
Into favor among the successful associations ; and this is as it should
te.
• • •
A very creditable report of the N. A. R. D. convention Is contained
in a circular issued by Charles Herbert Jones, organizer for the Ohio
Valley Association. The circular also gives other matters of Interest
tor this association. We congratulate Mr. Jones and the Ohio Valley
Association on this bulletin, and wiiAi that more of our associations
would take the pains to Inform their members of what is being done.
Mr. Jones' address is 81 Atlas Bank Building, Cincinnati, and all who
desire to get pointers on the publication of a bulletin are invited to
correspond with him.
• • •
The Executive Committee of the N. A. R. D. undoubtedly voices the
sentiments of the members of the association in expressing thanks for
the continued loyalty of Its affiliated associations, especially those In
The East, whose members seemed to believe that the only hope for the
N. A. R. D. was the outright adoption of the Worcester Plan. Before
long we shall learn to what extent some price restrictive plan Is prac-
ticable and all affiliated associations will reap whatever benefit that
shall result. In respecting the old and Inspecting the new we believe
that we are pursuing the right and conservative policy, and we feel
sure the end of the present year will see the N. A. R. D. stronger than
ever before, with a price restrictive plan in operation that shall have
stood all legal tests. The various associations should be cemented to-
gether in bonds so strong that nothing can break them asunder.
patrons have gotten used to it and pay full prices without comment.
He believes that If the full-price plan were conslstentlv tried In St.
Louis and held on to It would work there and people would cease to ex-
pect something for nothing. Before the organization of the St. Clair
County Association there were but three cutters in the county, but they
have now come into the association, and so the record is clear. Two
cutters in an adjoining county, the only two In the vicinity, have Joined
t1 e K. A. B. D. and have restored their prices.
• • •
Ihomas Voegeil, of Voegeil Brothers, Minneapolis, in a recent com-
munication to the secretary, says that he is very much in favor of the
Idea of placing the N. A. R. D. in such a position that it will be able to
so alone, without the financial aid of the manufacturers or the Jobbers.
Mr. Voegeli thinks that the association places itself In a peculiar, not
to say embarrassing, position when It accepts financial assistance from
firms outside the association whose interests may at some time or other
be antagonistic to the interests of the organization. To the end. there-
fore, that the association be entirely Independent and untrammeled,
Mr. Voegeli believes that all members should contribute In proportion
to the benefits they have received and expect to receive from the work
of the association. If none of these benefits have been apparent In
certain individual cases, then the druggist should look upon the salva-
tion of the trade as a whole as of enough Importance to be worth ten
dollars a year at the very least. Every member of the association
could contribute that sum, and if there Is any man who could not he
has not yet exhibited himself. Mr. Voegeli has the courage of his con-
victions and his belief is of the practical kind, for with the letter came
also his personal check, giving liberal and tangible proof that his views
are more than theoretical.
Practically the same views are held by Charles H. Huhn, also of
Minneapolis. Mr. Huhn has also written to the secretary expressing
his views in the matter and inclosing his personal check for ten dollars.
Mr. Huhn was one of the original people who offered to tie one of a
hundred men to give ten dollars eacn to help the N. A. R. D. over the
rough places. He has concluded, however, to contribute the ten any-
how, realizing what the service which the association, its work and its
principles, has been to tho druggists of the Northwest and to himself
personally. He realizes that the N. A. R. D. is the only onanization
of druggists that has ever won the serious recognition of the manu-
facturers and the Jobbers of the country, and that if salvation is to
be found anywhere it will be within the ranks of the N. A. R. D. and
not outside them. He believes that the action of the Eastern associa-
tions wbich seem to be dissatisfied with the work of the N. A. R. D. is
not helping the cause of the druggists, but is hindering the progress of
the work, because there is strength always in union. With all the drug-
gists of the country united In a common cause, in one association, with
a definite object, there seems to be hardly any limit to what may be
accomplished. Disunion means disintegration and the scattering of
forces. There is no strength save in concentration.
• • •
George B. Thorpe, president of the Syracuse (N. Y.) Retail Drug-
gists' Association, sends the sum of |26 to the N. A. R. D., and prom-
ises to send the rema'nder of the dues of his association very soon.
Mr. Thorpe's letter was dated on February 14, and was a very accept-
able valentine.
• • •
Secretary Wooten is In receipt of a letter from M. M. Meyer, secre-
tary of the St. Joseph County Drug Association of South Bfend. Ind.,
Inclosing a check for $10 as a special contribution from the association
to the N. A. R. D. Mr. Meyer says that his association is deeply Inter-
ested in the N. A. R. D. and thoroughly appreciates its good work.
• • •
The druggists of Tallahassee, Fla., have gotten together and are ex-
pecting to get full prices on all their goods. Conditions are said to be
very satisfactory, and P. W. Stubbs, Jr., of Cox & Stubbs, says that the
druggists of Tallahassee have already begun to realize the benefits of
the N. A. R. D. work.
• • •
Tlie February number of the Association News, published by the
Northern Ohio Druggists' Association, is brimful of news on current
association tonics. From this periodical we learn that at the last meet-
ing of the N. O. D. A. Auxiliary officers were elected, and In response to
a request from Philadelphia the sum of $25 was donated to help fight
the phenacetine cases tnere. Many other items of value and Interest
are published. The periodical seems to contain nothing that is not of
practical value and interest to the trade.
• • •
It might not be out of place here to quote the following letter in
&Ula •
um^ «. «r . „ « " Clbvbland, O., February 7, 1902.
Thoa, V. Wooten. Esq., Secretary N. A. R. D., Ohioaao, III,
" Deab Sir : We are In receipt of your favor of the 6th Inst., and
feel that our State, our city, our organization and ourselves have indeed
cause for congratulation in the selection made for the 1002 N. A, R. D.
convention. The honor thus conferred on us by the National Executive
Committee is most fully appreciated, and we assure you that Southern,
Central and Northern Ohio will unite in extending to our visiting
brothers the freedom of our State and the keys of our cities. Your two
hundred kinsmen, druggists of Cleveland, bid you welcome to the Forest
City ; and in full meeting assembled on this *fth day of February. 1002.
pledge ourselves individuallv and collectively to give our visiting broth-
ers and delegates respectful homage, sumptuous entertainment and
whole-souled greeting.
lUly
'• Cordially yours,
"NoHTHiBN Ohio Druooists' Association."
• • •
^■u ^^,f ®^?*'*y P?P**tr, ^i *^® Western Pennsylvania Retail Druggist,
the publication of the Western Pennsylvania Retail Druggists' Assoclal
tion Is full of interesting matter. It came to hand recently. Not the
least Interesting of the articles It contains Is one entitled "Looking
Backward," giving a ffill and concise account of the efforts and the
eventual success of the association in Pittsburgh. The article recites
the first efforts toward better conditions and tells how and why these
were not at first successful, then goes on to give an account of meetings
with the cutters, and how concessions were made on both sides, all In
a spirit of fairness, until at last a satisfactory price-schedule was
agreed upon and has been lived up to by all. The article is instructive
and shows how one association did it. Others could do likewise if
they went about It In a like spirit.
• • •
The N. A. R. D. has forced a wholesale grocery house in Chicago to
get into line. The house were cutters, and it transpired after ashort
time that they could not get goods. This emphasizes the fact that in the
West, at least, the tripartite plan is being made to work.
• • •
Two druggists in What Cheer. la., have come into line. They could
not cut and get any goods, therefore they stopped cutting.
• • •
The jfecretary is in receint of letters from J. M. Carlisle, Dothan.
Ala., and W. H. Davidson. Qulncy, Fla.. stating that the druggists of
those Dlaces are finding their organizations of great use and ttat the
N. A. R. D. Idea has taken root and is already bearing the sood fruit of
profit to the druggists of those localities. ^ *^ ^^ ^^
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD
alnayg tlioBe wiitch i
tt-hlch hoM but tL,.* ^ .u^.u..
o( Its du«B to the N. A. R. 1),
sendlDg 60 centa per member Bddttlonal as
The foUowlDE atorf it
Dg are «>niliis op with their due«, and it la
'e most able to pa; that are the most prumpt
'auQtr IMIcti.i Itetall Druggists' Aaaoelntloa,
mliPFii nil told, the otlier ila; setit tlie amount
--- inlj thai, It doubled tbe amount,
□ aie In tbe secre-
lall cit; In a nelebtxirlng State Urea
nnd ciita prices on cTerythlng wiene'
K lives In Chkago and travels '
bouse, and nbiie tbero Ibc tw
order wnB placed witb tbeU
received and placed o
a promptlj- reported the n
liroprletBr; medlcb
lantlai
Qoda were duly shipped,
-tS" arujf.
r that I . .__
I Job, The goods were i ._ „„. ..„„ ,„,
1 that the mauufacturer la not In the tripartite agreement, Ele bad
,ds no promise, but waa acting almply for Ula own Interest."
aow In Chicago. Note tba
e liberal wltb ttielr money and
The druggists ot South Bend. led.. luc umiu miu men
' ordB ol good cheer. M. SI. Mefer. aeeretary of the 1
.■ — .1.. . piij,.], covering the donation his association
a very encouraging letter. Both were grate-
are neither few
r beat for the welfare of
Improve.
of tboae
Manaxer of tbe Bales Department of L'arke, Davis £ Co.
The drug trade of the country furnishes no better example
of the tTplcal Amerlcnn business man than John C. Spratt, of
Parke, Davis & Co,, the keen, nervous, tlfelcBs type of man
which has made the country the foremost commercial and
Industrial nation on earth. One never comes In contact with
Mr. Spratt but he feels the restless, aggressive energy which
tlomlnates the man; and yet it Is characteristic of him, as It
Is of the typical American whom he so well represents, that
lie unites with this qualltj an apparently Inconsistent taste
for Uteraturc, history and the drama, and likes Dothing better
than a |i:ood book or a fine play.
Mr. Spratt, It Is Interesting to know, had a long and thor-
ough experience in the retail drug business before entering
manufacturing pharmacy. Graduating From the high acbool
at the age of fourteen, be went at once into a store, and it
was Dot until fifteen years afterward that he united bis for-
tunes wltli those of Parke. Davis & Co. This was In 1888:
find, beginning as chief clerk In tlie order department, he has
since served the house In various cnpncitles. gradually climb-
ing bis way up the ladder to one position after another. For
six years now he has t>een manager of the saiea department.
with a small army of 240 travelers under his control, beyond
donbt the largest force of travelling representatives sent out
by any pharmaceutical house In the world.
Protest Against " Ptjre Food " BUls.
The drug trade section of the New York Board of
Trade and Transportation recently sent to members of the
Senate a strong protest against the so called "pure food " bills
pending In the Legislature, particularly the Slater Bill, Senate
No. 497. and the Ambler BUI. Senate No. SM. The Slater bill
prohibits the use of "salicylic acid, formaldehyde or other
harmful substances" as prescriptious. while the Ambler bill
speeifles wbat shall constitute Illegal adulteration. The pro-
test, which was signed by John M. Peters, chairman of tlie
Committee on Legislation, of the drug trade section; Jesse L.
Hopkins, chairman, and IVilllam F, McConuell. secretary of
the section, has resulted, or Is likely to result. It is under-
stood. In auieudments to the Slater bill, so that that measure
win apply only to dairy products. The section argued, in lis
protest, that the " comprehensive provisions " of the Slater
bill would open the way for endless litigation as a result of
disagreements as to what constituted " harmful substances,"
and the discrimination against the two well known preserva-
tive agents named In the bill was not justified in the clinical
experience with those chemicals. As to the Arobler bill, the
protest declared that It lacks definiteness In its provisions as
to what Is Injurious to health, and that any attempt to en-
force such an act would have to be based on widely divergent
and confusing opinions. The section urged that the whole
subject of pure food legislation be referred to a commission.
or to chemists of the State departments " to whom should
be given aufflclent time to consider thoroughly the necessity
for such legislation as well as Its effects."
Oklturv.
John A. Zobrlst. leadlns druggist of Qenera, died February
10 of apoplesy,
Alfred Westbrook, manager for E, L. Washburn & Co., New
Haven, Conn., died on February 20.
Joseph H. Bnckley, Jr.. for many years a prominent drug-
gist of New Haven. Conn., died at his home In that city on
February IG, after a two days' Illness of pneumonia, at the age
of thlrty-flve. -
Edward B. Shope died at bis home In Des Moines on Febru-
ary 12, aged thirty-eight Tbe deceased was In business with
his brother for some time, but afterward opened a pharmacy
and took entire charge.
Nathan F. Smith, who was Identified for many years with
the drug firm of Severance & Smith, of Norwich. Conn., died
on February 10, at his home In Wllliamstown, Mass.. at the
age of seventy-one. after a prolonged Illness,
E. H. Grover. 179 West Fourth street. South Boston. Mass..
died suddenly February 16 of heart failure. He was over
sixty years old and had been In business In South Boston for
more than thirty years. He served under Farragut during
the Civil War, and at the time of his death was a member of
a number of naval and military organizations.
Wllllan) H. Hamilton, a traveling salesman in the employ
of the Fischer Chemical Importing Company, of New Torli.
died at hlfl father's residence, in Pinehurst, Pa., of heart
trouble, on February 12. aged twenty-eight. Mr. Hamilton
learned t2ie retail drug business in Shippensburg. Pa., and pur*
sued the study further in Philadelphia. Several years ago he
went on the road as traveling salesman.
Adolf F. Braldlch, senior member of the firm of Thurston
&, Braldlch, Importers of gums and vanilla beans, died sud-
denly of heart disease on March G at the Colonial Club, where
he had lived for some years. He was bom In Trieste, Aus-
tria, In 1850, and when thirty years old came to New Tort,
entering the wholesale drug house of F. B. Merrick & Co. This
Hrm later became Thurston & Braldlch. and in 1890, on the
death of Mr. Thurston. Mr. Braldlch took into partnership
James <!. Shaw.
Charles M, Barbour, a druggist of Wes.terly, B. I., died in
a hospital at Phenlx. Ariz., on February 19, after an attack
of pneumonia, Mr. Barbour waa bom In Westerly July 18,
IK**!^. and was identified wltb the pbarmacy which bears his
name In that city. He served as hospital steward of the
First Regiment R. I. M., first and second lieutenant o( Com-
pan.v E, First Regiment, and nlde-de-camp, with the rank of
captain, to the general on the brigade stalT. Hls^milltary and
Masonic connections gained for him many acqualntant^s
throughout the State of Rhode Island.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AXD PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
M7
LEWIS THUBBEB LAZELL.
Lewis Thurber Lazeli, of Lazell, Dalley & Co., of this city,
mauufacturers of perfumes and formerly wholesale druggists,
died on February 28 at his home, 69 Livingston street, Brook-
lyn, after a severe illness of several months. His disease was
gastritis. Mr. Lazell was descended from a Huguenol, w^ho
emigrated to this country 250 years ago and settled in Hing-
ham, Mass. Mr. Lazell was bom on February 19. 1825, near
Worcester, Mas&, and lived In Worcester from early child-
hood till the year 1855, when he came to New York and en-
gaged in the wholesale drug business. He had studied phar-
macy in Worcester and was a retail druggist till he entered
into the wholesale business in the firm of Lazell, Marsh &
Hunn, of New York, who succeeded the firm of Haskell, Mer-
rick & liull. His firm later, for many years, Lazell, Marsh
A: Gardiner, were well known ail over the country, and did a
large business as manufacturers and dealers in drugs. After
the death of Mr. Marsh, In 1884, Henry Dalley became a part-
ner, and the firm name was changed to Lazell, Dalley & Co.
Mr. Lazell was for many years a member of the New Eng-
land Society of New York City and of the Hamilton Club of
Hrooklyn. He was an ardent and skillful trout fly fisherman
and one of the organizers of the Oquossoc Angling Associa-
tion, of Rangeley Lake, Me., and for many years made an
annual visit to the Rangeley waters. His genial temper and
many amiable qualities made him a favorite in all his busi-
ness and social relations. His widow and four daughters sur-
vive him. The funeral services were held at his late home
Monday afternoon, March 3, at 5 o'clock. The interment was
at Worcester, Mass.
how eflCective the law Is when the effort Is really made to en-
force it."
DO DRUGGISTS VIOLATE EXCISE LAW?
State Excise Conunissioaer Says they Do*
A somewhat intemperate attack upon the integrity of the
pharmacists and druggists of this State is contained in a
statement made recently to the newspapers by Patrick W.
Cullinan, the State Excise Ck>mmiB8ioner.
Mr. Oulllnan declared that an investigation by his agents
disclosed the fact that druggists, who pay only $5 annually
for the privilege of selling liquors only on the prescription of
a physician, were conducting a general traffic in liquor, and
thus competing with liquor dealers, who pay an annual tax
ranging from $100 to $800.
'* The drug traffic," said he, " shows alarmingly flagrant
abuses of this kind in almost every city and village of the
State. Bvidence of the most conclusive character has been
, reported in nearly two hundred cases, which will be referred
to the several district attorneys of the State for criminal
prosecution.
'* The total amount of annual excise taxes paid by pharma-
cists is $940. The amount which they should have contributed
is $74,500— a net annual loss to the taxpayers of the State
of $73,560. These abuses have existed since the amendment
of the law in 1897. The total net loss is $367,800."
The State Excise Commissioner threatens to recommend
an amendment to the Liquor Tax law, imposing a largely
increased rate of taxation upon the liquor traffic as conducted
by pharmacists, in order, as he says, to correct existing abuses
and protect legitimate dealers against illegal and unjust com-
petition. This proposed amendment to the Liquor Tax law
hasL indeed been submitted to the Legislature by Senator
Stranahan. It restores the rate of taxation imposed upon
pharmacists by the original act of 1897, which, it is alleged,
was lowered to $5 upon a promise that if pharmacists violated
the law their certificates as pharmacists would be revoked.
That promise, accordingto Excise Commissioner Gullinan, has
not been kept. In cities of the first class the fee is made $100;
of the second class, it is made $75; and in third-class cities
and villages the fee is to be $15. The fee for druggists who
sell in bulk is increased from $5 to $15.
The Rev. J. P. Peters, of St. Michael's Church, New York,
points the way of duty to Excise Commissioner CuUinan.
"Vastly more important," says he, in a communication to the
New York Tribune, " then the violation of the liquor law by
pliarmacists in the small cities and viHages of the State, in its
cost to the taxpayer, to mention only what the commissioner
mentions, has been its violation by the Raines law hotels of
this city. These fiagrant violations— or, rather, this condition
of habitual violation— of the law were called to the commis-
8ioiier*s attention by the public press, societies and individuals.
His reply was * You must take care of that yourselves.' The
liquor dealers appealed to him to prevent the mean little vio-
lations of the law by pharmacists, and at once the whole
force of the department was set to work, and it was shown
GREATER NEW YORK.
E. M. Sticht, of Sharon Springs, N. Y., was recently mar-
ried in Brooklyn borough.
Charles Valerius is now managing the Goldwater Pharma-
cies in the borough of the Bronx.
William Zincke, N. Y. C. P. *99, is clerking for William
Koch at Eighth avenue and 133d street.
Charles L. Gleeson, of the importing department of Parke,
Davis & Co., is paying a flying visit to the New York office.
Charles H. Nichols, of Westchester, N. Y., is arranging to
open a new pharmacy at Sheepshead Bay, near Coney Island.
H. C. Tuck, a prominent retail druggist, of Wilkes-Barre.
Pa., was in town for a few days last week on his way ta
Florida.
H. B. Rosengarten, senior member of the firm of Rosen-
garten & Sons, of Philadelphia, was among the visitors in the
drug trade last week.
Cards are out announcing the marriage of Miss Mathilde
Hammond Harding, daughter of Herbert B. Harding, of the
Humphrey's Homoepathic Specific Company, on March 20.
Adrian Paradis, the well known Brooklyn druggist, is up
and about again, after a short siege of illness. Mr. Paradis
devotes most of his attention to the store at Fulton street, cor-
ner of Orange.
Adolph Regal, N. Y. C. P., '96, is conducting a prosperous
pharmacy at West Palm Beach, Fla.; his brother, Louis Regal,
jr., N. Y. C. P., '99, is clerking for the season on the opposite
shore of Lake Worth, at Palm Beach, Fla.
Among recent new drug incorporations we notice that of
the Modified Quinine & Chemical Company, of New York City,
with a capital of $20,000. and directors, G. L. Hall and E.
H. Kissam, of Brooklyn, and A. H. Sill, of New York City.
William J. Baird, manager of the New York branch of
Powers ^ Weightman, who has been in ill health for several
months, is again able to attend to hid business duties. He
was at his office as usual last week and has been receiving
congratulations from many friends on his recovery.
Prof. Frederick L. Harding, of Newark, N. J., is one of the
incorporators of the Chemical Specialty Comimny, recently
organized, with principal offices at 131 Halsey street, Newark;
object, manufacturing chemicals; capital, $50,000. The other
incorporators are: E. Eric Nordel and Thomas S. Hullt, of
Jjong Branch.
Thomas J. Keenan, associate editor of the Amebic an Dbuo-
GisT, will sail for Europe on March 22. During his stay
abroad he will visit the principal cities in Great Britain and
spend some time on the Continent, though his chief purpose
in visiting Europe at this time is to visit relatives in Scotland.
John Shell has accepted temporary charge of the prescrip-
tion department of August Uhl's Cotton Exchange Pharmacy,
Lords Court Building, 27 William street, Manhattan, in the
place of David Ronsheim, who recently met with a serious
accident while running for a train on the platform at the
Brooklyn end of the bridge.
The Chas. Roome Parmele Company have moved from 92
William street to new and more commodious quarters at 45
John street. The change was rendered necessary both by the
growth of their own business and by the fact that the build-
ing at Piatt and William streets is to be torn down, to ifive
place to a more modern structure.
Under the name Urisol Chemical Company, Larry M. Heil-
brun, Jacob Rubel and Arthur Baselow, of New York, have
formed a corporation, with a capital of $10,000, for the manu-
facture of certain pharmaceutical preparations. Mr. Heilbrun
has been interested for some time past in the Lubri-Chondrin
Chemical Company, w^ho manufacture a lubricant for
catheters.
" During the first year of my apprenticeship to the drug
business," said an uptown druggist, "we had a youth from
over in Philadelphia, who was going to learn the business.
And he was about as useless as any youth you ever saw. One
day the proprietor received a letter from the boy's father ask-
ing how his son got along— whether his habits were all right
and if he slept in the store. My boss answered, briefly:
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• Boy's habits good as they ever were. Sleeps in store day
.times; don't know where he sleeps nights.' "
Among recent visitors to the local drug market we noticed
Colonel C. P. Walbridge, of the Jacob S. Merrell Drug Com-
;pany, St Louis; Adolph Mack, of Mack & Co.. San Francisco;
Mr. Miles, of the Canadian Drug Company. St. John, N. B.;
William A. Hover, of William A. Hover & Co., Denver; J. T.
Perry, of the J. W. Crowdus Drug Company, Dallas, Texas;
George H. Burr, Northport, L. I.; P. J. Tormey, of the Owl
Drug Company, San Francisco; C. H. Daggett, of Providence,
H. I.; George Reed, Philadelphia, agent for Parke. Davis & Co-
The fire which destroyed the 71st Regiment Armory, and
which caused so much damage, and loss of life in the Park
Avenue Hotel on the morning of February 22, spared the
pharmacy of Charles N. Leigh, under the hotel, on the
southwest corner of Thirty-third street and Park avenue. The
ceiling was damaged to a small extent by water soaking
through, but otherwise no traces of the disastrous fire are to
be seen. Mr. Leigh was kept very busy on the morning after
the fire in " first aid " work, the proprietor of the Park Avenue
Hotel being among others who received surgical treatment
The Eastern Section of the State Board of Pharmacy caused
the arrest of four assistant pharmacists and two proprietors
of drug stores on February 28, and they were held in bail
for trial. The charge on which the proprietors were arrested
was for employing unlicensed clerks, while the clerks were
charged with retailing drugs and medicines without a license.
The accused are all Italians, doing business in Little Italy.
Their names are Vincent Delala, clerk, A. Crocitthea, em-
ployer, at 2064 Second avenue; Francesco Batolato, clerk,
Giuseppe Cavelli, employer, at 2170 Second avenue, and Lulgl
Denarlo and Nlcoll Muratorl, clerks, 2101 Second avenue and
2037 First avenue, respectively.
George J. Seabury is living in Washington; he Is watching
all bills that pertain In any way to pharmacy, especially the
movement looking to the increase of rank and pay for army
and navy pharmacists. His pet hobby, however. Is looking
after tbe Interests of national legislation, what he calls the
Three Missing Links in our national, commercial and trade
Interests—vlz.: An American built merchant marine, a depart-
ment of commerce and an Isthmian canal. He Is firm in the
belief that these three bills will be enacted at this session of
•Congress. Mr. Seabury has written a very able pamphlet on
all three subjects, which he has dedicated to the President
and the Congress of 1902.
The corporation of Hegeman & Co.. retail druggists, have
taken a lease of the four-story buildings at 200 and 202 Broad-
way for 21 years, with an option on the lease of 10 years
more, from O. F. Zolllkoffer. George Ramsey, the company's
manager, said their lease of the store at 196 Broadway expires
at the end of this year. The company will then move to a
handsome and commodious drug store which will take up the
ground floor of a six-story building on the leased premises.
The old building Js to be torn down May 1 and by December
the new building '.s to be ready for occupancy. It will have a
frontage of 50 feet and a depth of 171 feet There wUl be
offices above the store. The company will continue their store
at 205 Broadway and their uptown stores. ,
Polk Miller, or the Polk Miller Drug Company, Richmond,
appeared in this city on March 3 and 4. under the auspices of
the local chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy of the
City of New York, for the benefit of their charity fund. In
order that the entertainment should be in every way a true
and faithful reproduction of ** Old Plantation Days in Dixie "
he brought with him, as types of his subject, a number of the
very best singers from the tobacco factories of Richmond.
These negroes were not In full dress, which hampers and de-
stroys naturalness In the negro, but In their " work bench "
clothes. 'The showed how negroes, who are not ashamed of
the fact, act, sing and look. Mr. Miller is widely known
as one of the most successful entertainers on the lecture plat-
form, and the entertainments given here were most successful
in every respect
Mention was made In the American Dbugoist for October
14, 1901, of the suit brought by T. J. Backes to compel the
Messrs. Sire, of the New York Theater, to give him possession
of the premises he had leased at the corner of Forty-fifth
street and Broadway. Mr. Backes' action was brought to
enjoin the defendants from erecting a building on the plot at
the northwest corner of Forty-fifth street and Broadway ex-
cept in accordance with the plan and specifications previously
made for him by his architect. In order to have a pharmacy
in the locality built in accordance with his wishes he leased
the entire plot from the trustees of Henry Astor. He assigned
the lease to another, making it a condition that his archltecf 8
plan should be followed in erecting the building, and that
he should have the store designed as a pharmacy. The lease
was afterward asslg^ied to still another, who filed plans and
specifications for a building different from that planned by
the original architect An Injunction to prevent Uie Messrs.
Sire from building on the plot except In accordance with the
plan devised by Mr. Backes' architect was asked of Justice
Clarke, at Special Term, who denied the application. The
Appellate Division of the Suprenie Court has now handed
down a decision reversing that order and granting the motion
for an injunction, so that the Messrs. Sire cannot build their
theater unless they provide a pharmacy in the premises for
Mr. Backes.
OFFICERS TO BE ELECTED BY THE COLLEGE.
The following list of candidates has been selected by the
Nominating Committee and will be balloted on at the an-
nual meeting of the college, which will be held at the college
on Tuesday evening, March 18: For president, Charles F.
Chandler; for first vice-president William Jay Schleffelln;
for second vice-president, Reuben R. Smith; for third vice-
president, Ernest Molwitz; for treasurer, Clarence O. Blgelow;
for secretary, Thomas F. Main; for assistant secretary, O. J.
Griffin; for trustees to serye three years. Otto Boeddiker, M.
J. Breltenbach. John R. Caswell. Charles S. Erb and Samuel
W. Falrchlld; for trustee to serve one year, Carl Schur.
Wholesale Drusfgist Bowlers.
About thirty members of the Wholesale Drug Trade Bowl-
ing Association spent a pleasant evening on Friday, February
28. at Reid's alleys, 192 Church street Those present at-
tended through invitations extended by the association in or-
der that members who do not belong to the league might have
a chance to bowl. Several prizes were won, and awarded as
follows: L. C. Stevens, high average; J. Carberry, spare
prize; C. McCormick, high score. These three men are in the
tournament. Among the non-contestants In the tournament
prizes were given to the following: G. G. Huff, high average;
S. H. Carragan, spare prize; J. A. Corson, high score; J. H.
Rogers, second average; H. B. Hassllnger, second spare prize;
J. R. Boyd, greatest number of honors. Special average prises
for two games were won by E. A. Sayre, W. M. Davis, S. H.
Carragan and John Blake.
Coca-Cola Company Wios a Suit.
In the case of the Coca-Cola Company vs. Frank S. Williams,
recently deceased, a druggist in Washington, D. C, Justice
Hagner. of- Equity Court No. 1, handed down a decision on
February 21 reviving the case against, the Washington Loan
& Trust Company, executors of the will of the said Williams,
perpetuating the temporary injunction heretofore granted in
the case against the said Frank S. Williams, whereby he was
enjoined from selling or offering to sell, directly or indirectly,
any preparation, syrup or compound, under the name of coca-
cola, which, in fact, was not coca-cola; and also perpetually
enjoining the Washington Loan & Trust Company, executors
of said Williams, permanently and perpetually from the* sale
or offering for sale, directly or Indirectly, any preparation,
syrup or compound, under the name of, and for, coca-cola,
which, In fact. Is not coca-cola manufactured by the Coca-Cola
Company; also decreeing that the defendant pay to the Coca-
Cola Company one hundred dollars on account of the profits
and gains which the skid Frank S. Williams In his lifetime
derived from the sale by him of a preparation and syrup which
he sold at jcoca-cola, which. In fact, was not coca-cola; and also
decreeing all costs against the defendant
The bill In this case was filed by the Coca-Cola Company,
of Atlanta, Ga., In October, 1900, wherein It was alleged that
Frank S. Williams, a druggist, doing business at the comer
of Ninth and F. streets, N. W., Washington, was selling a soda
fount drink for coca-cola which In fact was not coca-cola, and
claimed damages for the Infringement of the trade mark of
the Coca-Cola Company. Proof was taken by the company,
and upon that proof the bill was sustained.
This decision should be a warning to all persons who may
be engaged In selling any fictitious foods or drinks claiming
them to be genuine. Under the laws now In force In most
States this is a crime, subjecting the party who may be guilty
to a severe punishment.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
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INDEX OF LEGISLATION AT ALBANY.
Posftioa of Bills Affectins: Phannacy*
Below we print an Index of all bills introduced at this ses-
sion of the Legislature of the State of New York affecting the
interests of New York pharmacists, up to Saturday, March 1:
In Senate*
Position.
No. INTBODUCBB AND TlTLB. SBN. ASSBK.
405. Ambler (Columbia). Adulteration of Food Agr
184. Audett (Kings), Penal Code, Bxplosiyes, Soda Water. Cod. ...^
275. Hill (Elrle). Amendment to Pharmacy Law (Id.
O'Mallev) p. p.
221. Marshall (Kings), Poison Cork G. O
116. Slater (New york), Adulteration of Drugs. . .* Pub. H
336. Slater (New York), Pure Food (Id. Graeff) Agr.
— Stranahan (Oswego)* Amendment to Liquor Tax
Law, Increasing Cost to Druggists T. R
In /ssembly.
709. Fancher (Cattaraugus), Sale of Certain Drugs Pub. H.
27. Fitzgerald (New Yorkj, Antitoxin Law Clt.
589. Graeff (Essex), Pure Food (Id. Slater) Agr.
129. Nye (Schuyler), Practice or Pharmacy by Physi-
clans Pub. H.
1048. Nye (Schuyler), Dmgs, Adulteration of 8d Head.
70. O^Malley (£2rie). Amendment to the Pharmacy Law
(Id. Hill) P.
407. RIchter (New York), Relating to Sale of Drugs Cod.
97. Smith (New York), Manufacture of Soda Water Cod.
B/XPLANATION OF ABBBEYIATIONS.
Agr. — In Committee on Agriculture ; Clt. — In Committee on Affairs
of Cities; Cod. — In Committee on Codes; 6. O. — General Orders (in
Senate) or Committee of Whole ; T, R. — In Committee on Taxation and
Retrencftiment ; P. — Passed ; Pub. H. — In Committee on Public Health :
Id. — Identical, when there are similar bills in the Senate and Assembly.
THE PHARMACY LAW WILL BE AMENDED*
HiU BiH Passes in Senate and Assembly—Delayed by Necessity of
Printing AmendmentB Separately.
According to latest advices it is now reasonably certain
that the amendments to the State Pharmacy Law will be en-
acted. The Hill bill (2d. O'Malley in the Assembly) passed
the Senate and was also passed in the Assembly, the O'Malley
bill being in the Assembly Committee on Public Health.
Senator Hill told our Buffalo correspondent before he went
to Albany last week that he would have the amendments pro-
vided in the bill through before the end of the weeli. I> de-
veloped, however, that Governor Odell objected to having the
entire pharmacy law reprinted, thereby entailing a heavy and,
perhaps, unwarranted expense on the State. The amendments,
therefore, had to be recalled and separated from the general
body of the law. Senator Hill says that this is but a matter
of routine. Consequently there is very good reason to be-
lieve that the Pharmacy Law will be amended without any
further hitch.
The following expressions regarding the prospects for the
enactment of Uie Hill amendment were obtained by the
AicERioAN Druooist froui the individuals interviewed:
President Thomas Stoddart, of the State Pharmaceutical
Association, speaks with considerable vim and directness on
the subject " I am surprised,** said he to our correspondent,
"to find that certain of the pharmaceutical press of New
York City should take sides against these amendments, when
the State Association has only one purpose in the matter, that
of elevating pharmacy. I cannot understand why such nar-
row opposition should arise. I shall carry out the wishes of
^•ie State Association to the letter, for I know that the opposi-
tion is from two or three men for selfish ends. The place
for kicking is in the association, not in the Legislature. I
have been to Albany two or three times tq. back up the bills,
and am surprised to find a few men there making fools of
themselves, with certain journals helping them to keep up
perpetual strife."
Secretary George Reimann, of the Western Branch of the
State Board, who heard President Stoddart make the above
statement, exclaimed, " Right you are,** when he finished.
Dr. Gregory, of the Western Branch, said that, while he
Was not quite in line with all the measures adopted by the
State Association, he felt it to be his duty to accept them.
VIEWS OF LOCAL DRUGGISTS.
Among local druggists prominent in organization work it
la conceded that present indications point to favorable action
in the matter.
George H. Hitchcock said: "The Hill bill has been passed
by the Senate, and the last I heard about the bill in the As-
sembly was that it was in the Committee on Public Health.
The present outlook is that the amendments will become law.
Of course, I am still opposed to the bill as it stands, as is also-
the Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association, which is the only
organization that has fought the measure. The association,
was represented at hearings at Albany, and it was probably
due to the association's opposition that the measure was de-
layed.**
J. Maxwell Pringle, jr., president of the Manhattan Pharma-
ceutical Association, said he had not followed the mat-
ter closely enough to warrant him in expressing an opinion,
and that whatever he might say would be based on knowledge
obtained from the Manhattan Association's Committee on>
Legislation, which had been looking after the bill.
Substantially the same view as this was expressed by Clar-
ence O. Bigelow.
Sidney Faber declined to discuss the situation, stating that
since he was a member of the State Board of Pharmacy it
would not be proper for him to express any opinion.
William Muir, of the Kingp County Pharmaceutical So-
ciety, also declined to be interviewed on the subject.
JOBBERS DISCUSS REBATE PLAN*
Charsrcs of Bad Faith, Excessive Rebates and Secret
Selling; to Ctitters*
Complaints that prominent jobbers of the East, notably in.
Boston, New York and Philadelphia, had violated their pledge
to maintain the tripartite and rebate agreements resulted in a
conference at the Waldorf-Astoria on Friday, February 28. of
representative wholesalers from various sections of the coun-
try. The meeting was called by the Proprietary Committee
of the National Wholesale Druggists* Association for the
purpose of strengthening these weaknesses in the trade situa-
tion. It was attended by about a dozen and a half firms or
their representatives, most of those present being members
of the committee. Practically all of the leading New Yorlc
jobbers were there.
The sessions were, as usual, held behind closed doors, but
from all accounts the conference was at times quite stormy,
and there was a good deal of very plain talk indulged in.
Charges of bad faith, of excessive rebates and of secret sell-
ing to cutters on the prohibited list were made. There were
some denials and also some frank admissions of broken
agreements, supported with arguments made to justify the
action of the parties who had not lived up to their pledge, and.
at one time it looked as if anything but harmony would re-
sult from the conference.
As to what was actually accomplished the reports given
by local jobbers differ.
One prominent firm, for instance, declared positively that
nothing was done, that no agreement was reached and that the
meeting adjourned subject to the call of the chair. Another
jobber, who also attended the conference, said with equal
positiveness that an agreement was reached as regards the
tripartite plan; that the trouble over rebates had not been so .
definitely settled, and that the outcome of the conference was
not entirely satisfactory.
As a matter of fact, a resolution was unanimously passed'
" to strictly maintain the tripartite agreement.** Another
resolution was also passed to the effect that the jobbers pres-
ent at the meeting would use their best efforts to strengthen
the rebate plan in its weak places. Whether or not this last
resolution will help remedy the evils complained of remains
to be seen. It contains nothing in the nature of an ironclad
pledge.
The conference was presided over by C. F. Shoemaker, of
Philadelphia, chairman of the Proprietary Committee of the
N. W. D. A. Among others present were Frank A. Faxon,
Kansas City; Albert Plant, of Lehn & Fink; Thomas B. De-
lano, of Crittenton & Co.; Thomas F. Main, of Tarrant & Co.,
of New York; George A. Kelley, of Pittsburgh; William J.
Walker, of Albany; Fred L. Carter, of Boston; Lucien B.
Hall, of Cleveland; Charles F. Weller, of Omaha; W. A. Hover,
of Denver; Horace M. Sharp, of Philadelphia; John M, Carey,
of Indianapolis, and J. E. Toms, of Philadelphia.
Witch Hazel Trust Redivivtts.
A witch hazel trust seems to be one of the latest schemes
on the carpet in the combination line. According to advices
from Connecticut the old plan of forming such a combination-
has been revived. A similar effort was made about a year-
ISO
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
ago. At that time the project Was in the hands of E. R. Chap-
man, of 80 Broadway, this city, but he did not succeed in
getting all companies to Join the enterprise. The Pond's Ex-
tract Company, it is understood, were one of the companies op-
posed to consolidation, probably because they would lose their
identity and trade mark. The Hughes Distilling Company and
other Connecticut firms are now mentioned in connection with
this latest attempt to effect a combination.
WESTERN NEW YORK.
Amatetir Chemists Blown Up— A Mixttsre of Sulphttr and Potass*
Chlorate Explodes— Masquerade Ball of the Btiffalo Pharma-
dsti' Social Otsb— Dntggists Stirred Up by Excise Commission-
er's Sensational Charges— Oppositioa to the Higher License Fee*
{From our Regular Correspondent.)
Buffalo, March 6.— There was a bad explosion in the fine
drug store of Smither & Thurstone, at Elmwood avenue and
Bryant street, February 28, which came near ruining the en*
tire establishment. Though some of the local papers reported
the accident in a sensational way it was a rather fortunate
affair on the whole. Some over-inquisitive boys, having heard
that a mixture of sulphur and potassium chlorate was ex-
plosive, went to the store and bought some of each, which
they put into a fruit Jar. The clerk who sold it to them or-
dered them away, saying that it was very explosive. After
being gone awhile they brought it back, saying that they
<K>uld not make it " go off," and complained that it was no
good. Another clerk repeated the warning that it was liable
to explode at any moment, and told them to go, but before he
could get rid of them the explosion took place, and smashed
show cases and upset things generally.
SOCIALITY AMOKG PHARMACISTS.
The masquerade ball of the Buffalo Pharmacists* Social
CJlub, given on February 26, was a great success, over 150 peo-
ple attending. Though all members were permitted to invite
friends, it was still strictly an affair of the city druggists, and
shows the improved tone of the trade quite as much as any-
thing could. Every one knows that such a gathering could
not have been obtained in the old days, when the cut rate
stores were driving good people out of the business. There
were many original costumes. George Reimann carried off
the first prize, offered for the most unique men's cotume, and
Mrs. Reimann took the same prize on the other side of the
house. Their costumes were of the rural cast. Mrs. Reimann
is chairman of the Entertainment Committee of the club, J.
L. Perkins was at the head of the Reception Committee and
J. H. Peterson of the Floor Committee.
THE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF THE EXCISE LAW.
The charges made against druggists by the State Excise
Board of violating the excise law naturally created a sensa-
tion over the State. President Stoddart, of the State Phar-
maceutical Association, joins with other Buffalo druggists in
hoping and believing that the reports, or the inferences from
the general reports, make the number of violators too many.
President Stoddart hopes to learn that there are no State As-
sociation members in the list. He will obtain the list by wire
as soon as it is given out, though he does not say just what
action he will take in the matter. Other druggists express
dissatisfaction over the change of the $5 prescciptlon tax law,
as the higher charge saddles on the innocent, law-abiding
druggist the penalty for the sins of the others.
SYRACUSE DRUGGISTS ENJOY THEMSELVES.
The Syracuse Druggists' Association held a social and
euchre party at the Chamber of Commerce, in Syracuse, on
Thursday evening, February 27. The affair was attended by
about sixty of the members and their friends, who competed
for attractive prizes and enjoyed themselves generally. The
first ladies' prize, consisting of a handsome eight-ounce bottle
of perfume, presented by tlie Youthful Tint Mfg. Company,
of Rocliester, was won by Mrs. Owen J. Snow. Mrs. Rufus E.
Smith carried off the second prize, an eight-ounce bottle of
perfume, donated by Frederick Stearns & Co., Detroit. The
ladies' consolation prize, a fancy inkstand, presented by J./&
F. B. Garrett, was taken by Mrs. E. J. Lefevre. F. 0. How-
litt won the first gentlemen's prize, a fine silk umbrella, do-
nated liy F. C. Hewlett. George E. Thrope won the second
prize, a volume on " Magic," presented by the American
Druggist Publishing Company, New York. The gentle-
men's consolation prize fell to G. C. Glldersleeve. The affair
was a very enjoyable one. Refreshments were served at
It p.m.
MASSACHUSETTS.
A Druggift PfOMCtfted for Selling Sodhim Phospfiate Gontainiiie
Anenic— New Offices for the American Soda FoctnUln Com-
pany— Preacriplioas in English*
(From our Regular Oorrespondmt.)
Boston, March 5.— New Bedford pharmacists are up In arms
over a prosecution of a local druggist by the State Board of
Health for selling sodium phosphate containing arsenic. They
are indignant over the turn of affairs, and held a meeting
on February 20 to discuss the subject Representative Bol-
lock, a local pharmacist, with others, addressed the gathering.
Mr. Bullock has also been active In presenting the pharma-
cists' side of the subject to the health authorities. Mr. Bul-
lock told his hearers that he did not consider it just to have
the blame placed on the retailers, but according to the law
the one who sold illegally was held responsible. A letter from
a member of the BoArd of Health was read. According to
this communication the agent of the board, who conducted the
case, was laboring under a misapprehension and that if a
motion had been made by the defence to place the case on file
it would nol have been opposed by the board. The specimen
in question was obtained from a Philadelphia firm of manu-
facturing chemists, and the New Bedford druggists wrote
to this concern about the case. A reply was received stating
that their salt was of good pharmaceutical quality and that
if it contained arsenic it was only a trace. Thla explanation
was unsatisfactory to the New Bedford dealers, and they
adopted resolutions stating that the goods of this firm should
not be used in prescriptions and that means should be adopt-
ed to ascertain what firms sold goods of standard quality and
i*equesting the Board of Health to furnish the names of firms
supplying such standard goods.
ADULTERATED DRUGS.
In this matter of impure drugs, druggists should note that
a recent report of the State Board of Health conveyed the idea
that the spices purchased in drug stores are not of as good
quality as the spices obtained in gn'ocery stores. While this
assumption was based on the particular specimens examined,
and probably does not represent the true condition of affairs
throughout the State, it should, nevertheless, cause druggists
to use greater caution.
The last monthly report issued by the board shows an
examination of 131 drugsi; 63 of this number varied from the
legal standard. The samples of drugs found to be adulterated
were Aqua Destillata, Cera Flava, Extractum Glycyrrhizae,
Glycerinura, Liquor Calcls, Oleum Limonis, Oleum Ollvse, Sodii
Phospbas. Splritus ^Otheris Nitrosi, Sulphur Lotum, Sulphur
Pra^cipltatum, Tinctura lodl.
THE BOSTON DRUGGISTS' ASSOCIATION.
The Febniary meeting of the Boston Druggists* Associa-
tion was held at Young's Hotel. The guests were: T. J. Dil-
lon, M.D.; W. H. Puffer, Ph.G., and G. H. Alexander. G. H.
Ingraham presided in the absence of President Hubbard,
liesolutions were adopted favoring the passage of " An act
to prevent sales of merchandise In bulk in fraud of creditors."
Dr. Dillon gave a talk on Leaves from the Log of a Ship
Surgeon. He was followed by Dr. Nott and Messrs. Gilman.
Orne and Tilden.
CLASS DAY AT THE COLLEGE.
The class of 1902, M. C. P., have completed arrangements
for class day, the matter being in the hands of a committet*
composed of Messrs. Lyston, Hawthorne. Macurda, Wood-
ward and Brewer. The parts and takers are as follows: Open-
ing address, H. F. Hawthorne; historian. M. V. Paddock; ora-
tion. A. P. Jenkins; prophet, J. M. Sullivan, and closing ad-
dress. E. P. Hatch. The M. C. P. Quartette will furnish music
A class reception and hop will be held at Pierce Hall. Thi-
committee in charge of this function is composed of Messrs^.
Bennett and Hull.
OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN SODA FOUNTAIN COMPANY.
At a special meeting of the Board of Directors of tht*
American Soda Fountain Company, held in Boston February
28, the following changes In officers were unanimously voted:
James N. North was chosen president, vice James W. Tufts,
deceased. William T. Jenny was chosen treasurer, vice James
N. North, resigned. liconard Tufts was chosen assistant
treasurer, vice William T. Jenuey, resigned. F. Hazard Llppln-
cott was chosen second vice-president, vice Leonard Tufts,
resigned. Charles Warren was chosen a director to fill tho
vacancy In the board.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
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PENNSYLVANIA.
THE PENNSYLVANIA BOARD.
Bowim FttpMitDg' for the Meeting— Dragi in Department Stoiee—
Going Out of tfie
The Largest Qass of Applicants on Record — Result
of the Activity of the Board.
(From our Regular Oorrespimdmi.)
Philadelphia, March 5.— Great preparations are being made
for entertaining the druggists who will come next month to
take part in the annual match of the Wholesale Druggists'
Bowling League. This city is the infant of the league, and
while it has only been in the bowling business a short time
the members expect to give a good showing. This month
there is a battle royal going on among the members and a big
fight Is being made to get on the team which will represent
the local club. Many of the members of the Philadelphia
I^agrue are expert manipulators of high as well as low balls,
and they will demonstrate to the visitors how they should
be handled to do the best work in the shortest time.
On March 19 the last of the series of illustrated lectures
at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy will be given, this
time the subject being " Picturesque Holland," by Dr. Charles
L. Mitchell. These lectures have been very successful and the
attendance has been large. Owiu^ to the interest taken in
them it is proposed to have a similar series during the next
term.
DRUGS IN DEPARTMENT STORES
Since Gimbells decided to open a 'drug department it is
believed that some of the other department stores will follow,
and it is said Snellenbergs have made all arrangements for
equipping an up to date store as soon as the alterations and
improvements can be made. On Monday last a committee rep-
resenting the Retail Druggists' Association waited on Mr.
Snellenborg and tried to get him to change his mind. There
is considerable secrecy displayed as to the result, but it is
understood that if Gimbells withdraw their proposition to
conduct a drug store the other large department store will not
take the matter up.
AN BXCLUSrVELT WHOLESALE HOUSE.
Since George D. Feldt & Co. secured the store and busi-
ness of Bullock & Crenshaw a number of changes have
been made, turning the old store practically into a new one.
Under the old management a large portion of the ground
floor was devoted to a retail trade, and at one time the retail
sale of drugs was very large. Mr. Feldt has changed ail this.
He has removed the old counters and cases, built stairways
to the upper floors and hereafter the ground floor is to be a
show room, with offices in the rear. There will be no retail-
ing of drugs, but students can, as heretofore, purchase in-
struments.
A GALA OCCASION FOR THE LIBERTY CHEMICAL CO.
On March 1 Dr. S. Lewis Summers, president of the Lib-
erty Chemical Company, celebrated the fourth anniversary of
the corporation by giving his and the comx>any'B friends a
sumptuous banquet at 12555 Sydenham street While this
gathering was purely an 'informal one it ^yas a large party,
over seventy being present, and there were many from out
of town. In speaking of the banquet to an American Drug-
gist reporter, President Summers said:
" There were many present who remembered the modest
manner and the limited capital with which we started. They
have seen us move from a two story dwelling into a little
larger quarters all on one floor, and from there to our own
laboratory, which we now occupy, and they have learned that
the volume of trade has so Increased that it bears no compari-
son whatever with what it was three years ago when we
began to advertise our products to the medical profession.
" W^ were the recipients of very kind sentiments from Mr.
Will 0. Braun, of the Journal of the American Medical Asso-
ciation; Mr. O'Gorman, of the Philadelphia Medical Journal;
Dr. Simmons, of the American Medicine; Mr. Creveling, of
the New York Medical Record; Mr. MacDonald, of the Inter-
national Journal of Surgery; Mr. LiUiard, of the Practical
Druggist; Mr. BUiott, of the Pharmaceutical Specialty Com-
pany; Mr. Aitken, of the New York Medical Journal, as well
as Professor Samuel P. Sadtler, our consulting chemist We
still possess the same grim determination to fight a winning
battle so as to be able to wear the crown of a victor."
The dinner was a great success, and good fellowship pre-
vailed. Speeches were made and a thoroughly Jolly evening
spent
The action of the Pennsylvania State Pharmaceutical Ex-
amining Board in prosecuting druggists who employ assistants
who have not certificates has caused consternation in the
retail drug trade, and at the examination in January the num-
ber of applicants for certificates was very large. The total
number was 353, and the following were successful:
Registered Pharmacists— W. I. Brandt, O. H. Hertzlyer,
Lancaster; T. J. Hannon, Wilkes-Barre; I. B. Fox, Adam G.
Frantz, Lebanon; N. C. White, Luzerne; H. C. Rudolph, Potts-
ville; H. K. Metcalfe, Greencastle; C. J. McHale, Shenandoah;
H. L- Brown, Easton; C. S. Hain, W. E. Heffelflnger. Read-
ing; J. H. Knauss, P. Fried, Allentown; W. S. Hoffman, Dan-
ville; J. M. Woodside, Danville; E. T. Gehringer, F. W. Briggs,
Scranton; M. B. Edwards, Trenton, N. J.; H. C. Gllem, Hazie-
ton; R. S. Blew, Bridgeton, N. J.; M. Buss, South Bethlehem;
C. F. Lamb, Shamokin; H. W. Reeve, Haddonfield; E. R. Pike,
White Haven; F. I. Llenbreck, Antesfort; W. L. Swartz, Car-
lisle; J. M. Toulson, Chestertown, Md.; J. J. Esnard, South
Bethlehem; K. W. Smith. Marietta; K. P. West, Norristown;
J. Q. Mackey, Avondale; Isaac Kirkel, J. L. Soken. F. Saus-
tier, W. H. C. Bishop, A. Pilkington, W. W. Fripinecker. F.
H. Dillon, C. L. Bonta, Anna R. Lescure, C. N. Zelgler, W.
F. Shaw, F. H. Kirk, J. C. Fitch, W. P. Fleisher, W. F. Fil-
man, O. L. Kraus, R. C. Pursel. I. B. Rhard, H. H. Bron, R.
M. Bell, L. Walfoe, R. Strang, O. K. Wisegarvar, W. B. Watr
lik, B. S. Tyler, W. G. Peck, J. S. Oberly. C. A. Light, F. X.
Schutle, F. W. Beaner, J. F. Maguire, W. H. Welsh, H. W.
Stuver, Norman E. Hertzler. G. F. Taylor, J. F. Borneman,
P. Reiser, A. L. Lehman, G. H. Hoerner, J. W. Gaelcher, H. L.
Moerst, G. H. Tafel. A. Griggs, J. H. Berbrick, J. A. Orr, F. O.
Lewis, Philadelphia.
Registered Qualitied Assistant Pharmacists— John I. Ger-
hardt, I^ I. Peiffer, Reading; C. E. Koons, E. Knouse, Har-
risburg; J. T. Wilson, Reading; W. F. Stallsmith, Parsons;
J. M. Ebert, Gordon; C. M. Daub, Norristown; C. S. Lippen^
Manayunk; G. B. Kumpf, Vincentown, N. J.; D. Baker, Vin-
centown; W. F. Coleman, Nicetown; Anna Odea, Wilkes-
Barre; J. A. O. Cablet Pottsviile; H. S. Baker, Burlington,
N. J.; J. H. Rider. York; R. C. Bowman, Narberth; B. H.
Lebegem, Columbia; L. R. Nixdorf, Lancaster; G. B. Davies,
Lansford; L. H. Bossart. Spring City; W. M. Jones, Shamokin;
S. Whiting, Knox; A. N. McCausland, Collingdale; H. G.
Murphy, Scranton; J. M. Laudenslager, Allentown; B. F.
Ginder, Lebanon; W. S. Moser, Y. A. Kopp, Aitoona; W. Groff,
Quarry ville; J. A. Manning, Bridgeport; E. L. Selbert, Morton;
C. S. Voorhees, Phillipsburg; S. D. Shull, Chambersburg; Anna
B. Flanagan, Mahanoy City; H. G. Brandt. Reading; W. H.
Ort Quakerstpwn; H. Albert, Freeland; S.' Evans, Pittston;
John I. Ruff, Jacob Sheckler, S. M. Laskin, J. W. Quay. S.
Gordon, B. H. Eichold, Morris Mark. Lee Boyce, J. J. Far-
linger, W. E. Murr, R. James, A. F. McNemey, A. B. Kraut,
H. W. Schiess. Joseph F. Fox, J. Dilkes, M. E. Standimayer,
B. XJlanski, H. R. Moorhead, A. N. Hecker. H. S. Davia* J.
Hetherington, R. M. Elfreth. H. C. Bigman, R. L. Francis,
H. O. Hesske, I. A. Conrad, F. J. Gaber, A. D. Macpher, W. H.
Free, Jr.; J. Ward, J. H. Swoop, P. I. Traub, F. L. Geiger, B.
H. Baker, F. R. Mayerson, H. A. McLaughlin, J. J. Widmann,
R. W. Allen, W. McCouch, Jr.; S. W. Tunnell, S. Young, J.
M. Armstron^f. V. L. Baker. J. D. Gillen. J. H. Mayer, G. S.
Brown, J. H. Cameron, W. Monteith, of Philadelphia.
It is understood that the Pharmacy Board is determined to
compel all druggists in this State to employ none but quali-
fied and registered assistants. The fight so far has been con-
fined to a few of the large cities, but since the arrests have
been made the work in other quarters has been quietly pushed,
and there has been accumulated a large amount of informa-
tion which will cause trouble to many druggists in the interior
of the State.
Nard Mfg* G>« Incorporated.
A number of retail druggists in Western Pennsylvania have
combined to form the Nard Mfg. Company, of Pittsburg, and
the concern have been incorporated with a capital stock of
$2,000, for the purpose of manufacturing and selling proprie-
tary medicines. The directors are: E. A. Sohaeffer, Louis
Emanuel, William G. Shirmer, Paul Schilling. William J. For-
rest, W. G. Makell. Lynn B. Hughes and Henry J. Siegfried,
of Pittsburg; D. B. Pritchjard. McKeesport: Edward E.Bggers,
P. P. Wlesch, John R. Thompson and B. R. Heck. Allegheny.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
OHIO ,
•
Stein-Gray "WkoUule Dmg Company Incorporated— Eztenaive Plana
Formulated— A New Scheme to Swindle Drttggbti— Notes and
News of the Trade.
(From our Regular Correspondent.)
Cincinnati. March 1.— A new drug deal of mammoth pro-
portions which has excited the liveliest amount of Interest In
the wholesale and retell trade In Cincinnati, and throughout
the State, has Just been consummated. Incorporation papers
were taken out at Columbus last week through the Secretary
of State for the IncorporaUon of the Stein-Gray Wholesale
iJrug Company, with the capital stock fixed at ?150.000. The
mcorporators say that the capital stock will be fixed at $300.-
■000 within a month or as soon as the plans, which are still in
^mbryo, are fully carried out. The Incorporators, according
to the application filed at Columbus, are Otto Stein, formerly
of the big Stein. Vogeler Wholesale Drug Company, of Cin-
cinnati; William T. Gray, with the Gray & Huston Company,
dealers in druggists' sundries and supplies; William P. Doepke,
of the Alms & Doepke Company; William T. Gray, Jr.. and
Jerome Creed, attorney. The latter, who is counsel for the
company, is authority for the statement that thero are a num-
a>er of other prominent Cincinnati business men and financiers
neavily interested In the new venture, and he also says that
►the amount of the capital stock named In the incorporation
papers will be doubled. The new company, it is stated, will
manufacture and deal in drugs, and the promoters expect to
raalce of It one of the largest wholesale drug establishments
•In ihe West. A site has been secured for the new company In
A large stone front building on East Fourth street, near Ham-
mond, formerly occupied by the publishing house of A. Nielan.
* , ^^*"' president of the company, says that the business
■of the Gray & Huston Company will be purchased outright
and will become the sundries department of the new firm.
All of the plans of the new company have not yet been an-
nounced, but it is said that business will be well under wav
within a month.
DRUGGISTS VICTIMIZED.
Nearly every druggist in the Millcreek Valley suburban
towns of Cincinnati, of which there are several score, have
been visited by a clever individual operating a new method.
Last week Herman Igler, a druggist at Glendale, received a
letter from a New York law firm to the effect that the firm
held several of his notes, aggregating $100, for collection. He
was notified that suit would be Instituted unless he settied
at once. He was thoroughly surprised at first, as he said he
had signed no notes and believed that some mistake had been
made. In thinking over the matter and comparing notes with
several other druggists it occurred to him that he and the
others had been made the victims of a smooth talking young
man who represented himself as the agent for a well known
New York optical firm. He said he was placing agencies In
-drug stores for his wares and the firm he mentioned have been
doing considerable advertising in the medical Journals. No
suspicion was entertained as to the truth of his representa-
tions, and Igler was finally prevailed upon to accept the Glen-
dale agency for the firm. It was arranged that the optical
company was to collect on all sales every month and Igler
was to retain one-sixth as his commission. Then the " sales-
man " produced a number of " contract *' blanks, which Igler v
who was In a hurry, signed, without closely examining. Igler
is now satisfied that the blanks he signed were filled In as
promissory notes, and he found, upon Investigation, that sev-
eral other druggists of his acquaintance had been similarly '
-treated. A movement is on foot whereby the druggists who
signed will combine issues and fight in the courts against the
collection of the notes. They have not heard from the optical
companj'.
NEVS OF THE TRADE IN OHIO.
The Dupler Drug Store succeeds Thomas Dupler at
Glonster.
Mr. Nichols, with Garrett & Ayres, of HlUsboro. was In
Newark on a business trip last week.
T. F. Blndle has purchased McKenzler's pharmacy, on the
I. O. O. P. corner, the most prominent in Wilmington.
Frank Amann has opened a new drug store at Portsmouth.
Charles Amann. who was installed as manager, celebrated the
event by getting married.
Druggist Henry Reed, of Lebanon, celebrated with Mrs.
Reed the silver anniversary of their wedding, with the aid of
-1 large number of their friends.
MICHIGAN.
Retailers to Get Better Prices—- Agreement on Patents to he Ex-
tended to Sundries- Parke, Davis & Co. Spend BSoney on Tbetr
BioIogiGal Plant^-Druggisti and Paper Hangeri at .Odds— Big
Contract for Alcohol Awarded.
(From our Regular Correspondent.)
Detroit, March 6.— For nearly two years the retail druggists
of Detroit have held together In an agreement whereby the
prices on certain commodities, notably patent medicines, have
been kept up to 4 point where they say there is a small mar-
gin of profit in their sale. A few of the stores have kept
tbemselves scrupulously aloof, however, and have indulged
in more or less of rate cutting. But ihe agreement has proved
very satisfactory to the trade, a fact which is evidenced by
the general sentiment favorable to an extension of its scope.
During the present week there will be held an Important meet-
ing of the Retail Druggists' Association for the purpose of
considering this extension, and it is a foregone conclualon
that favorable action will be taken.
" The changes won't amount to much," said a leading mem-
ber of the association to-day. " They will be more in the line
of Including articles not covered by the present agreement
than in the way of further raising, the prices on patent medi-
cines. Toilet articles, such as talcum and tooth powders, etc.,
will be brought within the terms of the agreement, and prices
on them will be uniformly held up. Whether there will be a
further raise on the lines now covered by the compact, I don't
know."
ADDITIONS TO THE PARRS, DAVIS LABORATORIES.
Parke, Davis & Co. are expending $25,000 in improvementi
and additions to their immense biological stables. The stables
were already the most extensive and best adapted to their
uses of any in the world, and the improvements now being
made will put them t)eyond comparison. The new scientific
building, designed solely for scientific research and experi-
mental work, is nearly completed. When finished, this build-
ing will have cost ?125,000. Several other new buildings are
also in course of construction. A new 30-inch Intake pipe is
being Installed in the laboratory In order to supply the in-
creased demand for water for the P., D. & Co. vacuum pans,
fire department and sprinkler system. Dr. E. M. Houghton,
of the scientific staff of Parke, Davis & Co., will leave in a
few days for Europe for the purpose of Investigating all the
late improvements in apparatus and equipment. Another of
the staff will follow in a few weeks.
WAR BETWEEN DRUGGISTS AND PAPER HANGERS.
A peculiar struggle has arisen between the druggists on the
one hand and the paper hangers on the other, of Mt Pleas-
ant, Mich. The druggists of the city have from time Im-
memorial carried lines of wall paper. Within the past two
years, however, the paper bangers have been selling wall
paper from sample books to their customers. This has cut
into the trade of the druggists, and a movement has been
started among the druggist;s to retaliate by securing the serv-
ices of paper hangers and offering to hang all paper pur-
chased from these firms. Five of the paper hangers have now
refused to hang any paper bought from the druggists, and the
struggle is really beginning in earnest.
BIG CONTRACT FOR ALCOHOL AWARDED TO A MICHIGAN FIRM.
A distinct victory was won for a Michigan industry last
week when the Michigan Chemical Company, of Bay City,
were awarded a contract by the United States Government for
75.000 gallons, or 20 cars, or 500,000 pounds, of alcohol for use
in the navy. It is said that this is one of the largest orders
for alcohol ever given by the Government at one time. It is
used in the manufacture of smokeless powder. Many bidders
tried for the contract, it Is said, and the award to the Michi-
gan concern was the result of a careful analysis by (Sovern-
ment officials of the Bay City product, which, it is claimed, is
the equal of. If not superior to, those brands turned out by
other processes.
MICHIGAN NEVS.
Last week was a busy one among the bowlers, and of them
all the Michigan Drug Company team worked the hardest
Of the three matches played the Michigan Drug team won
two. The first match, with Windsor, was lost by the following
scores: M. D. Co., 773, 794. 789; Windsor. 813, 744, 824. The
other two mntclios resulted as follows: M. D. Co., 672, 673,
764; J. T. Wing. 724. 6(U, CiTyl: M. D. Co., 705, 810, 686; Postol
Clerks, 084. 722, (170.
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ILLINOIS.
The Baxiquet to Dr. Enno Sander Secretary Wooten Talks to
Colkge Boyi— Tlie Selection, Display and Sale of Sponges.
(From our Regular Correspondent)
Chicago, March 8.— Albert E. Ebert has returned from St
Louis, where he was toastmaster February 26 at a notable
dinner in honor of the eightieth birthday of Dr. Enno Sander.
The dinner was serred at Tony Faust's, and every effort was
made to have it notable. There were between 50 and 60 in
attendance, and a number of speeches were made. The toasts
were as follows: "Our Quest," Henry M. Whelpley; "The
Teacher and Pupil," Otto A. Wall,* sr.; "Honor to Whom
Honor is Due," Henry T. Rohlfing; " The Pharmacist of Old,"
Christian F. G. Meyer, sr.; "Continued Honors," William H. .
Ramont; " The Pharmacist of To-day," Otto F. Claus; " His
Absent Friends," James M. Good. Over fifty letters and tele-
grams of congratulation were read. Dr. Sander was made
emeritus professor of materia medica and botany in the St
Louis College of Pharmacy, and was also elected to honorary
membership in the Alumni Association. The dinner was ar-
ranged by pharmacists and was a tribute 'to their old asso-
ciate. Everything was done on a lavish scale and was as suc-
cessful as the most ardent well wisher of the chief guest could
desire. Another pleasing feature was the presentation of a
loving cup sent by Chicago friends. The idea of the testi-
monial really originated with Herman J. Spillser. Dr. Sander
was bom in Trinum, Province of Anhalt, Germany, in 1822.
He attended the University of Berlin, where he was a student
of philosophy, and later graduated from the University of
Halle, where he received the degree of Ph.D. When the Ger-
man revolution broke out he became an assemblyman. He
was also editor of an official organ of the revolutionists. The
movement failed. Dr. Sander was caught and was sentenced
to 12 years' imprisonment He was liberated within one year
anu came to America in 1S5Q. He entered the drug business
in St Louis in 1862. For 30 years he was the most noted phar-
macist of 8t Louis, and then went into the business of manu-
facturing mineral water. He became a member of the Ameri-
can Pharmaceutical Association in 1858 and in 1871 was
elected president of that organization. He has been among
its most prominent members. Among the congratulations re-
ceived by Dr. Sander was a letter signed by the faculty of
the Chicago College of Pharmacy and also one from the Chi-
cago Veteran Druggists' Association.
■
SECBETARY WOOTEN GIVES THE COLLEGE BOYS ADVlCE.
On February 28 Thomas V. Wooten delivered an address
on the value of co-operation before the students of the School
of Pharmacy of the Northwestern University. The address is
printed on pages 137 and 138 of this number.
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE CHICAGO COLLEGE OP
PHARMACY
has instituted a course of lectures on practical business topics
to be given at the school at intervals during the remainder
of the session. The first lecture was given on Thursday
evening, February 13, the subject being The Selection, Dis-
play and Sale of Sponges, by M. L. Landelter. After refer-
ring to the history and describing the collection of sponges,
the speaker exhibited a large number of samples and gave
many valuable hints upon t)ie methods of Judging the quality
of these and upon the selection of stock suited to the drug-
gists* trade. Prof. W. R. Mitchell, of Hyde Park High School,
followed with a talk on The Life History of the Sponge,
illustrated with charts and blackboard drawings. Upon
Thursday evening. February 20, W. G. Baxter spoke on
Cipars'as a Side Line for Druggists. His lecture brought
out many interesting points, and a discussion followed, during
which Albert E. Ebert gave his experience in regard to this
feature of the drug business. The lectures so far have proven
▼ery interesting and instructive and the association is plan-
ning to continue the work along this line.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
J. H. Holligan has boujrht out .7. H. Anderson at Hull. Iowa.
J. J. McGee has sold his store at Fifty-fifth street and Lake
avenue to Campbell & Crozler.
The Dr. Gossom Medicine Company, of Chicago, have in-
creased their capital stock from $10,000 to $40,000.
At Monticello, Iowa, Bacher & Abel have succeeded D. C.
Proder.
J. F. Kilheffer, at Clinton, Iowa, has been succeeded by
F. W. Muesse.
At Boulder, Col., A. A. Greenman has purchased Mr. Max-
well's interest in the firm of Maxwell & Green.
M. R. Grindele has succeeded Kohlhausen & Carter at
Raton, N. M.
O. R. Wilson & Go. have secured the store of Stone &
Thompson at Swea City, Iowa.
E. £. Bell has sold his store in Falls City, Neb., to H. S.
King.
J. F. Coates, formerly with the Public Drug Company, has-
purchased the store of J. S. Frantz at Sixty-ninth street and
Wentworth avenue.
The Hotlinger Drug & Truss Company, of Chicago, have-
been Incorporated. * The incorporators are J. S. Hotlinger, Jo-
seph Hotlinger and A. Hotlinger; capital, $12,500.
Walter Gale, president of the Illinois Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciation, who has been seriously ill for several weeks, is now
able to be out and is recovering rapidly.
The membiirs of the fcurteentli auxiliary district of the C. R.
D. A. have organized at a most successful meeting and have
elected officers. The meeting took place at Center avenue and
Van Buren street
The Stallman & Fulton Company, of New York, with,
offices in this city at 177 Lake street, will move to larger quar-
ters May 1, at 153 Klnzie street. Harry Holland, the manager,
says they will have 8000 square feet of fioor space. •
Colonel C. F. Weller, of Omaha; A. H. Beardsley, of Elk-
hart, Ind.; W. Howard Ogbom, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and R. F.
Hetherlngton, of the Elgin Mllkine Company, Elgin, 111., were-
seen at the Chicago Drug Trade Club during the past week.
Colonel Weller was on his way to New York to attend the-
meeting of the Proprietary Association.
ST. LOUIS ITEMS*
The Beacon Pharmacy, at Eighteenth and Geyer avenue,
has been closed by the proprietors.
Col. C. P. Walbridge, president of the J. S. Merrell Drugr
Company, is in the East with the World's Fair delegation look-
ing after the interests of the big 1903 event.
Ed. Burkhardt has purchased the drug store at Fourteenth-
and Market streets. He has been manager of the store for
several years.
E. Trittermann, proprietor of the X X X Drug Store, 2000-
South Ninth street, was recently married at Clayton to Misa<
Anna Fell, of South St. Louis.
J. A. Kleinschmidt, of Higginsville, Mo., has come down
to accept the chief clerkship for H. F. A. Spilker. EighteentL-
and Choteau avenue.
H. F. Bates, a prominent East St. Louis druggist, has been-
appointed postmaster of that city. He served one term as-
Mayor of that city a few years ago.
Theo. F. Hagenow has purchased the drug store at Jeffer-
son and Shenandoah avenues from the widow of the late J. E.
Koch. He has installed E. H. Voepel as manager of the store.
A big new department store is being opened at Broadway
and Washington avenue. They are arranging to put in a drug
department, which will be the first of its kind in the city. The
schedule of prices will be lived up to by the new store.
The local wholesale druggists are using every effort to-
stamp out the " red albumen ** fraud. In spite of what they
have done, orders and letters of inquiry pour in with every
mail.
A. V. Marquardt, one of the best known downtown drug
clerks, has changed from the chief clerkship of Weipert's
pharmacy, in the Century Building, to Russel Riley's phar-
macy. Fourteenth and Olive streets.
L. P. Hemm, of Kirkwood, has returned from California,
where he has been recuperating his health for the past six
months. He is entirely restored to his former happy, healthy
state.
Dr. A. J. Enderle has purchased the Star Drug Company at
Broadway and Market street This store was owned by Dr.
Sweeney, who will withdraw his business interests from thij»-
city. Dr. Enderle also owns a store at Sixth and Cliestnut
streets.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
Drug and Chemical
The prices quoted In this report are thoee current In the wholesale market, and higher prices are paid for retail loU.
The quality of goods frequently necessitates a wide range of pricee.
Condition of Trade*
New York, March 8, 1902.
A QUIET condition prevails in all departments, and
the market has a tame appearance. The interrup-
tion of communication by wire and mail has put some-
diing of a damper on trade, and deliveries, too, have been
retarded. Though the month opened comparatively well,
the general movement is of a jobbing character chiefly,
and the fortnight under review does not compare well, so
far as the volume of business is concerned, with the pre-
ceding period. A substantial advance in the price of bark
at the Amsterdam sale on the 27th ult. caused a renewed
interest in quinine, which was accentuated by the results
of the Java auction sale on March 5, the entire offering
of Java quinine at Batavia having sold at an average of
21^ florins, against 20^ florins at the February sale-
Manufacturers of domestic now quote at an advance of
ic per 02., 28c being the inside quotation for bulk. Con-
siderable business was done from second hands in the
expectation of a general advance, but the agents of Ger-
man manufacturers still quote below the level of quota-
tions on domestic, and it is doubtful if a higher price will
be named, the N. Y. Q. brand of domestic being offered
at the lower range of the foreign brands. Opium has
been only in moderate demand since our last, and a con-
tinued easy feeling prevails with the undertone weak
and prices fractionally lower. Regarding prices the
fluctuations of the interval have been onlv of minor im-
portance, save in one or two instances. The principal
•changes are tabulated below, as follows :
HIGHER.
Quinine,
Codllver oil,
Guarana,
Manna,
Senega root,
Tahiti vanilla beans.
Beeswax,
Bayberry wax,
Gamboge,
Mtrate of soda,
Brimstone,
Chlorate of potash.
LOWER.
Alcohol,
Opium,
Thymol,
Aconite root,
Benzoic acid.
Sodium benzoate.
Tartaric acid.
Codeine sulphate.
Cacao butter, ^
Oil citronella,
Oil clove.
Oil lemon,
Oil sassafras, artificial.
Ipecac root, Carthagena,
Orris root,
Sarsaparilla, Mexican,
Rape seed,
Canary seed,
Buchu leaves, short,
Safrol,
Bleaching powder.
DRUGS.
Acetanilid is being urged for sale in some instances, and
the inside quotation might be shaded on a firm bid for a
quantity lot; meanwhile we quote ISc to 19c.
Alcohol continues irregular and unsettled, and under the
influence lower prices generally prevail, though ^he expected
heavy cut referred to in the preceding issue was not made.
Oompetition between the independent distillers and the Trust
continues keen. An ofllcer of the Distilling Company of
America, commonly known as the Whisky Trust, is reported
as saying that while all sorts of prices are being quoted for
alcohol by indei>endent distillers, the Standard Association,
and the members of the United States Association, which com-
prises practically all the large distributers, are strictly main-
taining prices, the so called war of prices being confined to
the Independent distillers and their distributers. This state-
ment to the contrary notwithstanding, prices are fractionally
lower, $2.50 to $2.52 being now named, as to quantity, and a
further decline of 2c is looked for at any moment
Arnica flowers are meeting with a moderate Jobbing in-
quiry, and the market appears steady in tone at 9c to 9M!c
Balsams.— Copaiba, Central American, is passing out in fair
volume into channels of consumption, and there is a good
Jobbhig demand at the recently revised quotation; prime Cen-
tral American quoted at 36c to 39c, and Para at 45c to 50e.
Fir, Canada, continues in firm position, and values are main-
tained at the full limit of $3.60 to $3.70, in view of th6 limited
supiJly. Peru is slow of sale, but stocks are not urged in ex-
cess of trade requirements, $1.35 to $1.50 being generally
named, as to quality and quantity. Tohi is dull and neglected,
but quotations are nominally unchanged.
Barks.— There has been little change in the condition of tbe
bark market since our last report Business continues qniet
on all varieties. Some recent arrivals of wild cherry have
been taken up promptly by consumers, the sales during tlie
interval aggregating about 2,500 pounds, for which 7^ to
8V^ was paid. The quotations at the close moved up to the
previous range of 9c to 15c. Cascara sagrada continues held
and selling at 5c to 7c, as to quality and quantity. Elm, sassa-
fras and soap are without quotable change.
Buchu leaves, short, in the absence of important demand,
show an easier tendency and recent sales were at 18c to 20c.
Cacao butter sold at a decline from previous prices at the
auction sales in Amsterdam and London on the 4th inst, the
average at Amsterdam being 12d and at London 12^d. Under
this influence the market here is weak and depressed, and,
while 30c is generally named for bulk, it is intimated that 29c
would buy in some quarters.
Cantharides are in unchanged position. Only a light job-
bing trade is reported and quotations are more or less nominal
at 60c to 63c for Russian and 45c to 50c for Chinese.
Cassia buds remain quiet but steady at 23c to 24c.
Chamomile flowers are inquired for, and prices are main-
tained with a fair show of firmness within the range of 17c
to 20c for Roman and German; Hungarian quoted at 12c to 15c.
Codeine has declined since our last, manufacturers having
announced a cut of 25c per ounce to meet existing competition,
and quotations are now made on the basis of $3.75 for bulk.
Codllver oil, Norwegian, has continued in good demand, and
this fact, coupled with stronger advices from abroad, has
served to still further harden values, though no quotable ad-
vance is to be noted. A cablegram from Bergen to the Chem-
ist and Druggist states that the prospects for the fishing are
not very promising, and that the yield of oil to date (February
20) is estimated at 1,302 barrels, against 2,771 barrels at tbe
same time last year.
Cubeb berries are less actively Inquired for, and the market
is easier, with whole quoted at Wjc to lie, and powdered at
13c to 16c.
Damlana leaves are held with increased flrmness, owing to
continued scarcity, and but little business is passing, as tbe
price demanded is more than buyers seem prepared to pay;
quoted, 15c to 17c.
Ergot is in good demand for consumption, but holders and
buyers are somewhat apart in their views as to prices, and
little business of consequence results. While the equivalent
of 37c is named in London, cables from Hamburg report bay-
ing on American account at 38c for either German or Russian.
In this market it is rumored that a quiet effort is being made
to buy up si>ot supplies wherever possible, and it was said
that 38c was offered and declined on a lot of German. We
quote German at 38c to 40c, as to quality and quantity, and
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the same range la named for Spanish, though small lots oi
picked command about 2c above the outside figure.
Haarlem oil is in fair request, with small sales making at
$1.95.
Juniper berries have been in moderately active demand dur-
ing the interval, and the market is slightly firmer, at 2%c to 3c.
Opium has been quoted down to $2.95, less 1 per cent, and 1
per cent, since our last, but without stimulating the demand,
buyers being apparently indisposed to purchase in excess of
immediate requirements from day to day. The quotations for
powdered are lower, $3.75 to $3.80 being now named, but no
sales in excess of jobbing lots have resulted and the market
•coatlnues dull and featureless. The situation is regarded as
unfavorable to the holding interests, advices from sources of
production continuing to report favorable crop conditions. A
report to the London Chemist and Druggist, dated Constanti-
nople, February 14, says: " Continued fine weather is having
effect in this country and holders generally are showing some
anxiety to unload. The extraordinarily mild weather has had
the effect of overforcing all vegetation, and severe cold
weather would have most disastrous results."
Quinine has attracted considerably increased attention dur-
ing the interval. Following the advance in price of bark at
the Amsterdam sale on February 27 the principal American
manufacturers have advanced quotations to the basis of 28c
for bulk in 100-ounce tins, and the anticipation is general that
foreign brands will shortly be quoted on the same basis; in-
quiry has consequently been stimulated and a decidedly firmer
market prevails as a result. While sales aggregating over
80,000 ounces have been made from second hands at 26^, a
lot of 10,000 ounces of Java were sold to arrive at 20%c, and
holders of German second hand are now quoting firmly on the
basis of 27c, and supplies are offered sparingly, with 27^
asked in some instances. The demand from consumers is be-
ing met by manufacturers on the basis of 27c to 28c for bulk,
as to brand and quantity. An increased demand for quinine
is looked for as a result of the recent disastrous fioods, which
have covered a wide extent of territory, and will give rise, it
is f^t, to conditions provocative of malaria and other maladies
in "Which the drug is largely used.
Saffron, Spanish, is only in light jobbing demand, but hold-
ers are not anxious sellers, in view of the firm position of the
article at primary sources and the expectation of realizing
higher values later; an early advance being looked for.
Thymol is not Inquired for to any extent and the market is
dull and easy, with holders showing more disposition to urge
sales by price concessions. Quotations are lower to the extent
of stock being offered at down to $2.50, and it is intimated that
this figure could be shaded on a firm bid for a quantity lot'
Yanilla beans, Tahiti, are in limited supply and wanted.
Advices from the Pacific Coast continue to refiect a firm feel-
ing on the part of holders. Recent sales have been at a slight
advance ever previous quotations, such Jobbing lots as have
changed hands during the interval being sold on the basis of
$1.50, but up to $1.75 has been paid for choice grades.
Wax, Bayberry, has met with increased attention the past
few days, and this, coupled with steadily diminishing sup-
plies, has resulted in higher prices; while 20c is named in a
quantity way; 22c to 24c is asked for Jobbing quantities.
Wax, Japan, is scarce on spot and meeting with increased
attention. For the small available supply holders are asking
lytfi to 8c, as to quantity.
CHEMICALS.
Acetate of lime has sold well at the recent advance and
the demand continues good, both for export and for home
consumption; 90c to 95c is the quotation for brown, and $1.30
to $1.35 for grey, as to quantity.
Arsenic, English, is held with more firmness, and supplies
are offered sparingly at the range of S%c to 4c, while German
is held and selling to arrive at 3^c to SVjC.
Benzoate of soda is easier, owing to competition, and hold-
ers now name 35c to 37c, as to quantity.
Bleaching powder is easier under more plentiful spot sup-
plies, with sales reported ex-dock $1.70 to $1.75, as to quantity
and brand.
Blue vitriol is firmer and higher prices are demanded in
some instances, owing to limited offerings of spot stock by
makers; quoted at 4M>c to 5%c, as to quality and quantity.
Brimstone is held with more firmness owing to somewhat
limited supplies, and small sales are reported ex-store at
$25.00, while steamer goods are held at $24.00.
Chlorate of potash is in improved position and domestic
is firmly maintained at 8%c to 8%c for crystals, while pow-
dered has advanced to lO^c to 10%c.
Cream of tartar is without change of consequence, either
as regards price or demand; powdered quoted nominally at
19c to 19)4c.
Nitrate of soda is scarce and values are tending upward,
$2.05 to $2.30.
Oxalic acid continues in moderately active Jobbing de-
mand, with the sales at 4%c to 5^c.
Saltpetre is dull and crude and is easier at 3^ and 4%c
to 4%c.
Tartaric acid is dull and values have depreciated since
our last owing to weakness among manufacturers, competi-
tion and pressure to realize. The current quotation is 2i%c
to 281^.
OILS.
Anise has recovered slightly from its former weakness,
but the market continues unsettled and values are irregular,
some dealers holding at $1.12%, while others name $1.10 as
acceptable.
Bay is in Improved position owing to scarcity, and while
held with considerable firmness, does not show a higher range
of values, being quoted at $2.50 to $2.75.
Cassia is maintained at 70c to 72^^ for 75 and 80 pert;ent.
and 62^ to 65c for lower grades, though only Jobbing sales
are reported.
Citronella continues dull and the market is easier in tone,
with supplies offering more freely at a reduction of 20c to
21c and 22c -to 23c for drums and cans respectively.
Clove offers more freely and the market has a weaker
appearance, with business at ^V/^c to 62V^c.
Lemon has declined, holders now accepting 70c to 80c as
to brand and quantity. The lower prices are prompted by the
weaker position of the oil at producing points.
Peppermint continues in moderate Jobbing demand, and
steady, but no important business has transpired. Sales at
$1.80 to $1.90 for bulk and $2 to $2.10 for H. G. H. in bottles.
Sassafras has not changed from 39c to 40c, and only a
limited business is passing in natural. Artificial is held with
more firmness, in view of anticipated scarcity, bul prices are
without quotable change as yet, recent sales being at 27c to
28c. Safrol is easier, and in some instances 32c is quoted as
acceptable, though 33c to 35c remains the popular quotation.
Guiyp.
Asafoetida continues to find sale in Jobbing quantities, and
the market is well sustained at the range of 22c to 24c, as to
quality and quantity.
Benzoin is easier, Sumatra being quoted at 26c to 34c, and
Slam at 50c to 80c. The Jobbing demand is fair, but no atten-
tion is given to quantities.
Camphor is appreciably firmer, the supply in second hands
being about exhausted. Prices for both domestic and foreign
refined are well maintained, the former in bulk and cases be-
ing quoted at 57c. to 57%c and 57^ to 58c, respectively,
while 62c to 64c is named for Japanese in tablets and slabs.
Gamboge has been further advanced, owing to scarcity,
and 75c to 80c is now quoted for powdered.
Tragacanth is attracting attention, recent advances in the
foreign market having affected the views of h<>lders in this
market, though prices are not quotably higher, 70c to 80c be-
ing named for Aleppo first, and 75c to 90c for Turkey first
ROOT&'
Aconite, German, is reported to be obtainable in some
quarters at a fraction below our quotations, 10c being named
in some instances, though this is lower than the import cost
Alkanet is scarce, and firm at 5^ to 6c, the stock being
small and concentrated.
Colchicum is lower, recent sales having been at 8c to 8^c.
The sales, however, do not rise above Jobbing proportions.
Mandrake is in considerable demand for export, and values
are firmly maintained at the quoted range of 4%c to 5c.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
Senega has further advanced, influenced by the continued
stronger advices from the Wesi but buyers and sellers are
considerably apart in their views, and little buainess results
at the increased quotation of 54c to 66c.
Ipecac is still dull and lower, and there are some sellers
at $1.35.
Sarsaparilla, Mexican, has eased off a trifle, and the tone of
the market favors buyers, 6^ having been named for round
lots.
Spigelia (pink) has been in better demand, and higher
prices are asked, it being reported that nothing is now ob-
tainable below 19c, and that up to 20c is demanded.
Triticum (dog grass) offers more freely, and purchases can
now be made down to 5c and possibly a shade lower.
SEEDS.
Little of interest has transpired in this department since
our last, such price changes as have been recorded being for
the most part fractional and unimportant.
BIG PERFUME COMBINE.
PAINTS, OILS AND WINDOW GLASS.
Window Glass.— The demand is rather restricted in volume
at the moment and buyers are pursuing a cautious policy in
regard to purchases, owing to the feeling that lower prices
may prevail later in the season. Values are a trifle irregular,
but the quotations of the Jobbers' Association are: From store,
discount 90 per cent and 10 per cent; f.o.b. factory, carload
lots, single strength, 90 and 10 and 7V^ per cent; double
strength, 90 and 10 and 10% per cent.
Turpentlne.--Some falling off has been noted in orders since
our last, most purchases being made to cover immediate re-
quirements. Prices have undergone no change, the local mar-
ket quoting as follows, according to quantity: Southern, 44%c
to 45c; machine made barrels, 45c to 45V^c per gallon.
Colors in Oil.— Trade has been rather backward since our
last, owing to the unfavorable weather, but considerable in-
quiry is starting up for supplies for spring work, and dealers
look forward confidently to a good season's business. For
white lend in oil the quotation is 6c to 6V^c per pound, the
inside price being for lots of 500 pounds or over. Foreign
brands in oil range from 9^c to 9%c for the standard brands
and 7%c to 8^c for the cheaper makes. Red lead quotations
are nominally unchanged, domestic being held at 5%c, less dis-
count, and English and German at 7^ to 8^ and T^ to 7%c,
respectively.
Linseed Oil.— The storm has retarded business considerably
and sales have been few and unimportant, though prices are
maintained at the range of 63c to 6ic for city raw and 02c to
C3c for Western. The seed market is lower, but it is intimated
that presset^s are experiencing some difllculty in obtaining suf-
ficient supplies.
Diyertins: Trade from New York*
Some of the large importing drug houses of this city are
much interested in the Elsberg-Bedell bill now pending in the
State Legislature. This bill seeks to prevent discrimination
by railroads against the port of New York and enlarges the
powers of the State Railroad Commission. The need of some
such legislation was emphasized a day or two ago by the
representative of one of the largest drug importing firms in
Mew York. This firm used to handle very large quantities of
soda nitrate and brimstone at this port. In the last year
or two, however, this business, he said, had gradually been
diverted from New York as a direct result of the railroad
differentials in favor of rival ports, particularly Newport
News, BO that to-day nearly all of the large import trafllc in
the commodities named, especially soda nitrate, is imported
and shipped to Western points via Newport News. In soda
nitrate, he said, the business amounts to about 100,000 bags a
month.
**Dtis% Merchants^ to Meet and Dfne«
The regular monthly meeting of the Drug Merchants* As-
sociation will be held to-morrow (Tuesday) evening, and will
be followed by a dinner for members of the association. The
dinner will take place at the rooms of the Aldine Association,
at 111 Fifth avenue. The Drug Merchants' Association, it
will be recalled, is composed of retail druggists who were put
on the " prohibited list " as cutters when the N. A. R. D. tri-
partite plan was declared operative In this city some months
ago. Members of the association adopted a price schedule of
their own. The large department stores are not actually mem-
bers of this association, but agreed to maintain the same
price-list.
More Newspaper Talk'thanj^ach
Press dispatches from Detroit have announced the fomu)
tion of a Perfumers* Trust, composed of the largest perfum-rr
manufacturers of the United States, with headquarters ia
New York City, where the movement originated. Our Demiii
correspondent telegraphs, as we go to press^ that many of th^
individual firms in Detroit alleged to be connected with ibp
movement deny any knowledge of it. James E. Davis, presi
dent of the Manufacturing Perfumers* Association, wheo
questioned by the correspondent of the American Druggist.
admitted that a promoter had been In Detroit but said that
nothing had been done. It was all in the air. F. K. Stearns,
of the firm of Frederick Stearns Sc Co., stated that a pro-
moter had been in Detroit ** merely * feeling the pulse * to s«
if a consolidation were feasible." Frederick F. Ingram, of
F. F. Ingram & Co., said his firm had not been approached to
enter the combine. He had not heard of it. In his Juds^nent
it was not feasible to attempt a combination of the manufac-
turing perfumers.
HINTS TO BUYERS
Write to the New York Pharmacal Association for their
circular, A Square Deal, which tells you how to secure ad-
vertising for yourself at their expense.
The Fly Button Company, Maumee, Ohio, give premiums
with their Fly Buttons, which make their sale worth while.
Write them for details, mentioning American Druggist.
The United Agency Company, 703 Fifth avenue, make a
price to retailers of ?9 per case on their Apenta Water, which
is being very extensively advertised to the medical profession
ns a natural aperient water.
D. L. Bates & Bro., Dayton, Ohio, furnish in their Ice
Shavers a very valuable adjunct to the soda counter. Write
them for a list of their soda fountain adjuncts, mentioning
American Druggist.
The Chicago W^ater Motor & Fan Company, 216 Lake street.
Chicago, make a specialty of small motors for druggists' use.
Write them for estimates. You will find it economy to have
a motor in your store.
Send to Mrs. Gervaise Graham, Chicago, mentioning the
American Druggist, and secure free of charge a supply of
unique counter advertising for the Gervaise Graham special-
ties, which are mentioned on our front cover page.
The American Soda Fountain Company have a line of soda
counter supplies which have been developed by intelUjient
effort through many years of experience. Write to any of their
branches as listed on page 9 of this isonie for a catalogue of
their supplies. It contains many excellent suggestions.
The Yesbera Mfg. Company, Toledo, Ohio, have placed
on the market a line of metal stools, chairs and tables which
sprang into popular favor at a single bound. Write them
for details of proposition to send a sample of their goods to any
locality.
The insert of the White Rabbit Egg Dye, which appears in
this issue, offers a valuable suggestion to the wide awake
druggist. Send them $100 for an outfit of egg dyes, or order the
dyes from your Jobber. Don't delay, Easter comes early ^his
year.
The nail clipper manufactured and sold by the Coe Mfg.
Company of 50 Warren street. New York City, still proves a
strong seller. It is something which every druggist should
have in stock. The advertisement of the company will be
found in another part of this issue.
During this, the most active season for the sale of Vapo-
Cresolene, and particularly in case of epidemics of grippe,
whooping cough, etc.. It would be well to correspond with the
Vapo-Cresolene Company, 180 Fulton street. New York, in re-
gard to their attractive cut out window display.
The line of German Chemical Specialties imported by The
Fischer Chemical Importing Company of New York has won
for Itself marked recognition at the hands of physicians of
this country. The house are always willing to forward Inten^st-
ing and instructive literature to pharmacists who ask for it.
Carmel Soap, made in tne Holy Land and Imported by A.
Klipstein & Co.. 122 Pearl street, New York City, is a desir-
able form of Castile which druggists have found it advan-
tageous to carry. It Is presented in cakes neatly packed, one
dozen in a box: and experience has shown that purchasers
will usually take the entire package.
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The Artistic Steel Copper-plated stools, chain and tables
made by the A. H. Andrews Company, 30 Wabash avenue,
Chicago, are admirably suited to the needs of the up to date
soda water dispenser. They are neat, artistic and practically
indestructible. Write the manufacturers for Illustrated de-
scriptions, mentioning the Amebican Druooist.
The Geo. A. Schmidt Company, 405 North ayenue, Chicago,
have a most attractlTe offer to make to our readers. They
have solved the hitherto apparently unsolvable problem of
making satisfactory liquid soaps. Write them for details of
their special offers on Ascage. They make special brands for
druggists, which give a very wide margin for them.
The Y. & S. licorice preparations have a world wide reputa-
tion for purity, flavor and general excellence. These goods
can be had of all leading jobbers throughout the Uhited
States. Young & Smylie, Brooklyn, N. Y., manufacture a full
line of licorice specialties and pul up powdered extract and
powdered licorice root in convenient packages for the drug
trade. Write them for illustrated catalogue.
An exceedingly attractive offer In store fixtures is made
by William Kleeman & Co., Ninth street and Avenue D, New
York City. This house are doing an Immense business in the
line, and have every facility for turning out good work prompt-
ly and at inside prices. Any druggist contemplating refitting
his store will do well to communicate with William Kleeman
& Co. before placing an order.
In our department of Business Building the editor takes
occasion to commend the character of advertising being done
by Scott & Bowne. This commendation could well extend to
the character of their trade paper advertising, and we think
that our readers could with advantage read, mark and in-
wardly digest the half page advertisement of this flroi which
appears on page 37 of this issue.
Fly time is coming, and it is now in order to overhaul your
stock, find out about how much Tanglefoot you can use in
your first order, and send your order to the Jobber for de-
livery on some date which you may select in the near future.
If you do not take this precaution, you may have to wait
for your supplies, as the demand every year is very much
greater than for the previous year, and this sometimes causes
delay in the first deliveries.
New Englanders are continuing to get ready for the sum-
mer's soda business. The American Soda Fountain Company
have Just shipped new apparatus to the following druggists:
P. J. Malone, North Adams, Mass.; John T. Walsh, Qulncy,
Mass.; P. A. Brosseau, Fall River, Mass.; S. N. Larr, Newton
Lower Falls, Mass.; J. A. Tulte, Fall River, Mass.; Lewis &
Co.. Boston, Mass.; P. S. Brown & Co., Fall River, Mass., and
Morgan Bros., Mystic, Conn.
The Farbenfabriken of Elberfeld Company of 40 Stone
street. New York, will send to any druggist, upon request,
the full text of the Judge*s decision sustaining the validity
of the phenacetln patent in the case of Conrad D. Maurer,
et als., vs. Edward N. Dlckerson and Farbenfabriken of El-
berfeld Company, recently tried in the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals. The opinion of the learned Judge, as given
in this text of the decision, contains some highly interesting
references to chemical literature bearing upon the production
of compounds like phenacetln, and traverses the expert testi-
mony of chemists like Professors Sadtler of Philadelphia and
Chandler of New York. Send for a copy, mentioning the
Amebican Dbuggist.
It will pay any druggist who is contemplating a change in
his store fixtures or fitting up a new pharmacy, to possess a
copy of the new Druggists' Fixtures Catalogue, which has
Just been Issued to the trade by Seger & Gross, makers of
Twentieth Century High Grade Druggists' Fixtures, of 42-50
West Sixty-seventh street. New York. This firm manufac-
ture druggists' fixtures exclusively, and their designs are dis-
tinguished for originality and perfection in detail. The cata-
logue contains a number of new ideas and suggestions in
store arrangement which will appeal especially to the up to
date druggist Our advice Is not to delay about sending a
postal card request for a copy, but write now, mentioning
this paper.
American SaloL
Our readers will recall that the patents covering the manu-
fncture of Salol In Germany expired about two years ago, since
which time the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works have been
lari^ely engaged In the manufacture of the article. The
"M. C. W." Company are receiving very liberal encourage-
ment from the hands of the retail druggists, and their Salol
Is giving general satisfaction.
Nothins: Succeeds Like Success*
During the year of 1901, 468,411 gallons of Coca-Cola were
sold. The sales of Coca-Cola from 1886 to January, 1902, have
been as follows:
No. of No. of
Year. gallona. passes.
1886 25 a.200
1887 1,049 184,272
1888 1,033 247,124
1880 2,171 277.888
1800 8,855 1,133.440
1891 10,821 2,537,088
1892 35.360 4.626,080
1893 48,427 6,198.656
1894 64,335 8.234.880
1895 76,244 9,759,232
1806 117,636 15.067,408
1897 163,297 20.902,016
1898 214,008 27.393,024
1899 281.055 35,975,040
1900 370.877 47.472,256
1901 468,411 59,956,608
Steam^s Biologfic Products*
A corrected price-list of the biologic products manufac-
tured by Frederick Stearns & Co., Detroit, has Just been is-
sued to the trade. The revised prices are as follows:
Diphtheritic antitoxin: Regular or standard. No. 1, per bulb
of 500 units, 75 cents; No. 2, per bulb of 1,000 units, $1.50;
No. 3, per bulb of 1.500 units, $2.25; No. 4. per bulb of 2,000
units, ^.00; No. 5, per bulb of 8,000 units, $4.50. Special, No.
1, per syringe bulb of 500 units, $1.15; No. 2, per syringe bulb
of 1,000 units, $2.25; No. 3. per syringe bulb of 1,500 units,
$3.25; No. 4, per syringe bulb of 2,000 units, $4.00; No. 5, per
syringe bulb of 3,000 units, $5.75.
Antistreptococcic serum: 20 Cc. in two bulbs of 10 Cc. each,
with syringe equipment, $1.75; discount, 30 per cent; for a
$25.00 net ($36.00 list) order, an additional 5 per cent is de-
ducted.
Glycerlnated vaccine: In dispensing package (10 tubes, each
tube in separate sterilized package and each tube accompanied
by an ejector, scarifying needle and temporary shield), $1.00;
discount 20 per cent In stock package (10 tubes in one wood-
en tube, accompanied by one needle, rubber bulb and ten tem-
porary shields). $1.00; discount 50 per cent.
Vaccine points (ivory) not glycerlnated: In packages of 10,
$1.00; discount, 50 per cent.
Dn Mathews^ Discoveries.
Dr. Mathews, writing in the March Century of " The Na-
ture of Nerve Force," apropos of the experiments made by
Dr. Loeb and himself, says in conclusion: It will probably be
asked, what are likely to be the practical results of these
conclusions? It is, of course, impossible to predict what prac-
tical results may follow in the future, but it appears to me
probable that the immediate practical consequences wiU very
likely occur in the following directions:
First the physical explanation thus attained of one of the
phenomena of life will, if it proves true, bring us a step
nearer the understanding of other life-phenomena, the arti-
ficial synthesis of living matter, and the prolongation of life.
There Is apparently no inherent reason why man should die,
except our ignorance of the conditions governing the reaction
going on in his protoplasm.
Second, it looks as if we had at last secured a rational
basis of pharmacology. If the poisonous action of salts is
due to the electrical charges their particles bear, and we are
able to offset this action by particles with the opposite charge,
there Is every reason to believe that the poisonous action of
drugs is also so caused and may in the same manner be
counteracted. The credit for this work should be' given to
Prof. Loeb.
Third, we have at last secured, apparently, a basis for at-
tacking the great problem of fermentation, for the peculiar
fermentative or catalytic powers of colloidal solutions are
probably, in their essence, electrical. A solution of the problem
of fermentation probably means a revolution in some of the
great Industries of the world, for 1^ will enable us to build
up our foodstuffs from the soil, the air and sunlight. Just as
plants do. It will put in our hands a power of controlling
chemical phenomena the results of which can at present hard-
ly be conceived. In the absence of experimental data It is im-
possible to say definitely whether our results will ultimately
illuminate the problem of fermentation or not but they, at
least suggest a means of attacking this problem, and I think
I do not overstate the probable consequences of the solution
of that problem.
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AMtKiCAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL KECORU.
Pribe Indeed.
Another rear, plense! We are coming to think as mnch of
the AifXBiOAN DBCoaiBT as we do of oar bank accoubt
Febbib & Febbib CoKPAsr,
FTanUlnTllle, N. Y., February 26, 1002.
A New Vaccination Siiield.
The shield Illustrated herewith Is made of aluminum and
Is, therefore, rer; light, but at the same time strong and dura-
ble. It Is so adjusted as h> Insure
perfect veatilatlon and still to
afford complete protection from
the Irritating contact of clothing,
etc. The shield may be pur-
chased through Jobbers or direct
from the makers, the Oliver
d Company, Newark. N. J., at $1 per dosen.
Old Stock Recalled.
Raymond & Co., of 61 Beekman etreet, New York City, an-
nounce in this Issue the recall of revenue stamped plasters of
their make. Druggists who have a supply of Raymond's Fec-
lonU Plasters should carefully note this announcement, as It
la Important to their Interest The sale of the goods la active,
and the demand la constantly Increasing, but every practical
pharmacist can see the necessity of having fresh goods.
A Good Argftunent.
The Importaace of the nimble nickel Is very clearly set
lorth In the two page advertisement MT tile American Soda
Fountain Company, which appears on pages 6 and 7 of this
Issue. On a basis of a five cent carfare the Manhattan Ele-
vated Railway, of New York, has built up a business which
pays such a handaomt? dividend on Its millions of capital
stock that the stock sells at way above par. While the retail
druggist cannot make as much money aa the Manhattan li, be
cno make more In proportion to the capital Inreated. Write to
the American Soda Fountain Company at any of their branch
offices and ask tor some figures on the proAts In soda water.
Tfic Malted Milk Suit Ended— The Elgin Milkinc Co.
Wins.
Judge Seaman, of the United Statea Dlatrict Court, acting
for Judge Kohlsaat, recently handed down his opinion In the
case of Horllck'a Food Company against the Blgln Mllkin«
Company. The suit was brought to restrain the Elgin Com-
pany from using the words " Matted Milk " aa the name of a
food, but they claimed that as the words are descriptive of
their product they had the right to use them. The Horllck
people denied that the words are descriptive, and stated that
the milk In their product was not subjected to the digestive
acttoa of the malt, as they killed the malt ferments before
they were brought In contact with the milk. This was &
strange course for them to take, because for years they have
made the claim to doctors that "the casein of the milk was
acted on by the plant pepeln developed by their special malt-
ing process," and It Is extraordinary that they should now
say that the action claimed by them for so many years does
not take place. They further claim that the Elgin Company's
package was an Imitation of theirs; on this point the Judge
said, " But the defendant's packages differ In shape and
dress; both the name ' Meadows' ' and that of the defendant
as producer are conspicuously printed on each, and Its dis-
tinctive trade-mark as well." and he closes his opinion with
these words: " It Is obvious that equitable Interference Is
unautborteed In such Instances unless deception otherwise ap-
pears. Finding no such deception In package or label, the
bill must be dismissed for want of equity, and decree will be
entered accordingly."
Ttie Moat Profitable Side Line.
The most prosperous druggists throughout the country are
those who do not confine themselves entirely to the drug trade,
but who are willing to push lines which will serve as a feeder
to their general business. The truth of this statement has
been demonstrated beyond any question. Of the many so
called side tines which offer themselves for consideration, none
holds forth greater promise than the sale of photographic
apparatus.
The Interest In photography already awakened Is Increas-
ing In a marvelous degree among people of alt classes. Methods
of picture making have been slmpllfled. and the operation Is
no longer a costly one. The real advantages of carrying
cameras as a side line In the drug store are almost evident at
a glance. Not only does the progressive store keeper, who
Iiandles tbese goods, reap a large and Increasing revenne f rotu
the sale of the cameras themselves, but he attracts new faces
and incidental trade In chemicals and other goods to hii
establlahment. Again, he reaps the benefit of the large ad-
vertising which Is being done by such companies aa the
RocbestCT Optical & Camera Company, whose excellent line*
are tieing exploited throughout the length and breadtb of the
The plan of handling cameras as a side line Inaosttrated
by the Rochester Optical & Camera Company of Rochester,
N. Y., has been very generally comtuended by drugglats, and
we believe It will he worth the while of every memtier of the
trade who Is not familiar witb this plan to write to the com-
pany for details, mentioning the Aukbicar DnuooiST.
A Merited Compliment.
Edwin Hawley. long and favorably known as the aasiataui
general traffc manager of the Southern Pacific Company, waa
made the recipient of a valuable testimonial of respect and
esteem upon his retirement from the position which he has
held with such great success. All of the officials and em
ployees under Mr. Hawley's Jurisdiction Joined in presenting
him with a magnificent punch bowl, with ladle, platter and
cups, all of special design and of solid silver. An appropriate
Inscription appeared on the l)owl. Those participating in this
presentation feel ttiat they have honored themselves by honor-
ing Mr. Hawley, and he In turn Is gratified to feel that ht
has elicited and maintained the good opinion and kind feel-
ings of those who were under him during his successful man
agement.
Ice Cream Cabinets.
To get the full benefit of the trade that comes with the
torrid months, druggists should be well equipped with all
necessary apparatus for ke^lnu
on hand soda fouutain suppllvN.
so that they will remain In cleau-
, ly surrouodlogs and at the low-
est temperature possible.
< This Is easily done when tlic
' druggist Is supplied with any nt
the numerous handsome and use-
ful Ice cream cabinets and ator
age refrigerators maoufactureil
by the Chocolate Cooler Co., ••!
Qrand Rapids. Mich. This com-
pany are engaged In tbemanafu'-
ture of this class of goods ex-
• clualvely, and there ia added tn
their many years of experience a
thorough knowledge of the
wants of the trade that assures
satisfaction to their customers.
Twenty different sizes and styles
of cabinets are made and carried in stock continually, and it
will pay to write for catalogue and prices, mentioning this
Journal.
Runs at J02 Miles an Hour.
On New Year's eve. Fast Mall Train No. 57, with one of the
Dew mammoth engines of the Chicago. Milwaukee & St Paul
Railway, broke the record between Chicago and Milwaukee,
making the eighty-five miles from Chicago to Milwaukee
in eighty-seven minutes, or one hour and twenty-seven min-
utes. The previous record is said to have been one hour and
thirty-two minutes. During three and four-tenths miles of the
distance between Caledonia and Lake the train maintained
a speed of a trlfie over 102 miles per hour. The distance be-
tween these two stations, three and four-tenths miles, wsa
made In exacUy two minutes.
The train of six sixty-foot mall and express cars left
Chicago at lO.lS p.m., 20 minutes late, and arrived at Mil-
waukee at 11.42, Just two minutes late. The two terminals
required Plow time, but no stops for water.
Bdgebrook to Stowell, aeventy-two miles, was covered la
(15 minutes, or at a rate of slxty-alx and one-half miles per
hour. The distance from Wadsworih to Western TJnioD Jnnc-
tlon, nineteen miles, was made In 16 minutes, or at the
rate of seventy-one and one-quarter miles per hour. Engine
No. 921 has a loaded weight of 290,000 pounds, drivers. BVA
laches In diameter; a tender capacity of 19,000 pounds of coal
and 7,000 gallons of water.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
BDXTORIAI.8 159^ IQO
Obxoinal AsncLBB :
Obaerratlons and Suggestions on the Tests and Standards of
the Pharmacop<ela« by Lyman F. Kebler, ISl
DaPABnCBlIT OF STOBB BlANAGIlCBNT .'
Tlie Show window (continued) Itj, 1^3
DBUOGT8T8' Couxas IN Optics :
The Physiology of Vision (continued) 164
CBBAH or CUBBBIIT LimUTUBB :
The Seardi for Phosphorus In Cases of Poisoning, Some Reae-
ttons of Alloxan and Alloxanthin ; Caoodyllc Acid — ^Its Com-
binations; The Solution and QuantltatlTe Bstlmatlon of
Protelda by Meana of Ttaloainamlne 166
The lianufacture of Essen ess in Sldly and in Calabria, Con-
ceming Nltro- and Amldo-acetophenone, Hie Alkaloids of
Corydalla Cara, Bxamlnatlon of Asparagus Seeds, Titration
of Potassium Ferroeyanide 166
QCBBIBB AMD AMUmom Z
Status of New York Licentiates In Illinois 167
Tsatlng Illuminating Oas, Nail Powders 168
RsTiawB ow Books :
De Barys* Vorleaongen uber Bakterlen 168
BuBimiBs Building 169, 170
Nbwb or THB Drug World , 171-186
THOUGHTFUL students have frequently been im-
pressed with the need of a definitive answer to the
question what becomes of a salt when it goes into solu-
tion in water. The modem theory of electrolytic dissocia-
tion or ionization seems to answer this question satis-
factorily. According to it when common salt, sodium
chloride, is dissolved in water, the salt is not merely
hidden in the water, but is decomposed or split up into
simpler components. The molecule of NaQ -separates
into ions of Na + Aq, and Q -f- Aci, and these ions be-
come charged respectively with positive and negative
electrical charges. The name "ions," which means
** things which go," was devised for the new particles of
the molecule by Faraday. They occupy a place midway
between an atom and a molecule, and, as mentioned above,
are carriers of electricity — pure water, as is well known,
being a non-conductor of electricity, while water in which
a salt or an acid has been dissolved is a good conductor.
We have seen what takes place when scxiium chloride
is dissolved in water; it is brcdcen up into separate ions
of sodium and water, and chlorine and water. When the
terminals of a dynamo, a battery, or other source of elec-
tricity are placed in a sodium chloride solution the sodium
. ions charged with positive electricity are impelled by the
force commonly known as electric attraction and repul-
sion toward the negatively charged pole or cathcxie and
repelled by the ancxle, and these ions are hence called
" cations," while the negatively charged ions are repelled
by the negatively charged pole and attracted by the posi-
tive or anode, from which property they derive the name
"anions." When sulphuric acid H2SO4 is dissolved in
water it breaks up into hydrogen, hydrosulphate, HSO4,
and sulphate, SO4, ions.
In the new chemistry the term salt is applied to all
compounds which ionize when dissolved in water and
includes both acids and bases, an acid being a compound
which yields hydrogen as one of its ions, and a base be-
ing a compound which yields hydroxyl, OH, as one of
its ions. When a salt in this sense of the word is dis-
solved in water the dissociation is not as a rule complete —
that is, part of the salt is not ionized. The ionization,
however, increases with dilution, so that in solutions of
a moderate degree of diluticm, salts may, with a few ex-
ceptions, be considered to' be practically completely dis-
sociated.
The application of tht electrolytic dissociation theory
to chemical analysis is as yet a novelty, so far as chemis-
try text-books are concerned, but the new edition of
Bailey and Cady's "Laboratory Guide to the Study of
Qualitative Analysis" is almost entirely taken up with
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the explanation and interpretation of chemical phenome-
na in the light of recent work in the study of the disso-
ciation of salts in solution.^ While the theory has re-
ceived scant attention heretofore from teachers of
chemistry, it seems destined before long to take a very
prominent place in the teaching of chemical science,
and the brief explanation of the theory which is here
attempted should have a very special interest for phar-
jnaceutical students.
A PLEA FOR THE ''KOMMERS*'^
ONE of the most picturesque features of German uni-
versity life is the " kommers," or informal supper,
which is accompanied with much drinking of beer and
smoking of pipes, and singing of student songs. At these
kommers are not infrequently found grave and learned
professors, who will occasionally sing a song or tell a
story with the best of the company. Largely through
these hearty and informal gatherings a d^ree of good
fellowship is established between the students and the
professors which seems in no wise to detract from the
value of the professors as teachers, and to add materially
to the pleasure of the student and to his regard for his
Alma Mater, An interesting feature of the visit of
Prince Henry of Prussia to the United States was a
kommers held in this city under the chairmanship of
Dr. Carl Beck, a noted surgeon of this city, at which some
thirty or forty former students of German universities,
about half of whom were physicians, held an old-fash-
ioned kommers, with Prince Henry as the guest of honor.
The advantages of this form of inexpensive and in-
nocuous recreation have recently been officially recog-
nized by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and
by Harvard University, in both of which institutions
the students' kommers has been officially sanctioned and
arrangements made to utilize it for bringing together
the instructors and their pupils. With such indorse-
:ments it would seem that the kommers deserves rather
more consideration than has heretofore been accorded
it in this country, where it has generally been looked
upon as a somewhat rowdyish form of dissipation devoid
-of any good feature. This unqualified condemnation of
the kommers is, however, not justified by its purpose,
and we think that many of our institutions in which the
■students are men of comparatively mature years and
settled habits, as is particularly the case in technical
schools, might well endeavor to introduce some modi-
'fication of the kommers as a means of bringing the
teachers and the student body into closer contact and
■more cordial relations.
One of the most delightful recollections of our own
student life is connected with the evenings spent with
the late Professor Maisch, when, after a ten-mile jaunt
through the less frequented sections of Fairmount Park,
the botanizing party would devote the evening to the
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dissection and study of the specimens gathered, the more
serious occupations of the evening being lightened by a
discussion of various kinds of delicatessen and beer.
The sturdy professor was easily first here, as in any field
in which he entered, and he could distinguish the several
brews with quite as much scientific certainty as he could
recognize a member of the N. O. Ranunculace(F. While
these diversions were not called kommers, they were
in eflfect the same thing, and we believe that many stu-
dents can trace their first real appreciation of the pleas-
ures and advantages of botany as a study and recreation
to these informal evenings with Professor Maisch.
Man is eminently a social creature, and this attribute
can well be utilized both in student life and in organiza-
tion work. In fact, the most interesting and profitable
meeting held of late years at the New York College of
Pharmacy was that which took place last week, and the
most interesting part of the meeting was the exchange
of ideas which occurred over an informal supper after
the adjournment of the formal business session.
Our colleges of pharmacy have heretofore had but
little beyond the actual teaching to bring together the
students and teachers, and we feel confident that the
professor who will have the temerity to break away from
old traditions and make some effort to bring the students
together in the informal social way which is done in the
German konmiers will gain a hold upon their attention
and affections which shall prove a valuable factor in their
mental development.
THE DRUGGIST AND THE LAW.
DRUGGISTS are so beset with legal restrictions that
it behooves them to bear well in mind the fact that
ignorance is no excuse in the eyes of the law. The danger
of ignorance is illustrated in two cases which have re-
centlv come to our notice in connection with the excise
law of this State. In one of these the druggist had never
dispensed liquor of any kind except on a physician's
prescription in accordance, as he thought, with the pro-
visions of the Raines law. He was about to submit his
prescription file to the authorities as proof of his careful
compliance with the law, when it was pointed out to him
that under the law the prescription should be signed by
the " name " of the practising physician, whereas many
of the prescriptions that he had dispensed were signed
with initials only, a practice only too common among
physicians. Under a strict construction of the law, such
' as the excise authorities would undoubtedly insist upon,
this man would have been deemed guilty of a violation
of the statute. In another case a pharmacist sold DuflFy's
Malt Whisky in the original package without having
any prescription for it. He had gained the impression
from a recent ruling of the United States Internal Rev-
enue Department that this was considered as a pro-
prietary preparation and not as a liquor, overlooking the
fact that this ruling did not give any exemption under
the State excise law, and as a consequence he was invited
by the State Excise Commissioner to pay a fine of
$500.00 for a violation of the Raines law.
With such pointed examples before him the druggist
cannot be too careful, and should remember that it is
his duty, not only to post himself, but to inform his clerks
as to the various laws affecting the practice of pharmacy.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
OBSERVATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ON
THE TESTS AND STANDARDS OF THE
PHARHAGOPOEIA.
By Lthu( p. Ebblbb. Ph.C,
putodeiphik. F^
{Continued from Vol. 33, p. 343.)
Acetic Ether is seldom 98^ per cent. pure. It seems
to be commercially impossible to make it; most of the
articles met with contain from 65 to 90 per cent, of pure
acetic ether, the remainder consisting of ethyl alcohol.
Aconite is employed to a considerable extent in some
countries, but has fallen into disuse in others. The cause
for this disuse is probably referable to the great variable-
ness of its quality. For example, one root will barely
give a tingling sensation, while others will give marked
results in dilution of 1-800. Furthermore, the writer has
reasons for believing that certain aconite preparations
deteriorate with age. Observations are at present being
made along this line and the results will be published as
soon as completed. At present the writer is using only
the physiological test for assaying and adjusting the
strength of the various aconite preparations, being con-
vinced that all other methods are inferior, if not actually
worthless. It is to be hoped that the Fharmacopceial
Committee will see its way clear to introduce a method of
assay into the next edition.
Adeps Lantr Hydrossus. — This article frequently emits
a foreign odor like that given off by evaporating ben-
zine. Such products are at present excluded bythe pharma-
copoeial standard. The method for determining the mois-
ture is very defective. On mixing 10 Gm. of the wool
fat with 50 Co. of water and warming, the fatty portion
melts and, being lighter than water, rises to the top, where
it forms a layer which effectually prevents the dissipa-
tion of the water. The fat should be incorporated with
some solid material like finely broken glass or pure sand
and evaporated on the water bath to constant weight.
Alcohol. — A test for wood alcohol should be intro-
duced. There are a number of methods given to reveal
its presence in grain alcohol, but so far as the writer's
experience has gone none of them is very efficient. The
differential aldehyde tests serve some purpose, but the
results are not sufficiently characteristic to justify the
analyst in making an absolute decision. Careful frac-
tionation with a long distillation bulb has given the au-
thor more satisfactory results than any other procedure.
In this way he has been able to detect the presence of
from s to ID per cent, of methyl alcohol. Such mixtures
always begin to distill considerably below the boiling
point of ethyl alcohol. There may be other bodies pres-
ent, like acetone or methyl acetate, which lower the nor-
mal boiling point of ethyl alcohol, but they must all be
considered impurities on a par with wood alcohol. By
employing fractionation, the portion coming over below
78° C. can be tested for wood alcohol, etc., with the usual
methods, and the results are generally much more satis-
factory than if these tests are applied to the grain alcohol
direct.
Ammonium Compounds. — The presence of more than
I per cent, of ammonium chloride in ammonium bromide
IS difficult to establish, and furthermore, bromine is al-
lowed to contain 3 per cent, of chlorine, which, when
converted into ammonium chloride, in the manufacture
of ammonium bromide from bromine, amounts to more
than 1 per cent, of ammonium chloride.
There is very little ammonium carbonate that does
not contain more or less empyreumatic or non-volatile
matter.
The requirements for ammonium chloride are some-
Lymio F. Keblcr, Pb.C, M^.,
wbOM papcri on Tbe Teals and StandardB at tbe PbarmacopiB])!, >■ pub-
Ilibed In tlie Aubbican DxnoaisT, have altracted widespread Intertit,
l> tbe preMDt cbalrman at the ai^leallflc Section of the American Pbi
..__. ijjoclatlon and presldt ■ - - ~ . . ~ ..
IS the Saline High
iH he Btarted lolca
ol the Chemical Section of tb«
farm In r*al. Mich., and receive*
district Bchool*,
1 thei
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of flrtM
_. When
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. „ „. months, and iL
>port himself at blgb ecbanl during (he winter mantba.
f hard work were rewarded with a diploma for a foar
e courae, Mr. Krbier's goal, however, waa the unlTPrally.
combined witb the exercise of rigid economr aod »
" never-BaT-Qie " determination, found blm entered as a freshman ll^
the Hlchlgan School of Pharmac)' In 18ST. After a jear'a residence
at the DnlrerallT he was offered the poBltloD of BsslstanC in chemlatrr
at the Iowa Agricultural College, which he accepted. A year and six
moDthB nere spent at thla InstTtuIlon In teaching and alucl}. In 1890-
be received the degree of rharmaceutlcal Cbemlet and later the R. 8.
dsKree. following a course In bellea lettres. Shortly Hlterward be waa
appointed aaslalsnt professor of qualitative chemlalrT. and In the same
rear the degree of H. S. waa acquired. Tbe expenses of theae eight
Eiara of contlnuoua study were met ehletlji with means derived from
la trade. Burelf an honorable record I
Deeted with tbe flrm
tieal AaaoelatloD. and the
what inconsistent. A limit of iron is allowed, yet an ab-
sence of metals and non-volatile matter is required; iron
is certainly a metal and is non-volatile.
No ammonium iodide is on the market which wilt
comply with the required limit of sulphate and the ab-
sence o£ mor'- than one-half per cent, of chloride or
bromide,
Ammoniaciim. — This drug is frequently contami-
nated with other gum resins, inorganic matter, fragments-
of wood and other substances insoluble in strong alcohol.
A good article should not contain more than lo per cent,
of ash, and the residue left after treating powdered am-
moniac with strong alcohol and drying at lOo" C. should
not be more than 50 per cent.
Aniimonii el Potassii Tartras. — With this article some
very peculiar results have been obtained. It ought not
to be difficult to prepare this article pure, yet there seems
to be some difficulty, inasmuch as more than one-half of
the samples examined are contaminated more or less with
impurities. An examination of 20 samples by the Phar-
macopceia standard gave the following results: Percent-
age purity of ten samples: 101.74, 100.92. 102.04, I03.20w
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101.24, 96.81, 100.21, 101.61, 101.37, 101.31. All these
samples contained more or less calcium sulphate and
chlorides. One sample, coming from Italy, also contained
strontium sulphate. This probably was introduced
through the use of strontium carbonate, instead of cal-
cium carbonate. The percentage purity of seven other
samples ran as follows: 101.24, 104.57, i<H-25» 102.50,
100.9, 99-77> 100 > 21II these samples tested up very well,
but the remarkably high percentage of purity of several
samples was unusual. It was at first thought that the
water of crystallization had all been lost. Accordingly
this was determined and found to vary from 0.1 per cent,
to 240 per cent. The sample assaying highest also con-
tained the highest percentage of moisture, and the sam-
ple assaying 104.25 per cent, contained only 0.6 per cent,
of moisture. From these results it can readily be seen
that in all probability the difficulty lies in the manufac-
ture of the article, more antimony being present in one
preparation than in another. Two other samples con-
taining chlorides had a percentage purity of 101.25 and
101.17. The last sample was a mixture of tartar emetic
an<;I barium sulphate, the latter being present to the ex-
tent of 38 per cent.
Aloes. — ^The present uncertain qualities and sources
of the various aloes should be very carefully investigated.
For, if it is correct, and there are good reasons for Chink-
ing so, that Curacoa aloes, more or less dried, is the
source of nearly, all commercial varieties, the Pharma-
copoeia should recognize only the Curacoa variety or in-
troduce differentiating tests. The method for estimating
the percentage of aloin should certainly be carefully
tested. The following analysis lends force to this : Solu-
ble in alcohol, 91.4 per cent., 29.34, 82.66, 98.28, 96.5.
All of the above results were obtained from the so-called
variety of Curacoa. The percentage of solubility in all
cases includes the amount of water present, which varied
from 5 to 25 per cent. The sample which contained only
29.34 per cent, of alcohol-soluble material was found to
be contaminated with 53.83 per cent, of ash. The aloin
in the above samples varied in percentage according to
the impurities present. A good aloes should contain at
least 20 per cent, of aloin.
That there is much uncertainty as tp the variety of
aloes the following letter, obtained • from a prominent
importer, clearly sets forth : " Barbadoes aloes : no aloes
have been exported from Barbadoes for many years ; but,
notwithstanding this fact, so-called Barbadoes aloes are
still an article of merchandise and barter. When orders
are received for Barbadoes aloes, Curacoa aloes are in-
variably sent out for the same. We, like others, buy so-
called Barbadoes aloes, and fill orders from such pur-
chases, although we know they are not true Barbadoes
aloes. We always mark such deliveries " So-called Bar-
badoes Aloes," and it is so described on our wholesale
list ; this seems to give satisfaction. The part of the sam-
ple we send to you was sent to us by Messrs. Blank &
Co., of England, who state that no true Barbadoes aloes
have arrived in England for many years, but that they
have discovered that an old friend of theirs had about
six hundredweight, which he has been carrying in his
warehouse for over eighteen years. The part of the sam-
ple we send you is a sample of these goods, and that as
said friend had paid a long price for them, he would not
sell for less than £$ per hundredweight, which is equiva-
lent to about $25.00 per hundredweight, which is equiva-
lent to about 23 cents per pound. This article is quoted
by importers at 10 cents per pound. In fact, this article
has assumed very much the same position that Bermuda
arrowroot has. We have for years imported this article
at a cost of between 30 and 40 cents, while it is offered
by nearly all large houses in New York City at 20 cents,
which is far below the cost of importation. The custom
is, we regret to state, to supply fine quality of some other
arrowroot, which can be bought for anywhere from 7
to 10 cents, label it Bermuda and cfaarn 100 per cent
advance over what they would charge for the article if
sold under its own name."
How much of the above letter, pertaining to the aged
sample of genuine Barbadoes aloes, should be accepted
in good faith, every reader must judge for himself.
STORE MANAGEMENT.
Coodoctod by W* A* Dawaoo*
fn addiiian to^lishing a series of articles covering the ammer-
dal side of pharmacy^ the editor oj this deparimemt will en-
deavor to discuss, criticise^ advise and give informatum on
any question pertaining to the business management of the
drug store propounded by readers of the American Deuggist.
This feature of the department is intended to constitute a busi-
ness query column for the readers of the Amuligan Deuogist.
and all queries regarding business matters addressed to it trill
be freely ansvuered.
THE SHOW WINDOW- (Continued.)
ALTHOUGH show windows vary greatly in size and
shape, the majority of windows belong to one or
other of the following types, as to floor plan :
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Type A is the shape of window most commonly met
with in the cities. The front glass of this window is on
an even line with the front of the building. Type B is a
variant of A, the only difference being that the side light
of the windows at each side of the doorway returns at a
right angle instead of an obtuse one. Type C is some-
times spoken of as the ideal shape for a drug store win-
dow. Windows of this shape are, however, not common
in the larger cities, where ground is so valuable that every
inch must be covered in building operations. In some of
the smaller cities and towns where buildings are not
brought out to the last inch of the street line, this style of
window is most used. The windows project their full
depth beyond the front of the upper part of the building,
and thus form regular bay windows.
Occasionally variations of types A and B are met
with, where the windows are partly bayed, projecting a
few inches beyond the line of the building with a narrow
light of glass in the side of the window furthest from
the doorway. A feature of importance in the fitting up
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of these windows, A and B, is the treatment of the blank
wall at the side of the window. The best plan, although
expensive as to first cost, is to cover the wall with a mir-
ror ; the glass all in one piece if possible and fastened into
place witib a narrow molding around it ; this wjU, in effect,
double both the size of the window and any displays made
in it If the expense of mirrors be too great the wall
may be artistically decorated with fresco, lincrusta or
other relief decoration, or it may be neatly paneled with
wall paper. A shallow wall show case built to fit the
spot is another good method of treating this space, pro-
vided the sun does not shine on the spot for any length
of time during the day, for goods will deteriorate faster
under glass when exposed to sunshine than they will out
in the open.
A series of narrow glass shelves supported by brass
fixtures with key hole brackets, so that shelves and brack-
ets may be removed at will, is another way of treating
this space; but, aside from mirrors or mural decorations
no permanent fixtures should be used.
ARRANGEMENT OF THE SHOW GLOBES.
The windows should have no permanent fixtures, ex-
cepting perhaps the arrangements for artificial lighting;
everything should be removable, for there will te occa-
Fif. 1.— Detail of Platform. Bhowlnc Conitnictloii.
Fig. 2. — ^Back of Front Berel, Showing Cleati or Battena to Praront
Warping.
Fig. 8. — How the Finished Platform Looks.
BBVBL FRONT WINDOW PliATFORBL
sions when it will be found necessary to make a special
display, and for this purpose the windows should be
entirely clear. This rule applies more particularlv to
show bottles and pedestals, for in nine cases out of ten
where these are kept in the windows permanently the
window displays are a failure, since these pieces of shop
furniture usually do not harmonize with the surround-
ing decorations. The best place for the colored show
bottles, if it be thought necessary to display these in the
windows, is high up, hung in chains from the ceiling or
from metal side brackets. In some cases it might be
advisable to fit up the windows after the English style —
that is, partition off the upper part of the windows with
a horizontal partition of wood or glass, the display be-
ing made in the lower part of the window as usual and
the part above furnished with squat-shaped colored show
bottles set upon short pedestals, with a light behind eadh
show bottle.
THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WINDOW.
To be well lighted at night the show windows should
have the lights placed at the top of the window as well
as at the sides. For the ordinary sized window that
has a back opening of eight or ten feet square a Nemst
electric — three glower — lamp, placed in the center of the
ceiling of the window, and two brackets at the sides of
the window at about three feet above the floor or plat-
form of the window, each bracket bearing a twenty
candle-power light, will illuminate the window most ef-
fectively; or, it gas is used, Welsbach burners, simi-
larly placed, will answer. In rural districts where kero-
sene must used the " Angle " lamp, or some of the new
mantle lamps, will be found a great improvement over
the ordinary type of kerosene lamps.
A HARMONIOUS COLOR SCHEME.
It will sometimes be found advisable to cover the
ceiling and side panels of the window interior with Lin-
crusta- Walton and paint and decorate this and the en-
tire woodwork of the interior of windows to correspond
with either the wdl decorations of the store or the fix-
tures. But where the store fixtures are of a dark wood
it will be better to have the wood interiors done in light
colors than to make them as dark as the fixtures, since
die light colors will make the store interior lighter and
the windows more attractive. After making many ex-
periments in color schemes, the writer has had the ex-
terior and interior wood work of his show windows done
in ivory enamel; the Lincrusta ceiling and side panels
are glazed with light blue and tipped with gold, and
although the store fittings and interior wood work are in
oak, the effect far surpasses that obtained by making the
window fronts and interior match the fixtures. The
delicately tinted ceiling and sides look well with every
trim and does away with a lot of work in trimming. In
making a fine trim in a light-tinted color scheme it is not
necessary to cover the ceiling and sides with drapery, as
requires to be done where the wood work is dark colored.
No window is well trimmed that is not wholly
trimmed; putting all the decorations in the lower pjut
of the window is not good art in window trimming. The
expert window trimmer begins at the top of the window
and works down to the platform, so as to make a complete
picture, with the window casing for its frame.
THE USE OF STATIONARY PLATFORMS.
The nearest approach to a permanent display fixture
for the window is a bevel front platform, as illustrated in
the accompanying figures. While this platform may be
used in almost all trims it will be sometimes necessary
to remove it from the window entirely, and for use in
such cases there should be a carpet provided, fitting ac-
curatdiy the window in shape and carefully bound about
the edges with a stout braid. This carpet should be a
Wilton preferably and of subdued pattern and color.
The deck of the platform, as shown in Fig. i, is made
of ^-inch pine or white wood, tongue and grooved to
give necessary rigidity, and the supports of i or i^-inch
pine. To insure proper placing each time it is put into
the window, two pegs project from the bottom of the sup-
porting pieces at either end, and these fit into holes bored
in the window floor, so that the deck of the platform is
rigidly fixed in position in the window.
THE BUILDING OF THE PLATFORMS.
The beveled front and sides are made of 5^-incfa
white wood free from knots or shakes, and well battened
at the back to prevent the thin wood warping or splitting,
the battens being well secured with numerous screws.
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It is best to have these platforms made by a good car-
penter, as the bevels need the most artful calculation and
scribing to have them fit well, and if they do not fit per-
fectly accurate they look slovenly. The writer is a fair
amattur carpenter, but his attempt at making a platform
of diis kind was a failure, as was also the attempt of an
ordinary carpenter; finally a carpenter who was used to
doing cabinet work made a set that was a perfect fit, and,
although they have been in and out of the windows hun-<
dreds of times, they still drop into place, malcing perfectly
time joints at all pdnts ; still, there is not a true straight
line in any part of them when closely examined, which
may be the secret of their fitting together so nicely, as
they were not made to look straight, but to fit.
DRESSING THE PLATFORMS.
A duplicate set should be made, so as to have two
complete platforms for each window ; one set being kept
on hand for covering with drapery in such trims as is
necessary, while the other is painted and lettered on the
bevel fronts, and the deck covered with some rich fabric,
tapestry, velours or plush ; or, in lieu of these or for sum-
mer dress, art denim, art burlaps, cretonne or silkoline.
White enamel rubbed down and lettered in gold leaf makes
a fine finish for the fronts. Still better is to panel the
fronts with a narrow carved molding, a pearl or a laurel
or bead pattern ornament. These ready made carvings
may be obtained of cabinet and furniture makers; they
are glued and nailed fast, forming a suitable design and,
if desired, the lettering may be accomplished with the aid
of ready made letters of wood or metal fastened to the
fronts in the same manner, then the whole thing may be
enameled and the raised ornaments and letters afterward
gilded.
DRUGGISTS' COURSE IN OPTICS
CaadiKUd by C H. Bfown^ MJ>^
President of the PhiUdelphla Optloal Oonege.
Tikis series of papers is designed to furnish infarmaiioH which
is required by druggisU for the inUUigeni handling of a line
of optical goods. The first of the series appeared in our issue
for September 24, igoo.
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF
REFRACTION.
IN another case the curvature of some one of the merid-
ians of the cornea of the eye may be flattened or elon-
gated, thus causing the different rays to meet at different
focuses, and constituting the condition known as Astig-
matism.
In all three of the above mentioned cases the result is
the formation of indistinct images upon the retina and an
inevitable impairment of vision.
This action of the eye upon light is called its refrac-
Hon, the above illustrations referring only to parallel rays
of light, or those proceeding from a distance of twenty
feet or more.
If the eye was a rigid organ and had no inherent
power of its own to act on the rays of light received with-
in it, it is evident that its refraction of light would always
be the same: in emmetropia parallel rays would always
be focused upon the retina; in hypermetropia the similar
rays would always be focused behind the retina (we say
behind the retina, because that would be their focal point
if they could pass through the membranes of the eye) ;
in myopia similar rays would meet in focus in front of the
retina.
Refraction^ is the action of the eye on light when the
eye is passive or at rest — ^that is, when it is not called upon
to exert any power of its own to assist in bringing the
rays of light to a focus. And consequently when the re-
fraction of the eye is referred to, there is meant to be ex-
pressed that the eye, when in a state of rest, is either em-
metropic, hypermetropic or myopic.
In the two latter cases, as can be easily understood by
a reference to the figure given last month, the rays of light
that fall upon the retina cannot produce dear or well-
defined images of objects, but vision is blurred and indis-
tinct. In myopia the rays fall upon the retina after hav-
ing come to a focus, and then over crossed it ; in hyper-
metropia the rays have not yet come to a focus, and fall
upon the retina in this ununited condition. In both cases
the retina receives only a patch of light ( technically called
a diffusion circle), instead of the defined image which is
absolutely essential to satisfactory vision.
HOW OPTICAL DEFECTS ARE CORRECTED.
As has been shown in the chapter on lenses, the prop-
erty of convex lenses is to render parallel rays of light
convergent, and the property of concave lenses is to render
parallel rays of light divergent. If now these properties
of convex and concave lenses are made applicable to the
correction of the defects of the eye, the optician can read-
ily understand that a convex lens placed before a hyper-
metropic eye brings the rays of light to an earlier focus,
and if the ccmvex lens is of the proper strength to cor-
respond to the degree of h)rpermetropia, then the focus of
the rays of light will be brought so far forward as to ex-
actly correspond to the retina, and will, therefore, be
focused upon the retina.
If on the other hand a concave lens be placed before a
myopic eye, the rays of light are made divergent, and thus
made to come to a later focus ; and if the concave lens is
of the exact strength to correspond to the degree of the
myopia, then the focus of the rays of light is thrown so far
back as to correspond to the position of the retina, and the
focus will, therefore, fall upon the retina. If the above
statements are carefully considered, it can readily be seen
how these optical defects can be corrected by the adjust-
ment of the proper glasses.
The degree of the myopia or hypermetropia is ex-
pressed by the strength of the lens required to correct it
A hypermetropia of one dioptre is one that requires a
convex lens of one dioptre (+i.D.) to correct it ; a myopio
of two dioptres is one that requires a concave lens of two
dioptres ( — 2.D.) to correct it.
In addition to these defects there is a third one, which
has already been mentioned as astigmatism, in which one
of the meridians of the eye is normal, while the meridian
at right angles to it is either h)rpermetropic or myopic.
Such an eye may be emmetropic for vertical lines, and
h)rpermetropic or myopic for horizontal lines, or ^ice
versa. In such an eye the rays of light entering through
its defective meridian are focused either before or behind
the retina; while the rays entering through the em-
metropic meridian are focused upon the retina ; this con-
fuses the sight and renders it more or less imperfect.
The test for astigmatism is that in looking at a card of
radiating lines they are not all seen with equal distinct-
ness, some being much clearer than others, while in ex-
treme degrees of the defect some of the lines may be al-
most or altogether invisible.
It is well to know that the meridians of the greatest
and least curvature are always at right angles to each
other.. Astigmatism diminishes the acuteness of vision
more or less markedly and sometimes quite curiously.
1 Thici definition Is repeated because every optician should clearly under*
stand what it means.
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Cream of Current Literature
A •nrnmary of the leading •rticlM la eontomporary pharmaMutieal periodicals.
L'Oraii, Ocoember, 1901
The Search for Phosphorus in Cases of Poisoning.
By Dr. P. E, Alessandri. — The author suggests that the
old methods of preliminary examination, testing for
phosphorescence of the suspected material in the dark,
should be discarded for the method of Binda, which con-
sists of taking a drop of the suspected liquid upon a
glass rod and rubbing it well upon a hot glass plate in
a dark place. By this method very small quantities of
phosphorus will give a distinct phosphorescence. A por-
tion of the material may then he subjected to distillation
according to the method of Mitscherlisch, but a quicker
method of testing for small quantities of phosphorus
is Selmi's, which is as follows: After the phosphorus
has been separated it is proved to be such by Binda's
method of phosphorescence, as indicated above ; by heat-
ing a small quantity of a solution in carbon disulphide
or in alcohol, evaporating and collecting the vapors upon
plates of glass moistened with molybdic acid, nitric acid
and nitrate of silver, respectively ; and by examining un-
der the microscope. By this method the presence of
phosphorus even in the smallest quantities may be ascer-
tained in a very short time.
[BoUdino Chfnilco Ph«fimc«rtico» Jamtary )•
On Some Reactions of Alloxan and Alloxanthin. By
Dr. A. Agrestini. — ^Among the products of oxidation of
uric acid alloxan and alloxanthin are interesting on ac-
cottnt of their many characteristic reactions. By reduc-
tion with various agents, alloxan may easily be trans-
formed into alloxanthin, and by oxidation the latter may
be again turned into alloxan. The characteristics of
alloxan are that it colors the skin red and communicates
to it a nauseating odor, that it is colored blue with fer-
rous salts, that it reddens litmus paper, but does not
decompose carbonates. With hydrocyanic acid and am-
monia it gives a white precipitate of oxaluramid; with
ammonia, glycocoll, alanin and leucin it gives in the cold
the purple color of murexid, and with thiophen and con-
centrated sulphuric acid it may give a blue tint. Allox-
anthin gives the same reactions, with variations in the
intensity only.
The author found that the ferrous reaction above in-
dicated could only take place in a slightly alkaline solu-
tion. The murexid test is obtainable with many other
substances besides alloxan and alloxanthin, such as ethyl-
amine, propylamine, trimethylamine, the amido-acids,
phenocoU, etc. He describes the following new tests for
alloxan and alloxanthin:
( I ) To 2 Cc. of a solution of alloxan add a drop of
pyrrol and allow to boil for a few seconds. Very soon
a bluish violet color will appear. If cooled by immersing
the test tube into a beaker of cold water the liquid will
become red. If a solution of caustic soda be now added
the liquid turns rapidly into a bright green, and later be-
comes blue. Alloxanthin reacts in a similar manner. (2)
In a porcelain dish a little alloxan or alloxanthin is dis-
solved in a few drops of pure concentrated sulphuric
acid and a solution of pyrocatechin sulphate is added.
The liquid at once assumes a bluish green color, which
becomes intensely green on the addition of a few drops
of water. If resorcin, the isomer of pyrocatechin be
added to the solution, instead of the latter reagent, the
liquid slowly turns a dark red color. On addition of
water drop by drop the liquid then assumes a beautiful
indig-o color. Alloxan and alloxanthin, therefore, offer
good reagents for the differentiation of resorcin and
pyrocatechin.
Cacodylic Acid and its Combinations, By Dr.
Giuseppe Siboni. — Cacodylic oxide is obtained by the dry
distillation of arsenous anhydride with potassium acetate.
The addition of mercuric oxide to cacodylic oxide results
in the formation of cacodylic add and arsenic dimethy-
late. Cacodylic acid crystallizes in oblique rhomboid
prisms, anhydrous, odorless and colorless. It has a slight-
ly acid taste and is fairly soluble in water, less easily in
alcohol, etc. It melts at 200 degrees, and at a higher
temperature it decomposes, emitting a garlicky odor. It
is a very stable compound, resisting the action of the
most energetic oxidizing agents. The following tests in-
dicate the purity of cacodylic acid: Its solutions inust
not give any precipitate with hydrogen sulphide, with
barium chloride, silver chloride or ammonia-magnesitun
mixture. On addition of lime water it must not leave
any precipitate. Cacodylic acid is slightly deliquescent
and therefore must be kept in closed vessels. — (To be
continued.)
Phannaceutlidic CeoMhaXLtf Jantsary*
The Solution and Quantitative Estimation of Pro-
teids by Means of Thiosinamine. A Preliminary Com-
munication. — By Herr Oefele. — ^In making an investiga-
tion as to the amount of nitrogen eliminated by the hu-
man body it has been heretofore necessary to perform an
elementary analysis of the faeces. This analysis, accord-
ing to the author, does not always show the relation be-
tween normal and pathological elimination of nitrogen,
for there may be substances in the faeces, such as vegeta-
ble wax, which are entirely inassimilable. The author
thinks that it is a mistake to convert all the nitrogen in
the faeces into equivalents of proteid income. The nitro-
gen figure of the faeces is of no value whatever in the
estimation of the status of proteid ^exchange in the body,
for there are many substances taken in with the food
that contain nitrogen but do not do the body any good
whatever. He recommends, therefore, a process whereby
the proteids may be extracted from the mass of faeces.
This method suggested itself to liim by the fact that
subcutaneous injections of thiosinamine into cicatrices
or other forms of hyaline tissue render these tissues trans-
parent. A hard-boiled white of egg was boiled with a
thiosinamine solution in a test tube and the albumin was
dissolved in such a way that even after the addition of
water the albumin remained in solution. On removing
the thiosinamine he obtained a fine white precipitate. The
preteids which are eliminated in the faeces may, there-
fore, be looked for by dissolving the coagulated albumi-
noid bodies by mean^ of thiosinamine from the faecal
mass. A weighed amount of faeces is mixed with a
weighed amount of sand and of thiosinamine and a little
water to a paste, and is digested over a water bath. The
mass is next exhausted by washing upon a filter. The
method is not unpleasant because the thiosinamine re-
moves the odor of the faeces. The filtrate now contains
the proteids, thiosinamine and a number of substances
soluble in alcohol. The filtrate is now evaporated to a
small volume and mixed repeatedly with absolute alcohol,
filtered and decanted. The precipitate contains the
coagulated digestible but wasted proteids in the faeces.
These were never found free from coagulated proteids,
and an excessively low as well as an abnormally high
amount of proteids in the faeces are evidences of disease.
(January 2.)
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Phamuccallaclie Pott» Jantsary*
The Manufacture of Essences in Sicily and in Cala-
bria. By Dr. Heinrich von Vuntsch. — ^The importance
of the essential oils obtained from tiie rinds of the various
Aurantiaceae and usually designated as " Messina es-
sences " to the confectioner, the perfumer and the manu-
facturers of liquors and other beverages grows from year
to year. A thousand years ago Sicily was the granary
of Italy, but since then, under Roman misrule, agricul-
tiu-e was neglected in that sunny island, and with the
steady increase of the population and the constantly de-
generating soil, the Sicilian peasant has been driven from
agriculture to the raising of foreign plants which came
to him from far-away Asia. Thanks to the climate these
plants quickly became acclimated and have for centuries
been the basis o^ an industry which now forms the chief
source of revenue of the people. While the wine-grower
prefers the soft declines m the mountainous regions, the
oranges and lemons are cultivated chiefly on the narrow
plains which extend along the coast. The ber^;amot tree
flourishes upon the mainland of Calabria, which is only
separated from the .island of Sicily by the narrow Straits
of Messina. Calabria with its main depot, Regrio, is
the only country in the world where bergamot fruits are
suitable for the manufacture of the essence. In Sicily
we find the richest orange and lemon region at Conca
d'Oro, near Palermo, where the fruitfulness of the soil
is chiefly due to the artificial irrigation invented by the
ancient Romans. By overcoming serious difficulties in
cultivation, the fruit-CTOwers of Sicily have been able
of late to establish plantations upon the lower moun-
tains; for instance, the blood orans^e plantations at the
foot of the -S;tna. The " mountain fruits " obtained from
these plantations have thin rinds and very exquisite flavor.
The essential oils which are prepared from the citron,
orange, bergamot and mandarin trees are all obtained
from the rinds of these fruits. For this purpose those
fruits which have been blown from the trees by the siroc-
co, those which are damaged or are not suitable for ex-
port on account of their looks, are selected. The ripe,
perfect fruit is selected and sorted in the export houses,
where it is packed in boxes with the familiar tissue
paper or tin-foil. Most of the oils are obtained by means
of hand-presses. In the manufacture of oil of citron and
oil of orange the so-called sponge process is used. This
consists, essentially, in dividing the fruit with a knife and
pressing the rind against a large sponge ; the oil cells of
the rind burst as the result of this pressure, and the oil
is absorbed by the sponge, which is squeezed into a vessel
when it becomes sc^ed. The expressed rinds are used
as fodder for cattle. A second method consists of cut-
ting the lemonds, etc., lengthwise into halves and re-
moving the contents with a spoon-like instrument. The
uninjured halves of the rind are now rubbed thoroughly
over the sponge. The residue of ^e rinds is sold to con-
tractors, who soak them in salt-water and export them.
The pulp of the fruit is sent to a fruit- juice press, and
even the residue, after expressing the pulp, is sold as a
favorite fodder for goats. (January 5, I2f and 19.)
Afchhr Fuer Pharmadet January
Concerning Nitro and Amido-acetophenone (Hyp-
none). By Rudolf Camps. — By nitrating acetophenone
with concentrated nitric acid of a specific gravity of 1.52
all three isomeric nitro-acetophenones are formed, just
as in the nitration of benzoic acid and similar compounds.
In addition, this nitration gives, through the presence
of an acetyl group, at higher temperatures, meta-nitro-
benzoylformoxim. The author also found that the sepa-
ration of ortho- and meta-amidoacetophenone from the
fluid nitroaceptophenone thus obtained (90 per cent
ortho and 10 per cent, meta) may be secured without
difficulty by reduction, so that thereby a practical method
of preparing pure ortho-amidoacetophenone is obtained,
which is to be distinctly preferred to the process devised
by Gevekoht. From 200 Gm. of acet(q)henone about
145 Gm. of meta-nitroacetophenone and 120 Gm. of
ortho-nitroacetophcnone (90 per cent.) may be obtained,
and from the latter anywhere from y< to 80 Gm- of
ortho-amidoacetophoione may be easily formed.
On the Alkaloids of Corydalis cava. By J. Gadamer.
— ^The alkaloids which have been found in this plant in
the researches of previous observers were as follows:
Corydaline, corybulbine, corycavine, bulbocapnine, coiy-
tuberine, and an amorphous alkaloid described by £.
Merck — corydine. It is to be noted, however, that all
the authors did not find the same alkaloids in the plant.
The author therefore made careful extractions from
corydalis bulbs and found about five per cent of alkaloids.
He found the following composition: I. Crvstalline
bases: (i) Corydaline, (2) Bulbocapnine, (3) Cory-
cavine, and (4) Corybulbine. II. Amorphous mixture
of bases, consisting of the following, after fractional salt
formation: (a) crystallizable substances : (i) Corydaline,
'2) Corybulbine, ^3^ Isocorybulbine, (4) Corycavamine,
5) Corycavine, (6; Corydine, (7) Btubocapnine, (8)
A base melting at 135, not identical with corydaline;
(b) Two amorphous bases, and corytuberine, an alkaloid
not extracted by ether, but obtained from the syrupy
extract by the addition of a little chloroform. Corydalis
cava, with its eleven distinct alkaloids, therefore may be
compared to Papaver somniferum. It is to be noted,
however, that protopine, which is one of the principal
alkaloids in the Papaveracese, has as yet not been found
in Corydalis cava. It is possible, however, that cory-
cavamine, which has a very similar constitution, takes
the place of protopine in Corydalis.
The Examination of Asparagus Seeds. By W.
Peters. — The objects examined were samples of seeds of
Asparagus ofRcinalis growing in Brunswick. These
seeds are black in color, measuring about 4 millimeters in
length and 3 in width, rounded on one side, squared on
the other, with wrinkled seed capsule, and resemble the
seeds of Datura Stramonium. The slightly bent, cylin-
drical embryo was found imbedded in the middle of the
endosperm, which was composed of horny, thick walled
cells. The importance of the chemical examination of
these seeds lies in the fact that they are used as a substi-
tute for coffee. The author found that the fixed oil of
the seeds is of reddish yellow color and dries quickly in
the air. Its specific gravity at 15 degrees C. is 0.928,
and the Zeiss refractometer at 25 degrees C. shows 75
degrees (1.75). The saponification figure is 194. i, the
iodine figure after 18 hours is 137.1. The acetyl-add
figure is 179.2, the acetyl-saponification figure 2044, and
the acetyl figure therefore 25.2. The oil in question
was found to consist of the glycerides of palmitic, stearic,
oleic, linoleic, linolcnic and isolinolenic acids. The aver-
age amount of water was 1,152 per cent., the cellulose
8.25 per cent., the proteids 18.99 P^ cent No starch
was found, but 37.53 per cent, of mannose.
The Titration of Potassium Ferrocyanide with Potas^
sium Permanganate. By Dr. B. Gruetzner. — A criticism
of this method of titration.
Spray for a Rom Oocopled by a Goatomplive*
Qnaiaool SIJ
Buctlyptol SI]
Menthol »
ThTinol SM
01. gaulthep. StU
01. menthe ptp. q. ■. ad fl. 51
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Q\ieries and Ans^vers
We shall be clad. In this dspartmsnt, to respond to calls for information on all pharmaceutic matters.
Status of New York Licentiates in Illinois.—
F. S. makes inquiry in regard to the status of a drug
clerk holding a certificate of the New York State Board
of Pharmacy in Chicago. He asks if it is required to
pass another examination in Illinois before being per-
mitted to practice pharmacy in that State. He also in-
quires as to whether the examination of the Illinois Board
is any more' severe than the examination of the New
' York Board and as to the average pay of senior clerks
in Chicago.
The Illinois State Board of Pharmacy does not recog-
nize the licenses of the New York State Board, and licen-
tiates of the last named board are required before being
registered to satisfy the Illinois Board of their pharma-
ceutical knowledge, exjperience and training by submit-
ting to a regular examination, the same as any oUier
candidate for registration as pharmacist in the State of
Illinois.
In regard to the relative severity of the examinations
of the two boards, we are of opinion that little difference
exists between them; if anything, the questions set by
the Illinois Board will be found to demand a more thor-
ough knowledge of practical pharmacy on the part of
the candidate than those of the New York Board. As
evidence of this we print below the questions put by the
examiner in pharmacy at a recent examination for regis-
tered pharmacists of the Illinois State Board of Phar-
macy:
1. Briefly ontUne the official process for the assay of opium.
2. Write the molecular formula and give the official name of
Bocbelle salt. Give one official test for Its Identity or
purity.
3. Write the molecular formulas for cream of tartar, i>ota8-
slum bromide, calcined magnesia, sodium nitrate, sodium
nitrite.
4. Give the botanical name of digitalis. Describe the leaf.
What are its official preparations? When should it be
collected?
5. Give an official test for distinguishing gallic add from
tannic add.
S. How Is tincture of ferric chloride made? Why should it
stand ninety days before being used? Why- should it not
be exposed to light?
7. Give an offidal test for distinguishing potassium bromide
from sodium bromide.
8. Show the difference between sodium carbonate and sodium
bicarbonate by writing their molecular formulas.
9. Give an offidal test for discovering if sugar contains insol-
uble salts (Prussian blue, etc.), also if It contains grape
sugar.
10. What is dnchona? What percentage of total alkaloids
should it contain? Give the names of its official prepara-
tions.
11. What is creosote, and how is it obtained? What kind of a
mixture will equal volumes of glycerin and creosote
make? What will happen if some water be added to it?
12. What is the official name of spirit of Mindererus? How Is
it made? Ought it to be freshly prepared?
18. How can you determine (offidal test) the absence of free
iodine in syrup of iodide of iron?
14. Give the official name of Basham's mixture. Is it a stable
compound? What is the offidal name of Tully's powder?
How does It differ from Dover's powder?
15. How does alcohol differ from absolute alcohol? How from
deodorized alcohol?
18. Show the difference' between calomel and corrosive sub-
limate by writing their molecular formulas. Describe
the physical characteristics of each.
17. How is sulphur lotum made?
18. What difference, if any, will there be in the mixtures ob-
tained by dispensing the following prescriptions:
Magnesia 1. Magnesia ponderosa. 1.
Aqua 16. Aqua 15.
M. M.
19. Bxpress in both the metric system and in the other system
frequently used the quantity of each of the ingredients in
a dose of the following prescription:
Ammonii chloridum 15.
Morphinse sulphas. . .> .12
Antlmonii et potassii tartras :i8
Bxtractum sennse fluidum 30.
Syrupus glycyrrhizse qs 150.
M. Slg.--4 Gc. at a dose.
20. Outline briefly the offidal process for making extractum
nucls vomicae.
The New York Board divides its pharmacy questions
into two classes — Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Prac-
tical Pharmacy, respectively, the following being recent
examples :
PHABICACSUTZCAL OHBiaSTBT.
Questions one to eight relate the following substances sub-
mitted* for identification:
(1) Potassium nitrate, non-powdered; (2) copper sulphate,
crystals; (8) spermaceti; (4) spirit of peppermint; (5) tincture
of opium; (6) boric add, powdered; (7) bismuth sub-nitrate;
(8) ammoniated tincture of valerian.
1. (a) Give offidal title.
(b) Name offidal preparation made from it
2. (a) Give official title.
(b) State chemical formula.
8. (a) State source.
Give solubility in water, alcohol, ether and chloroform.
4. (a) State strength.
(b) Give source of color.
5. (a) State proper percentage of drug.
(b) State proper percentage of active prindple.
& (a) Give official title.
(b) Give synonym.
(c) State solubility in water, and alcohol.
7. (a) Give official title.
(b) What Is Indicated by effervescence when this substance
is added to adds?
a (a) Give official title.
(b) Name menstruum used.
(c) State proper percentage strength of drug.
9. (a) Name two extracts for which the U. S. P. provides as-
say processes,
(b) Give standard in each case.
10. (a) Name two pilla which the U. S. P. directs shall be
coated,
(b) Name coating in each case.
11. (a) Name two plasters which the U. S. P. directs shall be
spread,
(b) What is diachylon plaster?
12. As,0,-KKH00g=
(a) Ck>mplete above equation.
(b) In what offidal preparation does it occur?
18. (a) State physical effect of light on yellow iodide of mer-
cury,
(b) State chemical effects of light on same.
14. (a) State two differences in physical appearance between
crystalline and exsiccate sulphate of iron,
(b) State relative strength.
15. Bstlmate the dose in grains where 0.01 Qm. of aconl-
tine Is prescribed for 15 doses.
PBACnCAI. PHAB1CA.OV.
Compound the following and answer the questions relating
thereto: "^
1.
9 Pulv. rad. rhel 34
Sacchari lactls ..5j
Mix, divide into 10 equal parts and make poviden.
2.
9 Potassii chloratis jgg
Add! hydrochlor i ..!!'.!!!! .3j
Aquae q. s. ad '. mt*
Misce flat solutlo. ®^
Big. One teaspoonful as a gargle every three (8) hfmn.
(a) In what manner did you mix the above?
(b) Why.
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3.
9 Camphorae gr. IJ
Olei theobrom. q. 8.
Mlsce et dlv. In Suppos. rect No. vi.
Slg. Camphor suppositories,
(a) State how much oil of theobroma you used.
4.
9 Camphorae gr. zxiv
Sapo pulv gr. vj
Misc ft pil. No. vi.
Signa. One at night
(a) State what excipient you used, (b) State what quantity
of camphor (expressed in metric terms) is contained in
each pill.
5.
9 Zinci sulpha,ti8 gr. ij
Solut. acidi borici (sat) 51)
Misce ft sol.
Slg. Eye wash.
<a) State how much boracic acid you used.
FOB INTERFBETATION, COMMENT AND CBITIdSM.
6.
9 Argentii nitratis gr. z
Cocaince hydrochlor gr. xy
Aqase q. s. ad 3J
Bilsce:
Slg. Two (2) drops in each eye at bedtime.
7.
9 Potassil permangan 3J
Pt pil. No. XX.
(a) State what excipient you would employ.
The pay of senior drug clerks in Chicago approxi-
mates the pay of seniors in New York, ranging from
$15.00 to $35.00 per week.
Testing Illuminating Oil— "Coal Oil."— "Sub-
scriber." — ^The tests for determining the commercial
value of hydrocarbon illuminating oils are as follows, the
most important being the determination of the " flashing
point," i.e., the temperature at which the oil commences
to give off inflammable vapor :
(i) Color. — ^There are five recognized commercial
grades: (a) water white (fr) superfine white, (c) prime
white, (d) standard white, (e) good commercial. The
color is determined either by comparison with stand-
ard samples, or more generally with a specially prepared
colorimeter made of stained glass. These can be obtained
from any chemical apparatus maker.
(2) Odor. — ^The nose is the instrument used in this
determination, and only long experience can determine
from the odor of a sample whether the refining process
has been properly performed.
(3) Specific Gravity. — Usually determined by the or-
dinary hydrometer.
(4) Flashing Points — This is the most important of
all the tests and requires care and experience for its
proper performance. There are any number of instru-
ments for determining this factor, but the principle of
all is the same. The apparatus consists of a cup to hold
the oil immersed in a water bath which can be heated by
a spirit lamp. A thermometer is placed in the oil and
the water bath heated, and the temperature noted at
which there there is a flash of the ignited vapor, when a
lighted match is passed over the surface of the oil. This
temperature is denoted the " flashing point " of the oil,
and in a good illuminating oil should not be below 100
degrees F. when tested in an open cup. Most of the
instruments now in use have closed cups with electrical
devices for noting the flash point, and in these, of course,
the flash point will be lower than in one having an open
cup. The variation is from 25 to 30 degrees F. Most
of the State laws prescribe an oil flashing not lower than
no degrees F. when tested in an open cup as safe for
household use. Any chemical apparatus dealer's cata-
logue will illustrate the various forms of flashing appara-
tus, and it is usual in noting results to specify what form
of instrument has been used.
(5) Burning Quality. — This is determined by burn-
ing the oil in standard lamps and noting the amount con-
sumed in a given time. The intensity of the light is also
sometimes determined by comparing it with that of a
standard sperm candle. This test is, however, not of
great importance.
(6) Chemical Tests. — Kerosene of good quality
should not darken when shaken with strong sulphuric
acid, should not be acid nor alkaline as determined by
shaking with water, separating the latter and testing with
litmus. The water should give no precipitate with barium
chloride solution, inaicating absence of free sulphuric
acid. Tests should also be applied for the presence of
sulphur compounds.
Nail Powders.— P. R. — We published several
formulas for finger nail powders and polishes in the
American Druggist for July 8, 1901, page 17.
Yohimbi Bark.— According to the Pharmaceutical
Journal the botanical source of this bark, which has been
frequently mentioned in journals of pharmacy, does not
appear to have been definitely stated hitherto in any of
them. It has been identified by Dr. K. Schumann, of
Berlin, to be a new species of Corynanthe (Nat. Ord.
Rubiaceae) — ^viz., C. yohimbi. Schum. — and is described
in the Notiehlatt der Bot. Gart. in Museum su Berlin, No.
25, Bd. 3, p. 93-94. It is a large tree growing near Kribi,
in the southern district of the Camerocxis, and is distin-
guished from the few other species of the genus by the
long tails to the corolla-lobes. The bark is stated to be
8-10 Mm. thick, with an external corky layer of a gray-
brown color covered with isolated lichens. It shows
numerous longitudinal and transverse fissures like some
old specimens of cinchona bark. The transverse fracture
is of a uniform yellowish-brown color, and presents short
soft fibrous fracture like rough velvet. Under the micro-
scope the structure much resembles that of cinchona, but
differs in the arrangement of the bast fibers of the second-
ary bark in definite long radial series.
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the present volume. Without being too technical, the
author manages to bring before his readers the essentials
of bacteriology and such allied themes as immunity, in-
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nute technical knowledge, are imparted, but not without
constant illustration by example. Of course, a book of
this kind cannot compare in completeness with the special
treatises written for physicians or bacteriologists. Of
these the German language has many, and a copious
bibliographic index of original sources gives the reader
easy access to further studies in any line among those
considered in the lectures. A knowledge of the nature
and doings of bacteria is essential to every pharmacist
and, indeed, to every educated person, and this book may
be strongly recommended to those who wish by self
instruction to take a glimpse into this most interestin,^
and practical field of human knowledge.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
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BUSINESS BUILDING.
CoodwM by U. G« BAaonliig*
Tke Department Editor will be pleased to criticise advertisements,
suggest improvements^ and answer all questions coming
within the scope of this department.
SPRING ADVERTISING*
THIS is one of the seasons when the spasmodic adver-
tiser is apt to make some effort. It is a time when
the man who ordinarily suffers from poverty of material
for ads suddenly beccxnes hampered by an excess of sub-
jects. It is a period when the systematic advertiser is at
HOUS£ PAINT.
In selecting paint the first question to ask is: " What
Icind of paint wears the longest, looks the best at the
least comparatiye cost?" Such paint is
HoLinxnQLr Paint.
It is the result of 29 years' experience in the paint
business. It is not a '* ready mixed " paint Hammar
paint is ground thick, very thick, so that one gallon of
Unseed oil must be mixed with each gallon of Hammar
Paint.
As you pass along our streets notice how the Ham-
mar Paint wears on the houses of the following: Henry
J. Yeager, H. H. Helman, Jno. F. Becker, Samuel B.
Ruhl, John B. Shrelner, Frank W. Ulrich and our own.
Compare the wearing quaUties of other paint on other
houses painted at the same time.
H. F. RUHL.
MeLiiKeini.
a loss as to how to properly present all the things that
should have attention. Wall Paper, Paints, Stock Reme-
dies, Farm Drugs, Blood Purifiers and a number of less
important items are seasonable throughout the country.
On the first two items advertising for several weeks is
frequently justified. Supplementary advertising is often
called for and out of these contingencies certain prob-
lems arise. An inquirj' is at hand from one druggist
who wishes to push at present three items and who wants
to know how he can best do it. He neglects to say what
he intends or can afford to spend for advertising. If he
has enough faith in ultimate results to spend money
freely the problem disappears at once. He is now using
a six-inch column space in his papers, supplemented, by
circular letters occasionally. Better take a nine or ten
inch double column space for the present, divide it into
sections and say something on each subject in each ad,
varying the arrangement enough to avoid monotony.
At the same time increase the frequency of the circular
letters, devoting them to the same subjects. This same
correspondent seems to believe that some sort of a scheme
would help at the present juncture. Schemes are one
of the superstitions that belong to the childhood of ad-
vertising. There is no scheme that equals the presenta-
tion of good solid argument to the people by the most
direct means. Nine times in ten the effort and money
put into some sort of scheme would bring double the re-
sults if expended in plain, straightforward advertising.
It is well to notice that the greatest and most successful
merchants do not dabble in schemes or any sort of freak
advertising. They have news for the people and their
energy is put into presenting this as attractively and
forcibly as possible.
In the spring or any other time the essential thing is
to dig up all the good argument you can find for your
goods and place it persistently befori people. • The form
in which it is presented matters little so long as. it is
readable. First, last and all* the time it is what you say
that does the business. There are scores of moderately
brilliant schemes that have been used in advertising
wall paper. Where the scheme serves to get some good
strong facts before people they are good, but the results
depend upon the facts. In the long run a good, plain
old-fashioned circular letter is apt to do as well, while
a series of circular letters sent at short intervals is quite
sure to bring more results than any fanciful scheme I
have ever seen tried. Have something to say, use all
the space or postage required to say it, say it. often
enough, and you will be doing the kind of advertising
that never fails.
jc ^ ^
A
Toe
Corn
•
is a little thing, but the pain and discomfort of it
are great. Strange that you put up with it when
it is so easy to get rid of.
Don't say that you "have tried everything." You
haven't tried SOUHEGAN GOBN SOLVENT. If
you had there would be no com to trouble you.
Souhegan Corn Sol vent cures hard and soft corns,
bunions and callouses. It leaves a new, soft,
smooth skin, insuring you a return of ease and
comfort.
There's nothing "just as good" as Souhegan
Com Solvent Tour money back if it does not do
all we claim for it We make it ourselves and put
all the goodness into it possible. 25 cents a bottle
and sold only at
EAGLE HALL DRUG STORE.
TELEPHONE 18-9.
GRmaSM AND OOMMENT*
Bditob Business Building:
Will you kindly criticise toe inclosed booklet and news-
paper clippings. The booklet was not set as desired, it being
intended that only the title should appear on first page. I
enjoy reading and derive much benefit from your department
Wilmington, Del. j. Willabd Jestbb.
The booklet is good, but would have been more at-
tractive had the original intention as to cover been ad-
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hered to. Attractiveness is an essential thing in booklet
making, because it helps to secure a reading. The cough
cure incident related in the booklet is of doubtful utility.
Whether true or imaginary, it sounds like fiction, and a
made-up story is not likely to be as convincing as the
facts about a remedy, if the latter are forcibly presented.
Most of the newspaper ads are good, though few of
them are well set. There is not enough contrast in tfiem
*' Rggi Is eggs,** said tbe old lady, who did not
know that eggs were graded Into eggs, fresh eggs
and strictly fresh eggs when they go to market.
Same with drugs. In many stores "drugs are
drugs*' without any 'regard to their freshness and
quality. Not so here. In order to be on our shelTes
drugs and chemicals hsTe got to be strictly first
quality and freeh. We would not risk our repu-
tation by haTlng them otherwise.
If a medicine Is to cure a disease. It must be good
medicine — the best only Is good enough. Your duty
to yourself Is to get the very best In drugs that you
can find. In doing your duty to yourself we hsTe
every reason to belleTe you will come here for your
medicines.
We may not be the nearest druggists to you,
but we are the druggists who will come
the nearest to pleasing you.
Eagle Hall Drug Store.
I
TBLPHONB 18-2.
to make them stand out Internal evidence seems to
indicate that the fault is the writer's rather than the
printer's. So small an ad should have a very bold and
short heading, with the body matter so massed as to
afford strong contrast There is plenty of white space in
most of the ads, but it is so scattered as to destroy its
usefulness.
jc jc jc
LITTLE THINGS.
Bditob Bushtebb Buildiito:
Inclofled are a few ads and copies of two booklets for
criticism. Booklets are sent out every two months, color
changed each issue. In your opinion would a different shaped
folder be better, not so long and wider.
Bath, N. Y. W. J. N. Obbyais.
The folders should go out at least once a month ; any
retail circular advertising should be done at short enough
intervals to have the continuity observed. To send at
greater intervals is not saving money, but wasting it.
The present shape is not very good, though this will
hardly cut any figure in results. If the folders are mailed
it would be better to have them fold to regular envelope
size, making a six-page folder instead of a four, each
page about 3x6. As the general title, " Gervais' Drug
News," seems to have been adopted, a shape approximat-
ing that of a miniature newspaper might prove best.
Tdce a sheet about 6 x 12, fold once, giving four pages
6x6, two columns to page. If to be sent out in en-
velopes, one more fold would make it fit.
The ads sent are commonplace in matter and setting,
but apt to be effective because they contain the strongest
thing that can be put into ads — ^viz., prices.
jt jc jt
Bditob Bttsikess BtnLnnro:
We send you several copies of our local paper showing
gmeral style of ads as we run them through the year,
changing weekly. You will notice that jrour " Best for Less *•
suggestion is put to permanent use as a heading for oar space.
Our purpose in our advertising is to instill the idea that we
know our business and are attending to it
Englewood, N. J. l. Bockefblub Go.
This advertising is quite distinctive in setting, and
as it is newsy and well written, should, I think, do what
it is designed to do. The ads are marked by a good deal
of individuality of expression ; for instance, " Have vou
been jostled and jounced by the joyous New York jam? "
Riotous rhetoric of this sort, when not too riotous, adds
a piquancy to ads. The samples inclosed are too large
for reproduction.
Jt jc jc
BRINGING IT HOME.
The ad " House Paint " shown is part of a long one
by H. F. Ruhl, Manheim, Pa. The special merit of the
ad lies in the latter portion of it. This plan of pointing
out examples is always good, and if the examples are all
right, is apt to sell more paint than any other argument
that can be employed.
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STRICTLY FIRST CLASS.
From W. F. French (Eagle Hall), Milford, N. H.,
comes a batch of ads, all of which are good. It would be
possible to set them a little more attractively ; but I dare
say setting is of very minor importance in this instance,
for if the advertising is regularly as good as this, people
will read it, no matter how set. Some of these ads arc
reproduced with the setting changed. In their original
form they occupied 4J4 inches double column.
SPONGES
. For the wagon. For the stable. For the house.
For the bath. For almost every purpose a sponge
would be used for.
Our "Sheep's Wool" wagon sponges deserve
special mention, not only from the quantity to
choose from, but for quality. They're the toughest
kind of sponge, yet velvety and soft We would
like to show you these sponges— have you actually
see the difference between them and the ordinary
" grass " sponge, and see why they will wear longer
and do better work.
We've sponges variously priced from Ic. to |1.00
—each one reasonably priced.
Ut Us Supply Your Sponje Reqoirementf.
EAGLE HALL DRUG STORE.
TELEPHONE I8-.2.
During a period when a well-known patent medicine com-
pany did not advertise, owing to a reconstruction of their busi-
ness, the sales decreased from 2,000 gross to 650 gross a year.
In 1889 their advertising was renewed. Last year their expendi-
ture for newspaper space was 1800.000. and their business waa
enormous.— Philadelphia Record.
A recent writer having suggested that Jews are free tnaa
cancer, probably because they do not eat the flesh of the foul
living pig. Is contradicted by the British Medical Jonnul
which says cancer is extremely and increasingly prevalent
among the Jews, whUe trichinosis is virtually unknown.
Don't frost a traveler because he's selling Instead of buy-
ing; you are selling yourself.
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THE RICE MEMORIAL FUND.
Additioaal Gmtributioni*
That the pharmacists of the country are in hearty sympa-
thy with the movement to honor the memory of the late Dr.
Charles Bice is shown by the way in which readers of the
AMEsacAK Dbtjooist have resixinded to the appeal for funds
to erect a monument over the spot where rest hiis remains, and
for the publication of a sketch of his life and career. We are
flflad to acknowledge the following additional contributions to
the AiCEBiCAN Dbuooist fund:
PKTtonilj acknowledged $889.00
" J. K.," New York , 26.00
F. X. Moerk, Philadelphia ; * 6.00
Jadaon B. Todd, Ithaca, N. Y 1.00
W. G. Spragne, Flushing, Md 1.00
Frederick Bteama & Co., Detroit 10.00
Dr. Bnno Sander. St. Louis 6.00
B. L. Pat^, Btoneham, Haas 6.00
John H. Dawson, San Francisco 8.00
Prof. Julius A. Koch. Pittsburg 10.00
Oostavua Ramsperger, New York 6.00
W. H. Bbbltt, New York 2.00
ToUl ^ $411.00
PROF. JOHN URI LLOYD AT THE NEW YORK
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY.
PMlcnor Ghandlcf Tdli of the P^ogrcn of the Golkge— BIcclloo
ci Officef»— An Enjoyable Evening Spent by the Members.
An election for officers to serve daring the ensning year
took place at the regolar monthly meeting of the College of
Pharmacy of the Oity of New York, held Tuesday evening.
March 18, and the meeting was largely attended and one of
exceeding interest The new officers chosen are:
President, Charles F. Chandler.
Vice-presidents, Wm. Jay Schieffelin, Reuben R. Smith and
Bmest Molwitz.
Treasurer, Clarence O. Bigelow.
Secretary, Thomas F. Main; assistant secretary, O. J. Oriflln.
. Trustees to serve three years: Otto Boeddiker, M. J. Breiten-
hach, John R. Caswell, Chas. S. Erb and Samuel W. FalrchOd;
to serve one year, Carl Schur.
THB GROWTH OF THE OOLLBGB.
The meeting was opened by President Charles F. Chandler,
professor of organic chemistry in the college and Dean of
the School of Mines of Columbia University. Professor Chan-
dier said he was expected to give the assembled members
some idea of the past and present of the college, and acquaint
them with the manner in which the officers and faculty had
managed the trust in their hands. He then gave a very com-
plete review of the progress of the college, and quoted numer-
ous statistics showing the growth of the college in its exist-
eace of three-quarters of a century. From 1831 to 1870 the
number of students graduated yearly did not exceed ten.
After 1870 the number increased continuously each year, until
last year 136 degrees were conferred, 125 students being gradu-
ated as Ph.G. and 11 as Ph.D. Additions to the faculty and ex-
tensions of the course kept pace with the growth of students.
The college had been fortunate, too, in securing specialists as
teachers of the various branches of study. As an evidence
of the zeal of the faculty Professor Chandler called attention
to the various text books which had been written by pro-
fessors in the college, instancing In this way CoblentB*8
" Handbook of Pharmacy " and the same author's text book
of " Volumetric Analysis," Rusby and Jelliffe's " Morphology
and Histology of Plants," Ferguson's '' Qualitative Analysis,"
etc He referred with much gratiflcation to the splendid
equipment of the college in its laboratories and instruments
for the study of physics, sajring that the Institution owed
much to the liberality of the late president, Edward Kemp,
who equipped the college with a complete set of physical
apparatus. Speaking of the dispensing laboratory, he said
that students had been attracted from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, and from the universities of Harvard,
Yale and Columbia to take the special course of study which
this course afforded; but he said that the college was not will-
ing to allow the idea to get abroad that the work done in their
dispensing laboratory was intended to displace experience in
the store.
MONEY KEKDKD FOR COLLBQB DEYSLOFKENT.
After reciting the various subjects of study required of stu-
dents, including the postgraduate courses, he touched upon the
financial affairs of the college and spoke of the increasing ex-
penses connected with its growth. He expressed the hope
that some charitably disposed persons, would some day come
forward with a handsome donation to the funds of the institu-
tion, but he was sorry to say that it rarely happened that any
bequests were left to a New York City institution. While in-
stitutions in Boston had been recently presented with gifts
amounting to |2,260,000, Columbia University had to borrow
three and a half millions, and the budget for Columbia for
next year is $60,000 short; that is, the trustees have appro-
priated $60,000 in excess of the money in sight He added:
''In the New York College of Pharmay we have been long
waiting for some friend to write us a check for ^100,000, but
meantime we should be glad to receive sums of $5. If we
could raise $10,000 this winter it would help us a good deal."
He was glad to learn that the Alumni Association of the col-
lege had voted $500 out of their funds for the use' of the
college, and this had been added to by the individual sub-
scriptions of members until about $1,000 was now available.
JOHN URI LLOYD ADDRESSES THE KBMBERS.
At the close of his address, .which was listened to with the
utmost interest and attention. Professor Chandler announced
the presence of Prof. John Uri Lloyd, of Cincinnati, and in-
troduced him to the members in a brief complimentary speech
in which he spoke of Professor Lloyd's distinction as an
author, naming a few of his recent literary successes. He
said: " I am happy to say that we have with us this evening
a very distinguished pharmacist and member of the profes-
sion. Prof. John Uri Lloyd, of Cincinnati, a former president
of the American Pharmaceutical Association, who has at-
tained to fame in the literary world and many of whose
works must be known to you." Dr. Chandler then named
some of the recent novels by Lloyd, instancing '' Stringtown
on the Pike," " Warwick of the Knobs," " Btidorpha." etc.
Professor Lloyd, who received an ovation, said that he had
been particularly gratified to find awaiting him in New York
on reaching his hotel an invitation from President Chandler
to attend this meeting. He had always been particularly In-
terested in the New York College of Pharmacy, as from it
he had many years ago received the distinguished honor of
being made a Corresponding Member, and the fact that he
was a corresponding member had always given him a spe-
cial interest in the growth and success of the institution,
which, as outlined by Professor Chandler, was even greater
than he had realised.
After complimenting the members upon the admirable
work being done by the college, he said that he wished to
Impress upon all connected with pharmacy, and more par-
ticularly upon the students, the fact that the field of phar-
macy was virtually virgin soil. The pioneers, like those
pioneers who crossed the Allegheny Mountains and surveyed
Kentucky, had done only the superficial work. They had
only observed the general topography of the land, leaving
its real development to a later generation. It was now the
duty of the pharmacists to take up and work out in detail
all the vast mass of matter, the existence of which has been
merely indicated by the pioneers.
He said Ihat he could not name a single plant which had
been completely or exhaustively studied. He could not even
name a single alkaloid or glucoside which did not offer field
for investigation. The time had arrived when careful, method-
ical and detailed work In circumscribed areas was needed.
The day of superficial generalizations was past, but there
was still left an abundance of work to occupy all these skilled
workers who were being so admirably prepared by the CoU^^
of Pharmacy of the City of New York and similar institn-
tions. He said further that this work was really a form of
recreation; Every pharmacist should pick out some special field
of investigation or study to which he should devote those
spare minutes and half hours which come to him during his
commercial life, and by pursuing some special field of work
every one could become an authority in that field; he could
add something of value to the sum total of human knqwledge.
and at the same time provide for himself a delightful recrea-
tion and make for himself a name among pharmacists and
physicians.
A VOTE OF THANKS.
On motion of Bmerttus Professor A. H. Blliott a hearty
vote of thanks was passed to Professor Lloyd for his inter-
esang address.
The regular business of the meeting was then taken up and
the election of ofRcen carried out, with the result given in
the opening paragraph. After the transaction of sundry other
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routine business tlie members adjourned to tbe library, where
4i collation was served, and speech making and joviality were
indulged in until a late hour. Among others who spoke were
Dr. A. H. Elliott, Dr. W. J. Schieffelin, Dr. H. H. Busby, C. O.
Bigelow, Mr. Runyon, C. P. Schleussner, Otto A. Amend, Pro-
fessor Lloyd, Caswell A. Mayo, Ghas. S. Erb, T. P. Cook, Al-
bert Plant and Prof. Geo. A. Ferguson.
THE FIGHT FOR TAX-FREE ALCOHOL.
.Second Test Suit Before the Supreme Court— Points in the Brief
Submitted— Result of Suit Anxiously Awaited*
The suit of the American Aristotype Company, the second
"teat suit under Section 61 of the revenue act of August 28,
1894, commonly known as *' the free-alcohol-in-the-arts law,"
was opened in the Supreme Court of the United States and
briefs submitted on M-arch 21. The case was on the calendar
for an earlier hearing, but could not be reached. It is
attracting much attention here and in other parts of the coun-
try and the result will be anxiously awaited by the many in-
terests concerned, among them being manufacturers of pliar-
maceutical preparations, chemicals including ether, shellac
varnishes, flavoring extracts, photographic paper, porcelain
bathtubs, confectionery, smokeless powder and brass goods.
The oral argument will be made by the Hon. William B.
Hornblower, of this city, who has been retained as aasodate
counsel. The attorneys of record, Messrs. Geo. A. and Wm. B.
King, of Washington, D. C, have filed a brief, from which
we are permitted to quote. It is asserted that this case dif-
fers from the test suit of R. Dunlap & Co., brought under the
same law in 1898, in that the petition of the American Aristo-
type Company contains additional averment— namely, that
prices were reduced in expectation that the rebate would be
paid them.
'Attorneys for the appellants contend that the single ques-
tion before the court in this case is whether exemption from
the tax granted by Congress can be defeated by executive in-
action.
As to the purpose of Congress, It is pointed out that the
<!ondltlon of the act before the court, to the payment of the
rebate of internal revenue tax on alcohol used in the arts,
is that the manufacturer " may use the same under regula-
tions to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury." The
-question Is asked, does this phrase, " under regulations," mean
" provided regulations are in force at the time of use "—that
Is to say, " if the Secretary shall prescribe regulations? " Or,
on the other hand, does it mean "in subjection to a power
hereby conferred upon the Secretary of the Treasury to pie-
scrlbe reasonable regulations?" The decision already made
iiolds Hiat the former of these Is the true construction. It is
submitted that the latter Is the only one which either satisfies
the terms of the act or Is in accordance with adjudged prece-
dents, or which Congress could constitutionally have made.
Regarding the constitutional principles of taxation in-
volved, it is argued that the act of August 28, 1894, is a law
for raising revenue, an exercise of the taxing power; that
Section 48. imposing a tax on distilled spirits, and 61, freeing
alcohol used In the arts, are parts of the system; that the tax-
ing power, by the written constitution of this country, as by
the unwritten constitution of England, rests exclusively with
the legislative authority. Had Congress directly provided
that all alcohol produced for and used by manufacturers in
the arts, or in any medicinal or other like compound, should
1)6 wholly free from tax, it would never be contended that
the Secretary of the Treasury could, by making, or refusing
to make, any regulations impose a tax upon alcohol thus freed
from tax. The appellants* attorneys contend that the legisla-
tion now before the court is in its purpose identical with that
supposed, and merely dlflTers In the mode of carrying out that
purpose. Its object was to make alcohol used in the arts free
from Internal revenue taxation. As a means to that end the
tax Is first paid and then refunded. The regulations required
to be prescribed are a mere step on the part of the Govern-
ment In carryhig out the design of the law. A failure to make
such regulations, so far from absolving the Government from
the obligation Imposed upon It by the law to refund the tax.
only brings Into the case an element of violation by the Gov-
ernment of its own contract.
The Secretary of the Treasury himself evidently adopted
the same view. It Is declared, notwithstanding hi^ failure to
provide regulations, for in an official communication he de-
scribes this section as "the provision of the act of 1894 ex-
orapting from taxation alcohol used In the arts and for me-
dicinal purposes." This, too, clearly appears, says the brief,
as the view of this court in the Dunlap case. It is there said:
" This is the result of the section taken in its literal meaning,
and as the rebate constituted In effect an exemption from
taxation," etc. Here the rebate is distinctiy held to consti-
tute an exemption from taxation. But who made the ex-
emption? Clearly Congress alone could make, and has made
it. No other power is competent to create an exemption from
taxation, nor can Congress constitutionally vest the power to
make or deny such exemption in any executive department or
officer of the Government
In conclusion the attorneys declare that the purpose of
Congress Is clearly expressed and should not be defeated by
straining the verbal construction to disregard the legiBlative
intent, and tiiat the case must be decided in accordance with
the previous decisions of the court protecting Vie citizen ex-
empted from tax by Congress from taxation by the uncon-
trolled exercise of executive will.
PHARMACEUTICAL MEETING IN
PHILADELPHIA*
Liquid Soapt for Surgical and Toilet Purposes— The Spc«ad of
.l^^Tubercttlosis by Cougiiing^-Deodorited Opium and Its Tiiic-
tufc— Fluid Extract of Nuz Voinica — ^Modern Drag Store
Metliodt Diicuued*
The regular monthly pharmaceutical meeting of the Phila-
delphia College of Pharmacy was held Tuesday, March 18,
Geo. M. Beringer, a member of the Board of Trustees, presid-
ing.
The first paper was on Liquid Soaps for Surgical and Toilet
Purposes, by M. I. Wilbert, apothecary to the German Hos-
pital, Philadelphia. The author lias improved the formulas
wliich he had previously given for liquid soap, and now pro-
poses the use of a solution of soda soap, made with cotton
seed oil, in dilute alcohol, and containing about 2.5 per cent
of carbolic acid. The paper was discussed by Drs. Lowe and
Boston and the chairman.
The next paper, which was on The Spread of Tuberculosis
by Coughing, was presented by Dr. L. Napoleon Boston, bac-
teriologist at the Philadelphia Hospital. The author has by
means of an ingenious contrivance shown that in the act of
coughing tuberculosis patients throw off in the form of a
fine spray large numbers of tubercle bacilli which contaminate
not only the air, but food and other objects as well. The
paper was discussed by Messrs. Hancock, England, Beringer.
Lowe and the author.
Albert E. Ebert, of Chicago, sent a very comprehensive
paper on
THE MA.NUFACT(JRB OP DBODORIZED OPIUM ^ND TIKCTURK,
which was read on behalf of the author by Thos. S. Wiegand.
After reviewing the history of the subject the author consid-
ered the various suggestions that have been made for im-
proving the official process, and recommended that the next
Pharmacopoeia (1) insert as a new preparation granular opium
treated with gasoline, (2) that it give petroleum ether a name
that will not cause it to be confused with gasoline, (3) that
narcotine be made official as a medicinal agent, and, finally,
suggests that when morphine is prescribed that narcotine be
added to offset the depressing effects of the former. The paper
was discussed by Messrs. Wiegand, Beringer, England, La
Wall and Kraemer.
Ferdinand A. Sleker, of New York City, sent a communi-
cation on the preparation of Fluid Extract of ^ux Vomica,
in which the oil is removed by taking the aqueous solution
of extract which results after recovering the alcohol from the
percolate of the drug, warming and treating with paraffin.
A discussion on Modem Drug Store Methods, which had
been postponed from a previous meeting, was participated in
by Messrs. Mclntyre, Beringer, Lowe and others. The sub-
stance of these remarks seemed to indicate that in each city,
and. Indeed, in different sections in the same city, different
conditions prevail and the druggist has to adapt himself to
these conditions.
At the next meeting there will be a discussion on the ad-
visability of promulgating a definition for the term spoonful
and also on the metric equivalents of the same. The following
circular has been gotten out and those desiring to express an
opinion on the propositions contained therein are requested
to send the same either to M. I. Wilbert, apothecary to the
German Hospital, Philadelphia, or to Prof. Henry Kraemer.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
173
the secretary of the committee having charge of these meet-
ings:
DEFINITION OF SPOONFULS.
Would you be In favor of promulgating a definition for the term
•poonful, with a view of obtaining more uniformity and greater accu-
racy In the administration of liquid mcdicince?
If so, would you be in favor of adopting the definition as glv«n m
French Codex? VOiIb is as follows : A spoon is full wlien the liquid It
contains comes up to, but does not show a curve above the upper edge
or rim of the bowl. ^^ . ^ _ *-i^ .^^.^.^
For the benefit of those physicians who are using the metric system
It would appear advisable to adopt some acceptable equivalents for the
approximate measures that are used in speaking of, or In measuring
out, doses of liquid medicines. In the following table we have Indi-
cated-~~
1. The exact equivalent of the metric system of the tea. dessert and
tablespoonfui as used in this country at the present time.
2. The approximate equivalents as used by some practitioners.
3. Proposed metric equivalents, based on the actual capacity of the
spoons In use at the present time.
4. The equivalents as used in France. ,^ w . « ^o
Win you kindly indicate which of these you would be in favor of?
1. 2. 8. 4.
Teaspoonful 3.696 4 5 6
Dessertspoonful 7398 8 10 10
Oniblespoonf ul 14.786 16 15 20
ISSUES BEFORE THE MANHATTAN
ASSOCIATION.
Tiie Aiaodation Declares for Board of Health Antitozin— Declines
to Sign a Petition to the Mayor In the Interest of Private
Manisfactitrers— BSesnbers Advised to Keep on the Right Side
of the Board— Doubt as to the Enactment of the Hill Amend-
ments to the Pharmacy Law—Governor May Withhold His
Signature— Good Work of Association fai Ezdae Queation—
Action Against Sale of Catarrh Powders Containing Cocaine.
The principal feature of the meeting of the Manhattan
Pharmaceutical Association at the New York College of
Pharmacy on Monday night, March 17, was the discus-
sion and action on the sale of antitoxin by the Board of
Health. Secretary S. V. B. Swann reported to the meeting
that a delegation from the Manhattan Association, the Ger-
man Apothecaries' Society and the Kings County Society
had been appointed to wait on the Board of Health and
urge that the 10 per cent discount allowed by the board
to druggists on the sale of antitoxin and vaccine virus be in-
creased to 33 1-3 per cent, the same as the discount given by
private manufacturers. Mr. Swann said that Health Commis-
sioner Ernest J. Lederle was inclined to favor a large dis-
count to druggists, but if this were done the board might be
criticised. Consequently he asked that a petition be presented
to him to put before the full board. This was done. The
Health Board, however, declined to make any increase in the
discount to druggists, on the ground that such action would
virtually put the board In competition with private or indi-
vidual manufacturers, and any increase would give such man-
ufacturers additional cause to complain.
THB SALE OP ANTITOXIN BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
The attention of those present was called to a petition
which is being circulated at present among physicians, manu-
facturing pharmacists, wholesale and retail druggists, calling
upon Mayor Low to abate the injustice of the Board of Health
competing with regular manufacturers and dealers in anti-
toxin. The Kings County Pharmaceutical Society is among
the signers of this petition, and at the meeting last Monday
hight Manhattan was asked to Indorse it This precipitated
a warm debate. Secretary Swann opposed committing the
association to the petition. He made several rather pointed
remarks relative to manufacturers; he declared that the con-
tents of packages were not always up to the sample or stand-
ard, that the packages contained no date to indicate whether
the goods were old or new. Mr. Swann thought that after
the Legislature adjourns the Board of Health would take the
matter up and would meet the druggists in a perfectly fair
manner. The board, he said, could not do it now.
George H. Hitchcock said that his firm, for one, could not
f^ell any but the Board of Health antitoxin. He advised keep-
ing on the right side of the Board of Health, for the board
was going to keep on manufacturing, and, he thought
with Mr. Swann, that sooner or later the abuses complained
of would be removed. Mr. Hitchcock offered the following
resolution, which was carried:
WJiereat. The retail pharmacists of the city of New York are at an
expense of 25 per cent, for doing business : it is therefore
Re90lved, That the Manhattan Pharmaceatlcal Association respect-
fully asks the Board of Health of said city to establish snch prices for
its bacteriological products as to aftord a fair margin to the pharmacist
for handling them.
PROOBE8S OF LKGI8LAT10K.
on behalf of the Legislative Committee Chairman Hitch-
cock reported on legislation at Albany. He told about the
hitch in the enactment of the Hill amendment to the pharmacy
law, and was inclined to doubt whether the Governor would
sign the amendment if passed separately. Bxcise matters
were referred to, particularly the Stranahan bill, which sought
to change the excise law relating to druggists back to the law
of 1896, thereby greatly increasing the license fee. Mr. Hitch-
cock said that druggists of all sections ought to profit by the
scare they have had over the excise question, and ought U>
appreciate, and show their appreciation of, the work done by
pharmaceut.cal associations. All amendments to the excise-
law relating to druggists, he said, had been abandoned for
this session of the Legislature.
THE SALE OF GATARBH POWDERS CONTAINING COCAINE.
The advisability of taking some action to stop the sale ol
powders and preparations containing cocaine was brought ui>.
and caused a lively debate. The .suggestion was made that a
bill should be introduced in the Legislature to prevent the
sale of articles containing that ingrredient In dangerous quan-
titles. Some members present said that would be class legis-
lation, and that there would be Just as much reason in stop-
ping the sale of many other articles and preparations. Others
thought it was a matter for individual discretion. On motion
of Mr. Hitchcock the association recommended to its members
not to sell catarrh powders known to contain cocaine in dan-
gerous quantities.
An application for membership was announced by Secretary
Swann from George L. Walker, 406 Central Park West
Treasurer Hitchcock reported a balance in the treasury of
$202.97.
President Prlngle called attention to the revision of the
regulations as to licenses for keeping explosive materials, etc.
The matter was referred to the Committee on Trade Interests,
who were instructed to attend the meeting of the Board of
Aldermen when the matter is taken up.
KINGS COUNTY SOCETY MEETS.
Opposes Sale of Antitoxin by Boatd of Heatth— Signs a Petition txh
Mayor Low Asking for Diicontintiance' of Practice- Planning^
a New College Building.
The regular monthly meeting of the Kings County Phar-
maceutical Society was held at ihe Brooklyn College of Phar-
macy on Tuesday afternoon, March 11. The meeting was well'
attended. The sale of antitoxin by the city Board of Health
was one of the main topics discussed and the society placed*
Itself on record as strongly opposed to the Board of Healthi
continuing its traffic in antitoxin, on the ground that such ac-
tion not only trespassed on the rights and privileges of drug-
gists and pharmacists, but that a city department like the
Board of Health has no right to go into any business enter-
prise in competition with merchants and manufacturers. A
resolution was passed denouncing this action on the part of
the board. Secretary Tuthill and President Kline were also-
authorized by the meeting to sign a petition to Mayor Low
requesting him to prohibit the sale of antitoxin by the Board*
of Health. The petition was accordingly signed, to be sub-
mitted to the Mayor. Charles P. Schleussner reported that a
delegation including Oscar Goldman, Rudolph Truog, S. V. B.
Swann. Sidney Paber and himself, had called upon Health
Commissioner Lederle and requested an increase in the dis-
count allowed to druggists on the sale of the board's anti-
toxin. The conference, however, was unproductive of any
satisfactory results.
PI«ANNINO A NBW BUILDING.
The Building Committee reported that the plans for the
new Brooklyn College of Pharmacy were nearing completion;
that while a site has not definitely been decided upon, two
locations are being considered, and a decision will probably
be reached soon. It is expected that ground will be broken
some time in April. The trustees and Building Committee
were authorized to borrow a sum, not to exceed $26,000, for
the construction and equipment of the new building, which is
to be completed next fall.
Seven new members were elected, namely, Samuel Hark-
avy, 103 Broome street, Manhattan: Abner C. Hutton, 1307
Bedford avenue: Joseph Kahn, 370 Grand street, Manhattan;
Henry Schaffer, 913 DeKalb avenue; Max Schwarz, 82#
Fourth avenue, William H. Weygandt. 645 Bedford avenue-
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
and W. A. Asplawftll, Fulton street and Fnnklln STenae.
Brooklrn.
COUUENTABT ON THX PHABMACT LAW.
After routine bnalneu bad been transacted the members'
listened to an IntereBtlng address bf WllUam L. Perkins, on
"Pharmacy Law." Mr. Perkins Is coansel to tbe society and
has made a special stndr of pharmacy law. He took up and
dlscnased different pbaiee of tbe preeent State pharmacy law,
dwelling on certain features wbicb were, perbaps, not tbor-
onghly or generally understood by draggists. He explained
what constltnted offenses end what were the penalties for
violations, and also called attention to prortolons of the Penal
Code.
Es-Gongresaman Edward Drlgga, of the Empire Surety
Company, waa next given the privilege of the floor, and said
that his company were ready to Issue llqnor bonds to all dmg-
gls^ In Brooklyn, at the same rate as other surety companies.
In execntlve session the members discnssed certain new
developments In tbe operation of the llqnor tax law as it
affects pharmacists.
r
Class 12&. Baw materials of pbarmacy; drogi, slinpto and
compoDnded.
' Class 126. Pyrotechnics, bombs, signals; ammunition of all
I r forms and types.
' ' The construction work on the exposition bnlldlnga Is pro-
gressing earnestly. The buildings will have an aggregate floor
space of 200 acres, and tbe grounds a total area of 1,000 acres.
Tbe money now available aggregates $16,000,000, ttealdea
$1,000,000 appropriated by the State of Mluonrl and varlona
liberal sums from other States. Copies of the Classiflcatloa
and the Itules nnd BegnlatlDDs of the Exposition can be ob-
tained by druggists free on application to tbe Director of Bx-
blblts. World's Fair. St. Louis.
WORUyS FAIR, ST. LOUiS, J903.
QsirificaUon of Cbcmicsl and PliaimaMutictU EztiibilB.
An advance copy of the ClassUlcatlon Book for the Lonla-
lana Purchase Exposition at 8L Lonls In 1008 baa been re-
ceived. Fifty-three pages are required for a mere enumera-
tion of the groups and classea of ezblblta. Tbe exblblts of the
entire expoaltloD are divided Into fifteen departments as fol-
lows: Education, ^ht gronps; art, six groups; liberal arts,
tblrteeo grotips; manufactures, thirty-four groups; transporta-
tion, six groups; agriculture, twenty-seven groups; horticul-
ture, seven gronps; forestry, three groups; mining and metal-
lurgy, five groups; fish and game, fire groups; anthropology,
tour groups; sodal economy, thirteen groups; physical culture,
three groupB. The total shows 144 groups and 807 classea,
and under each class 'is a possibility for a multitude of ex-
hibits. For example. Group 23 — Chemical and Pharmacentleal
Arts— Is subdivided Into classes as follows:
Classes 102. Lsboratory apparatus snd ntenslls; eoamelers'
lamps, blow-pipes; presses, drying ovens, filters, electric far-
naces.
Class 108. Apparatus and Instmmenta for making indus-
trial and commercial analyses.
Class 104. Equipment and processes used in the manufac-
ture of chemical products, superphosphates, soaps, candles,
glycerin.
Class lOB. Apparatus and processes for the prodoction by
electrolysis of hydrogen dioxide, chlorine, bypochlorltes,
chlorates, soda and various other chemicals.
Class 106. Equipment and processes used in the manufac-
ture of vegetable essences, varnishes, commercial rubber, sub-
stitutes for India rubber and articles of gntta percba.
Class 107. Equipment and proceaaes used in treating the
bloeral substances used for lighting, beattng or lubrication;
«oat, ahale, petroleum, ozokerite, etc.
Glass lOB. Equipment and processes used Id treating waata
paper from factories (by chemical and electrical methods) with
a view of permitting their return to water conraes.
Glass lOa. Equipment for cbarcoal worka and the prodne-
tlon ot various derivatives; methylated aplrit, acetone, acetic
add. tar.
aasa 110. Apparatus and processes for the eompreaalon
and liquefaction of gas. (See Class 12S.)
Class 111. Apparatus and processes for the manufactora of
artificial textiles. (See Class 124.)
Class 112. Appllsnces and processes used in the manufac-
ture of pharmaceutical products.
Class 118. Adds, alkalies, salta of every hind. Sea aalt and
products of the treatment of the mother waters.
Class 114. Refined sulphur and derivatives from sulphur.
Class IID. Pboepboms.
Class IIR. Hydrogen dioxide; osone.
Class 117. Various products of chemical Industries; wax
and fatty anbatancea derived from it; glue and gelatine; es-
sences vamlsbes, various glaees, printing Ink, blacking.
Class lis. Commerdat India rubber; gntta percba.
Class 119. Dye stntts and pigments.
Class 120. Ry-producte obtained from tbe treatment of mln>
eral substances used for lighting, heating and lubrication. Re-
fined petroleum and paraOlne.
Class 121. Products ot charcoal burning.
Class 122. Alcobols modified for Industrial purposes.
Glass 12S. Liquefied gases.
Class 124. Artifldal textile fabrics.
OHiMm.
J. r. VAK HOBT.
JotiD Frederick Van Niort, of BImtra, the first vice-president
of the New York State Pharmaceutical Aaaodation. died at
his home, 863 West Wst^
street, Elmlra, on Monday even-
ing. March 10. He waa takm
with a severe attack of typhoid
fever abont two weeks ago and
It was twlleved was recovering,
when pneumonia developed In
both lunga. This waa more than
bis weakened constitution conld
stand and he steadily grew
worse, until death resulted. The
deatb of Mr. Van Nort will be
felt as a severe lose by the
members of the New Xork State
Pharmaceutical Assodation. aa
he was highly popular, being
genial and good natnred, and
always faltbfnl to the beet in-
terests of the association. In Us home life he was partlcn-
larly happy, being devoted, tender and jvovldent.
Mr. Van Nort was bom at Newbnrg, N. T., September W.
1864, the son of John F. Tan Nort. sr., who for many years
conducted a drug business in Newbnrg, and wss one of tbe
most respected residents of the village. He received bis early
training In the village schools and later attended tbe academy,
graduating from the Institution at tite age of sixteen yeara.
At the conclusion of bis academic coarse be went to New
York City, where he studied medicine for some time. He
then returned to Newbnrg, and at this time be met with an
accident which resulted In the loss of the sight of his left
eye. In 1871 he secured a position as chief prescription clerk
in Peck Brothers' pharmacy, at Grand Rapids, Mich. He held
this situation until 18S0. when he removed to Bltnlre and es-
tablished a business at 144 West Water street which he had
conducted ever since. In 1878 he was married to Miss AUce
Woodruff, of Brldgehampton, L. I., who, with one daughter.
Miss Vannetta Van Nort, and one sister. MIbb Anna Van Nort
of Newbnrg, survive him. Mr. Van Nort had always taken
an active part In the New Tork State Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciation. Three years ago, at the meeting at Albany, he was
elected second viee-preHldent. The following year, at the an-
nual meeting held at Newbnrg, he was made Brat vlce-prssl-
dent and was re-elected to that office at the meeting held at
Buffalo in 1901. being in direct Hoe for the presidency at this
year's meeting, which Is to be held In his native dty In Jnna
The funeral services were held at the family home on March
13 and the Interment was at Newbnrg.
At a special session of the Chemung County Pharma-
ceutical Association, of Elmira. on March 11. tbe following
memorial was adopted and forwarded to the Amkbicah
Dbugoibt:
" By the death of our fellow member. J. F. Van Nort this
asBoclation has sustained a grievous toss. He filled a large
place In the business sffalrs of our assodation, having been
Its honored president for a number of yeara, alwaya sealons
and promoting good feeling, and in all things calculated to
further tbe best Interests of its memben. As a pharmacist
be had rare ability and as nn energetic business man he had
few eqnalB. HIb Hodal, genial nature was fully recognised
by all our membera, and In all controversies he still main-
tained the true friendHhIp of all. We mourn bis toss ss a
dear departed friend and brother, and desire to add our tes-
timonial to his real worth as a member of this assodation
and as a fellow citizen.
" Resolved, That this expression of our feeling toward our
departed brother be spread upon the minutes of this aasods-
tlon, a copy of the same be forwarded to the bereaved family.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
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PROF. ALBERT R. LKBD8.
Albert Ripley Leeds, for nearly a generation professor of
chemistry at Stevens Institute, Hoboken, N. J., died of cancer
of the stomach at Philadelphia on March 13. Mr. Leeds re-
signed his professorship a week ago, gave his library to that
institution and went to Philadelphia to spend his re-
maining days. Mr. Leeds, who was about sixty years of age,
had a national reputation as a chemist, and was the author
of many papers on technical and general chemistry. Since
1872 he had been the chemist of the water boards of Newark
and Jersey City, and had filled similar positions in many other
cities.
William Karrmann, who was as well known in the art
world as he was in tho drug trade throughout the Western
States, died in Cincinnati last week. He was bom in Ooet-
tingen, Germany, and when only seven years old accompanied
his parents to the United States. They settled in Cincinnati,
where in after years Karrmann became known as "The
Father of Art in the Queen City." He died at the home of
his son-in-law, Frederick Bacharach, city editor of the Freie
Presse. While in the employ of the pioneer firm of Backhaus
& Rehfuss he learned the drug trade, and opened his first
retail drug store at Fourth and Walnut streets, in the heart
of the business district He subsequently conducted stores
at Fifth and Smith streets and at Liberty and Freeman ave-
nue. When he retired he was the oldest druggist in Cincinnati
and had gained a reputation that extended beyond the con-
fines of his own State. He imported the first steel engraving
ever brought to Cincinnati, and as agent for the late million-
aire, Reuben Springer, imported hundreds of works of art
that formed the nucleus for the famous Museum of Art In
Cincinnati. As an art connoisseur he gained international
fame and was a member of many famous art organizations.
Albert C. Schumacher, a prominent druggist of Ann Arbor
and president of the Michigan State Board of Pharmacy, died
at home in the university city early Sunday morning, March
10, after an illness of a week, of pneumonia. Mr. Schumacher
was 43 years old and was serving his second term as a mem-
ber of the State Board of Pharmacy, having been appointed
by Governor Rich In 1886 and again by Governor Pingree in
1900. He was bom and educated in Ann Arbor and was a
graduate of the School of Pharmacy of the University of
Michigan. He leaves a widow and two children. Mr. Schu-
macher's death is much regretted by pharmacists not alone
in Ann Arl)or, but as well by those all over the State with
whom he came Into contact.
Alfred Hitchman, one of the most prominent travelers out
of Detroit died at his home in Butler, Ohio, March 17, of
typhoid fever, after an illness of three months. Mr. Hitch-
man was traveling salesman for Frederick Steams & Co.,
with which firm he had been connected for the past 25 years.
He was regarded as one of the best drug salesmen in the
country, and was well known throughout Michigan and es-
pecially Ohio, where he did most of his traveling. Mr. Hitch-
man was well read and was especially fond of history, in
which he was unusually versed. He leaves a widow and two
children.
James B. Cherry died at Leechburg, Pa., on March 12, at
the age of 52. Mr. Cherry and his father, Joseph B. Cherry,
conducted a drug business at Fourth and Ferry streets, Pitts-
burg, for 32 years. Deceased was for years an ofllcer in the
Pharmaceutical Society of Pittsburg, also a member of the
Plttsbyrg Microscopical Society and a graduate of the Phila-
delphia College of Pharmacy. He was a member of Masonic
Lodge No. 45, F. and A. M.
Ernst Weickert, a druggist, of 194 Knickerbocker avenue,
Williamsburg, was stricken with apoplexy in his store while
taking stock on March 17 and was dead before the arrival of
a doctor. He bought out the business a week previous, and
moved from Manhattan to Williamsburg with his wife and
grown son and daughter.
Howard M. Ingraham, a son of Clark S. Ingraham, of Bl-
mira, and a clerk in the drag store of Reid & Winner, died
of typhoid fever on March 16, at the age of 26. He was
highly esteemed by all who knew him and he was very popu-
lar in his native town.
James W. Bryan, a well-known druggist of Indianapolis,
died at his home in that city on March 16, at the age of 66.
Mr. Bryan had been in business in Indianapolis ever since
1663. He leaves a widow and two children.
Jason M. Johnson, for years proprietor of the Bllthewood
Pharmacy, at Kinderhook, N. Y., died recently, at the age of
65. While a quiet and unassuming man, he had quite a remi-
tation as a wit
William H. Underhill, during many years a draggist In
Haverhill and more recently in Boston, died suddenly Mardi
16, at his homie in the former city. He leaves a widow and
two sons.
Walter Glasscock, a young dmg salesman, who had re-
cently graduated from the St Louis College of Pharmacy,
died unexpectedly at Aberdeen, Miss., on March 10.
Albra Wadleigh Painter, of Muncy, Pa., died at his home
in that city on March 5, at the age of 48. He was prominent
locally in several fraternal orders.
H. Delancey Palmer, of Binghamton, died of appendicitis
on March 9, at the age of 42.
Meetmgf of the Proprietafy Assocfatfon*
May 8 and 9 have been fixed as the dates for the next
annual meeting of the Proprietary Association, which is to
take place in this city. The date was fixed at a conference
between the officials of the association and the committee of
arrangements and entertainment of which Clarence G. Stone
is chairman.
The New Jeriey Assocfation*
li is announced that the thirty-second annual meeting of
the New Jersey Pharmaceutical Association will be held at
Atlantic City June 4 and 5. Further details regarding the
meeting may be obtained from the secretary, F. 0. Statxlen,
Elizabeth.
Serious Chargfes Agfaiost Importers of Chemicals.
Dr. Ottaker Porsch, the president of the Porsch Chemical
Company, of 10 Liberty street, knd his son, Joseph B. Porsch,
secretary of the company, were arrested March 17 and ar-
raigned before United States Commissioner Shields on a
charge of defrauding the Government by falsifying invoices.
They were held in $3,000 and |2,000 bail, respectively, for ex-
amination on April 1.
The specific offense which is referred to in the warrant Is
alleged to have occurred in June last The Porsch Chemical
Company, it is alleged, received from Th. Muhlethaler, of
Nyon, a consignment of synthetic oils. The Invoice, it is al-
leged, recited tliat the consignment included only a stock of
enfleuraged grease manufactures, almost all of which are ad-
mitted free of duty. The invoice stated, so it is alleged, that
the value of the consignment was only slightly in excess of
$1,000, but, as a matter of fact, it is asserted the value was
much greater. It is alleged that one of the articles in the
consignment was 100 kilograms of vanillin, which is dutiable
at 80 cents an ounce. The duty would amount to nearly
$2,500 at this rate, but in the invoice, it is declared, the Im-
portation was marked as 100 kilograms of heliotropine, on
which the duty amounted to but $125.
Dr. Porsch and his son are emphatic in their denials of the
charges, which, it is intimated, have been connived at out of
spite by a discharged employee.
Bottle Blowers^ Eacecttthre Gmmiittee Meets.
Baltimore, March 20.— The Glass Bottle Blowers' Associa-
tion of the United States and Canada began its annual meet-
ing in this city on March 19, and as this is practically a meet-
ing of the Executive Committee the outcome is looked forward
to with considerable interest These meetings are held be-
hind closed doors. The delegates have a number of important
matters to consider, and the action of some of the New Jersey
glass blowers in hiring children beneath the legal age is to be
considered, as well as the recent forged document purporting
to have emanated from the secretary of the association. Some
of the glass bottle manufacturers, especially those who do a
large business for the drug trade, are interested in the associa-
tion procedings, and as the State of New Jersey has also
taken a hand the outcome promises to be- interesting for all
concerned.
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To Stop the Sale of Antitoxin^ etc^ By the Board of
Health.
A petition has been prepared asking Mayor Low to stop
the sale of antitoxin and vaccine virus by the Board of Health
as unnecessary, undesirable and pernicious, and in direct com-
petition with reputable and competent manufacturers and
merchants. A large number of signatures of prominent manu-
facturing chemists, pharmacists and wholesale druggists has
already been obtained, and by the time the petition is pre-
sented it is expected to have the signatures of a majority of
the physicians and druggists in New York, together with other
manufacturers. It is maintained that the Board of Health
should not compete with regular manufacturers, and that it
has no more warrant to enter into the sale of antitoxin and
vaccine virus than to sell shoes and clothing. There is no
desire to stop the board from the free distribution of these
prophylactics to the deserving poor, but to eliminate the com-
mercialism. Mayor Low has given his assurance that he
would take up the subject after May 1, and as soon after
that date as possible a deputation will wait on him and pre-
sent the petition.
A Portraic of Profess: r Piescott*
At the St Louis meeting of the American Pharmaceutical
Association a dinner of the alumni of Ann Arbor University
was held at which a plan was formulated for the presentation
to the university of a portrait of Professor Prescott This
plan has now been perfected, and an excellent and most artis-
tic portrait of Professor Prescott painted by Percy Ives, the
well-known portrait painter.
This portrait is to be presented to the university during
commencement week, the exact date not yet being deter-
mined. It is also expected to have a general reunion and ban-
quet for the alumni on that occasion, and it is hoped that
every alumnus of the pharmacy school will make a strong
effort to be present Some distinguished scientist will be in-
vited to deliver the principal address of the occasion, and
there will be a number of shorter addresses by alumni and
others.
Lynchburg Dtuggists Organize.
The Lynchburg Retail Druggists' Association was or-
ganized as a branch of the N. A. R. D. on March 9 and the
following officers were elected: E. C: Hamner, president; Dr.
J. A, Anderson, vice-president; F. H. Haile, secretary; J. O.
Hanvey, treasurer. These, with E. A. Craighill, C. B. Fleet
and B. W. Wells, constitute the Executive Committee, who are
mecUng this afternoon to perfect the constitution and by-laws
and rules for the government of the association.
There are twelve branch associations in Virginia, located in
Richmond, Manchester, Petersburg. Fredericksburg, Alex-
andria, Newport News. Portsmouth, Old Point, Phoebus, Nor-
folk and Berkeley and Suffolk. Lynchburg makes the thir-
teenth, and Major Vincent, the N. A. R. D. organizer, expects
to organize four more at Danville, Staunton. Roanoke and
Charlottesville. There are three hundred members of the Na-
tional Association in Virginia, comprising four-fifths of the
drug trade of the State.
Qaret Ices Not Subject to Reventie Tax.
A special tax is not required to be paid for the sale at a
soda fountain counter of claret ice composed of syrups and
claret, the wine contained therein being only one-sixteenth of
the mixture. The decision of the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue is contained in the following communication ad-
dressed to Park Agnew. Collector of Internal Revenue for the
Sixth District, Alexandria, Va. It reads:
Treasury Department,
Office of Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
Washington, D, C, March 6, 1902,
Sib: In reply to a letter addressed to this ofllce on the
28th ultimo, by , a druggist, ♦ ♦ ♦ who has
to-day been referred to you, will you please inform him that
he is not required to pay special tax as a liquor dealer for
serving ♦ ♦ ♦ a claret ice over his soda fountain counter,
composed of one-half ounce claret wine, one-fourth ounce
raspberry syrup, one-half ounce plain syrup, 7 ounces shaved
ice, and some acid phosphate, the claret wine contained
therein being only one-sixteenth of the mixture.
J. W. Yerkes, Commissioner.
GREATER NEW YORK.
Andrew B. Rogers, wife and daughter are sojourning in
the South.
Charles W. Snow, a prominent jobber, of Syracuse, spent
some time in this market last week.
R. P. Hoagland, the well-known retail and wholesale drug-
gist of Boston, Mass., visited this city recently.
A. M. Todd, of Kalamazoo, Mich., has been in this city
visiting the leading handlers of peppermint oil.
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Mr. Moore, of the wholesale drug house of Homick, Hess
& Moore, of Sioux City, was in town last week for a few days.
C. S. Williams, with H. W. Williams & Co., Fort Worth,
Tex., left for home the latter part of the week, after a few
days' stay in New York.
John McKesson, of McKesson & Robbins, started last week
for California on a business and pleasure trip. He expects to
be gone about six weeks.
F. A. Hunold, a graduate of the New York College of Plla^
macy, has recently moved to Hempstead and has accepted a
position with C. R. Lush.
Dr. Harvey, of the National Drug Company, of Philadel-
phia, formerly of 6. F. Harvey & Co., of Saratoga, has been
. spending a few days here.
Opinions expressed in well Informed drug trade circles
last week were that the Hill amendment to the pharmacy law
would unquestionably be enacted.
Samuel Epstein, of 195 Orahge street, Newark, has been
convicted and fined $100 for carrying on a drug store without
being registered by the Board of Pharmacy.
Ernst Weickert, druggist, dropped dead at his store, IM
Knickerbocker avenue, Brooklyn, while compounding a pre-
scription. Apoplexy is believed to have been the cause.
Edward Pennock, who has been traveling in Western Penn-
sylvania for William R. Warner & Co., has succeeded B. B.
Hamlin, jr., as manager of the New York office of the firm.
The National Drug Company have changed their principal
place of business from Saratoga Springs, N. Y., to 36 Wall
street. New York City. Geo. T. Harvey is president of the
company.
Charles E. Trautmann, Hudson boulevard and Linden ave-
nue, Jersey City, was held up in his store by robbers at nine
o'clock on the night of March 13. His setter dog attacked the
robbers and they were driven off.
Nicholas CeruUi, 271 Third avenue, has been arrested on
the charge of the inspector of the Board of Pharmacy that he
sold poison without having a license, representing himself to
be Michael Eccetta, a licensed pharmacist.
Secretary J. A. Miller, of the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical
Association, asks us to announce a change of date in thl»
year's meeting of the association. The annual meeting will
be held in the Buena Vista Spring Hotel on June 24, Instead of
June 17 as previously announced.
Plump & Linnig, retail pharmacists at 1071 Lexington ave-
nue, corner of Seventy-sixth street, have dissolved partner-
ship, and make public announcement of the fact The busi-
ness will be conducted hereafter by Frederick H. Plump, who
will pay all outstanding accounts of the firm.
At the regular monthly meeting of the New York Section
of the Society of Chemical Industry, held at the Chemists'
Club. 108 West Fifty-fifth street, on Friday evening, March
21. the following papers were read: Graphite in Ores, by A.
G. Stillwell; "The effect of pickling liquids upon sewage
treatment." by Harrison P. Eddy; " Blue print and black
print photographic papers and their preparation," by Alfred
.L Cohn; Determination of Silicon in Ferro Silicon, by George
L. Norris.
J. N. Hegeman & Co., conducting retail pharmacies at 21
Park row, 793 Broadway and 1218 Broadway. New York, made
a very acceptable present to their customers at the holiday
season. It consisted of a neat celluloid holder, measuring IV2
X 2% inches, and containing within an assortment of strips
of court plaster. The one side of the holder bore the name of
the firm and the other the calendar for 1902. The holder
ran be used to carry postage stamps as well as the plaster,
being impervious to moisture.
Druggists are awaiting with much Interest the new rule»
to govern the handling of explosives in this dty. The com-
niission appointed by Mayor Low to devise new rules made a
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preliiulnary report last week, which was sent to the Legisla
tiye Committee of the Board of Aldermen. The report recom-
mends the creation of a municipal committee on explosives
with power to make regulations and that licenses be issued.
The commission is to be appointed by the Mayor, to consist of
four persons, one from a list submitted by the American
Chemical Society, the Fire Commissioner to be a member ez-
officio and chairman.
A little ceremony took place in the New York office of
William R. Warner & Co., 52 Maiden Lane, on March 15, on
the occasion of the presentation of a beautiful silver loving
<;up to B. B. Hamlin, jr., who has been in charge of the New
York office for several years, but who leaves to assume the
^direction of the American Peroxide of Hydrogen & Chemical
Company, of 88 Maiden Lane, New York. Several congratu-
latory letters and telegrams were received from out of town
representatives of William R. Warner & Co., who were un-
able to be present, and nearly all of whom Joined in the tes-
timonial to Mr. Hamlin.
The importing department of Parke, Davis & Co., 90
Maiden lane. New York, Wm. Kaufman, manager, have
Issued an original package price list covering the large assort-
ment of crude drugs for which they are headquarters. The
booklet is illustrated with views showing various drugs in
-original packages, as buchu leaves, gums, insect powder and
Mexican sarsapariUa. There is also shown a view of Parke,
Davis & Co.'s gum warehouse at Bordeaux, France, which
will have a very special interest for many in the trade who
<enjoy the acquaintance of General Manager Wm. M. War-
ren, of Detroit, and Wm. Kaufman, the manager of the
importing department. New York, as both of these gentlemen
figure in the picture, Mr. Kaufman being well in the fore-
ground, whilie Mr. Warren is seen in consultation with the
head of the gum warehouse in the background.
Speculation is rife among pharmacists of this city as to
who will be the next president of the New York State Phar-
maceutical Association. Thomas Stoddart, of Buffalo, now
occupies that position, and the usual custom followed is for
the first vice-president to succeed the president The first
vice-president, Mr. Van Nort, of Elmlra, however, died re-
<^ently, and the question has arisen whether the second vice-
president will in this case become president or whether some
nonofflcial member of the association will be elected. George
H. Hitchcock, of the Manhattan Association, is now the sec-
ond vice-president, and many believe that the proper course
would be to make him president. Friends of William C. An-
Hlcrson, of the Kings County Pharmaceutical Society and ex-
president of the N. A. R. D., have suggested him for the presi-
dency. It is likely that other names will be mentioned and
will be offered at the convention, which is to be held in Elmira
next June.
The annual dinner of the Drug Merchants* Association
was held on Tuesday evening, March 11, in the rooms of the
Aldine Association in the Constable Building, 111 Fifth ave-
nue. The banquet proved a most enjoyable affair and was
Attended by all members of the association except two or
three. The total membership, which is limited to 30, is now
'25, and includes practically all of the leading druggists of this
-city who were designated as cutters and put on the prohibited
list by the N. A. R. D. At the business session various mat-
ters of interest to the members were discussed. Perhaps the
most important matter acted upon, and one that will be of
^uite general interest to retail pharmacists, was the question
of prices. The association decided to revise its present sched-
ule. It is stated on authority that the new schedule of prices
will be somewhat higher, on the average, than the present
quotations, although not fully up to the N. A. R. D. schedule
that was put into effect here about a year ago.
liie marriage of Miss Mathilde Hammond Harding,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert B. Harding, to Emil August
Tauchert, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar E. Tauchert, of
Brooklyn, was celebrated at the Church of the Heavenly Rest
on Thursday evening, March 20, at 8.30 o'clock, by the rector.
Dr. D. Parker Morgan, and Canon Knowles, of Trinity Parish.
The bride's father is the well-known manager of the Hum-
phreys' Homeopathic Medicine Company, of this city. Miss
Harding is beautiful and accomplished. She is fond of all
outdoor sports, particularly golf, and has traveled ex-
tensively. Mr. Tauchert is a popular member of the New York
"Stock Exchange, and has won quite a reputation as a violinist
and also in amateur theatricals. A reception followed the
marriage ceremony at the home of the bride's parents. No.
:326 West Seventy-seventh street. After a trip to the Mediter-
ranean the newly married couple will return to this city,
'Where they will reside.
WESTERN NEW YORK.
Agreement ai to Mainteoance of Prices Stifieos Backbone ol Buf-
falo Draggistt— Trade Situatioa Satisfactorir— Changes in the
Boffato Drug Trade— Buffalo Pharmacisti to Give a ^Poverty
Dance ^—Acttvtty of the Western Branch of the Board of
Pharmacy— Temporary War on Prices*
(From our Regular Correspondent,)
Buffalo, March 20.— There was a new smallpox scare lately in
Buffalo that increased the demand for vaccine virus materially
for a short time, but it soon subsided and business in the drug
stores flowed on as usual. There is much less complaint of
poor business than there used to be. This is largely on ac-
count of the stand made on the patent medicine trade, which
seems to have stiffened the pharmaceutical backbone in vari-
ous other ways and created a confidence in the trade that
extends from one end of it to the other. The wholesale busi-
ness has always been large and satisfactory, as it is not badly
divided, but the retail stores are so many that it is not easy
for all to make a profit unless the trade stands together on
certain essential matters.
CHANQES IN STORES.
Among the recent changes in the Buffalo drug trade is the
sale of the West Side store of B. R. L. Smith, at West avenue
and School street, to W. E. Strong, who has for some time
been the pharmacist at the General Hospital. M. Bnseslcki,
who has a druggist's license from the State Board, Is opening
a new store in the Polish district on Peckham street. O. O.
Rano sent out some very neat announcements through the
territory Included in his recently purchased Niagara street
pharmacy district and was prepared to state to his friends and
patrons almost immediately that business had improved.
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BUFFALO PHARMACISTS QIVB A '* POVERTY DAMCB.
The Buffalo Pharmacists' Social Club closed its gay season
in a blaze of glory on the 19th by giving a '* poverty dance,"
on the assumption, by invitation printed on very low-grade
brown paper, that "hard times have struck the sails of our
ship and we have had to pull them in, the direct' cause of this
being our last entertainment." The former entertainment was
a very neat and satisfactory affair, and it may possibly be a
pleasant fiction to claim that it was so disastrous to the dub
financially. Both entertainments were "high ball" in their
way, the last calling out many costumes of the Wandering
Willie type, as ordered by the invitations.
tEMPORAKY WAR ON PRICES.
There is a temporary fiurry in the Buffalo trade on account
of the breaking over of the patent medicine regulation on the
part of a certain department store and a leading grocery.
They cut the prices and the druggists had to follow. A con-
ference was held, and it was stated by the representatives of
the offenders that the cut was a mere flyer and would proba-
bly come to an end in a few days. It was a sort of spring
fever, they thought Of course these stores are not really
members of the drug trade, and it will be hard to manage
them unless the manufacturers come to the rescue.
WORK OF THE WESTERN BRANCH OF THE BOARD.
The western branch of the State Board of Pharmacy Is
rejoicing over the fact that all Buffal6 registries are in and
properly filed. There are about ten in the outlying district
that have not been completed, and the board will get after
them very soon. If no understanding can be arrived at direct
the cases will be placed in the hands of the District Attorney.
The March examination at Buffalo is a very full one, as there
are 22 applicants, the large number being on account of the
omission of the February examination.
There is a court case on trial, Harvey Hoag, of Buffalo,
taking the notion that he can force the board to grant him a
license after it has refused his application. His claim is that
he was entitled to one in 1884 and therefore he is in line for
one now.
The western branch some time ago found six Buffalo drug-
gists who were violating the law in a very loose way. They
left their stores in unlicensed hands and allowed poisons to
be sold at such times. Under the new law the board might
have taken such offenders into police court and appeaired
against them for committing a misdemeanor; they might have
been turned over to the District Attorney for indictment or a
civil damage case might be made. This last course was taken
and they were sued for $26 each. So far four of them. Messrs.
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HilUgaas, Klense, Oogan and Rose, hare MtUed out of court
The others are debating whether to do so or make a fight.
PRICES TO BB RESTORBD IN AUBURN.
For the past two years the dmgglsts Ui Anbnm have been
engaged in catting prices on patent medicines, but recently
President Thorpe, of the Onondaga County Druggists* Asso-
ciation, has been trying to effect a reconciliation, and his
efforts were crowned with success. A new organisation has
been formed and, while there is no formal agreement, prices
are to be restored to the old standard.
BUFFALO DRUG PERSONALS.
William* H. Ramage, city salesman for the Bmpire State
Drug Company, has engaged to take the same position In Chi-
cago for Parke, Davis & Co., of Detroit J. A« Lockie attended
the funeral of J. F. Van Nort, of Blmira, first vice-president
of the State Pharmaceutical Association, who died March 10.
Mr. Lockie went as the regular representative of the associa-
tion. Fred. L. Oibbs, for some time clerk in Darlington's
pharmacy, has engaged with Dr. Johnson. Lee W. Miller has
left his position in Gregory's pharmacy to become the druggist
at the General Hospital. B. W. Lathbury, a graduate of the
College of Pharmacy, has engaged with B. R. L. Smith.
VARIOUS NOTES.
B. W. Brainard, well knovni hotel keeper at HomellsTille,
is opening a new drug store in connection with the old busi-
ness.
L. v. Doremus, who was formerly apothecary at the Mattea-
wan State Hospital, has received a similar appointment at
the Willard State Hospital at Ovid.
B. T. Atchison, for five years prescription derk in Patter-
son's drug store, Batavia, has engaged as traveling salesman
for the Lisk Mfg. Company, of Canandaigua.
President Stoddart, of the State Pharmaceutical Associa-
tion, gives a lecture on March 6 before the Buffalo College of
Pharmacy on co-operative manufacturing and general success
in pharmacy.
A new pharmaceutical company, Incorporated at Albany on
February 6, are Frank I. Adams & Brothers, of Amsterdam.
The capital stock is $7,000, and the incorporators are: Frank I.
Adams, of Amsterdam; A. B. Adams, of New York City, and
G. B. Adams, of Seattle, Wash.
MASSACHUSETTS,
^The Southern Wholesale Druggist^ Assocfation*
About twenty delegates attended the first meeting of the
recently organized Southern Wholesale Druggists' Associa-
tion at Birmingham, Ala., on March 5 and 6. The following
oflicers were elected: President, D. D. Phillips, Nashville, re-
elected; vice-president, John W. Durr, of Montgomery; secre-
tary-treasurer, II. H. Sinnige, Birmingham; directors, L. N.
Brunswick, New Orleans, and W. M. Tague, Memphis. The
matter of the meeting of the National Association at Mon-
terey, Cal., next October was indorsed and the members will
to a very large extent, it Is thought, attend. The next meet-
ing of the Southern Wholesale Druggists will be held in New
Orleans the first Wednesday in May.
The G>imecticttt Board*
Nine applicants were registered at the meeting of the Con-
necticut Board of Pharmacy held on March 4, as follows:
Leo Kaulfuss, of Hartford; James M. Robinson, of Bridge-
port; Yale B. Lewis, of New Haven; B. G. Lathrop, of Hart-
ford; George Smith, 6t Manchester; Henry L. Borg, of Bridge-
port; Percy B. Norcutt of New Haven, William B. Hill, M.D.,
of Noank, and Henry Otto, of Hartford. The next examina-
tions will be held the first week of April, and the board say
that at this session there will be more applicants than there
were at the last examinations.
Strange Home News fton Ahto^
According to the London Mail, tabloid restaurants are the
latest novelty in New York. Two have been recently started
and are doing a large business. Only compressed foods are
served, either in the form of losenges or capsules, while for
drinks there are all kinds of liquid foods. A tabloid meal
can be consumed in three minutes without any injurious ef-
fects. The tabloid restaurants are being extensively patron,
ised by busy men and dyspeptics, who prefer the tabloid diet
to the hastily swallowed meals of the usual kind.
An Anti-Soda Water Law Propoied for Mawachtuctti— Drufgiitt
ttp in Arma Againat it-BUl Backed by Bottling FSnm—
Draggiata Oppoicd to Manufactufe of Antitoxin by the Bo id
of Health— Hearing on a Bill to Prohibit Uie of Latin in Pie
Kfiption Writhig— Hearinga on Varioisa Other BiUa— A Live
Ittoe hi Maiden— ^A Chapter of the Phi Chi to be "^Swung
Out** in the ManachmettB College of Pharmacy*
{From our Regular Correapondent,)
Boston, March 19.— The dmg and that portion of the soda
fountain trade which supplies carbonatlng machines to re-
tailers is exercised, and with reason, over the following bill:
Section 1. No person shall manufactare liquid or compressed air or
gases, except acetylene gas and other gases used for Illuminating par-
poses, and shall not manufacture other articles of which such ezploslTe
sabstances are component parts, in a cellar, room or apartment of a
tenement or dwelling house occupied In whole or in part by persons or
families for living purposes. ^ .. ^
Sec. 2. Whoever violates anv of the provisions of this act idiall be
pnnlahcd by fine not exceeding f&OO, or by Imprisonment not ezeeedlng
one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
As there are very few dmg stores not located in buildings
occupied in part for living purposes it can be readily seen
that such a law literally enforced would prevent drnggista
from manufacturing their own carbonated waters for use is
soda fountains. And that is the object, for the counsel for
the petitioners at the first hearing held on the bill stated, with
probably too much frankness, that his clients, bottling firms
who formerly supplied the carbonated water to retailers in
cylinders, wanted to get back the business which they thought
belonged to them and thus secure a return for their Invested
capital The drug trade is opposed to this proposition, and
through the M. S. P. A. is informing druggists of this State
of the condition of affairs. Numerous petitions are being cir-
culated and the Legislature is to be flooded with a shower of
protests. At the hearings, which have been held at the M. S.
P. A«, the American Soda Fountain Company, the Static Car-
bonatlng Company, the Puffer Mfg. Company and the New
Bra Carbonatlng Company appeared in opposition. The
American Soda Fountain Company are much opposed to the
bill and consider it the work of interested parties. From the
wording of the bill they deem It the apparent object was to
put the measure through without public notice and opposition,
for when opposition appeared at the first hearing a request for
postponement was immediately made by the petitioners. The
witnesses for the latter so far have been interested parties,
and they have utterly failed to make out a strong case.
THX MANUFAOTUBE OF ANTITOXIN BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Another subject attracting opi)osition from druggists is the
movement to empower the State Board of Health to manu-
facture vaccine and antitoxin, the idea being to have these
products employed for public purposes and they would have
the guarantee of the State. Henry Canning is representing
the remonstrants. A hearing has been held on the bill pro-
hibiting the writing of prescriptions in any other than the
English language. W. W. Bartlett, Ph.O., appeared for the
M. S. P. A. In opposition, and asserted that there was no pub-
lic necessity for the measure.
The bill prohibiting the selling or offering for sale any bottles
or Jars not properly labeled as to the quantity they contain
was also given a hearing. Much evidence was adduced rela-
tive to " false bottom " bottles and the kind known as " fives '*
—1. e., five to the gallon. The measure, if adopted, would
affect the drug trade, but it is unlikely to have a favorable
report
DBUQOISTS AND THE SALE OF LIQUOR.
In Maiden the question of licensing druggists is a live Issue
and the fight is being engineered by the temperance societies.
A hearing is one of the outcomes of the contest. Some of the
Aldermen wish to adopt the plan of licensing one druggist in
each of the seven wards of the city. A raid on the store of
George D. Brown Is a sequel to this agitation. The police cap-
tured nearly 50 gallons of hard liquors. Mr. Brown holds a
sixth-class license, and it Is claimed that the raid was made
on account of Sunday sales.
EMPLOYEES PROHIBITED FROM SMOkiNO CIOArETTBS.
At the works of the J. C. Ayer Company, Lowell, notices
have been posted prohibiting any employee under 21 fjrom
smoking cigarettes. The notice says:
" Believing that the smoking of cigarettes Is injurious to
both mind and body, thereby unfitting young men for their
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best work, therefore, after this date, we will not employ any
young man nnder 21 years of age who smokes dgarettes."
PENNSYLVANIA.
~ VINSD FOB BBLLIKO ABBKKICAL SODIUM PHOfiPHATS.| |
In the New Bedford cases brought for sales of arsenical
sodium phosphate by the State Board of Health O. Therien,
of the Weld Square Pharmacy, and John Timmens, a clerk for
Mr. Coleman, were each found guilty and fined $100. Both ap-
pealed, and it is the general opinion that the cases will be
adjusted in:ithout a trial in the Superior Court
A NBW CHAPTBB OF THB PHI CHI FBATKBNITY.
A charter has been granted for the establishment of a
chapter of the Phi Chi fraternity at the Massachusetts Col-
lege of Pharmacy. This organisation originated in the Uni-
versity of Michigan in 1883, and its membership is composed
of chemists and pharmacists. There are branches at the Uni-
versity of Wisconsin, the College of Pharmacy of the City of
New York and the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. The
chapter will be swung out the latter part of this month by
representatives from the organisations in New York and Phil-
adelphia.
THB BBTAIL DBUO CLBBB8* ASSOCIATION
of this city held several meetings last month. At one of
these there was a complete reorganization. Mr. Coombs, the
secretary, resigned, and W. D. McPherson was elected in his
place. It was also decided to carry on the work on the lines
laid down by the Chicago association. The meeting of
February 18 was held in Chelsea, and there was great en-
thusiasm. Seven new members were obtained. On February
26 the organization met in Charlestown, and here there was
also an increase in membership.
PBBSCBIFTION8 IN BNGLISH.
The following bill is one of Emmanuel Pfelffer's pets. Dr.
Pf eiff er, by the way, is a strenuous opponent *of vaccination,
and in an attempt to prove its fallacy, exposed himself need-
lessly to smallpox, and which, contrary to his Ideas, he
promptly contracted and has since been very ill:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any practitioner of medi-
cine in this commonwealth to write prescriptions for their
patients, to be filled by druggists and others, in any other
language than English. Section 2. Any one violating the pro-
visions of this act shall be punished by fine not exceeding
fifty dollars.
A hearing was held before the Public Health Committee.
No report has yet been returned, but it will be an adverse one
when it comes.
OBTTINO BBADT FOB THB SUMMSB.
New Bnglanders continue to make ready for the coming
harvest in the soda water business. The American Soda
Fountain Company have recently shipped new apparatus to
the following dealers: Fred A. Barker, Gloucester, Mass.; J.
M. Nelson, Lynn, Mass.; Hall & Lyon, Providence, R. I.; B.
R. Day & Co., Winchendon, Mass.; W. H. Mansfield, Bast
PepperiU, Masa; W. S. Davis, Sanbomville, N. H.; L. B. San-
ford, Fall River, Mass.; J. B. Gandrean, Fall River, Mass.;
John A. Blake, Ipswich, Mass.; Morris Singer, New Bedford,
Mass.; Charles S. Cogley, Salem, Mass.; Harrimann & Foster,
Whitlnsville, Mass.. and E. B. Ross. Miller's Falls, Mass.
CITY NEWS.
John T. Hawkins, with stores in Tremont street and Co-
lumbus avenue, has Just purchased the establishment of Var-
gas & Co., Falmouth street
A meeting of the Northeastern section of the American
Chemical Society was held on February 28. Prof. Henry P.
Talbot spoke on The Recorded History of the Members of
the Argon Group.
The new store of Tessier Bros., Dorchester avenue, was
recently visited by a disastrous fire. The firm continued busi-
ness next day, and have since had a very satisfactory insur-
ance adjustment. A new Tufts fountain takes tfie place of
the one injured in the fire.
BAY STATE ITEBSS.
John Larrabee attended the Prince Henry dinner, in his
ofllcial capacity as mayor of Melrose.
Isaac Atkins is the proprietor of a new Marblehead store.
His fountain bears the imprint of James W. Tufts.
George L. York has opened a new store at Wollaston and
has supplied it with a fountain from the establishment of
James W. Tufts.
Plans of Drag Trait in Abeyance— Ownsfi of the Prindpal StoKis
Have Not Been Approached— Know Little of the Movement
Beyond what has Been Pttbllshed In the ** American Drag-
girt''— Notes of the Tfade In PhiladelphU.
(From our Re0yU& CarrespondetU,)
Philadelphia, March 21.— There has been very little news
of the proposed retail drug combine the past few weeks,
although the promoters are still sanguine that they can cor-
rall enough of the stores to make it interesting for those who
are not members. The owners of the leading stores have not
been approached. George B. Bvans says he knows nothing
about the plan except what has been printed in the Aicebioan
Dbugoist and he is of the opinion that nothing can be accom-
plished in the direction of combining the necessary number of
retail drug stores to give the movement assurance of success.
JLJSf APPEAL TAKEN IN W0BCB8TSK PLAN OASX.
The Phenyo-Caffein Ck>mpany have taken an appeal in the
case against Arthur J. Wissler, against whom they brought
suit for selling their goods at cut rates in contravention of
the notice printed on the box. Judgment for the defense was
rendered in the Common Pleas Oourt, from which Judgment
an appeal is now taken.
NOTES FROM PHILADELPHIA.
M. L. Brandt has been callUig on the trade for John Bngel
& Go,, of New York.
F. G. Luebert has purchased the drug store at 1418 North
Fourth street and contemplates makUig a number of improve-
ments and additions.
Howard Huntsman, a former drug clerk for A. La Dow, at
Oaa Lane, has taken a position in Pittsburgh with a local drug
trust in that city.
William B. Burk, who was severely injured in a railroad
wreck ^veral weeks ago, has fully recovered and is now able
to attend to his business.
M. P. Lind, of the firm of Schandeln & Lind, is visiting
some of his relatives in West Virginia. Mr. Lind is accom-
panied by his wife and daughters.
Samuel Davis, a brother of Frank G. Davis, of Sixteoith
and Vine streets, is seriously ill at his home in Germantown
from a complication of diseases.
S. D. Grawf ord, of Fifth street and Fairmount avenue, has
purchased the store of G. Maurer, at Twenty-first and Fits*
water streets, and will run both stores.
G. N. Thompson has purchased the Wingert Pharmacy, at
Glrard and Ridge avenues, and has removed his entire stock
from his old store at Nineteenth and Glrard avenue to his new
one.
Jos. Bngland has purchased the store of Herman Dilks, at
Broad street and Susquehanna avenue. Mr. Bngland will not
relinquish his present position in the laboratory of the Smith,
Kline & French Gompany to assume control of his new ven-
ture, but has associated his brother with him, and the firm
name will be England Bros.
J. B. Wilson, at one time a prosperous druggist in this city,
has sold his store, enlisted in the United States Army and
been assigned to duty as hospital steward and ordered to the
Philippine Islands. He says that had he known where he
was to be sent he would not have enlisted, but as it is only
for th'ree years he hopes to come back and enter the drug busi-
ness again.
The course in commercial training adopted by the Phila-
delphia College of Pharmacy is proving of great benefit to the
students and the wonder is why it was not inaugurated
years ago. The first examination in this course was held on
Aiarch 12, and some of the answers would indicate that the
students had but a vague idea of the customs followed in
ordinary business intercourse.
Robert McNeil had his annual "at home,*' at his hand-
some store, on Front and York streets, on the 17th lust, and
his place was beautifully decorated with plants of various
kinds. The guests were invited into his parlor and there par-
took of ices, salads and other refreshments. This is Mr.
McNeil's twenty-third anniversary. He was the pioneer in
this kind of celebration and his worthy example has been
largely followed by up to date druggists.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD
MICHIGAN.
Nww Pdce Scfaedfsie In Operatloo in Detroit— A P., D. & Co.
Romance— Fcrtive Drag Clerks— P., D« & Co^'s Team Win-
ner! at Basket Ball.
(From our Reguiar CorretpondentJ)
Detriot, March 10.— As foreahadowed in the Ahx9ioan
Dbugoist for March 10, ihe Retail Dmggists' Association met
last week and adopted a new schedule of uniform prices for
the city of Detroit on many articles and. commodities. There
was some revision of the compact which had been in force
previous to the meeting and some additions to the lines of
goods aifected. Toilet articles such as dental and talcum
powders and many miscellaneous supplies were included in
the schedule and a small raise in prices was made. The new
schedule went into effect Monday, March 17.
A P., D. & OO. ROMANCE.
Romance has found and enveloped in its charms one of
the most popular employees of Parke, Davis & Co., in the per-
son of Miss Margaret Virginia Shaw. Miss Shaw has been
in the employ of the firm for ten years and for the past four
years has been at the head of the information bureau. She
left on March 17, and it is announced that she will soon be
married to Gliarles G. Cox, district superintendent of the Pull-
man Palace Car Company. On the last day of her labors at
the big plant Miss Shaw appeared at her office to find that
her fellow employees and the officers of the firm had lavishly
decorated it with flowers and wreaths, while great bunches
of American beauties adorned her desk.
DRUG CLKRRS* FK8T1VIT1KS.
On the evening of April 1 the Retail Drug Clerks' Associ-
ation will give an "April Fool Ball'* at Strassburg's Hall,
which, it is promised, will be one of the most unique enter-
tainments of the year. Charles F. Abrams Is chairman of the
Bntertainment Committee and J. M. Fariy of the Reception
Committee. Several novel and Interesting features are
promised by the committees which they are keeping secret
until the night of the bail. There will be 1,000 invitations
sent out, and the affair, it is promised, will be swell in every
particular.
WINNERS AT BASKET BALL.
Last week in the Y. M. C. A. basket ball contests the
Parke, Davis & Co. team defeated the Fletcher Hardware
Company team by a score of 10 to 0. The Parke, Davis &
Co. team now stands second in the list of six dubs, having
won 14 and lost 8 games, giving it a percentage of .686. The
Clark Coal Company has a percentage of .772, while C. Blliott
& Co., the next lower team, stands at .500.
VARIOUS DETROIT NOTES.
The Cooper Medicine Company, of Detroit, has been in-
corporated with a capital stock of $10,000.
John McLaren, city salesman for Nelson, Baker & Co., has
resigned his position to go into the Insurance business.
The Battle Creek Medicine Company has been incorporated
with a capital of $25,000 to do business from Battle Creole
Dr. A. M. Phillips is Its chairman.
drug store in Lansing, Mich. In 1885 he went to Montana, and
after clerking for some years, started in for himself. He
finally became one of the principal proprietors in the Newbro
Drug Company, a retail concern, and the Montana Drag
Company, a wholesale house. He has decided upon Detroit
as the site for his new factory.
tf
The Drug Clerks' Association will give an "April fool
dance at Strassburg's hall on the evening of April 1. A
special meeting will be held this week to make final arrange-
ments.
W. O. Leacock, president of the Drug Clerks' Association,
has resigned his office, coincident with accepting a position
with Nelson, Baker & Co. The association, at its last meet-
ing, elected Nathaniel H. Jones, with Simons & Cooper, to fill
the vacant chair.
The bondsmen of Dr. R. A. Balcom, manager of the Bal-
com Pharmacy Company, who was charged with a serious
offense and released on bail, have been obliged to forfeit the
bail, as Dr. Balcom disappeared from the city and was not
on hand when his case came up in court.
Ex-Poyce Commissioner Frank C. Andrews, who carried
the City Savings Bank to ruin with him last week, was
formerly a partner in the Central Drug Store He sold out,
however, last fall. Andrews' failure is for $1,600,000, and he
is now In Jail on the charge of defrauding the bank.
D. M. Newbro has practically completed negotiations for
the lease of a large business block in which the Herplclde
Company, a $100,000 concern, will shortly begin manufactur-
ing. Mr. Newbro was for a number of years back clerk in a
OHIO NEWS ITEMS.
J. C. Campbell has succeeded Hugh Campbell in the trade
at North Baltimore.
H. G. Peterson, of Williamsburg, has opened his new store
with a full line of new goods.
John Bauer, a popular Walnut Hills druggist, is Cimvales-
cent after a long siege of illness.
Ellas Diebold, father of A. E. Dleboid, a well-known Clifton
druggist, died after two weeks' illness.
C. O. Hoffman, of Arcanum, suffered a loss of about $50u
on a fire that swept through his place last week.
Clarence Waters, a well-known druggist of Eaton, will soon
be married to Miss Cooper, a charming young lady of that
place.
George Budde, manager of the sundry department of the
Stein-Yogeler Drug Company, has been suffering from a severe
attack of erysipelas.
Glp Kemper and Mrs. Kemper, of Osgood, were recent
visitors to Cincinnati, where Mr. Kemper renewed old ac-
quaintanceships in the drug trade.
Dr. Chas. Krone and William Howe, of Hamilton, were In
Cincinnati last week, in attendance on the meeting of the Exec-
utive Committee of the O. Y. D. A.
Will Wagner, the popular secretary of the Stein-Yogeler
Company, has been confined to his home for the past two
weeks, undergoing the throes of a severe siege of rheumatism.
The Royal Pharmacy, at Hamilton, recently suffered heavy
loss by fire. The handsome mahogany fixtures were scorched
and blistered and the loss from fire, water and smoke is esti-
mated at $1,500.
H. A. Fraukman has opened his new store at YersaiUes.
His old establishment was wiped out by fire and the new place
is an entirely new and modem structure, thoroughly equipped,
with a modem stock.
Joseph Beck, commissioner for the new water works at
Batavia, has made a thorough success of the undertaldng, due
in large part to the ability to labor at a fixed purpose, gained
by long years of devotion to the drag trade.
Dr. R. H. Weatherhead, who last month celebrated his
sixtieth anniversary at his handsome home in Avondale, is
one of the most widely known retail druggists in Ohio. For
thirty years he has been engaged in business at the same place,
at Sixth and Yine streets. He has a family of seven children,
and one son, Burdsal, is interested with him in the business,
while the eldest, Este, is physician at the County Jail.
Michigan Board Pass Lest.
Detroit, March 20.— Of the 59 applicants examined by the
State Board of Pharmacy, of Michigan, at Grand Rapids last
week, but 37 were successful in receiving registered phar-
macists' certificates. Of the 23 who tried for assistant's
papers. 11 wer^ given them. The following were granted
pharmacists' certificates: H. J. Bemard, Kalamazoo; J. A.
Beukema, Grand Rapids; F. D. Brlgham, OrtenviUe; J. H.
Crouch, Detroit; A. M. Cooper, Maysville; John Dekam, Kala-
mazoo; Ed. Fuller, Maple Rapids; F. L. Fannaff, Grand
Rapids; A. D. Gundry, Grand Blanc; A. E. Globensky.
Traverse City; C. S. Henderson, Millington; C. M. Hoppough,
^emus; Louis Hyman, Chicago; Liaura B. Hemans, South
Lyons; Lee M. Knill, Port Huron; H. C. Kitchen, Grand
Rapids; Charles B. Kurtz, Jackson; Charles E. Lewis, Mem-
phis; H. H. Menerey, Yale; D. Martinneau, Manistee; W. A.
Murray, Traverse City; E. J. Real, Baraga; Dora Yan Dense.
Greenville; Floyd A. Worden, Yermontville; J. M. Wuggazara,
Grand Rapids; L. O. Wentworth, Marlette; Guy H. Webber.
Cadillac.
Assistants' certificates were awarded to A. W. Brock.
Alma; Alf. Bourassa, Chatham, Ont; F. C. Ballentine, Port
Huron, R. M. Depree, Holland; Ben. F. Fa ton, Boyne Falls:
C. W. Grover, Yassar; Roy Miller, Big Rapids; B. W. Mills.
Big Rapids; P. G. Miller, Lapeer; George Trestain, Detroit.
The next meeting of the board will be held at the Star Island
Club House, Ste. Claire Flats, June 16 and 17.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
ILLINOIS.
Thokukn H«dt«U About Op«nlo(; AccounU with Cottws—
StriktoE New Development in lie Settlement of the Cut Rate
Pfoblem-Cutten R«8«rded u Un»»fe Btuinew Propoiltion*—
Chicigo Drug Oetk* AfftlUU wltt Labor UQlon»-Dli»gre*-
abU Feeling In the Trade-SUtui of the Telephone Troublei.
(.From
r Regular Correspondent.)
Chicago. March 17.-Actlng on tlie theory that a cu«ej '« »
dangS* Hsk, a number of Chicago «holeaalera »>»:« «'S.«^
W sell goods to those who persist In demoralizing pricey TWs
action is taken Individually for business reasons, and those
Iho^e dX it say they ire looking ont '"r^themaelves and
aie not partlts to any concerted scheme. Albert Sun^ oj
S^ll^ & FuUer. said: " We have come to the conclusion ttat
it does not pay to chase after the trade of one man. "hen by
seeing It wS^may Incnr the enmity ol twenty or more other
Swf. tTI cntter harts us, for all the other retailers g«
Sj^ because we make sales to him. We don't refuse W w 1
to any one, but we won't chaae after hla bnalness, and as his
business methods are not sound we do not care to carry hto
on our books If any one comes In here with the money he
can get goods, bat that Is alt we are willing to do In such
case* " Similar attitudes are taken by other wholesalers, and
if the cutters are generally considered aa unsafe business
propositions It is, of course, easy to see that cutting Is likely
to receive a severe setback here.
DBOO CLBHB8 UNITK WITH LABOR UKIONS.
The Drug Clerks' Association has become affiliated with
union labor and within a few days will receive a charter from
the headquarters of organlMd labor. This rather starlllng
action was taken at a meeting of the clerks at which only
six men. who were in favor of the affiliation plan, were in
attendance. Their action Is binding, however, for the by-laws
of the association provide for a quorum of Ave. There are
many of the clerks who object vigorously to the proposition,
while others favor It and some are on the fence. It Is likely
that a number will drop out of the association, but whether
the number will be sufficient to have any effect Is not known.
The matter has stirred up a great deal of feeling, but the
officers say It Is too late to retract. In a circular letter to all
clerks the offlclals write as follows In regard to the progress
befog made: "The agitation carried on for the last two
months has borne fruit. In that It has done much to better the
condltlona under which drug clerks are compelled to labor.
Bleeping rooms In drug stores are being abolished gradually,
skilled pharmacists are In demand and their active members
ar« employed at Increased wages. Within a short time we
hope to be able to reduce the hours of labor matertally.
A NICKEL TEL&PBONB 8EBV1CB.
The Chicago Telephone Company have announced that they
win put nickel-hi-the-slot telephones in all drug stores as fast
as possible. President Sabln. of the telephone company, made
this announcement when a committee of druggists waited on
him recently. Humors are afloat that there may be serious
trouble aa a result of tearing out the dlme-ln-the-slot devices.
but oftlclals of the C. R. D. A. and of the telephone company
deny this and say that every effort Is being made to patch up
the differences. Whether they succeed or not It Is certain that
a great many druggists are not In sympathy with the plan,
which BceniB likely to cut Into proOts and to make the service
even poorer, but as the slot machine was opposed with equal
bitterness at the outset it Is hard to foretell the outcome.
Those who opposed the dlme-ln-the-slot Idea so vlgoronsly
not long since are now trying with equal energy In some In-
stances to retain the plan.
CHICAQO COLLKOE OF PHARMACY.
The forty-second commencement ezerdees of the Chicago
College of Pharmacy are to l>e held at the Grand Opera House
on April 24 at 2 p.m. The class speakers will be Francis K.
Pierce, salutatorltin. and Frank H. Hudbreder. valedictorian.
The annual meeting and election of officers of the Alumni
Association will be held at the college March 20 at 8 p.m.
Tbe Junior class has suffered a loss of one of Its members,
E. R. Dolson. of Chicago, who died March 3 of appendlcitla.
Mr. Dolson had clerked for J. W. Kask, BT27 Wentworth ave-
nue, for tbe past four years. Tbe class attended the funeral
and presented a handsome floral offering.
AUen R. FeUowi,
Manager of Uoss, Flowers & Co.. Chicago.
The AiMRiCAK DarooisT takes pleasure In presenting to Ita
readers a portrait of Allen R. Fellows, manager of Boss, Flow-
ers & Co., who Is a genuine Western product of tbe Abrftbam
Lincoln type. Mr, Fellows started In the drug huslneu as a.
boy and was employed by Morrlason. Plummer ft Co,, of Chi-
cago, for eleven years. He then tried the country and waa
with Hortz & Babsen, of Rock Island, III., for eight years.
Returning to Chicago, he accepted a position with Humlston,
Keeling & Co., where he remained four years, until be ac-
cepted the management of tbe grovring house of Hoss. Flowers
ft Co. He has occupied every position In a wholesale drug
bouse, from boy up, Including short bnyer, manager and buyer,
and tbe many friends he has made In tbe past twenty-five
years will be glad to wish him success.
He has mounted tbe ladder of fame step by step and has
met with many a Jolt and " short arm Jab," but be says theau
all help a man to know what duficuldea are. that they show
up the caliber of the man. Mr. Fellows Is a man of good
presence and sterling qualities and is liked iwth by competitors
and associates.
FROPBIETART MEN MAIEB COMFLAUT.
Commissioners Yeoman and Flfer. of the Interstate Com-
merce Commission, are hearing complaints made by tbe Pro-
prietary Association of America to the effect that certain rail-
ways charge aa high rates on advertising matter Intended for
free distribution as they do on Hllk goods which are worth
$1,000 per 100 pounds. Tbe principal offenders are said to be
the Vanderbllt and Pennsylvania lines.
DRUG TRAUE BOWLERS.
The Economical Drug Company's bowling team won their
last match game with the Parke. Davis ft Co. team, and now
sigh for more worlds to conquer. In the expressive language
of Its captain, the team Is now open for challenges from any
dmg house, wholesale or retail. In Chicago, tor " money.
mnrblea or chalk." The score of tbe game follows:
EicoDomlcal Drac Co.
Parke, DbvIi t Co.
Campbell 203 ITS 2e<t
Beniel 163 163 190
Treat 152 jbo l6^
" ■ ■ 140 1.12 ISO
1T8 21B 158
Bartlett 142
llayhurst 84
Lamed .'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.102
Patlereon 18T
83S 809 859 T28 SSB 090
NOTES FROM CHICAGO AND THE ▼EST.
C. F. Ktrst succeeds H. M. Gerhard & Co. at Two Biyera,
Wis.
E. J. Funk has disposed of bis store nt Colfax, III., to C. W.
l82
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
Gotricb & Simpson, at KnoxTllle, 111., have been sncceeded
by F. O. Gotrich.
Garrison Brotbers. of Seattle, Wasb., bave disposed of tbelr
business to B. M. Sbaw.
L. M. Fenne, of Gblcago, bas pnrcbased tbe H. J. Pntsler
store at Mapleton, Iowa.
»
Bell & Brown bave secured tbe business of tbe Hill Drug
Company at Oelweln, Iowa.
Otto Bartling bas purcbased ftom A. Dalger tbe store at
Nortb Clark and Noble streets.
Hawk & Blgnell bare purcbased tbe Scbwerker store at
Twenty-second and State streets.
At Ireton, Iowa, Townsend & Halllban bare been sue-
ceeded by tbe Townsend Drug & Jewelry Company.
A. F. Seekamp bas succeeded O. L. Scblck at 728 Blston
avenue. Mr. Seekamp bas been manager of tbe store for sev-
eral years.
B. T. Hitcbcock, formerly at Flfty-flftb and Halsted
streets, bas purcbased A. C. Kobl & Co.'s store at Forty-tblrd
street and Indiana avenue.
Tbe Perlman Drug Company bave been granted Incorpo-
ration papers. Tbe Incorporators are Moses Salomon, Leon
Hamsteln and Henry Well. Tbe capital Is $1,000.
Tbe entire five floors and basement In tbe building at 148-
145 Lake street bave been secured by £. H. Sargent for man-
ufacturing purposes. Tbe plant will be under tbe management
of W. C. Hovey.
Tbe C. R. D. A. Auxiliary bas been taken out of tbe bands
of Clarke Helme Loomls. li will bereafter be under tbe con-
trol of Jobn L Straw, cbalrman of tbe Publication Committee,
Mr. Straw bavlng replaced President Graves.
Among tbe new incorporations is tbe A. D. Loar Medicine
Company, of Bloomington, wbicb will manufacture and deal
in drugs and cbemlcals. Tbe Incorporators are A. D. Loar,
James L. Bonnell and Belle Loar.
A quarrel over tbe possession of a proprietary formula led
to a flgbt recently in a crowded corridor at Wabasb avenue
and Randolpb street, during wblcb D. C. Stevens was stabbed
several times. His assailant was W. C. Piatt A book In
Stevens' pocket is said to bave turned aside a dangerous
tbrust at bis beart Piatt said tbat be was a Soutbemer and
would not stand certain things wbicb came up between tbem.
Tbe two had formerly been associated in business. Piatt was
Arrested but was released later at Stevens' request
MISSOURI
A New Price Schedule— Uniform Price Marie for Pretcriptlt
A Unsqtse Drug Store Opening— No Drags in tiie New Depart-
ment Stored
{From (mr Regular Correspondent)
St. Louis, Marcb 17.— Tbe Retail Druggists' Association of
St Louis, to wblcb every druggist in tbe city belongs, bas Is-
sued a new schedule of prices. This time it Is In tbe form
of a little pamphlet, one of wbicb bas been sent to each mem-
ber. There are about 1,000 preparations now on the list and
prices have been advanced about ten per cent Tbe new
schedule went into effect March 15. The druggists through-
out the city are highly pleased with tbe new schedule. A
price mark bas been adopted for use on all prescriptions upon
which prices are given to the public. It consists of the word
** Pbarmocist," And all members are urgently requested to
use this on such occasions. There will be a meeting of tbe
association at tbe College of Pharmacy on Wednesday, April
2, when tbe new schedule will be discussed and important
business transacted. The N. A. R. D. card system for sales-
men Is now In force here and working satisfactorily.
AN *'OPIENlNO" IN DRUG CIBCLB8.
Walking down tbe streets of a large city the sign, *' Grand
Opening," frequently stares one in tbe face. This sign, bow-
ever, is found usually over saloons which have Just changed
bands. Sometimes It Is used by department stores or
Hebrew venders of cheap clothing, but seldom, if ever before,
bas there been a '* Grand Opening " in drug circles.
Tbe progressive drug firm of Judge & Dolph Pbarmacal
Company, of St Louis, found their quarters at 616 Locust
street inadequate to the carrying on of an up-to-date drug
business, and after some search arranged an advantageous
lease on the property located at 515 Olive street and imme-
diately made arrangements for tearing down tbe building then
on the grounds and for the erection of a grand building espe-
ciaHy designed for tbelr purpose and which Is destined to be
a monument to the present owners.
About tbe first of the month their new store, planned along
original lines, with high vaulted ceilings, brilliantly Illumi-
nated with hundreds of Incandescent lights, furnished with
elegant fixtures, especially designed and built in, an open pre-
scription case, an elegant seventy-two draught soda fountahi
of Lippincott make, handsome plate glass perfume cases, etc,
was opened to the general public. But the climax and tbe
*' Grand Opening," of wblcb we wish to speak, was held C
Saturday evening, March 15. It was In tbe form of a recep-
tion to tbe Druggists' Club and to tbe medical profession of
St Louis.
Invitations especially designed by their cartoonist, Mr.
Wlshart bad been sent out the invitation Itself being a work
of art and very characteristic of this up-to-date progressive
concern.
Promptly at 8.45, a number of guests having arrived, a line
was formed to tbe soda fountain from which was dispensed
any kind of liquid refreshment desired by the visitor. The
genial Judge and his able assistants, Messrs. Dolph, Daven-
port, Wishart and the hosts of clerks attended to tbe wants
of tbe thirsty crowd with tbe most genial hospitality. After
a genial hand shaking the visitors were taken up stairs where
a recital ball bad been arranged, and before the curtain was
raised dusky waiters served salads and more liquid refresh-
ments. At a given signal several delightful vaudeville
sketches, especially designed for the occasion, were rendered.
Among these the dedication of tbe drug mortar and its ex-
plosion with the genii of the dance rising from its ruins, and
tbe dance of the patent medicines, were tbe most interesting.
C. R. Judge, president of tbe company, then welcomed the
guests in a very felicitous speech in which he expressed to
all the good will felt by his concern toward their fellow drug-
gists and to tbe medical profession In general. This was re-
sponded to on behalf of the medical profession by Dr. B.
Chancellor, a pioneer physician of St Louis, who for years
has had his ofllce in tbe old building on the site of which the
new store now stands. More refreshments and a general band
shaking closed the evening.
Among those present were such prominent druggists as
Ed. Wolff, Geo. Wilson, Leland Miller, Geo. Gibs<m, C. P.
Walbridge, A. G. Euderle, and, from a distance. Dr. E. M.
Ranck, Philadelphia, Pa.; Davis Miller, manager of H. K.
Mulford & Co.'s Chicago house, Wm. B. Fisher, Chicago, and
F. L. E. Gauss, general representative of The Searle & Hereth
Company, Chicago.
DRUGS IN THE NBW DEPARTMENT STORE.
A few months ago tbe Meyer Company began preparations
'to open a large department store here. They announced th^
intention of putting in a drug department and went so far
as to purchase some stock in tbe East When the local asso-
ciation found out they meant business a meeting was held
at which tbe affair was fully discussed, and Mr. Wolff, of the
Wolff- Wilson Drug Company, volunteered to go and see the
parties and endeavor to get them to give up the idea of put-
ting in the drug stock. This he did, and when Mr. Meyer ,
learned what difficulties confronted him he Immediately aban- '
doned the field and disposed of his small stock ^o the local
wholesalers. The local pharmacists now have a very high
estimation of tbe Meyer Company.
ST. LOUIS NEWS ITEB^
Chas. P. Rodemich is opening a new drug store on South
Kings Highway.
W. O. Roeper, 6131 Easton avenue, has sold his drug store
to Collins & Slaterbacb.
Tbe Grove Pharmacy, of Webster Grove, has been pur-
cbased by J. P. Dawson.
A. W.^ Pauley has bought the A. W. Boehmer drug store
at Eleventh and Madison streets.
E. Trittermann, 2000 South Ninth street has made an as-
signment in favor of his creditors.
Drs. Wichman and Scbults have purchased the Vallbuig
drug store at Jefferson avenue and Cherokee street Geo.
Burg is in charge of the store.
Dr. H. M. Wbelpley has accepted an Invitation to deliver
the valedictory address at the commencement exercises of
the pharmacy department of the Northwestern University.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
i«3
THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROAD
John Paul Jones, Rharp & Dohme's well-known representa-
tlve in New York State, hai been confined to his room for the
past two weeks suffering from a severe cold, but this has not
interfered in any way with the drcnlation of his ingenious
postal card appeals for orders. His latest reads:
•• WB ALL HAVE OUB TROUBLES."
I want more work and less pay. Will you make life smooth- *
er by sending me a mail order to ?
Yours for happy days,
John Paul Joinn.
** HB STILL PAYS IT."
Buffalo.— W. J. Le Moin is one of the good people who have
an eye on the Buffalo drug trade, as wdl as any other trade
that keeps a stock of brushes. He was here St Patrick's Day
selling his goods in the interest of the Ames-Bonner Com-
pany, of Toledo.
A comparatively new man on the local druggists' list is J.
Hirsch, who came this way lately in the interest of his spe-
cialty, the goods of the National Sponge & Chamois Company.
F. B. Marvin, one of the regular Colgate men and among
the best known in the drug trade traveling list, was in Buffalo
early in March, taking orders for his soaps and toilet articles.
Edward V. Killeen appears to be pretty nearly a new man
on the list, but that did not prevent him, on his March round,
from selling a good list of the drugs and essential oils of
George Lueders & Co.
Scndder's Licorice took a step in advance early in March,
on arrival of W. B. Barker, its regular purveyor. It is to be
hoped that he sold enough of his goods to make him a regular
visitor.
0. J. A. Fitssimmons, who looks after the crude drug trade
of Parke, Davis & Co., took in Buffalo early in March and made
his usual satisfactory sales.
R. L. Tye, regular representative of Merck & Co., spent a
shot season in Buffalo this month, with his usual satisfactory
results to both seller and buyer.
John Paul Jones, who does not forget the retail druggist
any more than he does the "freight," was with us lately,
though he has a specialty in the postal bulletin line, asking
for orders while he waits—somewhere else.
Rochester.— Smith, Kline & French Company, of Philadel-
phia, keep the trade interested in their sponge department
through the efforts of B. Bensinger.
Our old friend, Fred Hinkston, from Bruen, Bitchie & Co.,
New York, has been putting some fine touches on his already
illustrious reputation as a salesman. He survived the grand ;
bal masque of the Buffalo Pharmacists' Social Club and has
dropped all words under three syllables in trying to express
the nature of the time he had.
A. B. Albright is steadily increasing the perfumery trade
of the Theo Ricksecker Company, of New York.
Boston.—It is not often that the coming of a female drum-
mer to this town in the drug line can be chronicled, but we
recently had the pleasure of such a visitation. Miss L. M.
Bronson was the grip carrier, and she talked pearl manicure
goods for Fedderson & Feldmeyer, New York.
C. G. Buler has been with us again and he captured some
essential oil orders for A. Clinis & Co., New York.
Mr. Surette, of Surette & Simpson, Lawrence, Mass., has
been posting the trade on the quality of his firm's cigars.
Rudolph Wirth recently dispatched more orders for goods
to B. Fougera & Co., New York.
A. W. Haines was in this section not long ago. He is rep-
resenting W. F. Ware, of Philadelphia, and is an expert in
mbber goods.
A. C. Bell, of Rochester, N. Y., bas been looking after the
interests of the Youthful Tint Mfg. Company.
H. W. Thomas has been booming the goods of his firm, F.
R. Arnold & Co.
Cincinnati.—" Deacon " Roach, representing W. R. Warner
& Co., of Philadelphia, has been flooding the mails with orders
for his firm.
Chas. M. Edwards, the heavy-weight champion, of Gilpin,
Langdon A Co., of Baltimore, has left here to prevail upon
the good druggists of Pittsburgh to appreciate and purchase
the drugs powdered by his house.
George Healy, for Johnson & Johnson, of New Brunswick,
N. J., has found his Cincinnati business better than for sev-
eral seasons past.
F. N. Pike, representing Sharp & Dohme, of Baltimore, and
Jake Blits, for the J. Elwood Lee Company, of Conshohocken,
Pa., have prolonged their stay in Cincinnati for several weeks
over the regular time, because of profitable business in the
local field.
Dr. Marvin, of the Upjohn Pill Company, of Ealamaioo,
Mich., has been visiting the local trade.
Clint Browning, of Benton, Meyer & Co., Cleveland, has
found the usual prosperous results of his large acquaintance
list
J. I. Beck, of Dodge & Olcott, New York, has found a
healthy local demand for essential oils.
S. H. Cohen, who for many years traveled Ohio, Indiana,
Michigan and Kentucky for Lehn & Fink, of New York, has
severed his connection with that firm to accept a position
with the Stein, Yogeler Drug Company, of Cincinnati. He
expects to meet a large numl^r of his old friends, and while
his location has changed he expects the results to be even
better than of old, both for himself and for those whom he
expects to meet
The disappearance of P. H. Hanna, a traveling salesman
employed by a Philadelphia drug firm, was reported to the
police last week by his friends, who were seeking to locate
him. He is twenty-six years of age and had been stopping
at the Chicago House since his arrival in the city. No reason
is known for his disappearance, and his friends have a theory
that he simply decided to leave the city without communicat-
ing with them and is continuing his business elsewhere.
Chicago.— Frank French, of B. T. French & Co., made the
round of Chicago wholesalers recently during the course of a
Western trip in the Interests of the Rochester house.
A. R. Lewis, of Johnson & Johnson, was one of the reoant
visitors at the Chicago ofllce.
G. J. McNeel has lately been assigned by Morrisson, Plum-
mer & Co. to territory in Upper Michigan and Northern Wis-
consin. He was formerly a retail druggist He succeeds Ed-
ward Famham.
A. C. Stallman, of the firm bearing his name in New York,
was in Chicago for a conference with his manager, Harry Hol-
land. When seen by the Ahebicaiy Druooist representative
he was trying to locate the towns of Detroit and St. Louis
on the map.
R. W. Walker, Chicago manager for the American Soda
Fountain Company, is in New York to attend the meeting of
the directors of this corporation, which takes place at the Man-
hattan Hotel on the 27th.
Robert Cabell, manager of the Beef Extract department
of Armour & Co., has Just returned from a six weeks' trip
to Southern California.
G. • E. Remick, manager of th^ Phenique Chemical Com-
pany, from the town at the end of the Eads Bridge, was at
the Chicago Drug Trade Club on the 16th.
F. C. Stevenson, who covers Michigan for Wm. B. Warner
& Co., has been in Chicago for a conference with Manager A.
E. Bemick.
Oscar Schmidt, who calls on the physicians and druggists
in the interests of Fairchild Bros. & Foster, is at present lead-
ing the Chicago Bowling Club with the highest score, and will
be one of the lucky men to go to Philadelphia with the team.
J. S. Blits, who represents the J. Elwood Lee Company in
Ohio and Indiana, has been located in a Cincinnati hospital,
where it has been said that he takes his^eals off a shelf and
is offering ten per cent off on carbuncles. He writes that his
physician lanced one and he objected to the cross and that he
insisted on the J. Elwood Lee trade-mark (as dictated by
David P. Hart who looks after the business of the J. M.
Gtordon Chemical Company, was in town during the week of
February 1, taking carload orders for glycerin. Mr. Hart is
a non-resident member of the Drug Trade Club.
Charles L. Gleeson, of the importing department of Parke,
Davis & Co., was here on one of his quarterly trips during
the last of January. Mr. Gleeson at one time spent a week
here every two months, but was recently transferred to the
New York ofBce.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
'Bhe Drug cind Chemical Market
The prices quoted in this report are those current to the wholesale market, and higher prices are paid for retail loU.
The quality of goods frequently necessitates a wide range of prices.
Condition of Trade.
New York, March 22, 1902.
THERE has been a better demand for nearly all lines
of drugs and chemicals, and consumers have shown
more disposition to stock up during the past fortnight,
the orders which have been coming in from interior mer-
<:hants speaking well for the condition of business
throughout the country. A steadier tone characterizes
the general market, which is devoid of any real discour-
aging features, and the fluctuations in prices show that
iuyers are confronted with a stronger tendency of values
for most lines. The trade in quinine continues slow, but
the expected advance in foreign has been realized, local
representaives of foreign manufacturers having received
instructions on the 19th inst. to advance quotations one
•cent per ounce, which brings the quotation for German
brands to the level of the price charged for domestic.
Nothing of importance has transpired in the opitun mar-
Jcet, which remains dull and featureless; the demand
•continues light and prices may be said to be nominal.
Among the changes of an upward character we note ad-
vances in glycerin, ergot and codliver oil ; more extended
reference to these and other changes will be found in
rsucceeding paragraphs.
HIGHER.
Ergot.
Senega root.
Codliver oil.
Glycerin.
Lycopodlmn.
Magnesium carbonate.
Bpaom salts.
PotasBiam chlorate.
Focnugreek seed.
Oxalic add.
Blue yitriol.
Beeswax.
Formald^hyda '
LOWER.
Menthol.
Thymol.
Opium.
Oil of cassia.
Celery seed.
Carbolic acid.
Oil lemongrass.
SarsapariUa root.
^Canary seed.
Aconite root.
Oil of cloves.
Cantharides, Chinese.
Gum gamboge.
DRUGS.
Alcohol, grain, is still a trifle unsettled by competition,
^and while $2.49 to $2.68 is generally quoted, as to quantity, it
is understood that distillers not in the trust are shading these
figures. Wood is passing out to consumers at the previous
range of 65c to 70c for 95 and 97 per cent
Arnica flowers are neglected and the absence of demand,
-coupled with free offerings, has contributed to an easier feel-
ing, with holders now quoting at S^c to 9c.
Balsams.— Copaiba is reported in good Jobbing demand,
.and we hear of sales bf small lots of Central American within
the range of our quotations, or, say, 36c to 39c. Para held
-at 45c to 50c. Fir, Canada, is In good Jobbing demand, with-
out, however, any new feature of importance coming to the
surface; sales at $3.60 to $3.70. Peru Is given very little at-
tention by either Jobbers or consumers, and values are barely
steady at the range of $1.35 to $1.50. Tolu is without improve-
ment in demand or quotable change In price; the quotation of
the market is 27c to 30e.
Barks.— Angostura continues in limited supply and offered
sparingly at 26c. Cascara sagrada is inquired for and a fair
business is passing at the range of 5c to 7c, as to age and
quantity. Cascarilla is held with more firmness, and the
principal holders name lie to 14c for medium and large quills,
respectively, while si f tings and small are held at 6^c to 9c.
Wild cherry continues scarce and in demand, with small lots
passing out into consumption at the range of 10c to 15c.
Buchu leaves, short, do not offer below 18c, in view of
current scarcity; demand is unimi)ortant.
Cacao butter is held a shade more flrmly, though prices
are quotably unchanged, current transactions being at 30c for
bulk and 37^ to 38c for cakes in 12-pound boxes.
Cantharides are slow of sale, though holders are not urging
their goods at any concession from 59c to 60c for prime Rus-
sian; Chinese offers with more freedom, owing to recent stock
accessions, and quotations show a decline to 42%c to 45c
Chamomile flowers are less actively Inquired for and of-
ferings are freer at the range of 15^^ tb 17c for Roman and
13c to 25c for German.
Cocaine muriate is well sustained at $4.25 for bulk, in view
of an expected advance, the tendency being distinctly upward.
Recent cable advices report an advance in the price of crude
and higher primary markets for leaves.
Codeine again reflects the Influence of competition among
manufacturers, and it is rumored that the quotation of $3.00
on large bulk is being shaded.
Codliver oil, Norwegian, is maintained in flrm position.
Since our last there has been a good seasonable trade and
the inside price has advanced to $24, while $28 is asked for
the best brands.
Cubeb berries have been taken with Increased freedom by
the trade, and we hear of numerous Jobbing sales at the range
of 9%c to lie for whole and 13c to 16c for powdered, as to
quality and quantity.
Cuttlefish bone, Trieste, has continued in moderately ac-
tive demand, with sales at 21c for Jobbing parcels; Jewelers*
large is well sustained at 80c to 85c and small at 45c to 47c.
Damiana leaves are inquired for, but the extreme prices
demanded serve to restrict trade; small sales at 15c to 17a
Dragon's blood is maintained steadily at full previous
prices, and an advance is named by some holders In view of
the firmer position of the article at primary sources, 55c being
named as an inside quotation for reed, though 50c will yet
buy; lump held at 15c to 18c and powdered in 25-pound boxes
at 65c.
Ergot continues to improve in i)osition and a firmer feeling
has developed among local dealers in view of anticipated
scarcity. The situation both here and abroad is regarded as
a very strong one, recent cables from Hamburg reportlnK
stocks there exhausted. While some holders name 40c as the
outside limit for both German and Spanish, up to 41c has
been paid, and as a whole the market shows a very steady
tone.
Formaldehyde has been in active demand since onr last
and the market is firmer under a slight scarcity. While sales
have been made down to 14^, 15c is the more general quota-
tion. The demand for the article has been greatly stimu-
lated by the publication in the principaf newspapers of ar-
ticles recommending its use as a preventative of smallpox.
Glycerin has been advanced to the range of 14%c to 14%c
for C. P. in drums, and 15%c to 16%c for cans. In consequence
of a higher market for crude.
Guarana continues in light supply and the limited quantity
taken by the trade commands 75c to 80c.
Juniper berries have been more freely inquired for in a
Jobbing way and we hear of numerous sales at 3c.
Lycopodlum is firmer in consequence of higher markets
abroad, and the Inside quotation is maintained at 50c for
ordinary, while Pollitz is held at 53c to 54c.
Menthol continues in easy position, and while $3.90 to $4 is
generally named for Jobbing quantities, it can be purchased
down to the point of $3.87% in cases.
Naphthaline is attracting slightly more attention, in view
of the approach of the consuming season, but values are
nominally unchanged, the quotations ranging from 2%c to
2%c for flake and 2%c to 3c for ball.
Opium has further declined in the Interval and the tend-
ency of the market still favors buyers. Case lots offer in most
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instances down to the point of $2.90 cash, or $2.92^ less 1
per cent, while broken packages are held at |2.96 to 12.97^
Powdered is held and selling fairly at the range of $3.70 to
$3.75, as to test and quantity. Advices from Smyrna con-
tinue to report favorable crop conditions.
Quinine has improved in position daring the interval since
onr last report, bnt the demand is still disappointingly slow.
The anction sale of bark in London on the 11th inst went off
at higher prices. The long expected advance in the price of
foreign quinine was not made until a week later, on the 19th
inst, when the quotations for Qerman brands were raised to
the level of domestic, representing an advance of Ic per
ounce, and all brands are now held on the basis of 28c for
bulk, and outside holders are correspondingly stronger in their
views, and we hear of nothing offering from this source below
27c, while holders are indifferent sellers.
Senna leaves are jobbing quite actively and the tone of
the market Is firm, both for Alexandria and Tinnevelly grades,
recent quotations on the first named being 10c to 12c for half
leaf in 350-pound bales, 5^ to 6c for siftings or broken in
400-pound bales, and 20c for whole leaf; Tinnevelly is quoted
at 12c to 14c for large leaf, 9c to 10c for medium and 5^ to
8c for small, as to quantity.
Soap, white Castile, Conti's, is scarce and firmer, and small
lots in second hands command 10%c to 10%c, while goods to
arrive are offering at 10%c.
Vanilla beans, Tahiti, are almost out of market and for the
small available supply $1.25 seems to be an inside quotation,
while $1.20 is named for stock to arrive.
CHEMICALS.
Acetate of lime is meeting with a moderate sale and prices
are well maintained, though stock has been considerably add-
ed to by recent arrivals; held at 90c to 95c for brown and
$1.30 to $1.35 for gray.
Alum is moving fairly in a jobbing way. though deliveries
have been delayed by the railroad strikes in New England.
Lump held at $1.75 to $1.85 and ground at $1.80 to $1.85.
Arsenic, white, is in good consumtive demand, with sales
at 3%c to 3%c for English. Red is nominally unchanged at
6%c to 7^, as to quality and quantity.
Blue vitriol is in increased demand and firmer, with sales
of large crystals reported at 4%c; in a Jobbing way 4%c is
paid.
Carbolic acid prices have been reduced to 16c to 19c for
crystals in bulk and 22c to 23c in pound bottles. Jobbing
sales only are reported.
Citric acid has attracted Increased attention during the inter-
val, and we hear of several large contract orders being placed,
but prices are without quotable change owing to the existence
of active competition between domestic and foreign products.
The market is maintained at 33c to 33^ for domestic and 33c
for Sicilian, though the latter is offered only to arrive.
Nitrate of soda shows an upward tendency, with 32V^c
quoted for spot stock.
Nitrate of strontla continues scarce and In demand, and the
market shows an upward tendency, with 7^ named.
Oxalic acid Is firmer for forward delivery and 4^ now
seems to be an Inslde^quotation. Sales in a Jobbing way are
making at the range of 494c to 5%c.
Sal ammoniac is In demand, and with light offerings the
market is maintained at 8%c to 8%o for lump and 5%c to 6c
for white grain.
Saltpetre, crude, is firmer and holders are quoting with
some reserve at 3^ to 3%c.
ESSENTIAL OILS.
Anise is in improved Jobbing demand, but important in-
quiry is yet lacking. While we name $1.10 to $1.15 at the close
of the market, everything procurable at the Inside range had
been taken up and $1.12% is now an inside quotation, while
a large part of the spot stock is held at $1.25.
Bergamot remains quiet and we hear of Jobbing sales only
at the range of $1.75 to $1.80.
Cassia is lower in consequence of continued competition
between holders. The lower prices have not, however, stimu-
lated the demand to any extent, and only a limited interest
is extended to the oils at 65c for 75 to 80 per cent
Clove is offering a shade freer, though the open quotation*
of the market is unchanged from 57^.
Lemongrass is dull and unsettled. Holders' ideas range
from $2.15 to $2.45, as to quality and quantity, though there
are some sellers at $1.85 to $1.90. The easier tendency has-
been Infiuenced by more liberal supplies and slow demand.
Peppermint is meeting with increased demand, but holders
and buyers are yet apart in their ideas, and little business
results at our quotations of $1.80 to $1.90 for bulk and $2 to-
$2.10 for bottles.
Sassafras, both natural and artificial, is held with increased
firmness, the inside figures on the last named having been-
advanced to 29c, while sales of true are making at 39c to 40c.
GUMS.
Aloes, Curacoa, have been in slightly better demand, but
the market is liberally supplied and quotations are if anything
a shade easier at 3^c to 3%c; Socotrine, in a Jobbing way,
is realizing 20c to 25c. The stock of Cape Is small and is held"
at 6c to 6^.
Arabic is in moderately good stock, with first picked held at
33c to 35c and sorts at 8%c to 10c.
Asafoetida, in a small way, is passing out to the trade, at
prices within the quoted range of 18c to 20c.
Gamboge has been more freely inquired for, and the mar-
ket is firmer at 68c to 70c, as to quality.
Kino is steady and in moderate demand, with 36c named for
cases, and 38c to 40c for Jobbing lots, as to quality and
quantity.
ROOTS.
Alkanet is scarce and the market is steady in tone at 5%C'
to 6c.
Althea, cut, is weak in tone, though the demand continues
of an active character; recent sales have been at 21c to 22c, as
to quality and quantity.
Arnica is held at 18c, but buyers are not disposed to buy
in excess of their immediate requirements, and only small'
sales are reported.
Ipecac Is firmer, in sympathy with corresponding conditions
abroad, and some holders ask an advance on our quotations,
but $2.50 to $2.60 will yet buy Rio in a Jobbing way, while
Carthagena is held at $1.30 to $1.35.
Golden seal is steady, with 50c to 52c asked, as to quan-
tity and quality.
Senega Is firmer, with sales reported at an advance to 54c
to 55c.
Sarsaparilla, Mexican, is a shade easier, with 6%c gen-
erally named.
Jalap In a Jobbing way is realizing lie to 12c, as to quality
and quantity. ^ '
Pink is scarce and the price has been advanced to 18V^
to 20c.
Serpentaria Is slow of sale, but the quotation of the mar-
ket does not vary from 44c to 46c.
Canary meets with fair inquiry, and the market is-
steady in tone at 2%c to 3c for Smyrna and 3%c to 8^c for
SlcUy. The available supply is small and concentrated.
Caraway Is easier, owing to lower cable advices from<
primary sources, and sales are making at 5c to 5%c
Foenugreek Is In light supply and wanted, and prices have
advanced to 2c to 2^.
Celery is quiet, but the market is maintained with con-
siderable firmness owing to the light supply; while 7c to 7%e
is named for spot goods, 6%c to 6%c will be accepted for goods
to arrive.
Mustard is weak in tone and the quotation for California^
yellow is 4%c and for brown 3%c.
Hemp, Russian, is scarce and firmly maintained at 2%c
to 3c.
Sunfiower is steady under fair demand at 3%c tq 3^ for-
old and 3 l-3c to 3%c for new.
Poppy continues to offer in a moderate way at the old
range of 5%c to 5%c, but an early advance Is expected owing
to stronger cable advices from abroad.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
HINTS TO BUYERS
Stallmtu) & Pnltctei call attention to three artlclev-^ULindr,
NoBopbeD, AntlnoBlne and Eudozlne. They are the sole agenta
for these In the United States and Canada.
Llgnell & Sodergren, or West Superior, Wis., hare tried
the WIMow brand of cooceiitrated perfumes and are enthnal-
aatlc In their pralee. Write Wlllla H. Lowe, 247 Atlantic
avenue, Boston, for hts booklet, "The Symbols of Sacc«w."
The P. L. Abbey Company have a special offer for drng-
glats on Wild Cherry Bitters, Celery Nerve and Blood Tonic,
and Koskola tablets which will interest yon If yon are In the
bastnesB for money. Write them for full details, mentioning
the Ahebicait Dbuooibt.
Liquid Rennet Is an article that coagalates milk without
preTlous preparation. It wll) be fonnd most convenient for
. maldng Junket or curds and whey. It is sold by
wholesale houses In the principal cities; also by the
factnrer, James T. Bhinn, of Philadelphia.
The New York Pharmacat Association, of Tonkere, N. T.,
are out with an offer to help retail druggists In the prescrip-
tion and sale of Lactopeptine. Send for their circular, entitled
" A Square Deai," and learn what their offer Is. Kindly men-
tion this Journal. .
Attractive calendars, easel cards, etc., all help materially
to furnish a store, and It is a very good Idea, too, to have
Httractlve labels for your bottles. E. B. Read & Son. of BalU-
inore, carry a flue assortment of these things. Send 2S cent*
In stamps for samples.
Fries Bros., manufacturing chemists, at 92 Reade street,
this dty, Invite attention to some of their specialties, such
as Bhodlnol II (Synthetic Otto of Rosej, reQncd Tanlllln, for-
maldehyde and others. Elsewhere In this issue will be found
tbeir advertisement and quotations.
Write the Lawrence-Williams Company, Cleveland, Ohio,
for free pictures of horses for distribution among your cus-
tomers. These goods will br^ig customers for Gombanlfs
Caustic Balsam, which Is a good and profitable article to
handle.
Preparing peptonlied milk and other predlgested food for
the sick Is facilitated by the me of Fairchild's Peptonhdiig
Tubes. The contents of one tube will peptonize a pint of milk.
These tubes were originated by Palrchlld and introduced to
physicians In J882. They are made by Falrchlld Bros. Sc Foa-
ter, of this city.
Every pharmacist knows the value of giving accurate
weight. It's best both for himself and for his customer. The
Torsion Balance Scale Insures " a perfect balance." Its manu-
facturers, the Torsion Balance Company, B2 Reade street. New
York, claim It is always accurate, never varies, has no knife
edges and no parts that mb.
It's a satlsfsctlpn to know where to go to get a good ar-
ticle and be sure of getting It when you arrive there. Drug-
gists can safely recommend to their families and friends the
well-known dry goods house of Heam, on West Fourteenth
street " No drugs, no groceries, no liquors, but everything In
drr goods," 1B the motto of this house.
DraggistB who buy the products of Burroughs, Wellcome
A Co., of London, ore sure to get the genuine article. The
trade-marks " Tabloid," " Solold," " Haaellne," " Saxine," etc,
are words coined specially to designate the company's goods.
Falrchlld Bros. & Foster, of this city, are the agents of the
London company and will furnish all Information desired.
A cure for smallpox and other contagious diseases is cer-
tainly a most valuable medicine. J. B. Hall, of Orangevllle,
Columbia County, Pa., says he has a remedy which has been
used for 60 years by one of the best asylums in the United
States; that It has never been known to fall, acts as a pre-
ventative and makes vaccination nnnecesBary. Write to bim
for particulars. They will interest you.
Before you place your order for a soda fountain be sure
and send for Illustrated catalogue of the Perfection Soda
Fonntalus, which are a perfect imitation of onyx and marble.
They are made In three sizes, at very reasonable prices, by
the Acorn BrasB Works, Chicago. An advantage claimed for
these foi^ntaluB Is that Boda can be drawn on recipes fur-
nished free at a cost of but H cent a glass. Please mention
the American Dbtwoist.
the Ballard Burner, manufactured by the Ballard Burner
Company, Ottawa, III. Write them for catalogue, meotlon-
iDg the AuEBiCAN Obuoqist. By using this burner the drug-
gist Is able to obtain a pure white light without odor from the
cheapest kerosene oU.
A most valuable dentifrice Is that advertised In the present
Issue under the name of Dentlcnra by the company of that
name. The popularity of this article Is perhaps more widely
extended than Is generally known, sales reaching even remote
parts of Asia. The American demand has been quite remark-
able. Much of this success has undoubtedly been due to the
wise methods adopted by the manufacturers. Their present
appeal to our readers Is likely to still further stimulate the
sale of the goods.
The American paper Julep straws have many good points
to commend them to all druggists and others who have soda
water fountains In their establishments. Straws have become
a necessary adjunct to the up-to-date fountam, and many a
customer will be disappointed If he Isn't supplied with od&
The article made by the American Paper Straw Ufg. Com-
pany, of Washington, D. C Is thoroughly sterilised, free from
odor or taste, and neutral and insoluble In any drink. Write
Cor samples and prices, mentioning the Aincninw DBrmmi'.
Bee the Ann's announcement also In this Issue.
Robert Stevenson & Co., B2 Lake street, Chicago, are the
wholesale dlstribatnv of
— • Bohner'e Patent Crushed
Fmlt Bowls, which are Il-
lustrated herewith. These
are claimed to be the only
fly and dust proof bowls
In the market, and are found
at all the leading soda foDO-
talns. Write to Robert
Stevenson & Co.. mentl«i-
mg the AiOBicAjf Dbuo-
oiST, for a descriptive pam-
phlet of these attractive
containers for crushed fmIL
Aicagfe and Its Uses.
Modem therapeutics lay great stress upon a healthy skin
In a condition to iwrform Its proper function. So long as the
skin Is absolutely clean and healthy and performing Its func-
tions tbe body Is able to throw off almost any kind of disease
which attacks it To bring about this condition the George
A. Schmidt Company, 40CS North avenue, Chicago, have me-
pared an Improved form of surfatted soap whidi they call
Ascage, and which they furnish In granulated, cake, pasM
and liquid form. For full particulars regarding this great In-
prorement In tbe method of skin treatment write the maon-
factnrers, mentioning the Amxbicaa Dbuoooit,
New Labels.
The new handsome colored labels adopted and copyrighted
by the Duroy Sc Haines Company for their Justly famous
Duroy wines are shown opposite page 30 of this issue. These
labels differ only In color from those used by them for the
past fourteen years. The quality of the Duroy wines Is well
known and has always been kept up, and druggists who want
to secure the best wine at a moderate price should write for
sample to the Duroy & Haines Company, Sandusky, Ohb>.
With every order for a alx-gallon keg of their port vrlne they
will send thirty-six bottles for free distribution. When writ-
ing them please mention the AMCRiOAif Dbvooist,
Varotna.
The Varoma Medical Company have succeeded to the busl-
nees of the Vaporia Medical Company, and the name " Va-
roma " bos been substituted for " Vaporia." Schleffelln A
Co., New York, are acting as sole agents for the Toroma
Medical Company, and all orders and Inquiries may be ad-
dressed to them,
Vsroma Is a combination of varions volatile coal tor de-
rivatives, possessing high antiseptic powers and yet pwfectly
innocuous.
The vapor of Varoma Is unlrrltating, free from unpleasant
odor, and may be safely breathed by the youngest child. In
cases of laryngeal diphtheria (croup) and whooping cough, if
the air of the sick room Is constantly charged with the vapor
the disease will be found to run a much milder course. At
the some time the spread of the disease to other children or
the members of the household will be prevented.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Bditobials 187, 188
oub bubscribbrs' discussions :
Prise Question No. 8. — The Best Routine Method of Making
Suppositories, by Luther T. Stevens 189
The Hand and a Pill Tile the Best Apparatus, by Dwlght
Darling ^ 190
DlPABTMIKT OF STORB MANAGXMBNT :
Tlie Shov Window: Suggestions for Holiday Display, with
Detail of Frame Work 191. 192
Noras ON Nbw Rbubdhs :
Atarstyle, Quinine-urethane, Gelone, Mercuric lodocacodylate,
Tarchlol, The Uses of Urea in Therapeutics. Valerydlne . . . 198
CBBAM ov CCBBXNT lilTBBATTTBa .*
Syrup of Manganese Saccharate, A More General Use of the
Process of Solution Termed " Per Descensum ** in the Prep-
aration of Galenicals, The Preservation of Urine, Phar-
macy in the Oldest Cuneiform Inscriptions, Guaiaform .... 194
Christ as Apothecary, Unification of the Methods of Sugar
Analysis. Evolution and Use of the Animal Digestive Fer-
ments in Medicine, Filtration of Drinking Water, Seldllta
Powders, Solubility of Compressed Tablets, The Elements
of Success, Aromatic Elixir, Advertising to Pbysldans,
Solutions of Citrate of Magnesia 196
Qumixs AiTD Answsbs :
To Detect Tonka in Vanilla Extract, The Sale of Alcohol by
Druggists, Elixir Terpin Hydrate and Codeine, Precipitation
of Soap from Dentifrices on Eixposure to Cold, McDougal*s
Powder, Vegetable Dyes for Basket Weavers 196
Book Rbviiws :
Buchhelster's Vorschriftenbuch fur Drogisten 197
BusiMBSs Building 197. 198
Opbninos roB Bxpobt Tbadb 199. 200
NBWS ov THB Dbuo World 200-212
OUR EXPORT TRADE-
WHEN Dewey sailed into Manila Bay he opened the
markets of the world to American goods. The
dictum that " trade follows the flag " has a germ of truth
in it, for familiarity with the flag of a country impresses
foreign peoples, and more particularly the semi-civUized
foreigner, immensely. It is true, of course, that there has
been for many years a gradual increase in the exportation
of American products, but the war with Spain has done
more to awaken the world to the importance of the United
States than could have been accomplished by more peace-
ful' methods in a decade.
Now that we have the markets of the world opened
to us and have the products which are wanted in these
markets, it remains for the merchant and the manufac-
turer to avail themselves of this opening and to place
American- goods wherever there is an opportunity to do
so all over the world.
American pharmaceutical preparations rank with the
best the world produces. They are reliable, well made,
permanent, and, what is quite an important factor, mar-
keted in tasteful packages. American medicinal chemi-
cals will compare favorably with those made anywhere
in the world, both as regards quality and appearance.
And in most lines we can successfully compete in the
matter of price, even with Germany, though in some of
the preparations in which the use of alcohol is required
we are still at a disadvantage. In our export trade, how-
ever, this disadvantage can be overcome by obtaining
rebates for alcohol used in the manufacture of exported
goods. In the line of proprietary medicines the United
States leads the world. Our cod liver oil emulsions and
our prepared foods, our sarsaparillas and our pills will
be found everywhere, from the head' waters of the Congo
to Cape Colony, and from the mouth of the Ganges to
the delta of the Yenisei. Four or five enterprising manu-
facturers have blazed the way along which hundreds can
follow with half the cost and one-tenth the work expend-
ed by these pioneers of American proprietaries.
The American Druggist has established a foreign
department fully equipped with men skilled in matters
relating to foreign commerce, and places at the disposal
of its advertising patrons a special foreign service which
will be of inestimable value in bringing them into direct
touch with consumers of American products in the line
of drugs, pharmaceuticals, druggists' sundries, paints,
etc. This trade is a profitable trade. Orders are received
in large quantities and are usually accompanied by cash
in advance. The expense entailed in seeking this trade
is very slight as compared with that ordinarily involved
in establishing a trade in the United States, where, owing
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to fierce competition, one cannot hope to accomplish much
save through the most persistent and prolonged efforts
of high priced salesmen, aided by liberal advertising ap-
propriations. How thoroughly this country has been
worked along certain lines will be realized when we call
attention to the fact that one firm of manufacturers of
pharmaceutical preparations has on its staff not less than
two hundred and forty traveling salesmen I
In another column will be found much matter of
interest, pointing out specific openings for American
goods in foreign countries. This information we pro-
pose to supplement by confidential information furnished
direct to advertisers. In the copies going abroad is in-
corporated a supplement in Spanish — ^this number cover-
ing Spanish-America — ^which directs the attention of the
recipients to the advantages of the United States as a
place to buy their goods.
The future of American trade abroad rests with
American merchants and manufacturers. We freely
place the services of our bureau at the disposal of those
enterprising dealers who lode to the future, and invite
correspondence, when we will furnish further details
to all who may be interested to find a market for Ameri-
can goods.
OUR SUBSCRIBERS' DISCUSSIONS AND THE
QUESTION OF GO OD BUYING.
WE are receiving most gratifying evidence of the ap-
preciation of the new department of Subscribers'
Discussions on the part of our readers. The value of the
papers which are appearing monthly in our new depart-
ment is freely recognized by druggists in all parts of the
country, who testify to the practical and valuable char-
acter of the information which is obtained from the es-
says. This is a department of the American Druggist
which we hope, with the co-operation of our readers, to
make still more useful, and if there are any questions on
pharmaceutical subjects which can advantageously be dis-<
cussed in these columns, we shall be happy to hear from
our readers in regard to them.
Meanwhile we desire to draw attention prominently
to the topic which has been selected for discussion in the
Fourth Series of Discussions. It relates particularly to
the business side of pharmacy, and should, in these days
of dose competition, engage the earnest attention of every
reader, and be productive of a large number of valuable
essays. The proposed discussion will center round the
question of how to buy goods, and in view of the impor-
tance of the subject to druggists in business, and its spe-
cial appropriateness at the present time — ^when under the
stress of competition and the peculiar position of the drug
trade it becomes more than ever necessary for druggists
to adopt approved business methods, and with enterprise
and skill carry on their stores in accordance with the
changed conditions — ^we shall look for a hearty participa-
tion in the discussion on the part of all subscribers. With
the view of stimulating increased interest in this discus-
sion special prizes of $6 and $4 respectively will be
awarded to the writers of the papers which are adjudp^l
the second and third best in the contest ; the usual monthly
prize of $10 being awarded to the writer of the paper,
which, in the judgment of the editor and his advisers,
answers this general question in the most satisfactory
manner. The general topic may be stated in the follow-
ing question — ^viz. :
What Riilet SboM Be Followed in Buyfog Goods?
The answers to this question will naturally touch upon
such topics as the following :
What goods should be bought in large quantities ; how
large?
What goods should be bought in small quantities ; how
small ? \
Other necessary considerations in the treatment of
this topic will relate to the method of keeping drugs pur-
chased in large bulk ; the arrangement and disposition of
articles purchased in small lots; good buying; keeping
posted in prices, etc.; use to be made of trade reports,
quotations, etc. ; as well as suggestions regarding the put-
ting up of goods for sale in a retail way.
In order to afford our subscribers in distant parts
every opportunity of taking part in the contest, and be-
cause of the importance of the subject, we have decided
to extend the time limit in which manuscripts can be re-
ceived another month, and the contest will accordingly
remain open until the close of business May 27, 1902.
THE CARBONATOR WAR,
THE introduction of compressed carbon dioxide has
practically revolutionized the soda water business.
The generation of gas and charging of the fountains as it
was formerly carried on was at best a tedious, untidy and
often a dangerous process. The list of accidents which have
occurred through carelessness in operating the generator,
or through some defect in the apparatus, while not very
large when the dimensions of the industry are taken into
consideration, is still sufficiently impressive to point out
the need for some safer as well as easier and simpler
method of aeration. This method has been supplied by
the introduction of compressed carbon dioxide gas and of
automatic carbonators. When equipped with a well made
and reliable automatic carbonator, and a cylinder of com-
pressed gas, the retailer is in as good a position as is the
wholesaler to supply carbonated waters, both as regards
cost and quality. This fact is no doubt responsible for
the efforts which have recently been made in New York
State, in Massachusetts and in Ohio to secure legislation
which would practically debar the average retailer from
doing his own carbonating.
In 1901 the Legislature of the State of New York en-
acted a measure which, under the misleading title of An
Act to Amend An Act Regulating the Manufacture of
Explosives, included a provision prohibiting the manu-
facture of aerated waters in any building occupied as a
residence. After a vigorous campaign of all the organ-
ized bodies of pharmacists in the State, this measure was
repealed at the session of the Legislature which has just
adjourned, and the Massachusetts and Ohio measures
will no doubt be also defeated.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
Our Subscribers* Discussions.
A SEEUES OF MONTHLY PRIZE ESSAYS,
Questions for discussions in this tUpartmenl art announced oftet
a month. The time allowed for manuscripts sent in antwer to the
third question.- " iVhal is lAei Best Rouline Methodlpf Making
Suppositories f" expired on March r^-l
The fourth question of the series is as follows :
IV.—What RulM Should Be Followed In Buying
Goods ?^
Whoever among our subscribers answers the above question in
the manner most satisfactory to the, editor and his advisers will
receive a prize of $to. No importance whatever will be attacked
. to literary style, but Ike award will be based solely on the value o/
the substance of the answer. iVc shall publish the substance of such
of the answers as seem to us most likely to prove interesting to our
readers, and we reserve Ike right to publish any of the answers as
original communications.
Answers to the fourth question of the series are to be received
not later than May zf. ryaz. They should be addressed to
The Editor, the American Druggist, 6^8 West Broadway,
New York.
Only subscribers to the American Druggist and their assist-
ants, clerks or managers will be entitled to compete. This prize
will not be awarded to any one person more than once within
one year. Every answer must be accompanied by the Toriter's
full name and address, both of which we must be at liberty to
publish.
The prize of S/o fot the best essay submitted in the third
teries has been awarded lo Luther F. Stevens, of Brooklyn, New
York City, N. V. , whose paper appears below.
PRIZE QUESTION No. 3.
The Best Routine Method of Makias: Suppositories.
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By Ll'tber F. Stbvens, Pb.Q.,
Broakl;n. K,Y.
O matter what method be adopted for the shaping of
the suppository, it is very important as a time saver
and for complete and intimate admixture of the ingred-
ients to have the cacao butter in a finely grated condition.
One of the peculiarities of cacao butter is its property
of retaining heat for some time after it has been melted.
When heated much above lOO degrees F. it will retain that
heat a long time, I have seen 3iii, contained in a thin
porcelain evaporating dish which had been heated to 125
degrees F., take more than 30 minutes for complete con-
gelation, though kept on ice in the refrigerator. It is the
knowledge of this fact that causes many to dislike the
melting process.
'During the process of shaving or grating cacao butter
flies like snow before the wind, and the operator who is
obliged to grate any considerable quantity soon takes on
a Santa Claus appearance. However, after standing a
few hours the butter loses its feathery character and re-
gains its solidity.
As the form of medicament employed in suppositories
is always more or less potent it is important that the drug
LUTHER F. STEVENS, PH.G.
the Frlae In Sabacrlbera* DlMOBilanB No. 8.
I, wboie paper t
BB No. 3, naa tx
dax> CouQtr, New York. He commenced driiK store
twenty rears oM wltb the lute F. T. Whiting, of Great
Maw.. In 1860, haTing taken tbe academy conrse "
the l^tate ol New York In technics, chemiBtr; and
two wlDtera at Cooper UDloti nlghc claatee. For a u
Mr, Stevens has been a nromtnenf figure In all pharniai
concerning this metropolitan dUtrlcC, keeping his reeli
];□. He was one of the stard; workers on the arlRlnal
Ing the National Fonoularj Id charge, representing
. preaented bj
nglQeerlnB, wltfa
nuEnher of yeua
Dlttee h
Tom
.......... ...... .... ...„ - hodj. He
waa one of those who assisted Profeeaor Bedford In oreanliing the
State Pharmaceutical AaBOclatlOD. and was one of the organliers of
■■ ' r work by the Kings County Pharmaceutical Socletr In
ures which led to the eatabllahoient.ot the Brooklyn
of Pharmacy.
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should be thoroughly distributed throughout the mass,
and it is advisable, where a small amount of alkaloid, for
example, is ordered, to first triturate it thoroughly with
sugar of milk, lycopodium. starch, or some other inert
powder, in quantity sufficient to bringthe total weight of
added powder to 10 or 20 grains, according to the number
of the suppositories to be dispensed.
The trituration should be mixed intimately with the
excipient by means of a flexible spatula in a mortar of suit-
able size. Having, say — for 12 cones of 15 grains each —
40 to 60 grains of material in which the medicament is
well distributed, this can be rapidly diluted with the bal-
ance of the suppository mass.
Where the suppositories are to be made by hand it
will be found advisable to add 10 minims of castor oil to
each 100 grains of mass, and proceed first as in making a
pill mass. This quantity of oil is intended for use in a
work room having a temperature of between 62 and 70
degrees F. Where the temperature is higher, and at the
bedside of the patient, less oil is needed, until at 85 or 90
degrees F. no softening is necessary, as the friction of
pestle against mortar will be found to generate heat suffi-
cient to partially melt the mass. In the summer months it
will be found advisable to rest the finished suppositories
on ice for a short time before sending out.
In manipulating the suppositories, after a good mass
has been prepared of the right consistency, proceed t©
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lengthen it by pressure in the hollow of the hand; wrap
the pipe in a clean piece of cloth and by hand pressure on
the counter roll the mass out, while still in the cloth, to the
length desired ; then unwrap and finish the pipe by hand
and spatula on a tile or pill machine, using starch or lyco-
poditim as a dusting powder. On a graduated tile or pill
cutter, gauged for 5-grain quinine pills, cut at every third
line for a is-grain suppository; for 30-grain suppositories
cut at the fourth line. Then shape with two spatulas, one
to keep the ^butt end well set up and the other to form the
mass into a cone.
As to machines, I find that while the use of a machine
turning out three suppositories at one stroke of the lever
will beat hand work, and produce a suppository of more
finished appearance, in the case of the ordinary single sup-
pository machine I can do faster work by hand.
Molds of the regulation type, as figured in the price-
lists of druggists' sundry houses, are useful implements,
and are convenient and cleanly in use. When an order
for suppositories is received a lump of ice is broken and
placed in a basin on the working counter and the molds
placed in it to cool. The mixture of cacao butter and
medicament is made as already described, transferred to
an evaporating dish and a gentle heat applied until the
mixture begins to melt. The heat is then withdrawn and
more butter added, and allowed to melt by contact with the
portion first heated. When the mass is of the consistency
of molasses in cold weather, it is poured into the molds,
which have been previously clamped, and the whole again
transferred to the ice water. When cool, they are re-
moved, dried on a clean towel and boxed.
With some drugs heating is not advisable — e. g,, car-
bolic acid, creosote, guaiacol and ichthyol. Ichthyol can
be made into a mass in the cold with 25 per cent, of cacao
butter. In the case of carbolic acid, a nice suppository
can be made by using lycopodium to absorb the liquefied
add in the proportion of 6 minims of the acid to 10 grains
of lycopodium, and massing with cacao butter, 50 grains.
A new and original wrinkle with creosote is to first mass
the liquid with sodium benzoate ; the sodium benzoate ab-
sorbs the creosote perfectly and the finished suppository
is all that can be desired.
I use the following formula for creosote suppositories :
Creosote, minims, 5; sodium benzoate, grains 15; cacao
butter, grains 20. Triturate thoroughly, and allow to
stand for a few minutes, then compress and mold by hand
or machine. Chloral hydrate suppositories are best made
by triturating the drug with sugar of milk, equal parts,
and massing with a melted mixture of cacao butter 80
parts, white wax 20 parts.
MAKES BY HAND ON A PILL TELE.
Dwight Darling, of Everett, Wash., contributes the
following: Of the many ways of making these trouble-
some articles I believe the best is, all things considered,
by hand on a pill tile, just as pills are rolled. Perhaps
many readers will differ decidedly with me on this mat-
ter, so I will give briefly my reasons for preferring this
method.
My way of proceeding is this : I put all the medicinal
ingredients in the mortar, which I have previously slight-
ly warmed, while I have been writing the directions for
the prescription, and add cacao butter 15 to 30 grains
each, according to the size of the suppository I want
to make. Then, while I am making the mass, I have
the pill tile where it will get a little warm, so that when
I roll the suppositories they will not get chilled. After
the mass has been rubbed so that it is smooth, and there
are no particles of cacao butter visible, I transfer it to my
hands and a very little manipulation is sufficient to make
a perfect mass, which can be rolled and divided into the
required number of suppositories. A little experience
will enable the operator to make them almost as perfect iu
shape as those that are molded.
One advantage that this process has over molding
them is that they can be dispensed immediately. Another
is that from the standpoint of a physician he gets bet-
ter results from them, as the medicinal substances are
gradually absorbed by the bowels, while often in using the
molds the substances will, in cooling, collect together, and
if one of the ingredients happens to be irritating in its
character it is apt to cause some irritation, and will con-
fine its action to one particular spot. Moreover, the in-
gredients are often volatile, or at least very liable to be
injured by heat, in which case the process of melting can-
not very much improve their medicinal action. When
the mass has to be melted it requires ice to cool it and to
harden it quickly, and this is often difficult to get and in-
convenient to use. More .utensils are needed by this
method than in any other, and the cleaning of them is
rather difficult. Another disadvantage is that the quanti-
ties are seldom exactly right for the number of supposi-
tories to be made. This is due to the bulkiness of some
of the ingredients, and also because it is impossible to
drain all out of the dish in which the ingredients are
melted, so that- the operator often finds himself with half
a suppository short or over. It is difficult either to ex-
actly gauge the substances or to allow for what remains
in the dish.
The method of making suppositories by compression,
using the machines that have been on the market for sane
years, is fairly good, were it not for the fact that it is next
to impossible to measure the medicinal ingredients so
carefully and with such good judgment that the pre-
scribed number of suppositories are made — ^no more, no
less. If insufficient cacao butter has been used the last
three suppositories will fail to appear, and if too much
they will still continue to come in shreds when the oper-
ator has enough already. This, of course, makes die
medicinal contents variable. Besides, by this method
suppositories have to be made in multiples of three, which
is not always the way they are prescribed. These ma-
chines are expensive, comparatively, and for this reason
the druggist in a small town does not feel like making
the investment when the machine is not used very often
during the year.
An objection to all molds is that they confine the sup-
positories to one size. Usually this is all right, but there
are times when a slight variation is of advantage. Those
for children should not be so large as those for adults,
and again frequently the medicinal substances are so
bulky, as tarmin, that more cacao butter must be used to
incorporate.
As a base for making suppositories I think the only
one worthy of consideration is cacao butter alcme. It is
not advisable to add olive oil, as it makes the suppositories
soft under ordinary temperatures. The only good it does
is to render the mass easier to roll. This can be accom-
plished as well by slightly warming at any time that it
gets hard.
{To he continued,)
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STORE MANAGEMENT.
Conducted br v. A. Dawun.
iHoddiUon to publishing a series of articles covering the
aal side of pharmacy, the editor of this department witl en-
deavor to discuss, criticise, advise and give information on
any question pertaining to the business management of the
drug store propounded by readers of the P^virx.\CMt Druggist.
This feature of the department is intended to constitute a busi-
ness query column for the readersofthe Akf.rican Druggist,
and all queries regarding business matters addressed to it will
6e freely answered,
THE SHOW WINDOW. (Continued.)
BACKGROUNDS.
IN making a complete trim or one of any pretension to
beauty of effect it is necessary that a background of
either draperies or screen work be used to cover part ol
the back opening of the show window. This background
The decorated crepe paper is especially beautiful and
readily lends itself to the production of fine trims. It is the
cheapest of all stuffs suitable for window trimming, the
decorated costing but twelve cents a roll when bought at
wholesale, or less than four cents a yard, and in beauty
of texture and coloring it is unapproached by any textile
costing less than ten times this price ; it possesses the fur-
ther advantages of being so translucent that it interferes
but litde with the amount of light admitted by the win-
dows, and when it is used for draping the back of the
windows looks as well, when viewed from the store in-
terior, as it does from the sidewalk, as the pattern shows
up as well by transmitted light as by direct or reflected
light. The window trimmer will do well to keep on hand
sample books of both the plain and decorated paper ; they
will prove a mine of suggestions in decorative and color
effects.
COLOR SCHEMES.
Light colors and delicate tints are always the right
^ IloUday window Dtsplay In Blue. Wblte and Oold.
needs to be treated in such a way that it will not only be a
l^ood foil for displaying the goods in the window effect-
ively, but will be of such artistic beauty in design and
color as to attract the notice of the passerby.
UTILITY OF CRfePE PAPER IN WINDOW TRIMS.
It is not advisable to cover the whole back opening of
the window, as the store interior would be too much dark-
ened; therefore, where heavy or opaque textiles are de-
signed to form part of the trim they should be but sparing-
ly used. Among textiles, scrims, silkolines, fish net cur-
tain stuff and similar thin fabrics are most suitable for
this purpose, the greatest objection to them being their
cost.
Some fine effects are to be obtained with the very thin
and finely tinted parchment paper that comes from Ger-
many; but the most useful stuff for backgrounds and
draperies that the writer has found is Dennison's crepe
paper. This comes in rolls ten feet long and twenty and
a half inches wide, in either plain tints or printed in most
artistic designs.
thing for window trims, and invariably give rich and dis-
tinctive decorative effects. By sticking to light colors
the amateur window trimmer is less liable to make mis- ■
takes and surer to get handsome displays than if he uses
dark colors for the whole or part of a trim. Not more
than two or three colors should ever enter the color
scheme for a display, and it will take the color sense of an
expert decorator to handle that many without producing
bizarre or outre effects. The beginner will be less liable
to err if he confines himself to but one color in a trim, com-
bining this with white and trimming it with a metal, gold,
silver or copper, using the latter metal only in rare in-
stances. In addition the green of growing or artificial
plants may be safely used, but if real or artificial flowers
enter into the decorative scheme they should be of the
same color as that used in the trim.
As examples of color schemes may be mentioned, pink
and white, with gold, palms and pink carnations; light
blue and white, with silver, smilax and com flowers; vio-
let and white, with gold, violets with their leaves ; yellow
and white, with gold, jonquils, buttercups, daisies, etc.
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Flowers in the window, on the soda fountain and in the
store gfive a wonderfully cheerful and pleasing air to the
whole establishment that is worthy of consideration for
its advertising value.
AN ARTISTIC WINDOW TRIM.
The window trim pictured in Fig. 4 is one of the most
successful in color scheme and general artistic excellence
that the writer has yet gotten up ; yet withal very simple
as window trims go and requiring far less work than many
more elaborate trims that have proved less successful.
The color scheme of the trim was blue, white and gold,
the material aside from the wood frame work being Den-
nison's decorated crepe paper.
FRAME WORK OF BACKGROUNDS.
The frames of the screens forming the backgrounds
were made from i J^ x i^ pine — fence picket stuff obtain-
able at any lumber yard — ^the manner in which the frames
were made being shown in Fig. 5. No great care was
used in joining the frames, except to see that they were
strongly nailed, ordinary square joints being made. After
being joined the frames were given four thick coats of
Alabastine — ^ prepared kalsomine such as is sold in pack-
ages — ^and when this was dry they were sandpapered
smooth. The effect of the Alabastine is to fill the wood
and cover up the joints so that when sandpapered a very
smooth and white surface is obtained over all parts of the
frames.
For different trims the frames may be left white, or by
the addition of suitable pigment the Alabastine may be
tinted to any desired shade ; in this case the frames were
to be gold, sq they were given a thin coat of shellac to fill
the pores of the surface, and then a heavy coat of gold
enamel applied — French flake bronze powder mixed with
a pyroxylon varnish, or what the painters call " banana
liquid," which is a solution of a gum in amyl acetate.
The crepe paper was glued fast to the back of the
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frames — ^paste does not dry quickly enough or hard
enougl^ to work with this paper — ^the paper being stretched
quite tightly when applied, so that it will not stretch and
sag in tJhe frames in damp weather.
HOW CRiPE PAPER WAS USED.
The measurements of all the frames were just right to
take the paper, the side frames being twenty inches out-
side in width and the lower space of the top screen the
same. The pattern of paper used in the side screens was
a chrysanthemum design in blue and gold on a white
ground ; the paper being glued to the circles ; these were
barrel hoops covered by winding with g^een muslin, and
cut away inside the hoops, which were hidden by wreaths
stock Frame Work for Window Trims. May be Put to Varions Uses.
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of artificial holly. Inside the open circle formed by the
wreaths was hung by a blue ribbon a card sign cut from
heavy white cardboard and lettered with blue to match
the blue of the trim. The lower sections of the upper
screen frames were filled with a blue and white dragon
design, the narrow upper sections with the reverse border
cut from a roll of blue and white Delft design, the rest of
the roil with its characteristic placques of Holland land-
scapes being used to cover the front bevels of the window
platforms.
The valance hanging from the top screen between the
two side screens is cut from a roll of the same chrysan-
themum design shown in the side screens, the scissors fol-
lowing the outline of the chrysanthemum border. The
lower curtain is formed by hanging a piece of the same
paper as is contained in the side screens from a wire
stretched from side screen to side screen, the curtain slid-
ing on the wire, with loops of the same paper pasted to the
top edge of the curtain. The wire is twenty-one inches
from the floor of the window.
TREATMENT OF PLATFORMS.
The bevel front platforms in the bottom of the win-
dows were first covered with ordinary white paper, the
tops then covered with pure white crepe paper and the
bevel fronts, as before mentioned, with a blue and white
Delft design crepe paper; in all cases where a platform,
box or shelves are to be covered with crepe paper it is
necessary to first cover the object with plain paper, as the
crepe paper is so translucent that the lumber beneath will
show through it ; the tint of the crepe paper may be modi-
fied by using colored paper under it, and some good eflFects
are to be obtained in this way. Where the tint of the crepe
paper is to be shown in its purity this lining paper must
be pure white. Cream white effects may be obtained by
using manila paper as a lining for pure white crepe or
decorated crepes with a white ground. For hanging dra-
peries additional richness of effect may be obtained' by
using a double thickness of the crepe paper, but what we
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have said of opaque draperies applies to this : the double
thickness shuts out light and should therefore be used
but sparingly.
AN ICICLE TRIM IN PARCHMENT PAPER.
The frame work shown in Fig. 6 is part of our stock
window trim " properties/' and with slight changes has
been used for many former trims, and will serve as the
frame work of many future ones. Last year our holiday
display was an ice grotto trim after the design shown in
the sketch, Fig. 6.
As will be seen from the sketch, the upper frames are
without cross bars, these being added for this year's trim.
The material used was the very thin parchment paper
spoken of, in a light grayish blue tint — ice color. The
paper was glued to the backs of the frames stretched flat,
the icicles were then drawn on the paper with a large
Notes on Ne^v R.einedies«
Sheet of Pendent Icicles, a Namber of Which OaTe Grotto Effect.
camel hair brush with mucilage of acacia diluted with
two parts of water and, while still wet, diamond dust —
powdered mica — strewn over the design. After this was
dry parts of the design were cut away with a sharp knife
giving an open work effect of hanging icicles. The cen-
ters of the circles inside the laurel wreaths were also cut
away.
The ceiUng was treated so as to give the grotto or cave
like effect by hanging a number of sheets of the parch-
ment paper cut to represent icicles and painted with the
diamond dust in the same manner as the background.
The shape in which these sheets were cut is shown in Fig.
7. A strip of cardboard was glued to the upper edge of
each sheet and the sheets affixed to the ceiling by tacks
driven through the cardboard strip. A number of these
sheets of icicles were hung one behind the other over the
whole ceiling, the rows being two or three inches apart,
and there being about eight or ten rows. Each row form-
ing the arch like effect of Fig. 7 was made in sections, as
the sheets of paper were not long enough to reach across
the full width of the window ; each succeeding row was a
little longer than that in front of it, so that when they
were all in place like the flies of a stage in a theater the
window resembled a cave of stalactites. This trim was
especially fine when lit up at night, with the powdered
mica sparkling like diamonds. The frame work of the
background was tinted to match the paper, and also
sprinkledwith mica, and the platforms covered with jewel-
ers' cotton dyed the same shade and strewn with mica.
Aside from the labor, the cost of this trim was very little,
the only outlay being for paint for the frames, two
pounds of colored cotton, a pound of powdered mica and
three or four dozen sheets of the paper, in all something
less than three dollars.
A HOT WEATHER SUGGESTION.
With these same materials some very striking hot
weather trims may be gotten up, icicles, cakes of ice and
soda signs in letters of ice being some of the things that
'^y be worked up into designs for trims during the cold
soda season.
Atarsyle is the cacodylate of ferric oxide, which is
prepared and sold under this name. It is recommended
in doses of o.oi Gm. (1-6 grain) (Pharmaceutische Post,
February 23, 1902) in anaemia, neurasthenia and skin
diseases.
Quinineurethane is prepared, according to Gaglio
(Pharmaceutische Zeitung), hy heating 3 parts of quinine
hydrochlorate with 15 parts of ureth^e and 3 parts of
distilled water, and is used for the intravenous adminis-
tration of quinine. The preparation consists of one mole-
cule of quinine and two molecules of urethane, and is non-
irritant. An analogous combination of quinine bromide
with urethane is adapted for subcutaneous administration.
{Pharmaceutische Post, February 23, 1902.)
Gelone is a new surgical dressing which belongs to
the class of glycerine glues. It is intended to replace the
plasters so frequently used in skin diseases. It may be
combined with the greatest variety of medicinal agents,
and forms a flexible, non-irritating film, which may be
easily removed with the aid of a little water. Lang and
Bauer have obtained excellent results with Gelone, and
recommend it highly. {Pharmaceutische Post, February
23, 1902.)
Mercuric lodocacodylate has been used for sub-
cutaneous administration in syphilis, according to Ciavette
and Fraisse's formula : Mercuric cacodylate, i part, caco-
dylic acid, 2 parts, are dissolved in distilled water 75
parts, and a solution of 3 parts of potassium iodide in dis-
tilled water is added, and enough distilled water added to
make 100 parts. From 18 to 20 injections of from i to 2
Gms. (15 to 30 minims) each are made in four weeks.
{Pharmaceutische Post, February 23, 1902.)
TarchioL At the meeting of the Academy of Medi-
cine of Rome, held on January 26, Dr. Durando Durante
reported {Pharmaceutische Post, February 23, 1902) the
results of clinical experience with a remedy discovered by
Dr. Patemo, and employed experimentally in Durante's
clinic. Tarchiol is the name of the new antiseptic, and
it is said to possess a higher bactericidal power than mer-
curic corrosive sublimate. Further data as to its nature
are still wanting ; but, according to the author cited, it is
said to be the strongest antiseptic substance yet discovered.
The Uses of Urea in Therapeutics. Urea
has been employed in a variety of affections, depending
upon the accumulation of uric acid in the system. (For-
mulaire des Medicaments Nouveaux, 1902.) It occurs as
beautiful colorless prisms fusible at 132 degrees C, very
soluble in water, slightly soluble in sdcohol, insoluble in
ether. Klemperer found it useful in a number of cases
of urinary calculi, in the form of a 10 per cent, aqueous
solution, of which a teaspoonful may be given every hour.
Urea was formerly recommended as a diuretic in doses of
from 0.5 to 2 Gm. (grains 7J/2 to 30).
Vale ry dine is a compound of valerianic acid and
plenacetine. It occurs (Formulaire des Medicaments
Nouveaux, 1902, page 292) as shining needle-shaped
crystals, melting at 129, soluble in alcohol, chloroform,
acetone and less easily in ether ; almost insoluble in water.
It combines the nerve calming properties of valerian and
the antipyretic and antineuralgic properties of phenace-
tine. Its therapeutic uses include all kinds of conditions
connected with nervous irritability, such as neuralgias,
migraines, hysteria, etc. It is given in daily doses of 0.5
to I Gm. (from 7J4 to 15 grains) in wafers.
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Cream of Current Literature
A sammafy of the leading artlclM to contemporary pharmaceutical periodlcale.
' BtslMn CommercUlt Jairoary,
Syrup of Manganese Saccharate. By F. Gouillon. —
If moderate quantities of potassium permanganate are
mixed with simple syrup, the former is decomposed and
there results a precipitate of manganese oxide, which,
however, is so well dissolved that the liquid remains
clear, but colored deeply brown. This solution is only
apparent, for if the syrup be diluted with water the man-
ganese oxide will precipitate. But if the syrup be al-
lowed to stand undisturbed at room temperature for a
few days the color partly fades and the manganese is
retained in solution. During this time the manganic
oxide is transformed into manganous oxide, and the
latter in turn into a saccharate, which remains in solu-
tion in the syrup. The syrup must always be prepared
in the cold, for heat causes the formation and precipita-
tion of manganese oxalate.
\ The best method of preparing this syrup is as fol-
lows : Granulated sugar, looo Gm. is mixed with 600 Cc.
of a 3 per cent, solution of potassitmi permanganate.
At first one half of the solution is added to the sugar
and allowed to stand for a few days, so that some saccha-
rate has already been formed when the second half is
added, then the rest of the solution is added and stirred
in with a glass rod. After a few days of contact the
syrup will have been formed and stable. This syrup
contains 5 Cgm. of manganese oxide (about i g^in)
in 100 Gm. of the syrup. This dose may be doubled if
so desired. The syrup may be mixed with solutions of
iron salts, of quinine, etc.
LlJnioa Phafmaceutiqtse» February 28*
A More General Use of the Process of Solution
Termed " Per Descensum " in the Preparation of Galen-
icals. By Gaston Pegurier. — The mode of solution
known as " per descensum " is as yet but little employed
in pharmaceutical practice, though the excellent results
which it gives are such as should make its use general.
It depends, as is known, upon the fact that a substance to
be dissolved when held in suspension near the level of a
solvent dissolves therein without shaking ; the layers near-
est to the solvent being dissolved first, sink into the fluid,
and nonsaturated portions of the fluid come into contact
with the next layer, and so on. This method has been
recommended, for example, for the preparation of tincture
of iodine, the iodine being placed in a knot of gauze and
suspended near the level of the alcohol, in an ordinary
vessel. The iodine dissolves very quickly and completely.
This method presents the advantages of not requiring a
mortar, nor a filter, nor of heat, and saves considerable
time, the process of solution taking care of itself. It may
be employed with profit in the preparation of other galen-
icals, such as spirit of camphor, camphorated oil, syrup
of acacia, boric acid solutipn, etc. The syrup of acacia of
the Codex may be prepared in the following way: One
hundred Gm. of washed, white gum are taken, placed in
a knot of muslin and suspended at the level of 200 Gm. of
water in a vessel of proper size. At the end of 12 hours
solution will have taken place and 200 Gm. of simple
syrup should be added. This syrup is^ perfectly clear, and
this method of preparation avoids the tedious and almost
impossible filtration. It is in the case of tinctures, how-
ever, that this method shows its greatest advantages. In
macerating, in. spite of repeated shaking, the vegetable
substance never completely dissolves, nor completely gives
up its soluble particles to the menstruum as in the method
* per descensum." The author was able to prove this ex-
perimentally. The advantages and the convenience of
this method are such that it deserves a wider application.
Pbafmacctfliic&e CentralbaUe^ Fcbraary.
The Presentation of Urine, By Military Pharmacist
Varges. — It is frequently necessary to send urine to a
distant place for analysis, and it is difficult to prevent
its decomposition during the interval. A large variety
of substances have been recommended for this purpose,
including the diflferent acids, calcium chloride, potassium
bichromate, alcohol, chloroform, camphor, thymol and
salicylic acid. When the constituent for which we are
looking, e,g, sugar, albumin, etc., in a particular case is
known, it is easy to determine what chemical^ substance
may be added to the urine as a preservative with impun-
ity as regards the result of the urinary examination. But
when this constituent is not known it is quite another
matter. If a preservative be chosen which interferes
materially with the chemical reactions of a given con-
stituent which is of importance in a certain case, the
sample of urine will have been rendered worthless. The
author investigated the subject in order to find whether
there were any substances whatever that might be added
to urine without impairing its availability for chemical
tests. For this purpose he added to a series of specimens
of urine the chemical contents of which were known be-
forehand, whenever possible quantitatively, one of the
following preservatives: To 1500 Cc. of urine there were
added in each instance either 0.25 Gm. of mercuric chlo-
ride, or o.io Gm. mercuric iodide, or o.io Gm. mercuric
cyanide, or i.o Gm. quinosol, i.o Gm. sodium fluoride,
1.5 Gm. salicylic acid, or 10 Cc. of chloroform, respective-
ly. As the result of extensive comparative tests the au-
thor recommends therefore the addition of quinosol, or
of mercuric oxycyanide as preservatives for urine.
Pharmacy in the Oldest Cuneiform Inscriptions. By
Herr Oefele. — The oldest traces of Mesopotamian cul-
ture belong to the time of King Gudea. It is not quite
certain whether this should be placed three or five thou-
sand years before Christ, but this is not essential. At
that tiipe there were as yet no pharmacists in the modem
sense of the word. Francois Thureau-Dangin, the
famous French decipherer of cuneiform inscriptions,
translated in 190 1 one of the most important documents
of King Gudea. The account shows that medicinal po-
tions were at that time prepared in the family of the
patient, and not by apothecaries. Whether the various
coUyria and ointments of which the document speaks
were actually prepared by the patient or his family, the
author strongly doubts, for it is probable that the physi-
cians attended to this part of the treatment. (February
6, 1902.)
Pharmacetitical Review, January.
Guaiaform. By F. G. Ehlert. — This substance, which
is also known as Geoform, and is known chemically as
methylene-diguaiacol, is formed by the condensation of
two molecules of orthoguaiacol and one of formaldehyde.
It is a tasteless, yellowish powder ; odorless when first pre-
pared, but soon acquiring a vanilla-like odor. It is not
soluble in petroleum, ether or water, but is readily soluble
in alcohol, ether and hot benzol. It contains 95.38 per
cent, of guaiacol. It is readily broken up into its com-
ponent parts. It is recommended for much the same uses
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195
as the other guaiacol derivatives, and seems to be remark-
ably free from any toxic effect.
Christ as an Apothecary. By Edward Kremers. — In
the historical apothecary shop of the Swiss National Mu-
seum in Zurich, are two paintings in which Christ appears
as an apothecary. One of these pictured is circular in
shape, and was evidently painted on glass in 1630. In
this picture, a photographic reproduction of which is
given, Christ occupies the center, and before Him are a
number of jars containing the medicaments for the soul,
being labeled Truth, Justice, Life, Grace, Faith, Love, etc.
The second of the pictures referred to is square, and
Christ is represented directly facing the spectator, behind
a table on which are the various jars containing the spirit-
ual medicaments. Both of these are well painted. In
addition to these two paintings there are five others in
which Christ is represented as an apothecary. One of
these appears in a church at Werder, near Pottsdam, Ger-
many ; one at Lehnin, which is possibly a copy of it may be
the prototype of the painting at Werder ; one in the Ger-
manic Museum at Nuremburg, painted by Sister Maria
Appelli ; one in the chapel of the castle of Wittgenstein,
near Laasche, and one is in the possession of Alois Hell-
mann, an apothecary of Vienna, making a total of seven
paintings representing Christ as an apothecary.
Unification of Methods of Sugar Analysis. — Dr. H.
W. Wiley, Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry of the United
States Department of Agriculture, has sent to many of
the chemists of the country copies of the International
Rules for Unifying Methods of Sugar Analysis, which
were adopted at the third meeting of the International
Committee, held in Paris, July 24, 1900. The recipients
have been requested to subscribe to these rules, and agree
to follow them in practice.
American Joisfnal of Pfiannacy, February*
Evolution and Use of the Animal Digestive Ferments
in Medicine, By Benjamin T. Fairchild. — Mr. Fairchild,
who has made a life study of digestive ferments, presents
a very clear and comprehensive review of the history of
the digestive ferments, and of the work done on tHem. In
the present paper the subject is brought down to and. in-
cluding the patent taken out by Jensen for the manufac-
ture of peptone pepsin. The article is to be continued.
Filtration JO f Drinking Water. By William G. Toplis.
— ^The author describes the method of preparing sand fil-
ters, and of the manner of utilizing them on a large scale
in furnishing wat6r for city uses.
Seidlitz Powders. By Rolland H. French. — The au-
thor records the results of a number of analyses made by
him, according to various methods, and concludes that for
all practical purposes, a seidlitz powder may consist only
of a carbon dioxide determination, calculating the quantity
of sodium bicarbonate from the amount of CO, found, and
estimating the Rochelle salt by difference, taking care, of
course, to exclude contaminating impurities by previous
qualitative tests.
Solubility of Compressed Tablets. By Anthony M.
Hance. — ^The author says that the term solubility as ap-
plied to tablets indicates their power to disintegrate rather
than power to form solutions. It refers to the tablet
solely as a whole, the medicament of which may be one or
more insoluble drugs, as, for example, calomel, charcoal,
etc. The tablet is soluble when in the presence of the
proper medium it promptly disintegrates. It is also
highly necessary that the tablet be so firm as to bear trans-
portation and handling. The character of the medic-
aments contained in the tablets vary so» that in order to
combine these qualities it is necessary to give each par-
ticular tablet careful study, for general rules cannot be
applied, except where solubility is of no consequence, as
is the case in throat tablets.
i'Westem Dnsggbtt Jantsary»|
The Elements of Success. By Emma Gary Wallace.
— The author looks upon Public Confidence, Qose Buv-
ing. Timely Selling and The Stoppage of All Leaks as the
comer stones on which to build success.
Aromatic Elixir. By J. M. Parry. — ^The author pre-
sents the following formula, and impcesses upon the
reader the necessity of having the oils of oranse and
lemon in a fresh condition. He has no difficulty m pre-
serving them in a satisfactory manner by buying in the
first place from a good house and bottling the oils imme-
diately upon their receipt in 2-ounce vials, filled to tfie
neck, sealing the bottles and putting them away in small
covered boxes in a cool place :
Oil orange peel m. 100
Oil caraway m. 6
Oil Ceylon cinnamon m. 6
Oil coriander m. 6
Oil anise (Russian) m. 8
Deodorized alcohol fl. oz. 88
Syrup , fl. oz. 40
Water, enough to make fl. oz. 128
Mix the oils with the alcohol. Add the syrup gradually in
several portions, shaking well after each addition: Then heatthe
water to 140 degrees F. and add it gradually. When cool, fil-
ter, clearing with precipitated calcium phosphate. Do not
use magnesium carbonate, as it not only darkens the elixir,
but forms a compound with the cinnamic acid of the cinna-
mon oil. Use no clarifying medium whatever, simply be-
cause, if allowed to stand two weeks, the elixir wlU filter
clear and brilliant through paper.
The author advocates the use of the National Formu-
lary formulas for most medicinal elixirs, adding 20 per
cent, of glycerin to the iron, quinine and strychnine com-
binations.
Advertising to Physicians. By C. S. N. Hallberg. —
The author proposes that the retail druggist should send
out monthly circulars to physicians, with therapeutic sug-
gestions for each month, a few of which he publishes.
His circular begins thus :
THERAPEUTIC SUGGESTIONS FOR FEBRUARY, I902.
Dear Doctor: Permit us to call your attention to the fol-
lowing therapeutic agents, extensively employed at the pres-
ent time as disclosed by a careful ejcaminalion of the most
recent numbers of the leading medical Journals of the world:
Acute Coughs, Bronchitis.— Syrupus Pini Strobi Composi-
tus, Nat Form.— An exceedingly eligible combination of ^inus
strobus, prunus virginiana, aralia, sanguinaria, sassafras,
poplus and morphine sulfate. The amount of morphine is
1.32 grain (2 mg.) in each fluidram, the ordinary dose.
Chronic "Winter" Coughs.— Elixir Terpini Hydratis et
Codeinee.— This contains terpin hydrate, 1 grain (6 eg.), co-
caine sulfate, % grain (16 mg.) in each fluidram. It is highly
recommended and far more effectiye than tablet combina-
tions.
Solution of Citrate of Magnesia. By H. L. Sayre. —
The author finds no difficulty whatever in keeping a solu-
tion of citrate of magnesia indefinitely by filling the bot-
tles, putting in a plug of absorbent cotton, sterlizing by
standing in boiling water for half an hour, and then cool-
ing gradually. When about to be dispensed the cotton
plug should be removed, and 40 grains of potassium bi-
carbonate inserted, the stopper tied down and the bottle
handed out.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
Q\ieries and Answers
We Bhrnll be glad, in this depAStaent, to respond to calls for information on all pharmaceutic mattera.
To Detect Tonka In Vanilla Extract— " Sub-
scriber."— There is no very simple test for detecting this
admixture such as can be readily shown over the counter,
but the following test is easy and can be performed in
about ten or fifteen minutes. It depends on the chemical
diflference between coumarin and vanillin, the odorous
principles of the two beans. Coumarin is the anhydride
of coumaric acid, and on fusion with a caustic alkali yields
acetic and salicylic acids, while vanillin is methyl proto
catechine aldehyde, and when treated similarly yields
protocatechuic acid. The test is performed by evapo-
rating a small quantity of the extract to dryness, and
melting the residue with caustic potash Tra^rfer ^^^^
fused mass to a test tube, neutralize with Mrochlonc
acid, and add a few drops of ferric chloride solution
If tinka be present in the extract, the beautiful violet
coloration characteristic of salicylic acid will at once be-
come evident.
The Sale of Alcohol by Druggists.— J. P
writes- "Will you kindly state through your v^uable
rouSi what is Ae law regarding the sale of alcohol by
teuil druggists ; I have been told that there is no law
which allows the sale of alcohol unless you have a store
''^^UnderThTlkw as it now stands the pharmacist who
has paid his $5 liquor tax to the State and his $25 revenue
Ke to the Uhited States and filed his bond m due
course as provided under the liquor tax law of this State,
is permitted to sell liquors " only upon the written pre-
scription of a regularly licensed physician, signed by such
Kician (not merely with initials), which prescription
shsJl state the date of prescription, the name of the person
for whom prescribed, and shall be preserved by the vender
and pasted in a book kept for that purpose, and be but
once filled, and which liquor shall not be drunk on the
premises where sold. . . . Nothing, however m this
subdivision shall be construed as prohibitmg the sale with-
out prescription of alcohol to be used for medicinal, me-
chankal or^hemical purposes." This matter has been
very thoroughly agitated quite recently m connection with
the numerous summonses issued to druggists for having
failed to comply with the law in some respect either m
their failure to take out a $5 license or having done this,
their failure to obey the letter of the law regardmg the
requirements for physicians' prescriptions. In an edi-
torial note published in our issue for March 24, page 160,
attention was called to the necessity for a stnct. compliance
with the letter of the law regarding the form of the pre-
scription. As will be observed by the final clause quoted
above, the $5 prescription liquor license gives authority
to sell alcohol for medicinal, mechanical or chemical pur-
poses without a prescription.
Elixir Terpin Hydrate and Codeine.— J. G. Z. —
An elixir containing in each fluid drachm three grains of
terpin hydfate and one-eighth grain of codeine may be
made as follows :
Codeine ii5 SiS*
Terpin hydrate ^ »"•
Saccharine 2 S«*
Deodorized alcohol o ozs.
Glycerin • • ,:;^P^'
French brandy 2 drachms
Water to make 1 pint.
Dissolve the codeine, terpin hydrate and saccharine
in the alcohol, add the glycerin, then the water, and filter.
Precipitation of Soap from Dentifrices on Ex-
posure to Cold. J. E. L. writes: "In your issue of
February 10, page 78, is a formula for a tooth wash — No.
I — which I would like to get a little information about.
I have tried similar formulas containing soap, but find
that in cold weather the soap will congeal, forming an
undesirable mixture. If cooled to a low temperature and
filtered it practically takes out all of the soap. Before
trying this formula I would like to inquire if you can
tell me how cold affects it? "
We have no personal knowledge as to how a wash
made from the formula in question is affected by cold,
but presume from our experience with similar prepara-
tions that it will become cloudy and thickened when ex-
posed to a low temperature and resume its clear and
liquid state upon becoming warm again. This is true
of all liquid dentifrices containing soap, and the degree
of change depends upon the amount of soap contained
in it and the percentage of alcohol in the menstruum.
These should be so balanced in the formula that upon
cooling the wash to 50 degrees F. it should not congeal
or precipitate to any great extent. A little experimenting
with this or any other formula will enable one to get
just the right amount of soap to use. Most formulas
for tooth washes and tooth powder contain too much
soap. Only just enough to make a pleasant lather in the
mouth is needed, and if a larger quantity is used the
preparation is liable to be unpleasantly " soapy " in taste.
Saponaceous tooth washes should be filtered to a tem-
perature of 55 to 60 degrees F. to remain bright at the
ordinary temperature of 60 to 70 degrees F., to which
stores or houses are heated in the winter season.
McDougars Powder.— McDougaFs Powder con-
sists, according to Hager's." Handbuch der Pharmaceuti-
chen Praxis/' of the following:
Parts
Carbolic acid 10
Powdered slaked lime 150
Magnesium sulphite 150
This is used as an application for suppurating wounds
and for disinfecting closets, etc.
Vegetable Dyes for Basket Weavers.- C. E.
R. writes : " Can you furnish us with a list of vegetable
dyes and formulas for making special colors, such as are
used by the Indians for coloring baskets ? "
Formerly the Indians dyed their basket splints, withes
and grasses with coloring matter derived from the plants
that g^ew about them, poke, sumac, yellow puccoon and
the like, but nowadays " Lo," grown more sophisticated,
finds the white man's coloringrs much more brilliant and
likewise a whole lot less trouble to use ; consequently the
old method of basket dyeing may be considered as being
practically a lost art. The reservation Indian gets his
dyes at the nearest store, usually Diamond or other pack-
age dyes. Most of the fancy baskets that are sold at
Saratoga and other summer resorts are made here in
New York and anilines are used exclusively for coloring
them. In the article on dyeing woods in Dicks' Ency-
clopedia of Recipes will be found formulas for making
dye baths from various vegetable coloring matters. The
list IS too long to quote here. We would suggest that
our correspondent -communicate with some one of the
large dealers in anilines here in New York, as they can
give fidl information as to what is required in anilines
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197
for this purpose. Aniline stains have entirely taken the
place of other dyes used in the furniture and cabinet
making trades, as of late years aniline makers have so
perfected the colors used in wood working that they do
not fade out. '
Book KevidPi.
VoRscHRiFTBNBUCH FUB Dbogistbn. Die Hentellung der gebr&ucb-
lichen Handy«rkanfsartlkel. Vod G. A. BucblielBter. Vlerte, Ver-
mebrte Auflage. Berlin: Jallus Springer, 1902. Syo, pp. x, 454,
and an appendix.
This formulary probably presents the most complete
collection of formulas in its own special field that has
been hitherto published. Each division is preceded by
a brief chapter of text explaining the methods of pre-
paring the various preparations. The first section deals
with medicinal formulas and presents nothing very strik-
ing. The number of prescriptions in this section is natu-
rally limited on account of the laws prohibiting the sale
of medicinal preparations outside of pharmacies, which
exclude many preparations from the shelves of a
drogist, or drug dealer, for whom this formulary is in-
tended.
The second section, containing dietetic preparations
and relishes of various kinds, is a most complete one. It
begins with fruit syrups and juices, then follow fruit
wines, mixtures for vinegars and preparations of mustard
and of spices, such as curries. Next comes a chapter on
chocolate and cocoa, on lemonades, lemonade pastilles,
powders and essences, on fruit punches. The section on
spirits which follows gives a most complete collection of
formulas for liqueurs,, bitters, cocktails, etc., and of the
mixtures of ethereal oils necessary to secure the proper
flavors for such spirits. Medicinal wines and liquors
follow.
The section on cosmetics occupies a large portion of
the book and includes every possible form of preparations,
especially remedies for the hair, the skin, and perfumery,
soaps, powders, face paints, etc. A very complete chapter
on dentifrices and tooth powders is included.
Next follows a very useful chapter on varnishes and
polishes for all kinds of materials, including wood, glass,
metal, etc. Inks form the theme of the next section, and
then follow in succession sections on stains for wood and
glass and metallic paints, so-called bronzes, methods of
gold, silver and nickel plating and of polishing metals.
A short but sufficiently explicit chapter on stains and
spots and how to remove them from textile fabrics, etc.,
is next noted with pleasure, and the succeeding sections
are devoted to the consideration of such subjects as the
preparation of various articles for the laundry, fire-
protective substances and methods of rendering fabrics
fireproof, disinfectants, preservatives for food, animal
membranes, anatomical preparations, preparations for
use in the dairy, dyes for textile fabrics, and for leather,
substances used in repairing and cementing various ma-
terials, sealing wax, cement and gelatine for sealing bot-
tles, etc., articles for the garden, insecticides, formulas
for fireworks and for photography, and an appendix con-
taining unclassified formulas. An elaborate index serves
as a guide, and a list of firms where the various materials
may be purchased, with cross references, completes the
volume.
The book is to be highly recommended to the German-
reading pharmacist who likes to have a guide to the prepa-
ration of many useful articles both for his own use and
for counter sales.
■^::^;_ BUSINESS BUILDING.
' *^*'^ G» d«cted by U* G* BSaimifif •
The Department Editor will be pleased to criticise adtfertisements
suggest improvetnents, and answer all questions coming
^^ within the scope of this department.
PLANS SUGGESTED.
THE editor of this department believes that nine-tenths
of those retailers who fail to make a success of ad-
vertising do so because they do not adopt and adhere to
some definite plan. Most advertisers are groping in the
dark and wasting money because they do not spend it sys-
tematically. While the minor details of any advertising
campaign must, in the end, be left to the man on the
ground, there are certain broad principles that apply in all
cases, and it is lack of observance of these principles that is
How Can We Please Our Customers
Better?
We have made a good resolution for this year. We are 'going to
increase our business at least 40 per cent, by midsummer. We are
going to accomplish this by pleasing oar customers better.
Since we have been In our new store our business has grown con-
siderably and some of our friends may think that we ought to be sat-
Isfled. Perhaps we ought to be; but there are still some people In
our district whose oonfldence we must gain.
HOW CAN WE PLEASE YOU BBTTBB?
When you purchase anything at the drug store you want the best,
or -ought to want the best. To glTe the best has always been our
policy. ** Not how cheap, but how good " has been our motto, and
our prices hare always been the same as charged elsewhere for cheaper
grades. Take, for Instance, our spices, baking soda, flavoring extracti,
etc. Ours are no dearer than bought elsewhere, but Tastly superior.
We hare examined seyeral brands and found them only cheap adul-
terations In fancy packages. Bring some to us and we will prove It
by comparatlTe test.
PRESCRIPTIONS.
When a doctor gives you a prescription he gives It to you to make
Jou well and restore hearth, and to gain this the prescription must be
lied Just as he ordered It. All physicians In the city know that a
prescription taken to our pharmacy Is filled with painstaking accuracy,
and many of them take the caution to recommend this store.
If you cared to watch you would observe some customers coming
from a considerable distance. They don't come this far simply for
exercise, although we might truly say they do It for their health, in a
literal sense. In a word, they do it for a sound reason, a reason
which you will all appreciate when you decRle to favor us with your
patronage regularly and h^ve become familiar with our methods.
Give us a trial, call us by telephone, and yon will see at onee th«
difference between this store and others in our quick service and de-
livery.
Our goods speak for themselves.
Very respectfully,
KlBL O. CTBUS.
You confer a special favor by returning such goods as are not sat-
isfactory.
commonly responsible for lack of success. If any reader of
this department who believes in advertising, but who has
not been able to advertise successfully, will state his prob-
lem clearly, a concise plan of advertising will be formu-
lated for him. This plan will embody the editor's best
judgment in the matter, based' on intimate knowledge of
the advertising of several hundred successful firms. Its
value will depend largely on the information supplied as
to amount of business done, amount that can be appro-
priated for advertising, character of trade and nature and
amount of advertising previously done.
CRinaSM AND COMMENT. :
Two lots of ads are at hand from A. Perley Fitch,
Concord, N. H., prepared by C. H. Cummings, his assist-
ant. The ads are all attractively set, and are quite apt to
bring results, because they present good, though some-
what loosely written, argument. The writer of these ads
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will improve them by revising carefully, and will prob-
ably find it a help to travel when possible in short sen-
tences. The general construction of the ads is better than
the average. An ad on candy, included in the series,
would have been strengthened by somQ examples and
prices to back up the argument ; in fact, description and
prices are in themselves the best argument. Examples of
this advertising are reproduced.
v* J* J*
DIRECTORY ADVERTISING.
The Bolton Drug Company, Brooklyn, have issued an
illustrated guide and street directory of the city, using
each alternate page for advertising. Half-tones of places^
of interest are interspersed. The advertising is chiefly
that of general advertisers, whose goods are handled, and
Your Cough
Can
Be Cured
(.And^no matter] how littie yon cough yon shoald
be c aring for it. There is no congh at any stage,
whether old or yonng, but what needs attentioo.
ACeongh aoon* wrecks a strosg cooetitntion, soon
makes one helpless, in fact, a congh is a very dan-
gerons ailment, .ret many hanlly notice a coogh.
Eastman's
Cousrh Balsam
is a purely vegetable compound. Nothing enters
its very minute detail of making, only the fresh-
est, the xmreet, and most beneficial vegetable drugs
known. We guarantee it not to contain opium,
morphine or deadly drugs. It is guaranteed to be
perfectly harmless to obildren.
WE QUARANTBB
to cure your cough with one bottle or refund your
quarter.
FITCH'S.
24 North Main St., , Concord.
to which the card of the Bolton Company is attached. A
few pages are devoted to the advertisers' own business,
and it would seem that this might with advantage have
been more largely done. The direct results from such a
book are apt to be small, but in this instance there is prob-
ably the saving feature that the advertising did not cost
much ; the general advertisers doubtless paid the freight.
«j* ji ^
A GOOD CIRCULAR.
Shelby & Dixon, Martin's Ferry, Ohio, submit a very
neat four-page folder devoted to seasonable specialties.
It is the kind of a circular that a great many druggists
should get out monthly to supplement their other adver-
tising. The title is " Throat, Lung and Bronchial Reme-
dies, and this is descriptive of its contents. Some space
is given to sick room supplies and the prescription depart-
ment, and a short list of prices is included. It is attract-
ive enough to get a hearing, and will do good, especially
if supplemented by other equally good circulars at inter-
vals. Some of the matter has been taken from ads printed
in this department, and it is none the worse for that.
<ii ji <ii
AN AD THAT PULLED.
Editor Business Building:
Enclosed find copy of an ad which has brought me more
direct results than any other I ever published. I run the
same ad in three local evening papers. Its position was next
to reading matter. The ads run daily, one change a week.
I get out folders about four times a year, distribute samples,
and altogether spend about 2^ per cent, of my income for
advertising. What do you think of it? W. O. Frailey.
Lancaster. Pa.
Any ad that has brought marked results is worthy of
notice. The ad is a simple, straightforward description
of the pill and its properties, and is therefore good. The
heading is fair, ^ but would have been better had it read
" 40 pills, 10 cents," as that would have been a com-
plete ad in itself. The pulling power of the ad is in the
price. This is a case where the results would have been
the same, no matter how the ad was written, as long as it
told these facts. This matter of immediate results should
be better understood. Anybody can get them who » does
one or all of three things : First, make an attractive price
on something largely used ; second, take a lot of space and
Forty Pills
For Teu Gents is the way we diapoee of thousands of
FRAILEY*S LITTLE LIVER PILLa Once a <nu-
tomer for these Pills yoa will want.no other. They are
mild, safe, sure and effective, cause no griping .pain or
cramp, but aid the Bowels to easy and natural motion.
Just the thing for a case of Oonatipation or Gostiveness,
a Torpid Liver, a Sick Headache, or any dogging of
the system.
FRAILfiV'S Bast End Pharmacy
Opposite Eastern Market
The Ad that Pulled.
fairly stampede people ; third, advertise something season-
able, which must be had at once or not at all. There is
wide latitude in these phases of the matter ; but, as a rule,
one of these elements enters into every ad that shows
marked immediate results. It is not necessary to get
such results in order to do successful advertising, some-
times it is better not to get them, but it is encouraging to
see them, and as an object lesson to the week-kneed or in-
experienced advertiser they are often valuable. As to
this advertiser's use of his advertising appropriation no
very definite opinion can be given. It looks as though the
newspaper rates were unequal and probably too high.
The amount paid the papers for a space the size used
should buy about 3,000 daily circulation in each instance.
It is not probable that the circulations are even, and it
might be better to drop one or more and use additional
space in the best. As a general proposition the space
used is too small. It is apt to be better to use enough
space in one paper than too little in several. I also doubt
if a large enough proportion of the total appropriation is
put in the papers. These are matters which can only be
rightly determined by a close study of local conditions.
As to the amount of the appropriation, if by " income "
Mr. Frailey means his gross receipts, the amount is prob-
ably about right. If net income is meant the amount is
entirely too small.
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Openings j^cr £xport Trade
American Goods in Fottkgn Countries*
Up to two years ago Great Britain led the export trade of
the world. At thai time, however, for the first time, the United
States toolc the lead. During the last fiscal year the exports
of the United States amounted In value to the immense sum
of $1,460,453,809, while those of Great Britain aggregated
$1,391,210,638. It will be seen from these figures that our total
exports exceeded those of Great Britain by the considerable
amount of $69,243,171.
Though in the exportation of drugs, chemicals, medicines
and similar goods some European countries, and especially
Grermany, are as yet far ahead of us, the following figures
TviU demonstrate that great stldes have been made by the
manufacturers and exporters of the United States. To-day
Tve can compete with any country In the world in many ar-
ticles in the chemical, drug and similar lines. Of course, for-
eign buyers do not always come to us, and we have to culti-
vate them Just as well as our customers in Ohio, Colorado,
Texas, or any other State or Territory in our own country.
While it is true that business can easier be gotten at in this
country than abroad, yet competition is more severe here and
there are many viduable markets well deserving our closest
attention. This foreign trade must be systematically built up;
it takes, naturally, some time, and we must convince the for-
eign buyer that it is to his advantage to place orders in the
United States.
That we have already accomplished something will be seen
from the following figures. The value of the goods exported
during the fiscal year 1901 by the United States is shown
below.
€1i«adc«l». drags, dyM
and proprietary med-
Icinea $14,254,626
Ink 290,007
Sclentillc iDBtruments. 4,688,188
Bottled malt liquors. 1,251,863
Resin 4.480,630
Spirits of turpentine. 7.284,281
Fbh oil 372.925
Peppermint 62.501
Panffln and paraffin
7.959.991
Toilet soap 497,758
Other soap 1.001,886
Starch 1.872.629
Yamisli 602,083
Honey 101,022
Glassware 2,085,623
Paints, pigments and
colors 2.051.086
Perfumery and cos-
metics
Brooms and brushes. .
Candles
Blacking
Beeswax
Bark extract for tan-
ning
Glue
Candy and confection-
ery
Syrup
Spefmaceti and sper-
maceti wax
Cottonseed oil
Linseed oil
SiuicksllTer
pirtts
Bourbon whiskey
Rye whiskey
1374.811
266.794
266,431
760.096
40,039
866.00<f
268.705
610.271
2.281.997
86,060
16,867.898
68.740
475.609
579.724
500.134
276,903
Total $71,324,846
The exports in the above items have especially grown
during the last few years, and they demonstrate that we are
able to compete with our European competitors, and this not
only in neutral markets, but in the very heart of the territory
of our English and Continental rivals. Thus, for instance,
our best customer of patent and proprietary medicines, dur-
ing the year under review, was Great Britain, she having
bought nearly $1,000,000 worth of them from us. Other good
customers were Canada, West India, Australia, Argentina.
Brazil. Chili and South Africa. On the Continent our best
buyers were (Germany. Spain. Belgium, France. Portugal, Hol-
land, Austria, Hungary and Denmark. There is very little
doubt that, if more strenuous efforts were made, the exports
of our patent and proprietary medicines could easily be
doubled. Besides the countries mentioned above, we exported
patent medicines also to China, Japan. British India, East
Africa, Hawaii. Philippine Islands, etc.
Special attention should be paid to the trade in surgical,
dental and similar Instruments. While in former years all
Imported their goods chiefly from the Continent of Europe, we
now export them in very increasing quantities. In 1897 our
exports of scientific instruments amounted in value to $2,160,-
400. while last year, in 1901, the amount exported was $4,588.-
188. an increase of no less than $2,427,788, or more than 50 per
cent! In other words, during a period of only four years we
doubled our exports of scientific instruments, no doubt the
best proof of their value.
In small glassware, too. we have made wonderful progress
during the last four years, our exports having risen from
$1,194,818 in 1897 to $2,035,623. an increase of more than 40
per cent! It would fill too many columns of the Axerican
Drugoist to enter into more details, but we trust that the
above figures show that "we can compete" In almost every
market of the world.
Brazil a Market for American Goods.
The United States of Brazil, the latest nation to Join the
c-olumn of American republics, and the largest except the
United States, occupies nearly one-half of the continent of South
America. Its superficial area is calculated at 3,261,000 square
miles, and is 27 times larger than Great Britain and only one-
seventh less in size than all Europe, with a coast line of
4.000 miles.
No reliable census has been taken, but the population of
Brazil approximates probably 17,000,000.
That Brazil is sl country of vast natural resources is a fact
that cannot be questioned.
Were Brazil as well peopled as France it would contain
320,000,000 inhabitants, or 60,000,000 more than all Europe
west of the Ural Mountains at this time.
Although there are large colonies of Europeans in Brazil,
and especially in the southern part of the Bepublic, yet the
imports of all kinds of American goods are steadily increasing.
Unfortunately, the Government of Brazil does not publish
any reliable statistics, and when they are published, they
are, as a rule, a year or two behind time.
The British Consul-General at Rio de Janeiro recently re-
ported to his Government the imports for the year 1900 of
those articles which interest the readers of the Ahbbioan
Druggist as follows:
Chemicals, drugs and patent
mediclneB, from —
(1 milreis = 26 cents.)
Milreis.
Germany 914.984
Argentine Republic 24,826
Belgium 829,824
Chile 16.140
United States. 409,778
France 565.914
Perfumery, dyeing and painting
substances, from —
Milreis.
Germany . . .- 934,988
Argentine Republic 8,525
Belgium 299.796
United States 2.000.578
France 567,612
Vegetable extracts, alcoholic and
fermented beverages, from —
Milreis.
Germany 264,237
Argentine Republic 365
Belgium 89,241
Chile • 42
United States 576.484
France 850.034
Glassware, from —
Milreis.
Germany 1,090,722
Argentine Republic 20
Belgium 618.478
United States 64,611
France 308,353
Physical, chemical and other
Instruments, from —
Milreis.
Germany > 170.495
Argentine Republic 8,906
Belgium 68.989
United States 256.876
France 248,446
Surgical and dental Instru-
ments, from —
Milreis.
Germany 122,770
Belgium 8,618
Unfted States 72,682
France 189,048
It will be seen from these figures that in these six items the
total imports from six of the leading import countries amount-
ed to the following values:
Milreis.
Germany 8.407.302
Argentine Republic 82.182
Belgium 1.854.486
Chile 16,182
United States 8,869.609
France 2.574,802
In regard to chemicals and drugs, it seems that the United
Kingdom takes the lead only with potash, Qermany and the
United States being apparently preferred for other chemicals
and for drugs, of which France also sends an important pro-
portion.
Of the soap imported, the greatest part is supplied by the
United States. In perfumery, too, American manufacturers
are making steady progress. Stearlne comes chiefiy from
Belgium and France, and the latter country, together with
(Germany, is also the source of the principal supply of sper-
maceti. Wax is chiefly brought from Germany. Medicinal
herbs of some value are also sent by Germany, and to a limited
extent by Portugal.
The Mexican Market*
Of all Latin-American countries. Mexico has made the
greatest progress during the last twenty years. Under the
wise Government of the venerable President Porfirio Diaz,
revolutions have become a thing of the past, and commerce
and industries have been built up in a marvelous way. For-
eign capital has largely been invested in our sister Bepublic;
railroads have been constructed aU over the country, and the
state of health Is Improving in every State of the Bepublic
While in former years the importa of Mexico were almost
exclusively drawn from Great Britain and the Continent of
Europe, the United States manufacturers have, during the last
ten years, found their way into every comer of Mexico, and
to-day we lead in the Import trade of that .country. Though
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It is true that in the lines of drags, chemicals, paints* colors,
surgical instruments, drnggists* supplies, etc., our Buropean
competitors still hare a strong foothold in the Mexican mar-
kets, yet our exports are steadily and largely increasing. This
will best be seen from the following figures:
Our principal exports, during the last three fiscal years, to
Mexico* amounted to the following values:
1800 1901.
Gandlee 170,680 '^L^gg
Gellnlold artlclea _ „ 457 8.387
Acids 23.641 23,146
Pot and- pearl aiAies ^««:aaa ak 5?S
Bnlpbate of copper 122.007 95.817
Dyes and dyeataffa 2,626 «^?»5x?
Patent and proprietary medlcinea 67.296 216,801
BooU, herbs and barks ^J'SSS «Kn o«}
Otber chemicals and .drugs *®0»S2S ^^9'?2J
Dental goods 826 A'lSl
Earthen and stone ware ®5'SS5 ^r?}S
C3iina ware 2,738 4,i.4g
GiSwar^*'':::::::::::::::::::::::::::.'.* 268,4i6 411.079
Glue 5.648 8.61J
Honey 1* * '^
India rubber and gutta percha goods ^24,976 ,« Aii
Init , 17,o6o XO,WA4
Scientific instruments *29,188 •?5'?2t
CntlArr 1,843 14,181
BSSSr aiid bilances 84,865 54,769
Malt liquors in bottles. 22.527 27,420
Malt liquors In other coverings ^S'SiS ^'Sni
Sesin 6,305 o,oUo
SplriU of turpentine ^of »??f oAVfilt
Cottonseed oil *?l'lJt • ^lo'Soo
Linseed oil 10.956 12.499
Carbon black ,aq Sol- ioa iIk
Paints, plgmenu and colors ^25'2S5 iti'lll
SSiiVS?' "^'"!'\''?r; :;:::::::::: 247:00! ^I;!!?
?SSW^S&'i>«;tffln wii: : : . . . ; 241:110 408.412
Perfumery and cosmetics Wfg |,«0
Toilet and fancy soap 4.083 8,996
iSSKnwhiik^::::::.:::: 24:051 . 22,864
Bye whisky 6.087 16,435
i^-^^^^ ::;:::::;:;;:::::::;: '151 ' S:?i2
Can^and confectionery 6,276 ^^*H&
Artlffcial teeth. •••• -^gOg
Vamlrti 23.138 36,846
Wine, in bottles l.gjl ^,870
Wine: In barrels 9S,92fi 84,466
It win be seen from these figures that our exports to
Mexico in the above mentioned goods rose from 13,189,919 In
1899 to ^4,018,966 In 1901; showing an increase of $829,047, or
a difference in our favor of nearly 80 per cent
It should, however, not be left out of consideration that In
most of toe articles specified above the Mexican imports from
Europe were far larger, and it is incumbent upon the Amerl-
ean manufacturer to Increase our trade in Mexico, as It is
naturally our own markets and easily accessible. All we
have to do is to bring our goods in a strong and systematic
way to the knowledge of the Mexican buyer, and results will
crown every effort made in this direction.
The use of Spanish in catalogues and correspondence can-
not be too strongly recommended to United States firms desir-
ing to build up a trade in Mexico. Correspondence, catalogues,
circular letters and general advertising matter in English are
worse than wasted on Spanish merchants. It is true that
more Mexicans are learning the English language every year,
but as yet they are comparatively few, especiaUy outeide of
the national capital, and it is a safe rule to employ Spanish
in all correspondence to Mexico. The same applies to com-
mercial agents. It is, as a rule, useless for a business house
to send a representative to Mexico who is ignorant of the
Spanish language. It is also useless to expect that business
of any kind can be transacted as quickly in Mexico as in the
United States. American commercial houses desiring to build
up a trade in Mexico should " make haste slowly."
Our consular officers from time to time have reported de-
ficiencies in American methods of packing goods and of tiie
conditions of transportation, exchange, banking, etc., with this
country, and the disadvantages under which we labor from the
fact that Buropean houses give longer credits and more liberal
terms, not only as to payments by their customers, but in
manufacturing certain patterns and quantities of goods, and
in getting them up in attractive shape to meet local peculiari-
ties and customs. All these subjects are matters of practical
Importance in considering the means of developing American
trade.
In the Dutch East Indies.
A friend of the Amebicaw Dbugoist writes from Batavia
that American manufacturers of patent medicines and Amer-
ican drugs should be able to compete successfully with their
German, French and English rivals, if they would only do
some " missionary work." Our correspondent adds that the
Dutch East Indies, with a population of nearly 80,000,000
souls, offer a broad field, which must, however, be cultivated
if results are expected. He says that the average annual im-
ports of drugs, chemicals, perfumery and similar articles
amount in value to nearly $800,000, of which very little has
thus far come from the United States. The principal trade hi
these goods is transacted at Batavia, the capital and commer-
cial metropolis of the Dutch East Indies. Names of principal
Importers can be obtained from the Foreign Department of
the AiOEBicAiT Druggist.
The South African Market.
We call the attention of American manufacturers of drugs,
chemicals and surgical instruments to the great demand now
existing all over South Africa.
During the single month of December, last year, the imports
of these three articles aggregated In value $21,715. These
heavy imports are naturally due to a large extent to the war
still raging over the Cape Colony, the Orange River Colony,
Transvaal and Natal, but there is llttie doubt that daring the
next few years the demand for all kinds of drugs and chemi-
cals will proportionally be larger in South Africa than the
demand for mining machinery required to restart the Rand
gold mining industries and the diamond fields of Kimberley
and its surrounding districts. The Amebican Dbuggut offers
a reliable Ust of the principal importers in drugs, chemicals,
etc., in South Africa to its patrons.
Opportunity for American Photogfraphic Supplies in
In a recent letter from our correspondent we are advised
that an excellent market is offered for photographic supplies
at Bahia, Brazil, not only for cameras and plates, bat for
papers, studio fittings, mounts and developers. The papers
in use are^ gelatin filling out paper, both plain and matte, and
a quick printing developing paper. These papers come from
England and France, are packed in bundles of one and two
dozen sheets of cut sizes, the sensitive papers being first
wrapped in several sheets of\>iled and other paper impervious
to moisture, and finally placed in nonactinic envelopes and
sealed. There is considerable albumen paper employed, but
its use is confined to professionals. What is needed is good
gelatin and collodion papers, which will keep fresh for a
few months and do not need complicated formulas for toning
and fixing. Paper and plate makers entering that market
would do well to have their formulas printed in Portugese, or
in lieu of that Spanish or French. Instructions in English can
be read by very few. There seems to be an entire lack of
knowledge in Brazil as to superior backgrounds and fittings
manufactured in the United States, and with proper efforts
something could be done along these lines. In chemicals, as
hypo, the various forms of potash and soda, gold, platinum,
sugar of lead, etc.. United States firms should be able to com-
pete with those of England and France, who now enjoy the
trade, particularly since the largest dealer In Bahia has ex-
pressed a desire to buy all his supplies as well as his cameras
from the United States. A list of the leading merchants deal-
ing in this line of goods in Brazil will be furnished free to
interested advertisers on application to the Foreign Depart-
ment of the American Druggist.
A Hand Book of Tariff Systems*
" Modem Tariff Systems " is the title of a monograph Just
issued by the Treasury Bureau of Statistics. It represents in
concise form a statement of the three distinct tariff systems
now applied in the principal commercial countries of the
world, and is of especial interest at this time in view of the
tariff discussions and pending tariff legislation in certain Bu-
ropean countries. The tariff systems now in use among the
prominent commercial countries of the world may be classed
under three heads: (1) The general tariff system; (2) the general
and conventional tariff system, and (3) the maximum and mini-
mum tariff system. The system of a general tariff Is the
simplest of those enumerated, and consists in having a single
schedule of import duties, which is applied to the goods of all
countries without distinction. Such a tariff is altogether an
act of the legislative branch of the Government The system
of general and conventional tariffs, however, makes a dis-
tinction between goods which come from different countries.
Qenerally one nation declares itself ready to grant some con-
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cession or reduction in its tariff if a corresponding concession
is offered in return. If an agreement is reached, a treaty is
then made, and as a rule the willingness is expressed to make
further treaties with other countries under similar conditions
which constitutes the " most fayored nation " clause. Such a
treaty will usually introduce new tariff rates. If the State
substitutes these rates for those in the general tariff, then no
change in the system takes place. The usual course, how-
ever, is for tiie State to now maintain two columns in its
tariff schedule; the first for those countries enjoying the " most
favored nation " treatment, which is called the treaty or con-
ventional tariff, afnd the second containing the original rates
for those countries not receiving this treatment, and termed
the general tariff.
The maximum tariff system is distinguished from the above
system, first of all, in its form. Instead of having two rates
for a few articles, it has two rates on most articles on which
duties are imposed, and for this reason is frequency called
the double tariff system. In the application of these rates the
maximum schedule corresponds to the general schedule and
the minimum schedule to the conventional schedule of the
system Just described, since the minimum rates are given only
to those countries which receive the most favored nation
treatment. The characteristic difference between the two sys-
tems, however, arises from the difference in their origin. The
minimum schedule Is not drawn up by negotiations between
the executives of the two countries, but is framed by the legis-
lative body at the same time that the maximum schedule is
made. That is, the legislative power fixes two rates of duty
on each article in the tariff. The higher rate is the one which
fixes the maximum extent to which those articles may be
taxed on entering the country, the lower, or minimum rate, is
the one which fixes the minimum extent to which the duty
may be lowered. If it is desired to make commercial treaties
at any time, these two rates show the exact limits between
which the treaty rates are to be fixed.
The countries at present using a multiple or maximum and
minimum tariff system are Spain, France, Brazil, Greece and
Norway, while (Germany uses the second system, or general
and conventional tariff.
FOREIGN NEWS NOTES.
POISON ON THB POSTAGE STAMP.
According to The London Lancet, blood poisoning has been
traced to licking an infectious postage stamp as a cause, and
the chances of a postage stamp becoming infectious are ob-
viously abundant. This year it was decided to revert to
red as the distinguishing color of the penny stamp. On ex-
amination it is found that one of the innocuous aniline reds
was used, which is peculiarly resistant to atmospheric action
of moisture. Strong acids disturb it but little.
PHARMAOY IN SWEDEN.
Sweden is in many respects one of the most " up to date "
countries in Europe. The venerable ruler of Sweden and Nor-
way is known as the most learned monarch on the Continent
He speaks no less than fourteen languages fiuently. The
total number of pharmacies at present is 883, of which 247
are head establishments. The demand for drugs, chemicals,
medicines and druggists' supplies is very large, and the great
bulk comes from Germany, England and France.
ANNAMESB MEDICINES.
A writer in the Archives de Medeclne Navale states that
the Annamese Pharmacopceia is made up of an immense num-
ber of exceedingly complex formulae, and before the simplest
of the medicaments can be prepared the compounder has to
perform the most perplexing ceremonies in order to insure
its efliciency. Among metals, gold, silver and iron are in high
repute as remedies, and iron is used for wounds. Zinc is
employed for combating colic as well as for assisting parturi-
tion. In the latter case, however, the attendant nails the metal
to the threshold of the patient's room. Earth is freely ad-
ministered in many diseases.
CAMPHOK IN CEYLON.
Since the year 1900 the production of camphor in the Island
of Ceylon has largely increased. Ever since the Japanese
Government made the camphor production in Formosa a State
monopoly, and thus considerably increasing the price of cam-
phor, planters in Ceylon have made strong efforts to cultivate
the camphor tree. DlstillationB carried on of late in many dis-
tricts of Ceylon have given very satisfactory results in every
respect The Ceylonese camphor is said to be of a very fine
quality, comparing very favorably with the Japanese product.
THE RICE MEMORIAL FUND*
The response to the opportunity to subscribe a fund for
the erection of a suitable monument at the grave of Dr.
Charles Bice has shown no lack of appreciation by the phar-
macists of the United States of the debt of gratitude under
which American pharmacy rests to Dr. Rice. Several new
subscriptions have been received, which it affords us pleasure
to acknowledge:
Previously acknowledged S411 00
Robert M. Dadd, Milwaukee 6 00
Ernest -Molwitz, New York g^oo
Total $421.00
THE NEW YOBK COLLEGE MEMORIAL.
A handsomely printed pamphlet containing an excellent
photo-gravure of Dr. Rice has been Issued by the college of
pharmacy in his memory. The sketch remits briefly the prin-
cipal events, labors and achievements of his life, omitting—
singularly enough— any reference to his fifteen years' service
in pharmaceutical journalism. The college proposes to have
prepared a bronze tablet with suitable inscription and with a
portrait of Dr. Rice in relief, and to place this tablet in a
prominent place on the walls of the institution. To this pur-
pose members of the college have been invited to subscribe.
A REMEDY FOR SUBSTITUTION.
Simon N. Jones of LouisviUe Pfoposei a New Contract Plan—
Contracti to Pass Between Jobber and Proprietor Oalr-Retail
AsiodatioDs to Report Cutters— Views oi the Trade.
To the Editor:
Sir,— The enclosed article from Printer's Inlc is no doubt
inspired either -by some proprietor or by his representative,
but it truthf uUy relates facts that have been known to every
retailer, but which appear hard to forcibly impress upon those
proprietors whose interests are daily threatened and whose
advertising, although costing thousands of dollars, brings no
adequate returns. To my mind there is no use for coroora-
uon stores, but a simple form of contract would place every
proprietor in a position to not only get full prices for proprie-
tary articles, but the good wiU of every distributer. Some two
years ago I took up this matter with two of the largest man-
JJ'rS?.^^'!!^' .y^^ heartily approved it, but at that time the
Tripartite agreement was being developed, and as all ex-
pected quick and good results from its operations, nothing
further was done. The tripartite has its merits and lias with-
out question been of great service in some sections of the
country, but the benefit has not been universal. My plan would,
within ninety dayi^ K adopted, place every handler of pro-
prietary goods under direct contract through the Jobber with
the proprietor and that, too. with but llttie expense and no
very great trouble to the Jobber and no trouble at all to the
proprietor. My plan, concisely stated, is as follows: There are
not to exceed three hundred recognized distributers at present
In this entire country. To these the proprietors would send
blank contracts, and with the first Invoice that went out from
the Jobber to the distributer for the products of this especial
manufacture would be sent one of these contracts advising
him (the distributer) that the contract must be signed and r^
turned to the Jobber if he wishes further supplies of these
goods. The contract requiring that fuU prices must be de-
manded to go into effect on and after July 1, 1902 That
would give ninety days for the purpose of getting these con-
tracts signed and tabulated by the Jobber. After one con-
tract was signed for any particular proprietor's line of goods
no additional contract for this line would be required by this
particular Jobber. The contract could set out the considera-
tion, the price and profit, and could also specify the amount of
damages which would be mutually agreed upon by the signer
and the proprietor. The contract could also set forth that
the sale of the goods to others, who subsequently sold at less
than contract price, would act as a vloUtlon of the original
contract, and would be enforced or resale absolutely pro-
hibited at less than retaU prices. Many of the local associa-
tions would undertake the expense of enforcing the contract
and if violated at all. the violators would soon be caught un
with. *^
While this is based to some extent upon the Worcester plan
it avoids all of its cumbrous machinery, and If the Jobbers are
as sincere as they profess to be, they would or should wllUnglv
undertake the distribution and signing of the contracts. As
for the proprietors, their business would be almost Imme-
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dlatelf Increased, as the assured profit under tUi contract
to tbe retailer would more than equal tbe profit now received
OD " Non-secreta " at preseat prices, and wonld certalnl; en-
list the active support of every retailer.
SiHON N. JONEB, (Fbannacist).
Louisville, Ky.
In the article referred to by Mr. Jones, a writer who states
that he has called upon nearly every druggist from Loa An-
geles, Cal.^ to Spokane, Wash., sets forth tbe fact that the
retail druggists are, as a class, very bitter against the manu-
facturers of proprietary articles, who advertise largely, a bit-
terness arising from the fact that these goods are' used as
baits by cut-rate stores who sell them at what la to the small
retailer ruinously low prices. The author believes tliat at
least 50 per cent, of sales, which would be made by the ad-
vertising given proprietary goods, are diverted by the retail
druggiets. He doea not bl&me tbe retailer, who has practically
been forced to put In bis own " noo-secreta " In order to make
a living profit. Beallzing tbe neceSBlty of barmony between
manufacturers and distributing agents, the author proposes
that " the largest manufacturers of advertised medicines form
a corporation and establish a drug store in every city of Im-
portance In tbe United States and ship the goods direct from
the factories to the corporation stores and distribute Uirough
them only. If the druggists doing business In the same town
as the corporation store desire to be fair and offer their good
will In selling the corporation goods, let them do so, but keep
a careful lookout for substitution, and If such occurs, have the
coriMjratlon store make au investigation and locate the drug-
gist who has proved faithless, and thereafter place him under
the ban." He concludes as follows;
" Such a plan as tbe above would require great capital and
remarkable organization, but If the cut rates could be stopped
and the druggists work In harmony with the medicine manu-
facturers, the Increased sales would more than pay for the
GO«t of organization."
VIBWB or THB TBADB.
In order to learn the sentiment of local retailers. Jobbers
and manufacturers, a representative of the Ambrioaw Dano-
QiBT called on several prominent firms and asked their opinion
of the plan suggested by Mr. Jones.
William C. Anderson, of Brooklyn, formerly president of
the National Association of Retail Druggists, said that he
strongly favored any contract system that was based on the
principle embodied In the Worcester plan. The suggestion
made by Mr. Jones was a moiUflcation of that plan and ap-
peared to be less complicated. He thought It was certainly
worth a fair trial, but It was useless to try to accomplish any-
thing without the eo-operatlon of practically all the leading
manufacturers'. It was for them to take the Initiative.
A representative of the Chas. N. Crlttenton Company ex-
pressed doubts as to the possibility of the plan outlined by
Mr. Jones. It would impose a great deal of work on the Job-
ber, he said, to keep records of those who had or who had not
signed the contracts, and would give rise to much confusion.
He pointed out, also, that tbe same buyer might have business
with several joberrs. For Instance, he might get one lot of
goods from one Jobber without signing any contract. Of
course, he would then be refused more goods. But he already
has the first lot. He could then go to another Jobber and ob-
tain more, and so on, thereby being able to undersell If he
chose, other buyers who obtained goods on contract. " Tbe
human mind Is Inventive." said he, " and can usually find a
way to get around most any agreement Of course this propo-
sition to place every handler of proprietary goods under direct
contract with the manufacturer through the Jobber Is all very
well for the manufacturer or proprietor, but It Is by no means
a simple matter for the Jobber, whose business has a great
many more ramifleatlons. The proprietor sells to us a quan-
tity of goods, but those same goods are In turn sold by us to
half a dozen or more customers. We do not favor the Worces-
ter plan, as we understand It, and I very much doubt If the
scheme'now recommended would prove at all practicable. It
strikes me that In actual operation It would be Just as com-
plicated as the Worcester plan."
Another prominent Jobber, In fact, one of the largest in this
city, said: " I am out and out a free-trader and do not approve
of any such contract plan. You can't tie up the whole business
In proprietary goods in that way. It won't work. If the
manufacturers want to get full prices why do they not require
Jobbers to sell the goods at eractly the same price they buy
them for from the manufacturer, and then, at stated periods,
let tbe manufacturer remit the rebate to the Jobber. If tEe
latter has violated the terms of ibe agreement, and the manu-
facturer has satisfactory proof of this, he would get no rebate,
I tbink this would sooner or later bring about beMer conditions.
Some Jobbers have objected to this plan because It would tie
up their capital with proprietaries, and if the preparation was a
new article and didn't prove a success, they would lose both
their capital and rebate. This objection could be overcome by
having the plan apply only to well-established articles."
Herbert B. Harding, of the Humphreys' Homeopathic Med-
icine Company, and treasurer of the Proprietary Association,
said that he was not prepared to express any opinion on the
subject
OHLT A substaktiai. fobfeit will keep hbk stbaiobt.
James C. Ferry, president of the Philadelphia Association
of Ketall Druggists, writes:
In reply to your favor asking my ideas regarding tbe plan
outlined by Mr. S. N, JoUes, as a remedy for substitution and
price cutting, I would say that the plan as presented in your
advance proof Is an Improvement over the tripartite plan In a
measure, as the tripartite plan depends upon the honesty of
the three branches. Mr. Jones' plan reduces the honesty down
to the proprietor. The only way to make Mr. Jones' plan
effective, to my mind. Is to make every proprietor furnish a
bond of sufficient amount— say $10,000— that if he sells a cutter
or a Jobber who supplies cuttere or department stores, he
forfeits this amount No plan under heaven will be effective
where a man's honesty Is concerned. All bonest men are in
heaven.
American Pharmaceutical Associatkni's Scmi-CenteaoiaL
Arrangements are already being made for the seml-ceotm-
nial meeting of the .American Pharmaceutical Association,
which is to be held
at the Hotel Walton,
Ffalladelpbla. during
the week beginning
Monday, September S.
In accordance with a
resolution adopted at
the St Louis conven-
tion In September last,
the local Secretary.
Wm. L. OUffe. has
named the following
committee, of which
be will act as chair-
man, on arrangements
for the coming meet-
ing, all of the mem-
bers being located in
Philadelphia:
Howard B. Prench.
Harry L. Stiles. Jo-
seph P. Remington.
Clement B. Low«.
Mablon N. Kline.
Henry K. Mulford.
' MIers Busch. Richard
V. Alatttson, Walter
A. Rumsey. Henry C.
Blair, third. George D.
Roseogarten. Wm. A.
(-'-'*'fE. Sairer. Wnlter V.
nSmith, Hnney H.
Mentser, D. B. Bran-
some, Jacob H. Baer.
Mr. Cllffe is chairman of Uie committee.
The president has appointed the following Committee on
Semi -Centennial Celebration:
Geo. H. Berlnger, chairman. Camden, I*. J.: Richard M.
Shoemaker, Phllndeiphia, Pa.: Mnhlon N. Kline, Philadelphia.
Pa.; Joseph L. Lemberger. Lebanon, Pa.; Henrv P Hvnnon
Baltimore. Md.
The Committee on Exhibition has been appointed bv the
Council as follows:
Thomas P. Cook, chairman. New York dty; Joseph P.
Remington, Philadelphia. Pa.: Wm. L. Clilfe, Philadelphia.-
Pa.; ThoB. V. Wooten. Chicago, III; H. L. Meredith. Hagers-
town, Md.
Reduced rnflrand rates will be secured and announced bv
the Committee on Transportation In due time.
Anoapolfs Drusffr<sts Otg^oize.
The Retail Druggists' Association of Anne Arundel County
was organized at Annapolis, Md.. on March 12 as a branch
of the National Retail Druggists' Association. The following
officers were elected: William H. Rullman, president; T. Kent
Green, vice-president; J. Newton Gilbert, secretary, and Bu- .
sene Worthtngton. treasurer.
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CO-OPERATIVE JOBBERS TO CONSOLIDATE.
A Plan to Combine All the Co-opcfathre Establish-
ments in the East — New York Not Represented.
Baltimore, April 10.— An effort is being made to consoli-
date tlie wholesale drug houses which are conducted by the
combination of retailers. With this object in view an effort
was recently made to gather them all together in this city at
w^hich meeting it was proposed to announce the plan of merger
and to show what could be done by uniting these houses. There
are about eight such co-operative establishments in the East,
and i% is understood that the different corporations have sig-
nified their approval of the idea. For some time past this
movement has been on foot and negotiations with the different
associations have been going on. It was at last deemed ad-
visable to have a meeting at which the plan of merger and
consolidation could be discussed. It appears that there was
some hitch in the arrangements, as the representatives of the
New York house did not put in an appearance and nothing
could be done. It is said the idea will not be abandoned and
in the near future an effort is to be made to have all the
houses represented at a conference.
COLLEGE COMMENCEMENTS.
The^ President of the American Pharmaceutical Associa-
tion Addresses the Northwestern University Gradtiates.
Tlie Scfiool of Pharmacy of the Norfhwestem Uoivertity*
Chicago, April 7.— A class of G2 graduated from the
School of Pharmacy April 3, the exercises taking place in
Auditorium Recital Hall. An important commencement was
made by Dr. Edmund J. James, president of Northwestern,
who told the students that they would be furnished with a
new laboratory for pharmaceutical chemistry. The principal
address was delivered by Dr. H. M. Whelpley, Ph.G., pro-
fessor of microscopy In the St Louis College of Pharmacy and
president of the American Pharmaceutical Association. Dr.
Whelpley*s address Is printed in part below. The names of
the graduates follow:
A M. Abbett, F. F. Amette, C. A. Brown, C. W. Cady, R. B. Carl-
yon, T. B. Commings, C. B. Dorland, A O. Bdlond. J. F. Fischnar,
W. A Forbes, J. B. Galloway, H. J. Gill, H. A Gilmore, M. P. Qlea-
aon, C. B. Gunnell. L. B. Hartrlck. G. B. Hartrlck. G. W. Heller, C. K.
Hegarty, H. A. Henry, M. L. Holm, F. Hoppe,J. I. Jennisch, L. A.
Johnson, W. N. Jonker, J. L. Kies, M. W. iuioth. H. W. Knaus, H. A
Koch, A Koenigstein, F. R. Layer, W. F. F. Lutyen, H. J. Lytle, Clara
Malarkey, J. J. McClngage, J. L. McCarthy, O. J. Miller. B. L Milll-
Mn, B. C. Mills, D. J. Newell, F. H. Packard, J. F. Parsons, B. C.
per, C. A Rasch, W. M. Rickert. B. J. Roseyear. W. W. Rosa, Jnlia
Runkel, J. B. Schneider, A F. Scnroeder, H. B. Secor, A B. Shntts,
J. E. Sickel, Jr., W. C^ Smith, R. B, Sutton. J. T. Sweeney, C. F. Town-
send, B. C. Tnrkington, H. Weinkauff, H. L. Williams, G. W. Worley.
John F. Fischer, John B. Galloway and Marinus L. Holm
received honorable mention for meritorious work and the
GUpln, Langdon & Co. prize for excellence In laboratory work
was awarded to H. B. Felts, an undergraduate. President
James' subject was: ** Does a school of pharmacy properly
belong to a university? " He said in part:
" The question as to what kind of schools belong properly
within the scope of a true university is one which is attracting
increasing attention among the educational institutions of the
country. What shall be the test by which we may determine
whether a school of a given character is rather a trade or
technical school to be organized and administered on an in-
dependent basis or may belong more properly within the gen-
eral scheme of a great university? The charge has often been
made that schools of pharmacy are merely technical or trade
schools of a low grade of educational standard and efficiency,
suitable, therefore, to be classed only with the ordinary trade
school, pure and simple. It cannot be denied that this state-
ment is true of most of the schools of pharmacy in the United
States at the present time, and of all of them down to a very
recent date. If the ideal is simply to accept young men and
women with practically no liberal training, with no prelimin-
ary education in general subjects and give to them certain
practical rules of thumb and a little special or technical knowl-
edge about drugs, the claim that such a school is not properly
placed in the university is correct. The characteristic signs
of a true professional school are first, the demand of an
adequate preliminary training of a general character; secondly,
a special training based upon true scientific methods given in
the true scientific spirit. A true university must be first of
all the home of science, and its students must be men and
women who are interested in science and in preparing them-
selves for JEL practical calling by a truly scientific method. The
history of pharmaceutical education in the United States at
the university centers is the history of the establishment and
development of a scientific ideal and a steadily advancing
standard of preliminary education. The problem, therefore, of
a school of pharmacy which is to be at the same time a de-
partment of a university, is to develop and establish a high
standard of general or liberal and specific or special training
based upon the study of the sciences underlying the practice
of the profession. The university graduate in pharmacy must
be not merely a skilled, practical pharmacist— that goes with-
out saying— but also a well trained scientific investigator, in-
spired with a determination to improve the profession to which
he belongs and equipped to assume and maintain a position
of leadership in the scientific world in general. If this cannot
be secured in the domain of pharmaceutical education, then,
certainly, schools of pharmacy have no right or claim to be
associated with or to become integral parts of our university
system, but should be relegated definitely to the class of
merely technical or trade schools. The practical problem
to-day in this department, then, is to advance the standard of
preliminary preparation to that required of other departments
of the university? and to set high the standard of careful
scientific work as the basis of all special or jHrofessional
preparation.
" Ton, then, are not merely practical pharmacists, you are
university graduates in pharmacy, and as such have the duty
and obligation to hold high the standards of university work
and university ideals In the communities in which you may
practice your profession. You are to labor not merely for your
own personal perfection as members of an important and
honorable calling, but also and quite as much for the improve-
ment of the profession itself; for a steady uplift in the s^en-
tlfic and technical standards of professional Ufe. Only In^is
way can you show yourselves worthy of membership In that
republic of letters and science known as a university.**
Dr. \7belple/s Add rcn*
The keynote of Dr. Whelpley's address was contained in
the title. " New Wine in Old Bottles." The doctor pointed out
that notwithstanding the marvelous changes which had been
brought about through the rapid progress of the sciences and
nrts relating to pharmacy, the opportunities whicl) present
themselves to young men to-day were, after all, very much
the same as those which had bben set before their fathers.
The speaker took occasion to specially warn the young man
against allowing his knowledge attained at so much expense
of effort and time to become rusty by disuse. He spoke of
character as the essential foundation of any permanent suc-
cess, said a word in passing on behalf of reasonable recreation
and Judicious exercise, and in ^losing impreissed upon his
hearers the necessity of bearing In mind that the good name
of pharmacy as a whole depended upon the conduct of each
pharmacist In particular, and urged bis hearers to so deport
themselves before all the world as to confer hbnor upon the
calling of pharmacy.
THE WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSTLVAKIA DEFAFIEINT CF
PHAKMACT
held its commencement exercises on April 10, the following
being the class roll:
President, Charles W. Coy an : valedictorian, Charles N. Hants ;
Edward J. Aul, J. R. Barnhardt, Thomas Bartholomew. Fred. K. Bin-
menschein, Bertram Burry, Joseph Calabrese, Joseph 'F. Caldwell, Fred.
B. Charles, T. C. Cochran, Leigh R. Collins, Milo Culler, Clarence O.
Dixon, Harry Dodgson. John K. Dull, Harry Dunlevy, John H. Ed-
wards, Fred. W. Efrtzman. James Evans, Harold L. Outhrle, Fredrlc
W. Herche, Herbert O. HornbaJce, Louis Jamison, James D. Leslie,
Russell W. McCutcheon. Oliver J. McOann. Saterfleld J. Mead, Maud
L. Minnlck. Roy M. Nail. Farrlngton B. Oslevee, Earl H. Park, Law-
rence E. Rectenwald, Harrv G. Riddle. Anna Samuels, Charles A.
.Schmitt, Gordon J. Teeple. .Tohn W. Wicks. Charles M. Wilson, Othella
M. Wlnneskl, George F. Zitzman.
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.
Following is a list of the class graduated from the school
of pharmacy of the University of Iowa, on April 8:
B. B. Barlidoll, Vinton: H. B. Blowers, Waterloo: O. J. Bruhn,
Reinbeck : E. L. Coye, Carson ; L. A. Crooks, Quasqueton : T\erry De-
vine, Danbury ; L. T. Ford, Ottumwa : J. A. Ooodall. South Omaha,
Neb. ; P. Hanzllk, Cedar Rapids : H. Hild, Toledo : A. E. Hill. Greene :
A. L. Jeppson. Meade, Neb. ; J. H. Jnnger, Reinbeck : A. L. Longwell,
Wellman : R. C. Loucks, Danbury : A. w. Nixon. Geneseo, N. T. : G. C.
Norton. Liver more : H. W. Shull. Galesburg. III. : H. L. Strong. Vinton :
P. F. Sullivan, Jackson, Neb. : J. W. Swfun, Humboldt : Guy Van den
Burg, Alton.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
I. Todd. Wimn L. Bndt.
DRUGGISTS ON THE DEFENSIVE.
Decide to Contest Exdie Dqiartment't Action Agraiiut
Them — Special Meeting of Manhattan Aisoc i a ti on.
~. NEW VORK STATE BOARD i
F PHABKACr.
PHARMACY LEGISLATION.
Review of Mcasum Passed hy the Last Lesislatuie—
Bills that were Defeated.
Although several bills of direct Interest to pharmacists. were
Introduced In the State Legislature during the past see-
sloa, only three were passed— namely, the HUI amendment to
the State Pharmacy Law. relative to the election of members
to the State Board of Pharmacy from the Hastem Section;
the so-called Soda Water bill, and the Pure Chemical bill. All
of these measures received (he active support of the leglsla-
tlre committees of the various pharmaceutical associations,
except that the Manhattan Association opposed the form taken
by the HUI amendment The Nye bill, allowing physicians to
become registered pharmacists, died In committee; the Marshall
Poison Cork bill was reported out of the committee, but op-
position to this proposed legislation was so strong that It was
referred back and killed in committee.
The HUI amendment to the Pharmacy law was Intro-
duced by Senator HiU, at the request of Thomas Stoddart,
president of the State Pharmaceutical Association. As already
stated. It changes the method of electing members of the
board from the Eastern branch. At the first hearing on the
bill, and upon the request of those favoring It an amendment
was made by adding to It after the words "any member of
the State Association residing In the district shall be entitled
to vote," the words " provided he be a licensed pharmacist
or druggist." It was passed In this form and has been signed
by Governor Odell. This act will settle for some time, there-
fore, the feeling among pharmaceutical societies. The State
law prior to this amendment allowed only three associations
to take part In electing members to represent the Eastern
section on the State Board of Pharmacy. The new provision
allows members of any tncoriwrated pharmaceutical societies,
residing In their respective districts, to vote.
The Pure Chemical bill requires department stores, grocers
and others selling certain household articles, such as borax,
bicarbonate of soda, etc., to conform to the standard of the
United States Pharmacopcela. The soda water measure ex-
empts druggists, confectioners and all dispensers of soda water
who have their own cai:t>onatIng plant, from the previsions of
the law relating to the manufacture of gunpowder or ex-
plosives In buildings occupied all or In part as dwellings.
The courts had construed this law to apply to soda water
plants, where liquid gas cylinders, or carbonators are nsed.
A special act or amendment, therefore, was passed to exempt
them. This bill Is commented on editorially elsewhere.
The Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association held a special
meeting on Friday afternoon, April 4, at the New York Collece
of Pharmacy, to consider the State Excise Commissioner*!
crusade against some 200 dmgglsts In this city. The latter,
many of whom are members of the Manhattan Assodatlon,
received letters from the Excise Department, signed by
Deputy Commissioner Clement, to the effect that the depart-
ment had satisfactory evidence that they had violated the
Liquor Tax law In selling liquor without a phyelcian'i pre-
scription. The letter goes on to state that the druggists have
violated the conditions of their ¥500 bond and that that sum
Is, therefore, payable to the State Commissioner of Excise at
There was a large attendance at the meeting, many of
the accused druggists being present, and the subject was thor-
oughly discussed. Much Indignation was expressed by those
present that comparatively innocent offenders— If the acts
complained really constitute an offense— should be punished
while the law has been notoriously violated. It was declared,
by hotel and saloon keepers. Officials of the association said
they had investigated the charges made by the Excise Com-
missioner against the druggists, and, taking all facts into
consideration, had found the chaises to be unwarranted and
unjust It was Qnally decided to Qgbt the Issue and the matter
was placed In the hands of the association's attorneys, Messrs.
Cantwell & Moore, of 320 Broadway. The association also
adopted the foUowing resolution and formal expression of Its
attitude:
" The Manhattan Pharmacentlcal Association, of New Torfc
City, has recently been informed that charges have been made
against some of Its members in the city of New Tork by the
State Commissioner of Excise, said charges alleging violation
of the Liquor Tax law.
" This association, Incorporated under the law of the State
of New York, and composed of over two hundred and forty
druggists of said city, has never defended any <rf Ita mem-
bers for any violation of law, but on the contrary has at all
times been ready and willing to extend its aid and aasistance
to the public authorities that those druggists who have been
guilty of Infractions of the law might be speedily dealt with.
" This association has made an investigation of the said
several charges made against Its members and finds them to be
absolutely without merit That wherever a sale of liquor was
made It was either upon the representation that the purchaser
was a physician, or It was a case of extreme emergency, such
as would have led any reputable and humane druggist to
have acted the same.
" It Is the voice of this society that any prosecution founded
upon any such charges would be Improper and unjust; there-
fore, be It
Reiolved, That this association tender to Its members Its
aid, assistance and good offices that they may be protected
from such unjust. Improper and unmerited prosecution."
In speaking of the matter later, Mr. Cantwelt said that for
several months past the Excise Depariment had had detec-
tives at work to secure evidence against these druggists, but
that their efforts had been directed only against those who
had posted a (500 bond. In many cases, he said, these de-
tectives had been known to work themselves Into the con-
fidence of druggists, and had played upon their sympathy by
telling various tales of sick wives, dying children, and by
resorting to other means, some of them reprehensible. In order
to get the druggist to sell them liquor. And It was by such
contemptible methods, he said, that most of the evidence was
, secured.
A fund la now being raised, and If the druggists are sued
for the amount of the bonds every case will be fought vlgor-
The Oklahoma Association.
The Oklahoma Pharmaceutical Association will hold its
twelfth annual meeting at Bold, on May I4th and 15tb. Ar-
rangements will be made with all lines of railroad In the
Territory for reduced rates. For further Information address
the local secretary, J. A. Hill of Enid, or the secretary,
F. M. Wbatkr. Oklahoma City.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
OHIMfv.
The Nstiooal Wholesale DrugglBtB' AssoclatloD lost a moat
raitbfal and highly respected official In the death of ita secr^
raiT, Andrew B. Merrlam, at Charles City. Iowa, on March
20. Mr. Merrlam was born In Balem, N. Y., May 23, 1828. At
the age of 15 he went from the high school, in Lowell, MasB.,
to learn tbe apothecary bnslneas with J. C. Ayer, who had the
previous year succeeded to the business of his old emplorw.
Jacob Bobbins. In 1848 Mr. Merrlam went to Cincinnati,
where be secured a position as clerk In the drug store of B.
ICcksteln & Co. It was not long before he acquired au interest
Is the Arm, which was afterward changed to Sulre, Eckstein
& Co., and was for many years one of the lai^st drug firms In
the West He was active in the social and mercantile Inter-
ests of that city, and as a member of the Toong Men's Mer-
cantile Library Association was for years tbe corresponding
aecretary and afterward Its president
Upon the death of Mr. Sconton, of the Srm of Edward
Scanton Co., that firm were dissolved. Mr. Merrlam pur-
chased the business in 1866, when the firm of A. B. Merrlam
& Co. were established. In 1876 he disposed of his Interest and
became a resident of Minneapolis. It was during his business
career In Cincinnati that the Western Wholesale Drug Asso-
ciation was organized at Indianapolis in 1876. The movement
was etarted. It will be recalled, by the druggists of Olnclnnatl.
and the Ilrst call for a gathering of the wholesale drug flrme
of the West and Northwest at Indianapolis in 1S76 was sent
out by Mr. Merrlam as secretary of tbe meeting of the Clacto-
natl dm^sts. At the Indlanapolia convention he was elected
Its first secrelary. and was contlnnoiisly re-eieeted, with the
Importani foreign accounts, such as Suchard's chocolates and
cocoas, the aneesthetlcs of Dr. Bengue, Paris, and other special*
ties. Mr. Leemlng has withdrawn more and more from ac-
tive participation in business affairs, and had spent rouch of
exception of two years— 187tt and 1880^when he was not pres-
ent at the. meetings. Probably no man was belter known
among tbe memtterahlp than Secretary Merrlam, the duties
of the office bringing him In communication with all the mem-
bers, and his faithful attention and earnest solicitude for the
welfare of the association won for him the respect and ad-
miration of his fellow members.
TUOKAS LKIMIHO.
Thomas I^eeming, of this city, died on Monday, April 3,
at Lakehnrst, N. J., at the age of 65 years. He was bom in"
Burnley, I^incashlre. England, In 1837. In 1840 he went with
his parents to Montreal, where his father, Joseph Leemlng, and
his uncle established the commiaslon house of Joseph A John
Leemlng. This business has been carried on continuously in
Montreal, the present style of the firm being Leemlng, Miles
t Co. The enlsrged connections of the house with the United
States brought him to New York In 1883 to take personal
charge of the present house of Thos. Leemlng & Co., which
was established In 1875. Mr. Leemlng had for the past 25
years been well known to the wholesale drug trade as the
aicent for the United States and Canada of the Swiss house
of Henri Nestle, manufacturer of Nestlp's food and Nestle's
condensed milk. His house has also carried many different
his time In travel, leaving the conduct of tbe business to bla
two sons, Joseph and Thomas L. Leemlng. There survive him
three sons, ,roBeph, WoodruIC and Thos. L., and two daughters.
Mrs. Smith Ely JeUiffe, and Miss Winifred Leemlng.
Horace Stanley, Beverley, Mass., died April 5. He had been
associated with the drug business of that town for 25 years,
10 years as <^erk and IB years as proprietor of the Old Comer-
Pharmacy. He was about 45 years old and a native of Bever-
ley. He was a Mason.
H. M. Dean, senior member of the firm of H. M. Dean &
Son, of Niles, and one of the beat known diruggltts In the-
State, died April 3, at the age of 70 years. He had served a
term as mayor of Niles and had been 12 years on the school
board. He came to Nlles from New Jersey in 1848. A widow
and three sons remain.
James J. Donovan, an employee of Prederick Steams & Co.
for 35 years conUnnously, was carried to the grave by his six
nephews recently. Mr. Donovan was bom in Limerick, Ire-
land, 64 years ago. When be first entered the employ of the
firm, they were Just entering on their career of growth. At bis.
death Mr. Donovan was in charge of tbe drug milling de-
partment,
B. S. Elliott, formerly a wealthy druggist at Clarltsburg,
W. Ta., and who has also had drug stores in different places.
In Kentucky, commlted suicide recently at the New Kentucky
Hotel, in CtaicinnatI, by taking morphine. He was said to.
have bad an unfortunate love affair, and to have loat much
money In unprofitable business ventures. Two brothers are-
well known evangelists.
A. H. Porter, who owned a drug store at Fifty-fifth street
and Woodlawn avenue, Chicago, was fatally Injured by a
cable train at FIfty-flfth street and Ingleslde avenue, on the-
evenlng of April 4. He died at the County Hospital half an
hour later. He was 42 years old and unmarried. Mr. Porter
fell between two cars and it is charged that the train was not
stopped, the victim being left lying unconscious on the psve-
ment.
Members of the Michigan Board of Pharmacy were present
at the funeral of All>ert C. Schumacher, president of the board,
at Ann Arbor. It was one of the most largely attended fu-
nerals ever held in tbe city. Fraternity Lodge No S, F. ft A.
M., conducted tbe rites at the grave. President Schumacher-
was also a member of Ann Arbor Unterstuetznngs Yereln an(>
the Ann Arbor SchuetKenbund. He was 43 years of age. and*
leaves a wife and two children.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
GR.EATER NEW YOR-K.
HEHBT B. 1-L«TT.
Henry B. Piatt well known in social circles In tbls city
and to tbe drug trade througbont the United States as the man-
ufacturer of the disinfectant bearing his name, died suddenly
In the Pennsylvania depot at Jersey City on Friday, March
28, at 8.20 p.m. He was on hla way to take a tmln to spend
Easter with his family. He died a few momenta after reach-
ing tbe station, the cause twlng heart failure. He was about
KS years of age and a member of the Piatt family, of Pough-
keepsle. N. T. He lived for many years in New York City,
where he was an active member of the Colonial, the Poltoa,
the Knawlwood, the American Yacht, the Sphinx and the Re-
pnbllcan clubs. Mr. Plntt and his family resided this winter
at the Plaza Hotel; his business offices were at 34 and 36
Piatt street, New Torb. The business will be continued with-
out change under the same firm name. The funeral servlcea
were held In Bntgers Memorial Church, at Seventy-third
street and Broadway. The attendanoe was large, many of the
representative men In the drug trade being present as well as
a large number of the deceased friends In the clubs of which
he was a member.
W. B. Ftsber, head bookkeeper for McKesson & Bobbins,
died on Saturday morning. April 5, after a brief lUness, at the
age of 46, He had been In the employ of the firm for many
Tbe New Cocaine Law in Kentucky.
A new cocaine law has gone into effect In Kentncky which
provides that cocaine or Its salts shall be sold at retail or dis-
pensed only upon the written prescription of a legally quali-
fied physician or dentist and such prescription shall not be re-
filled. Each prescription containing cocaine or Its salts filled
by a registered pharmacist, shall have written upon Its face
the name of the patient, the date filled and the prescription
file of each registered pharmacist shall be open to Inspection
nt members of State Board of Pharmacy. Cocaine shall be sold
nt wholesale only to registered pharmacists, and to legally
iluaUfled physicians and pharmacists.
The South Caiolina Board.
At the last meeting of the South Carolina Board of Phar-
macy, held nt Charleston. March Iflth and 20th, O. P. Earle
of QreenvlUe, J. E. Greene of BranchvlllG, and J. C. Matthews*
of Marlon, were registered. The next meeting of the board
win be held at Greenville, July 16th and 17th.
William S. Boyden, who Is widely and favorably knownln
the chemical trade, will hereafter represent Bosengarten &
Son, of Philadelphia, In this city.
A large group of the members of the Gamma Chapter of
the Phi Chi met at White's Galley. Broadway and Thirty-first
street on April S to have a phott^traph taken.
Among tbe buildings destroyed or damaged In the recent
fire at Atlantic City. N. X, was Keelert Pharmacy. The eatt-
mated loss was {10,000, Insurance S3.000.
J. T. ShllUnglaw, of Brooklyn, has sold bis drug store to
R. B. Channell, of Malone, N. Y. Mr. ShllUnglaw has accepted
the position of superintendent for the Prsser Tablet Triturate
Manufacturing Company.
Charles N. Leigb, who conducts a drug store In the Park
Avenue Hot^ pleaded guilty recently to the charge of re-
filUog Poland water bottles with bogus water, and selling
them at the prices of the genuine water. He was fined f2S0.
A branch of the Society of Chemical Industry, of this city,
has been established in Canada, as a result of an application of
100 Canadian memben of tbe parent socle^ In London. Prof.
W. L. Lang, of the UnlverBlty of Toronto, has been elected
president
The Drug Club's resident membership limit has been
reached, and there are between 20 and 30 names on the wait-
ing list. Among the TlBlton at the club last week were R. 8.
Moore, of San Francisco; C. Whitner, of Atlanta, Ga.; C. Tan
AugUne. of Jersey City; Geo. W. Choate, of Roselle, N. J.
A popular lecture on modem Mexico and a glimpse of
Cuba was given by Walter Phillips Terry at the College of
Pharmacy on Wednesday evening, April 2, 1902, under tlie
auspices of the Alumni Association. The lecture was moat
entertaining and drew out a large audience.
The tenth annual reception of the Alumni Association of
the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy was held at the Plerrepont
Assembly Booms, Brooklyn, on Wednesday evening, April 9.
dancing beginning at 10 o'clock. Tbe affair was a most eac-
cessful one from every point of view, and the officers o( the
association are to be congratulated on the result of their effort
A detective recently asked for a glass of Poland water hi
a down town store, and opening a satchel poured the watw
Into a bottle brought for the purpose. Intending to have It
analyzed. The SQjJa clerk reached over and struck the detect-
ive, giving him a swollen nose and eye, and when arraigned
in the police court was discharged.
It Is always a pleasure to hear direct from friends In a far
away dime. We received last week a most cordial greeting
from Charles E, Dohme, of Sharp & Dohme, dated Elorrento,
Bay of Neples. March ^. He had then been a few days in
Sorrento and Naples, after spending " 12 glorious days in
Florence and Rome." Mr. and Mrs. Dohme go to Join their
two daughters, who have spent the winter in Lansanne.
Frederick P. Tuthill, chairman of the Committee on Phar-
macy and Queries of the New York State Pharmaceutical As-
sociation, Is out with an appeal to tbe members to prepare
papers for tbe Blmlra meeting next June. Mr. Tuthill has
been assured by the committee In charge of the programme,
and also by Mr. Stoddard, the president of the association,
that plenty of time and opportunity will be allowed for the
reading and discussion of scientific papers. This assurance
seems necessary, in view of the tactics pursued by certain
members at the meeting in Newbni^h a few years ago.
The newly organized Minnesota Betall Drug Clerks' Asso-
ciation elected officers recently at a meeting held In Minne-
apolis. The officers chosen were as follows: President, H. C.
Schrader. Minneapolis; first vice-president, F. W. Crowell.
Minneapolis; second vlf*-p reel dent S. Freeman. St Paul;
third vice-president. J. C. Tast Minneapolis; treasurer, Fred,
Klenart, Minneapolis; secretary, Owen E. Pattee, Minneapolis.
Trustpps: T*wl8 Tnulson. Minneapolis; J. W. Smith, St Paul;
L. L. Aberwnld. St. Pnul. The association has a membership
of 110,
Pharmacy will he held at the college on the evening of Thure-
day, April 24. The exact number of those who will graduate
will not be known until later, though It may he stated that the
class will not be as large as that of last year. Arrangements
for the exercises have not been completed. There will be In-
strumental music furnished by the Seventh Regiment Band,
besides vocal selections.
The Brooklyn College of Pharmacy commencement wUl
take place on Friday evening. May 16, fn the Academy of
Music. Brooklyn. The graduating class will number fully 80.
snld to be .^Vjc tn !V^ic. We understand that the company pnt-
lowlng the usual custom, the exerdsea will be interapened
with seleoHi-ns by a quartette and soloist.
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NEW BROOKLYN CX>LLEGE OF PHARMACY.
Sfte Selected on Nostrand Avenue — ^Description of the
Btiildins:— Meeting: of Kings County Society^
The site for the new Brooklyn College of Pharmacy has
been selected. This fact was made known to members of the
Kings County Pharmaceutical Society at the regular monthly
meeting on Thursday of last week, when Secretary Tuthill on
behalf of the Building Committee announced that the com-
mittee, after carefully considering and inspecting available
sites, had decided on a plot on Noetrand avenue, between
Clinton and Lafayette, nearer Lafayette. The plot is approxi-
mately 75 X 100 feet. Although the final plans for the new
building have not been definitely decided upon, SecretaiT'
Tuthill gave an outline and general description of the structure
and the floor plans. The building, he said, will be a three-
story structure some 50 feet in width and about 86 or 90
feet in depth. It is to be built of stone and brick and will
cost, when completed, about 925,000 or 130,000. It is to be
fireproof and modem In every respect. The basement will
contain cloak rooms, lockers. Janitor's quarters, recreation
room, etc. On the first fioor will be a large lecture room capa-
ble of accommodating 300 students, the seats being arranged
on the theatre plan with an elevation of five feet The front
entrance will be in the center of the building, the library and
trustees' room being on the left hand side, and the clerk's
room on the right A store room will be located in the rear of
this lecture room. The entire second fioor will be taken up
with the pharmaceutical and chemical laboratories. On the
third floor will be two quiz rooms, which may be thrown open
80 as to form one large room, and will be provided with port-
able seats.
WESTERN NEW YORIC
Fifteen Pass the Boa fd— Five DragglBts Fined.
{From our Regular Correspondent.)
Buffalo, April 10.>--At the last examination of applicants
for license, the Western Branch of the State Board of Phar-
macy received 27 pai>erB, but rejected all but the following
15: Pharmacists— Charles A. Bender, Henry B. Ecker, Andrew
H. Fish, Fred O. Henry, Louis £. Jones, Vincent O. Newell,
Walter F. Sanford, William L. Snow, George B. Swanson,
Herbert G. Wright Druggists— Albro H. Hooper, Lewis John-
son, Albert A. Wagner, Bugene M. Walsh, Abram G. Hample.
Most of the successful candidates are attendants* of the Buf-
falo College of Pharmacy and live in the city, but Messrs.
Hooper and Johnson are from ' Jamestown. Mr. Hample is
from Van Bvery, Mich., and Mr. Welsh is from Bldred, Pa.
The college applicants who failed have applied for permission
to take a second examination before the close of the term and
probably will be allowed to do so.
There has been considerable complaint of stores that failed
to come up to the requirement of the law, especially in not
having a properly licensed clerk. Such stores have usually
failed to register, but they have been ferreted out and five of
them have been fined $25. Others are to be proceeded against
at once.
The suit of Henry Hoag, of Middleport, to compel the board
to give him a license without examination on account of some
fancied qualification of long standing, was promptly thrown
out of court by the Judge.
CHAHGKS IN THB TRADE.
An unusual number of changes among druggists is reported
in Buffalo and vicinity. Edward C. Field has bought out his
partner, Jesse B. Denny, and the old firm of Denny & Field
in the Tifft House Block, Buffalo, has been dissolved. Philip
Kuhles has moved his pharmacy from Northland avenue and
Jefferson street to the vicinity of the new steel plant at West
Seneca. This Is the first move of the sort to Buffalo's great
industrial suburb. The vacated store will be occupied by Miss
Rosa Schorp, who moves her Sycamore street pharmacy there.
Herman Dedo will move his pharmacy from Genesee street to
Hickory and Clinton street comer, Buffalo. W. S. Thomas has
opened a new pharmacy in Angelica. His father was a drug-
gist in that town some time ago, but he has been in other
business. The firm of J. P. & J. W. Dlehl, probably the oldest
druggists in Buffalo, will retire. The store Is to be remodeled
and modernized, and as the firm have been contemplating retir-
ing for a considerable time, they have accepted this as the op-
portunity they have waited for. The senior member Is 65 and the
Junior 63. The firm were established inth^ storeinl858, theblock
having been built soon after 1840, being one of the twelve
brick stores in the city.' What were then fields on nearly all
sides of the store to-day embrace the very heart of the city.
It is said that in all of the 44 years of its existence the store
was never closed but half a day, that being on Buffalo day
last summer, at the Pan-American Bxpositlon. The firm have
gathered together a competence and will now enjoy the fruits of
their long, honorable and successful career.
Fire in the story above the drug store of C. W. Tuerke, on
Niagara street in the Black Bock section of Buffalo, was ex-
tinguished by a deluge of water, which damaged the drug
store and stock about ^1,000.
MASSACHUSETTS.
a Swings Out a Chapter in ManadHsaetts—A Lively Hear-
ing on the Soda Water Law, Which will Probably be Killed—
In Prescription Writing Shelved— Sunday Sa'es.
{From our Regular OorresfMmdent,)
Boston, April 9.— The March meeting of the Boston Drug-
gists' Association was held at Young's Hotel. The guest of
the evening was the Rev. George R. W. Scott, D.D., of Newton,
and his subject was *' Three R's." Samuel A. D. Sheppard
was elected to membership. This month's meeting will be
held In the evening of the 29 inst, and will be complimentary
to Amos K. Tilden, the retiring member of the Board of
Pharmacy.
The Alunmi Association, M. C. P., gave a stag reception
to the class of 1902 at the college building on the evening of
March 19. Messrs. Canning, Tilden, Scoville and O'Brien ad-
dressed the students. A collation closed the exercises.
BTA CHAPTBR OF THE PBI GUI FRA.TESN1TT
was installed on the evening of March 29. F. C. Hitchcock
and M. L. Trowbridge, of Alpha Chapter; J. P. Riley, of
Gamma Chapter, and D. W. Ramsam, of Bpsilon Chapter,
made a special pilgrimage from New York to Philadelphia to
install the charter members selected from the senior class of
the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy. After the ceremony,
the members of the new chapter, the visiting delegates and
the members of the faculty, had a banquet at Young's Hotel.
The teaching corps afterward became honorary members.
Speeches were made by Messrs. Hitchcock, Riley, Ramsam,
Trowbridge, Mayo and Blake, and Professors Baird, Scoville,
Jordan and Dr. Piper. Arthur B. Wood presided.
A.DULTBRATKD DRUGS.
According to the last month's report of the State Board of
Health 103 specimens of drugs were examined and 28 were
found to vary from the legal standard. The samples of drugs
found to be adulterated were cera tlava, glycerinum, oleum
^ oliviee, sodii phosphas, sulphur lotum, sulphur prsecipitatum,
* tlnctura iodl.
LIVELY HEARING ON THE SODA WATER LAW.
The hearings in the bill to stop the manufacture of car-
bonated liquids in buildings used in part for dwelling houses
were exceedingly lively in character. The soda fountain firms
introduced evidence showing that at least 1,000 carbonating
machines were in use in this State. Druggists also took an
active part in opposing the measure. President Helnritz and
Messrs. Bartlet and Larrabee appeared for the U. S. P. A., and
P. B. Morlarty and Walter Doane remonstrated for the Worces-
ter County Drug Association. Counsel for the soda fountain
dealers argued in opposition as did W. W. Bartlet, Ph.G., for
the U. S. P. A. It is thought the committee will report
"leave to withdraw." The committee on Public Health has
reported a bill as suggested in the last report of the Board
of Pharmacy to provide that the business of a deceased phar-
macist may be carried on by his widow or executor.
ALL SORTS OF LEGISLATION.
An unfavorable report has been sent In on the bill requiring
the use of Bnglish in writing prescriptions. '* Leave to with-
draw" has also been returned on the measure prohibiting
the sale of cigarettes. The hearings in the bill authorizing the
State Board of Health to manufacture vaccine lymph have
closed. The drug trade was a unit in opposition, and it is
hoped that the committee will treat the subject adversely.
The bill regulating the sale of face bleaches Is a ridiculous
measure. It prohibits the sale of any external remedy con-
taining a poisonous substance unless bearing a label printed
^o8
AMERICAN' DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
In type not smaller than brevier, specifying all the Ingredients.
With this as a law, each drug store would have to Install a
printing plant
SUNDAY SALES OF CANDY PBOHIBITBD.
A farcical proceeding is being enforced In this city— namely,
sprohlbltlng druggists In the Dorchester District from selling
-candy on Sunday, while in other districts of the city no at-
tempt Is being made to enforce the law. The druggists of
Dorchester look upon this matter as an outrage and hardship
and they see no reason why they should be made subjects of
an experiment To some of them it Involves a loss of $16 or
-$20 each Sunday. One druggist, Robert J. Perry, of Norfolk
street defied the officers and made a sale to a policeman. The
•case will be heard April 16.
In view of this proceeding the attempt of the druggists of
Springfield to have a law passed permitting the retail sale
•of ice cream, soda water and confectionery on Sunday Is inter-
esting. The idea is to do away with these spasmodic. attempts
at enforcing Sunday laws. Henry Adams, of Springfield, and
all of the members of the Board of Pharmacy, appeared at
. the hearing in support of the measure. Peter S. Morrison, of
Worcester, and Edgar T. Benjamin, of this city, also favored
the biU.
PENNSYLVANIA.
r*Bowlefs P^ire fjf Vluton— The Aichenbach Team Ties
V. T. & Co.
{From our Regular Correspondent.)
Philadelphia, April lO.—Preparations have been about com-
pleted to give the visiting drug bowlers a gala time during
the match which is to be held in this city on the 17th, 18th
and 19th of this month. Picked teams from Chicago, Balti-
more, New York and this city will play twelve games each,
and it is expected that each visiting team will bring a num-
ber of rooters. The gam^s are to be played at the Tuxedo
Bowling Alleys, Fortieth street and Lancaster avenue, and
after the contests are over there is to be a banquet given to
the visitors at the Hotel Walton. The local entertainment
committee has been hard at work perfecting plans, but the
bulk of the work has been done by D. B. Bransome, chair-
man, and B. Thorpe, secretary.
ASCHBNBACH AND W T. k, CO. TIB.
The interest in the bowling contest of the Philadelphia
drug leagues has finally centered In the two leaders. For
nearly the whole 8eas<Hi Whitall, Tatum & Co. have led, but
now that the Aschenbach & Miller have tied them, a grand
fight for first honors is expected. The standing of the league
on April 7 was as follows:
Won. Lost. P. C.
Aschenbach 30 6 .883
Whitall 30 6 .888
Smith-KUne 21 15 .583
Shoemaker 17 10 .472
Hiilford 18 20 .898
Wanderers 10 23 .808
Wampolc 2 34 .056
TBB P. A. R. D. WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE N. A. R. D.
At the regular monthly meeting of the Pennsylvania Asso-
ciation of Retail Druggists, held at the college on April 4, the
sum of 1300 was appropriated to pay the dues of the asso-
ciation in the N. A. E. D. Bnough applications have been
received to start the fraternal benefit feature, which is now In
course of preparation. J. G. Gallagher, of Jersey City, one
of the members of the Bxecutive Committee, recently paid a
visit to this city and had a very Interesting conference with
the officers of the P. A. R. D.
The members of the team representing the New York drug
trade will be: H. O. Barnes, captain; S. B. Colgate, of Colgate
& Co.; J. H. Howe, John Ruddlman, of Dodge & Olcott; J.
L. Carberry. H. C. Stevens, C. A. McCormlck, of Johnson &
Johnson; C. Brunn, of Parke, Davis & Co., and Matthew Judge,
of Seabury & Johnson.
THE LUZERNE COUNTY RETAIL DRUQOISTS' ASSOCIATION
had a banquet at Wllke»-Barre, Pa., on April 2. Addresses were
made by Maurice Greenstein, Theodore Meyers, F. S. Nagle,
F. P. Crotzer, B. F. Maxey, Henry Bossert and 0. W. Thomas.
The following officers were elected: President, W. T. Colbom,
of Ashley; vice-president, J. Gross Meyer, of this city; record-
ing secretary, F. S. Nagle; financial secretary, T. E. Meyers,
of Dorranceton; treasurer, J. E. Stewart.
The regular Wednesday botanical excursions of the Phila-
delphia College of Pharmacy will be conducted by Professor
Henry Kraemer during April, May and June.
The commencement exercises of the Philadelphia College
of Pharmacy will take place on Thursday evening, April 17,
at 8 o'clock. The class has Issued one of the most artistic
Invitations ever sent out, and this is a matter In which there
has been the keenest rivalry, each succeeding class striving
to surpass its predecess()r.
OHIO.
An Anti-Garboiiating Law Defeated in OUo—Bxoellent Work of
Local AsBodation8--Scheme to Help Wholeiak Bottlers— Viewi
of the Trade*
{From our Regular Corre$pand€nt.)
Cincinnati, April 9.— The druggists of the State, by com-
bining Interests, have Just succeeded in preventing proposed
legislation which threatened to seriously damage one of the
most Important branches of the retail drug trade. Two bills
were Introduced in the State Legislature hist week, one by
Representative Williams, which prohibited the carbonating of
water upon premises where any other business is carried on,
and provided heavy fines as penalties. The other bill. Intro-
duced by Representative Smith, levied a tax of $200 upon re-
tail dealers who carbonate water and increased the tax upon
wholesalers. The Ohio Valley Retail Druggists' Association
took the initiative in opposing the two measures, and appointed
a committee of the Board of Control, consisting of Bmll Zom,
Otto Greenland and Charles Freerick, Jr., with Frank Free-
ricks, attorney of the association, to Columbus and lodge a
formal protest with the Legislature. United States District
Attorney Bundy was associated as counsel with Mr. Freericks
for the druggists. Besides the 150 druggists In the association
there are many not members who Join in the protest, and a
protest signed by 400 business firms was also sent to Colum-
bus. Some of the druggists engaged Senator Foraker's law
firm to assist in defeating the bill. Charles J. Marklns, R. H.
Putnam, D. A. White and others, appeared before the Legisla-
tive Committee to argue against the bill. Representative Smith
agreed to withdraw his bill, but before he had done so the
Committee on Taxation, to which It had been referred, had
decided to kill it in the committee, and both bills will die
natural deaths.
This result was only accomplished by concerted action of
the druggists: All the large retail soda water manufacturers
manufacture In their cellars the carbonated water used in
thehr fountains. The cost Is about 2^ cents a gallon on this
baHls, while carbonated water bought from the wholesale
mineral water dealers costs druggists about 10 cents a gallon.
The general charge was made that the pending bills were in
the interests of the wholesalers. As indicating the sentiment
of Cincinnati druggists on the subject of the pending bills, the
following interviews were secured:
A. D. WILLS : " The license fee of $200 would force many drug-
fliti to sive up their soda water trade. If the bills pass the manu-
acturers could double, or even treble, their prices, as the retailers
would be at their mercy." ,^ ^ ^,^*, , ^^i
H. G. Sbbodino ; " Such a law would be unconstitutional and
would not hold. The first test would show its weakness. I do not
believe the Legislature will pass such a bill." ^ . _^ .
L. A Ranrlet : '* The bill. If passed, will not last longer than It
requires to bring action to test its legality. It looks lUie class legislsp
tion." . ^ w ^.•- •o^..
CoBA M. Dow : " I am not greatly concerned about the $200 license
which would be required should the bill pass, as that will eventuallj
fall on the consumer, and then a protest will be made. I think the
drinking of soda water should be encouraged, not taxed. It Is a dls-
tlnctlvely American drink, only recently brought to a palatable stage,
and every American girl will raise her yolce against legislation trifling
with her favorite beverage." _ , ^ ^ ,. ^ ^ ^^ ^^
Dr. John C. Otis : " I can't understand what called forth the
regulaton. If it Is the theory that the charging of water with car-
% bonlc add gas Is dangerous by reason of possible explosion. It Is some-
what lame. In SO years I have heard of only two or three carbonic
acid gas tank explosions. I have never known of one In Cincinnati.
The Dills are unjust."
Db. Robert wbatherhrad : " It would. Indeed, be an arbitrary
law. If I were a manufacturer of soda water apparatus I wouldn't
want any better protection. If Representative Williams had consulted
his constituents on his ))ill I do not believe he would have thought of
Introducing it."
Prof. C. T. P. Fennel : *' The Williams bill Is unconstitutional.
They can't tell me how to run my business so long as nobody Is In-
jured. The bill is undoubtedly In the Interests of the manufacturers
of cftrbonftted %7&t6rs *'
WiLMOT J. Hall : '* I do not manufacture my carbonated waters
and the law would not affect me, but I am against It nevertheless.
There Is no excuse for the regulation. There Is no danger the way
water Is now charsred with carbonic add gas."
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
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ILLINOIS.
Sij[ty-lwo Gradtiatci from the Nort hw t i tgfii Uoiyenity'— A New
Laboratory Promiied— Address by Dr. Wbelpley^-Retail Drug
. Clerks Join Inteniatioiial Protective Union— Fall Out wtth
Pttb'falietB of the Official JotsmaL
(Frtrni our RefftUar CorrespandetU,)
Chicago, April 7.— The graduating exercises of the North-
western University School of Pharmacy, which are described
at length in another column, had two features of special in-
terest in the address from the President of the American
Pharmaceutical Association and in the announcement by the
president of the university that a new laboratory for pharma-
ceutical chemistry was to be provided.
DRUa CLERKS CHANGE PUBLISHERS.
Members of the Drug Clerks' Association are at outs with
S. T. Hart, publisher of the Drug Clerks' Journal. The con-
tract for publishing the Journal has been annulled and has
been reawarded to W. H. Sage. The new drug clerks' union
has been installed as Retail Drug Clerks' Association No. 552.
When it Joined the Retail Clerks' International Protective
Association the following declaration of principles was
adopted:
** No clerk, who Is a member of this organization, shall be
permitted to work in a cut-rate store.
" It shall be the duty of clerks to discourage the sale of
cocaine, morphine, or opium to habitual users of those drugs.
Under no circumstances shall either drug be sold without a
prescription.
" It shall be the duty of this association to discourage the
use of drugs by any of its members.
" The members of this association shall seek in every honor-
able way to educate the public not to patronize druggists em-
ploying unregistered clerks.
** We demand the abolition of sleeping rooms in the drug
stores.
" We demand a work day of from ten to twelve hours, for
the betterment of our own conditiou, and the protection of the
public.
** We pledge ourselves to purchase articles bearing the
onion label, and to urge our employers to sell union made
goods."
The cut-rate and union label features have attracted con-
siderable attention. Officers were also elected.
NO MORE 5 CENT ICE CREAM SODA.
The Illinois Pure Food Commissioner has warned the public
against cheap ice cream soda, and it is understood that a
general advance to 10 cents for ice cream soda will be made
by the druggists of Chicago.
CHICAGO COLLEGE OF PHARMACY.
The senior class made its annual visit to the laboratories of
the Searle & Hereth Company March 28. After an inspection
of the factory refreshments were served. Mr. Hereth wel-
comed the class In behalf of the firm with a few witty re-
marks; Professor Hallberg was called upon and responded
briefly, calling attention to the educational Interest attached
to the trip and the changes in pharmaceutical practice which
will result from the astonishingly rapid growth of factories
of this kind. ' Messrs. Snow and Heidbreder spoke for the
class and the visit closed with the class yell and cheers for the
S. & H. Company.
The Alumni Association of the Chicago College of Phar-
macy held its annual election at the college on March 27. The
following officers were elected: B. D. Irvine, president; Dr.
A. W. Baer, vice-president; F. H. Qazzolo, secretary; P. F. A.
Rudnick, treasurer. The treasurer's report showed a balance
on hand of $279.03. A committee was appointed to arrange
for the annual banquet to the graduating class, to be held
on the evening of Commencement Day, April 24. Mr. Albert
E. Ebert will deliver the address at the commencement ex-
ercises of the college, to be held at Grand Opera. House, Chi-
cago, April 24.
CHICAGO NEWS NOTES.
M. H. Root, of Routise, 111., has purchased the store of L.
F. Luyten.
Schiller and Czaga have purchased the Albany Pharmacy
at Madison street and Albany avenue.
J. W. Morrisson, president of Morrlsson, Plummer & Co.,
has returned from his month's vacation at AsheviUe, N. C.
F. M. Hargreaves has sold his store at Fifty-fourth and
Halsted streets to F. E. Lessing, who has removed it to Fifty-
first and Grand Boulevard.
F. W. Hurlburt, who was for many years with Morrlsson,
Plummer & Co., and who for the last year has been in business
at Utica, N. Y., has sold his store there and has returned to
Chicago.
The Dr. Jackson Remedy Company, who will do business
in Chicago, have been granted incorporation papers. Their capi-
tal is $50,000, and they will manufacture proprietary medicines.
The incorporators are: Clyde O. Qarmire, Frank MacCoy and
W. B. McDonough.
' Several druggists have been taking an active part in the
recent Chicago aldermanic campaign. Charles G. Foucek was
one of the successful ones. Mr. Foucek was elected from the
Tenth Ward for the short term. W. E. Golden, who owns a
drug store in Austin, is one of the leaders in the fights for a
5-cent fare from Chicago to- Austin. A court decision upheld
the single fare, but the company demanded two fares. Drug-
gist Golden and his associates refused to pay two fares and
were thrown off the cars after fists fights. Damage suits are
to follow.
MISSOURI
The Cinchona Qul>— St* Loais Retail Association*
{From our Kagular Correapond^t)
St. Louis, April 9.— The Saturday Night Club held a meeting
at the Mercantile Club, Tuesday forenoon, April 1, and de-
decided to change the name of the organization to that of The
Cinchona Club; In future they will r^eet on Tuesday fore-
noons. A committee consisting of Messrs. Wolff, Davenport
and Raboteay was appointed to confer with the other drug-
gists, especially those in the down town districts, in regard
to early closing. No other special business was transacted at
the meeting.
The St Louis Retail Druggists' Association met at the
College Building on Tuesday, April 1. The attendance was
as good as usual. The new price schedule was discussed and
there was a general expression of great satisfaction. There
was much pleasure also expressed over the peaceable way in
which the Meyer Department Store had been persuaded not
to put in a drug department This firm had already purchased
a part of their stock and part of it was from three prominent
manufacturers. A committee was appointed to investigate
how this came about, and if these firms were really to blame
for allowing their goods to get into the bands of a department
store.
NEWS ITEMS.
The St Louis Drug Clerks' Society will hold their regular
monthly meeting at Bowman's Hall, on Thursday evening,
April 10.
The commencement exercises of the St. Louis College of
Pharmacy will be held at the Y. M. C. A. Hall on Friday even-
ing, April 11. The banquet to the graduating class will be
held at Tony Faust's on Thursday evening, the 10th Inst
The Alumni Association of the St Louis College of Phar-
macy will give two evening boat excursions this summer, the
first on May 29 and the other on July 10. An outing will also be
given at Delmar Garden on the afternoon and evening of
July 17.
A new bowling club has been organized among the local
druggists. They will meet every Thursday afternoon at the
St Louis Rowing Club. The membership is as follows: L. A.
Selts, captain; Max Heinrichs, Oliver Funsch, E. Burgherr»
W. A. Everets, Dr. Chas. Raithel, J. Rickermann, E. A.
Bern ins and Wm. H. Lamont
Orangeine has become exceedingly popular, a fact which Is
one of the best evidences that it fills a want In 'the line of
popular medicines. Dr. P. A. Aikman, of Windsor, Ont, has
used it very largely in the Monroe Sanitarium, of which he
is the medical director, and states that he used it more fre-
quently probably than any single remedy in his medicine case.
In fact he takes it himself personally, and has taken from
one to five powders daily for the past eight years, and finds
himself in better physical condition now than when he first
began to use the remedy. This is very significant in view of
tlie fact that Dr. Aikman was troubled with a weak heart for
several years, prior to beginning the use of the remedy.
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A.MERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
'Bhe Drug and Chemical Market
The price* quoted In this report are thoee current in the wholesale market, and higher prices are paid for retail lota«
The quality of goods frequently necessitates a wide range of prices.
G)ndftion of Trade*
New York, April 5, 1902.
THE three weeks under review have been characterized
by no movements of importance except in relation to
.quinine, which is in a much firmer position than it has been
for some months past. The latest auctions at Amsterdam
and at London resulted in an advance of 6 to 8 per
cent, in the prices of bark, while at the Java Government
quinine auction held at Batavia last week an advance of
about 8 per cent, was noted in the prices paid. Opium
has been very dull, and under the influence of light de-
mand and excellent prospects for the new crop holders
in Smyrna have made concessions resulting in a decline
in this market as well as that in Asia Minor. The gen-
eral conditions of trade are satisfactory, so far as the
consumptive demand goes, though no speculative interest
has developed save in one or two lines. It is reported
that some movement is on foot to comer the spot supply
of gentian, presumably based upon private information
from abroad. The American roots also are quite firm,
though no speculative interest is manifested in them.
The details of the market changes are listed below :
quotations remain unchanged at 5c to 7c, according to quality,
age, etc. Sassafras is rather scarce and is very firmly held
at our quotation of 7c to 10c. Wild cherry continues in de-
mand and Jobbing lots move at 10c to 15c.
HIGHER.
Acetanilid,
Chloral Hydrate,
Soap, Castile,
Arnica,
Asafoetlda,
Coca, Huanuco,
Calamus,
Golden Seal,
Serpentaria,
Saltpetre,
Aloes, Curacao.
Gamboge,
Gentian.
LOWER.
Opium,
Ipecac, Carthagena,
Cacao Butter,
Strontium Nitrate,
Alcohol,
Oil Cassia,
Oil Peppermint.
DRUGS.
Acetanilid has at last gotten into such shape that the mar-
ket has taken an upward tendency. Notwithstanding the fact
that manufacturers have for some time complained that there
was no profit in this chemical, keen competition has kept the
price down until about a week ago, when a general advance
was made to 20c to 21c.
Alcohol has been the subject of a good deal of comment
during the past three weeks, there being some question as to
what effect, if any, the stock deals and various complications
between the several parties interested in the American Dis-
tilling Company might have upon the price. Some competi-
tion has sprung up which has unsettled the ruling quotation,
even though this has been reduced since our last writing to
$2.47 to $2.49. It is reported that outside dealers are willing
to accept $2.45 in small lots. Wood continues in steady de-
mand at unchanged prices at 6^c to 7c for 95 to 97 per cent.,
and $1.20 to $1.50 for odorless.
Balsams.— Copaiba is in ver^" good Jobbing demand, and
continues firm at prices which have prevailed for some time-
namely, 36c to d9e for Central American, and 45c to 50c for
Para, though in the latter variety business is not quite as
brisk as it is in Central American. Fir, Canada, is only in
fair demand, though it is firmly held at $3.60 to $3.70. Oregon
is dull and neglected at 75c to 85c. Peru is quiet and weak at
$1.35 to $1.50. Tolu is unchanged at 27c to 30c. and the de-
mand is only fair.
Barks.— Cascara sagrada shows an increased firmness, with
reports of an active demand on the Pacific Coast, though spot
Boracic acid is in excellent demand, with quotations un-
changed at our former figures of 1094c to ll^c for crystalB,
and il%c to ll%c for powdered.
Buchu leaves, short, continue scarce, and are firmly held at
18c.
Coca leaves have advanced and TruxiUo are now quoted at
22c to 24c and Huanuco to 32c to 35c
Chloral hydrate has advanced to 95c to $1.00 for crystals,
and 90c to 95c for crusts in bulk. The advance appears to
have been uniform among all manufacturers.
Co<l liver oil shows evidences of some speculative interest
in a firmer feeling on the part of holders, the majority of
whom nave advanced their quotations to $27.00 for prime
I^foten of this year's catch. Some dealers even demand
$30.00. though it is scarcely necessary to say that no sales are
recorded at this figure. It is currently reported that specula-
tive interests would be glad to clear the market at $26.00, but
find few or no takers.
Opium.— Under the influence of a rather limited demand
and favorable crop reports for the new crop opium has de-
clined to $2.90 to $2.95 in cases and $2,921^ to $2.97^ Even
at these figures only moderate Jobbing quantities move, and if
the favorable weather continues throughout the opium grow-
ing district it is possible that a still further declin^ may occur.
In fact, at the present writing it is intimated that on a firm
offer the figure of $2.90 in cases might be shaded. Powdered
has been proportionately reduced to $3.95 to $3.75 as to test
and quantity.
Quinine.— A rather unusual condition exists in this drug.
American manufacturers not having generally responded to
an advance that seemed to be indicated by conditions existing
abroad. The prices obtained at the bark sales at Amsterdam
on April 3 show a very strong position, fully seven-eighths of
the bark offered having been taken up at prices from 6 to 7
per cent higher than those obtained at the preceding auction
sale. The auction of Government quinine which occurred at
Batavia on the 10th shows an advance of about 8 per cent, above
the prices paid for quinine at preceding sales. The London mar-
ket is quite steady, as is that of this side, but the pill-makers
seem to have pretty well stocked up, since there are few in-
quiries from consumers of this class. The result of these con-
ditions abroad has been a decided stiffening on the part of
domestic holders, and one American manufacturer, N. Y. Q.,
have advanced their figures to 30c, an advance of 2c per
ounce. A similar advance on the part of other manufacturers
is momentarily expected, the independent action on the part
of N. T. Q. being considerable of a surprise to the trade in
general. Outside holders quote 28i4c for Java and 29c for
German, but no large transactions are reported at these fig-
ures.
Soap, castile, is firmer and some holders have marked Con-
tl's to 10%c to 10%c.
Arnica fiowers are scarce on the spot, and holders who
have prime flowers have marked them up to 9c to 9%, though
the demand Is not yery urgent.
Cacao butter has been marked down half a cent a pound in
sympathy with the recent advance at the auction at Amster-
dam, present quotations being 29V^c to 30c in bulk, and 37c to
38c in 12-pound boxes.
CHEMICALS.
Acetate of lime is quiet but firm at 90c to 95c for ground,
and $1.30 to $1.35 for gray.
Bleaching powder Is quiet, and there is some pressure to
sell on account of accumulation of stock. Quotations remain
about the same at 1.80c to 1.85c for English, and 1.75c to
1.90c for German.
Brimstone is quiet and easy at $23.50 per ton for crude
seconds, a figure which could probably be shaded on a firm
offer.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
2TI
Chlorate of potash is without quotable change. Dealers
art* supplying the wants of the trade on the basis of 8^c to
8^ for crystals and 10%c to lie for powdered. The market
is as yet a trifle unsettled.
* Cream of tartar is slow of sale, though not quotably lower.
Manufacturers are supplying the wants of the trade at 19c
to 19V^c.
Nitrate of soda is in a very firm position, having advanced
to 2.50c. The total supply is well in hand and there Is little
probability of a decline in the near future so far as can be
ascertained at this writing. But few transactions are re-
corded, all orders being for small quantities.
Saltpetre has advanced to 3%c to S^^c, and 5c to 6%c for
refined, and is very stiff at the increased price.
Strontium nitrate has declined to 7c to 7^, the supply
being excessive, though the demand is fairly good, considering
the season.
Tartaric acid is held steadUy at the range of 27%c to 28^,
and increased inquiry is experienced.
ESSENTIAL OILS.
Anise is quoted firm in Hong Kong, but the local market
remains dull at $1.10 to $1.15.
Bay is held steadily at the range of $2.50 to $3 per pound,
and $3.25 to $3.35 is still quoted for 22-ounce bottles, though
inquiries are limited to small quantities.
Cassia is cabled strongest in the Hong Kong market, but
notwithstanding this fact local holders have reduced their
prices to 60c to 65c for 75 to 80 per cent, and 57^ to 60c for
lower grades.
Citronella is unsettled and while nominally quoted at 19^
for drums, it is generally reported that less than this would
be accepted, and, in fact, has been accepted in large lots.
Lemon, orange and bergamot all remain very quiet at un-
changed figures— namely, 70c to 80c for lemon; $1.20 to $1.25
for sweet orange, and $1.75 to $1.80 for bergamot of good
quality.
Peppermint has been reduced to $1.75 to $1.80 for Western
In bulk, and $1.80 to $1.90 for Wayne County in tins. Bulk
oil is even reported to be offered from the country at $1.70 to
^1.75, without takers. H. O. H. remains unchanged at $2 to
^.10, though there is very little business done at this figure.
As usual, the holders say that the large dealers are making
an effort now to depress prices so as to prevent planters
from putting in large crops.
Sassafras is very firm at 39c to 40c for natural, and 29c to
^Oc for artificial.
Wlntergreen, natural, is lower, being now obtainable at
^1.60 to $1.55. This is about the same range as it was at our
last writing, but it has advanced and again declined.
GUMS.
Aloes, Cape, are in quite scanty supply, and as a conse-
•quence holders have advanced their prices to 6^ to 7c. For-
eign markets are very firm, and it is reported that at current
•quotations it would cost 8c to lay down a fresh supply of the
drug.
Camphor is steady at our previous quotations of 57c to
57^ for domestic refined in bulk, and 57>4c to 68c for cases.
Inquiry promises well for a good season, though as yet no
▼ery large business has materialized.
Chicle is picking up somewhat in a Jobbing way, though
prices remain unchanged at 32c to 35c.
Gamboge shows an increasing firmness, and has been ad-
vanced to 70c to 85c.
Guarana is In very short supply, and while the demand is
not urgent, holders are firm at 75c to 80c.
Shellacs have advanced in sympathy with the strong mar-
ket In Calcutta and London, the advance on native amounting
to about Ic per pound, while other grades are even stronger.
Tragacanth Is reported higher in Trieste, and while the de-
mand here is rather moderate, it is sufficient to keep the drug
very stiff at 30c to 70c for Aleppo, and 35c to 80c for Turkey.
ROOTS.
Aconite is weak and dull, having declined to 9^ to 12c.
Calamus is in scanty supply on the spot and as a conse-
quence the unbleached has been marked up to 7c to 8c.
Bleached is still quoted at 24c to 28c.
Gentian has been advanced to 8%c and it is reported that
the market has been entir^y cleared at that figure, by a
local house seeking to obtain Complete control of the market
At the close 4c is generally quoted as the price.
Golden seal is quoted very firm in the West, and the local
market has responded by an advance to 54c, at which it la
quite firmly held.
Ipecac is in fairly good Jobbing demand at about $1.25 to
$1.30 for Carthagena, which is lower than prices ruling at
our last report Rio is unchanged at $2.50 to $2.60, though
but. little business is reported.
Serpentaria has advanced in sympathy with the views of
the holders in the interior, who claim that the supply is en-
tirely Inadequate to last until the new crop is ready for the
market. We quote 40c to 48c.
SEED5»
The entire line of seeds remains in about the same situation
as it was at our last writing, there having been no material
changes of any note. California mustard brown is a trifie
higher, while yellow is quoted somewhat lower. As a whole
the market may be said to have a steady tone without any
decided change in any direction.
PAINTS AND OILS.
The market has been rather dull, owing to unsettled weath-
er, though many inquiries are being received. Lead may be
said to be 5V^c to 5%c. We understand that the company put-
ting out the new lead by the quick ** Dutch process " are now
offering at 4^c for Immediate delivery.
There has been a good movement in mixed paints, and as
linseed oil has remained at the same price for the past two
weeks there has been no change in prices.
Linseed Oil.— While the seed situation is stronger and a
good demand has set in for oil, there has been no advance,
though oil is being sold by the crushers at only a small mar-
gin based on the present price of seed. Prices are quoted at
62c for Western and 63c for city oil. Duluth closing price on
flaxseed, spot and to arrive, is $1.75. There has been but little
trading in futures. September is $1.35 bid, and October $1.30
bid.
The Turpentine market is slightly lower. Savannah re-
ports the price firm, closing at 4294c, while here it may be
called 46c to 46^.
WINDOW GLASS.
The efforts to get the Jobbers into some sort of co-operation
seem at last to have borne fruit and prices have been ad-
vanced by local Jobbers to 90 per cent for three bracket and
89 off over three bracket The list remains unchanged, and
while the gain is a comparatively small one, it is one which is
very welcome indeed to the glass trade, which has long been
in a demoralized condition.
Phenacetmc litigfatfon*
The Farbenfabriken of Elberfeld Company, of New York,
have started a number of new suits against dealers in phenace-
tine to prevent them from selling this article unless imported
by the company named. The firm claim that their patent makes
it unlawful for a dealer to handle phenacetine which has net
passed through their hands. Twenty-two suits have already
been begun on behalf of the company in the United States
Circuit Court at Detroit, against druggists and others^ asking
an injunction restraining the several defendants from import-
ing phenacetine. One defendant is a Windsor druggist and
two are Detroit customs brokers. It is said that about 25 more
suits will be instituted with druggists as defendants and ask-
ing similar injunctions. Allan H. Frazer is the Detroit solici-
tor for the complainants and Fred H. Warren is the solicitor
for several defendants.
J. D. Jenkins, a printer, of Detroit is charged with counter-
feiting labels. He was called as a witness in the case of the
Farbenfabriken of Elberfeld Company against Bd. Home, et
al., for alleged misuse of phenacetine labels. In the police
court hearing of the Home case Jenkins refused to testify
on the ground that he might incriminate himself. He was
admitted to bail in the sum of $1,000, and hearing set for a
later date.
»•« AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND
THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROAD
PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
HINTS TO BUYERS
H. H. Srdbenr,
Paclflc Coast representative ot the CbBiiBaoogB Uedloioe CompBoy.
The Chattanooga Medicine Company have a corps of 40
strong men in the field, one of the best known being H. H.
Sedberry, now in charge of the new Pacific Coast branch
office at 43 Stevenson street, San Franclaco. " Harvey "
Sedbeny was raised in the drug business, being a son of W.
J. Sedberry, the veteran Texas druggist at Jefferson. He
has sold Wine of Cardul and Tbedford's Black Draught Id
Texas, Iionisiana, Illinois and MIsBonri, his uniformly con-
aplcnoua sncceas lafluenclng his transfer to his present Im-
portant position. Mr. Sedberry personally sees the larger
trade in the vicinity of San Francisco and has Ave men a»-
slstlng him in the Coast States.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
A. F. Blssell, a traveling salesman for Parke, Davis ft Co..
had D narrow escape from drowning white attempting to drive
from Susses. N. J., to Hamburg recently. The heavy rain bad
caused the Wall kilt River to overflow lt« bound*,
and the roadway leading to the bridge which crosses
the river was several feet under water. Before reach-
ing tile bridge Mr. Biseelt foond the water was nearly
up to tbe top of the front wheels of bis wagon, and he
concluded to turn around and go back. In trying to make the
turn the horse slipped and went into the water over ita head.
Mr. BiBsell Jumped out of the wagon and succeeded in gettlug
tbe horse on its feet again, but the current was so strong that
only a high board fence alongside of the road prevented rig
and driver from being swept into the river. Several farm
hands who had witnessed the accident hurried to Blsseil's as-
sistance, and with their help he succeeded in getting back to
this place. His satchel and sample case, together with a valua-
ble robe and blankets, were losL
Cincinnati.— Thomas S. Armel, one of the best known
members of tbe traveling staff of the Steln-Vogeler Drag
Company, has recovered from a recent severe Ulness.
John Bosslter, representing the Powers & Welghtmao Chem-
ical Works, of Fbiladelphfa, has been making bla annual
pilgrimage to Cincinnati.
Deacon Roach, one of tbe most valned members of tbe W.
R. Warner Company's staff, who goes out from Philadelphia.
' has prolonged his stay In Cincinnati, and has burdened the
mallls with the volume of his business.
John Ballard, who looks after the Western interests of Jotm
Wyeth & Bro.. of Philadelphia, has Joined tbe commercial
colony engaged In visiting the Cincinnati trade.
Many ot the traveling men In the drug trade, whose terri-
tory embraces towns along the Ohio River, have been unable
to make their regular trips during tbe past three weeks, be-
cause of the flooded stage of the river, which caused tbe sus-
penalon of regular navigation.
L. R. Dronberger, representing the Malllnckrodt Chemical
Works, of St. Louis, lias been traveling through the Middle
States territory.
Clint Browning, of Benton, Myer ft Co., Cleveland, and F.
N. Pike, of Sharpe ft Dohme, Baltimore, who have charge of
their respective firm's Interests In Ohio and Indiana, have
l)een In and out of Cincinnati, where they make their head-
quarters.
The Chattanooga Medical Company are Just completing a
new three story brick addition, containing 16,000 square feet
of floot apace, for their office force.
Many pharmaclsta will be glad to know where they can ob-
tain a white, bulky and absolutely pure subnltrata bismuth.
It can be had from the Uallinckrodt Chemical Works.
Yon are perplexed sometimes perhaps as to how to get
money out of dead stock patent medicines. E. J. Uoore of
216 Front street this city, can help yon out ot the difficulty.
Experience proves tbe economy of having steel wire cbalia.
tables and soda fountain stools in the store. The Chicago
Wire Chair Company offer many neat, durable and attractive
deigns.
If you want any calendars, easel cards, labels, etc., flnt
consult one of tbe best firms In that business—namely, E. B.
Read ft Son ot Baltimore. 25 cents In stamps will bring yon
samples.
One of the most reliable remedies for acute attacks ot
gout and other similar troubles Is SIdonal. Victor, Koecbl &
Co., 122 Hudson street, are the sole agents. Consult their adv.
In this issue as to other specialties.
" Apenta " is highly recommended as a natural Hungarian
aperient water. It is exported solely by the ApolUnarls Com-
pany. Limited, of London, the distributers In this country be-
ing the United Agency, 503 Fifth avenue. New York.
The C, T. Williamson Wire Novelty Company ot Newark,
N. J., are out with a reduced price-list on champagne taps—
the kind that are guaranteed not to leak. Send for their
catalogue and trade discount
Sharp & Dohme call attention elsewhere In this issue to their
antiseptic disks which may be had In bottles of 25, 100. 1,000
and In pound bottles at net prices. They are accurate and
soluble.
The Anustrong Cork Company, Pittsburg, Pa., have In
their "Circle A " corks a brand which can be used at the
prescription counter with absolute assurance of satisfaction.
Write them for quotations, mentioning the Aieerican Druo-
A remedy that promptly stops all pain Is certainty valuable
and bound to be in demand. Such is the claim made for
Orangelne, manufactured by the Orangcine Chemical Company
of Chicago. This firm offer a good article, liberal prices and
advertising matter. Consult them.
Good grape Juice always finds a ready sale at tbe fountain.
One of the very best grape Juices Is that prepared by the
Welch Qrape Juice Company of Westfleld. N. .Y. It is a
healthful and delicious beverage and will materially increase
your bottle sales. Try It
This is jnst the season of the year tor tonics and blood
purlflera, and your stock should include leading articles in
this line. " Red Clover," manufactured by D. Needham's
Sons, can be recommended to your customers. They supply
advertising matter tor attractive displays.
Druggists who want to make money on their Ice cream
soda should write to the Kymo Company. Little Falls, N. Y.,
mentioning the American Drttooibt, and secure their sugges-
tions for the soda fountain. Druggists who use Kymo In
making Ice cream find that they can ser^'c five-cent ice cream
soda and still make money on It
Cystogen Is coming to l>e used more and more extensively
In treatment of acute and chronic gonorrhceo, cystitis, pros-
tatitis, urethritis, phophaturia. and as a solvent of uric acid.
Its manufacturers. The Cystogen Chemical Company of 8t
Louis, claim that in cystitis It stops ammonlacal fermentation
of residual urine and the formation of pus In the bladder.
Write for further particulars, mentioning this Journal.
A comparatively new kind of advertising sign which baa
met with great success Is that made by the Meyercord Com-
pany ot Austin, III. The signs are extensively used by mccess-
ful advertisers. Permanency, rich colors, and no coat to dis-
tribute, are among their advantages. Write to tbe main of-
fice, Chamber of Commerce Building, Chicago, tor prices, etc.
Kindly refer to The American Druggist.
Walter F. Ware, ot Philadelphia, has greatly Increased his
business since be began tbe manufacture ot abdominal sup-
ports, suspensories and elastic stockings, and it Is said that
although he recently doubled the capacity ot his bnllding, he la
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and PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO, APRIL 28, 1902.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Bditobials 212, 218
Obioinal Abticlbs :
The Tests and Standards of the FharmaoopoBia, by Lyman F.
Kebler 216
Ol7B Svbscbibbbs' Discttbsionb :
The Use of a W. T. & Co. machine, by George W. Sloan 216
A Simple FrocesB, by Romeo Memmel 216
Shape by Band and Finish with a Mold, by W. M. Van Steen-
burgh 216
Stobb Manaobmbnt : ^
Hie Show Window, continued % 216-218
Dbugoibtb' Coubbb in Ofticb :
The Physiology of Vision, continued 219
Nbw Rbmbdibb:
Tannocfhrome, The Treatment of Foot and Mouth DisesBe, Al-
lamanda Cathartlca, Nandhiroba, New Remedies of 1901. . . 220
Cbbam of Cubbbnt Litbbatubb :
The Use of Acid Nitrate of Mercury in the Analysis of
Saeeharine Liquids, Syrup of Horseradish, An Important
Source of Error in the Use of Kubel-Tlcmann's Method of
Estimating the Amount of Organic Substances In Water,
Poisons in Pharmacy, Cacodylic Acid and Its Compounds. . 221
Hie Preparation of Decoctions and Infusions in the Drug
Store, Tile Examination of Jalap Bulbs for their Resinous
Constituents, Methods of Preserring Urine, Pharmacist and
Man of Letters 222
Spring Remedies, Filling Capsules at the Prescription Counter,
The Law of Pharmacists, Pine Cough Cure, Tooth Paste,
Acetanilid Dentifrice 223
Qdbbibb and Anbwrbs :
Proprietary Titles, Capsicum Petrolatum, New Xork State
Registration, Water Analysis, Pomade Hongrolse, Dye
Recipes, Iron Pyrophosphate and Phosphoric Acid 224
-W^ater Softener, Interchange of Registration, Abbreviated Di-
rections 226
BuBiNBBB Building. .* 226, 227
Nbwb of thb Dhuo World 228-240
IN our issue for March 10 we commented on a decision
rendered in this State to the eflFect that an employer
is not liable for acts of his employees outside their legiti-
mate duties. The St. Louis Court of Appeals has just
decided a case which is of interest as touching this ques-
tion of the liability of employers. In the St. Louis case
the court holds that a clerk who was fined $45 for illegally
selling whisky without a prescription is really not liable,
but that his employer is liable, since the clerk was acting
as his agent. Had the clerk, however, been an unregis-
tered one, the court holds that he would have been per-
sonally liable for the sale, but since he was registered, his
employer should have been made a party *to the suit.
While this decision may be good law, it hardly com-
ports with our ideas of equity, for it would seem to us
that it would be more just to hold personally responsible
a pharmacist who employed an unregistered clerk for the
acts of that clerk, than toliold him responsible for the acts
of a registered clerk. The fact that the clerk is registered
may be considered prima fagie evidence of his knowledge
of the duties and responsibilities of his position ; whereas
an unregistered clerk would be in the position of an un-
skilled laborer set to do hazardous work. Where injury
occurs to an individual in the discharge of his duties that
person is generally conceded to be in a position to recover
any damage resulting from the discharge of those duties
only where he is not aware of their hazardous nature. In
a sense the duties of the drug clerk are hazardous, since
they subject him to certain restrictions and legal liabilities.
If he is warned by his employer of the character of these
liabilities and legal restrictions, then the responsibilities of
the employer should cease. The fact that he is a regis-
tered drug clerk should be construed as prima fagie evi-
dence of a knowledge on his part of these special restric-
tions and liabilities, since it is fair to presume that no clerk
would be registered unless some inquiry had been made
into his knowledge of the laws under which he is to prac-
tice his vocation. Having then this special knowledge of
the dangers or liabilities which his vocation entails the reg-
istered clerk should, in our opinion, be personally liable
for the results of his own acts ; whereas the unregistered
clerk, presumably an ignorant person, should not be held
liable for the results of his acts, the liability resting rather
with his employer, who, knowing him to be unregistered,
had nevertheless intrusted to him duties which should be
performed only by registered and skilled persons. More-
over, where the druggist has employed a registered clerk
he has obeyed the law, and comes into court with clean
hands — ^unless, indeed, he has postively instructed the
clerk to disobey the law, which does not appear to be the
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
case here — ^whereas by employing an unregistered clerk to
perform the tasks that should be assigned to a registered
clerk he has put himself without the pale of the law. It
is true, of course, that the act performed in this case did
not call for skill, and for this reason it is possible that in
equity there would be no difference in the standing of a
registered and of an unregistered clerk ; but if there is any
difference it would seem that the personal liability of the
registered is greater than that of the unregistered clerk.
UQUOR SALES BY PHARMACISTS.
WHEN the plan for handling liquor in the drug store
now in force in Massachusetts was first proposed
it met with our enthusiastic support, as it seemed to offer
a solution of a vexed question which would work well
both for the community and for the drugggist. Under
this plan the druggist is permitted to sell liquors for
medicinal purposes without a prescription, not to be drunk
on the premises, on the payment of a merely nominal
license fee. The, druggist is required, however, to have
a permit from the State Board of Pharmacy before a li-
cense will be issued to him by the excise authorities, and,
Massachusetts being a local option State, the druggist
must also have the permission of the local commimity,
which votes annually on the question as to whether or
not the license will be issued. Theoretically this law has
many advantages. If a druggist abuses his privilege of
selling liquor his license as a pharmacist may be revoked
and he is thus prevented from obtaining an excise license.
The advantage which this arrangement possesses from
the pharmacists' standpoint is that since a transgression
of the law on the part of any one pharmacist tends to
throw odium upon pharmacists at large it is desirable to
vest with the pharmacists themselves some authority for
the prevention of the prostitution of their calling by such
men as have not a proper regard either for their own
dignity or for the law.
Unfortimately this responsibility has proven to be a
source of never ending trouble in Massachusetts, and
there is some question in the minds of many of the lead-
ing pharmacists of that State as to whether the law is
after all as desirable as has been hoped by its framers.
For the good name of pharmacy it may be said, however,
that some of the most bitter opponents to the enactment
of the law, who believed that it would be productive of
great evil in the promotion of the promiscuous sale of
liquors, have changed their views of the matter and freely
admit that the Board of Pharmacy has endeavored to
faithfully carry out the spirit of the law. So many con-
flicting factors have developed, however, that we do not
feel inclined to urge the extension of this method of deal-
ing with the liquor license problem until more definite re-
sults have been attained in Massachusetts.
The more study that we give to this problem, the more
nearly do we come to being convinced that the traffic in
liquor is an unmixed evil, with which the retail drug-
gist should have as little to do as possible. In the State
of New York the druggist is permitted to sell liquor upon
prescriptions only, and to sell alcohol for medicinal or
mechanical purposes upon the payment of an annual li-
cense fee of $5-00, giving an annual bond for $500.00,
which costs an additional $3.00. By the payment of this
$8.00 the druggist is permitted all the privileges which
he has a right to expect and all that it is desirable for him
to have. If he desires to embark in the sale of liquor at
retail, not to be drunk on the premises, he can do so by
taking out a regular storekeeper's license, costing, in the
City of New York, $500.00
We are aware that this sentiment will not meet with
universal approval among our readers, but if those who
think that the retail druggist should have some special
concession to the matter of liquor sales other than that
indicated above will take up the study in a broad spirit
and investigate the conditions existing under the various
liquor laws enforced throughout the United States we are
sure that they, too, will become convinced that for the
good of the calling and of the community at large the
temptation to make a feature of liquor sales should be re-
moved from the drug trade. As noted in our news col-
unms, a number of cases of violation of the liquor law
by pharmacists in this State' have been reported by the
excise authorities, though at the present time nothing
further has been done than the issuance of a formal noti-
fication to the druggists accused. In many of these cases,
and, in fact, we believe in the vast majority of them, there
is no doubt but' that where the law has been transgressed
it is the letter and not the spirit of the law which has been
traversed and we believe that in nearly all of these cases
will be found extenuating circumstances, proving that
the retail druggist is not a willful and continuous breaker
of the law. In a few cases, no doubt, the infraction of the
law has been willful and repeated and such transgressors
deserve no s)mipathy and will receive none from the re-
tail drug trade, whose interest is wholly with the excise
authorities in supporting the just administration of the
law.
Whatever may be the result of the present agitation
in New York State, our readers here should profit by it to
the extent of exercising great care to see that not only
the spirit but the letter of the law is closely adhered to in
their establishments. Not only is this imperative from
a purely selfish -point of view, but it is necessary from the
higher standpoint of a regard for the general welfare of
pharmacy and for the standing of pharmacists as respect-
able and law-abiding citizens.
INDEED the pharmacist's life is not a happy one. The
United States Internal Revenue Department holds
that retail druggists must take out United States liquor
license because they sell alcoholic tinctures, etc. Now
comes a police court justice in New Hampshire, who
holds that the possession of this United States liquor li-
cense taken into conjunction with the presence of a bot-
tle of liquor in a druggist's store is evidence of illegal sale
of liquor. Verily, justice is blindfold.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
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THE TESTS AND STANDARDS OF THE
PHARMACX>POEIA«
Bt Ltman F. Kbblbb, Ph.C,
FblladelpUA, Pa.
(Continued from page m.)
Aloin. — ^Aloin, like several of th* pure purgative prin-
cipies, has-been found to be less certain in its action than
the crude drugs, probably because the colloids in the lat-
ter aid in their solution. It seems to be indisputable that
the crystalline aloin is inactive, but is changed in the in-
testines under certain conditions to an amorphus com-
pound which has irritant effects. As usually met with,
aloin contains more or less resinous matter adhering to
the crystals,. and the more of this matter is present the
lower the melting: point. If a distinct plant principle
deserves recognition by the Pharmacopoeia, it seems to
the writer that every possible requirement should be in-
troduced which will make this article uniform. The arti-
cles at present supplied vary very materially, as the fol-
lowing melting points of a number of samples will show :
106.6, 82.2, 105, 100, 108, 96, 155, 120, 118. On noting
the above melting points it should not require much argu-
ment to show that a melting point for aloin is much,
needed. It should not be below 105** C, nor could we
expect an article to be supplied having a meltine point
of iSSl" C, inasmuch as the article having this high melt-
ing point was especially prepared and was therefore very
pure.
Apocynum cannabinum is so little called for that its
omission from the Pharmacopoeia would not be noticed.
Balsams Peru and Tolu. — ^The purity tests for these
two articles are far from satisfactory. The acid and the
saponification numbers would be of service. The amount
soluble in strong alcohol should be required by all means.
Bmrium Dioxide, — Tests for the absence of chlorides
and nitrates should be given. Experience has shown that
a barium dioxide containing as low as 80 per cent, of
pure material will not give satisfactory results in prac-
tice. The best grades will assay from 85 to 90 per cent,
pure, and these products usually work well.
Belladonna Leaf and Root, — ^A lower limit of alka-
loidal content should be required for both these drugs.
The following results taken at random from the writer's
notes iridicate what can be expected: Belladonna leaves,
with haematoxylin as indicator and direct titration, gave
0-353 per cent.. 0.355, 0.348, 0.32, 0.337, 0.38, 0.438, 0.358,
0.416, 0.42, 043, 0.44. With cochineal the results are
always higher. The moisture in the above samples varied
from 6 to 9 per cent., and the percentage of alkaloids
reported above is based on the anhydrous article. With
belladonna root, direct titration, and cochineal as indi-
cator, the following results were obtained : 0.546 per cent.,
0.91, 0.728, 0.52, 0.514. The average percentage of
moisture was 6 per cent. From the above results it can
readily be seen that a requirement of 0.35 per cent, for
belladonna leaves, and cochineal as indicator, and direct
titration can easily be made. For belladonna root, under
the same conditions, 0.45 per cent, should be the lowest
limit.
Benzoic Acid. — Recently the writer had occasion to
examine into the quality of the natural or so-called Eng-
lish benzoic acid with a view of ascertaining whether or
no the various brands actually are what they are repre-
sented to be. We are assured that pure, natural benzoic
acid is free from chlorine compounds when tested accord-
ing to the following method : Mix i Gm. of benzoic acid
with cither i Gm. of slacked lime or ij4 Gm. of calcium
carbonate, both being free from chlorine compounds, the
mixture moistened with water, dried, then ignited and
the residue dissolved in nitric acid; the restating solu-
tion should not produce a precipitate on adding silver
nitrate. A turbidity or precipitate is practical proof of
a synthetic acidi All the samples of natural benzoic add
examined responded affirmatively to the above chlorine
tests. This evidently substantiates the rumor that manu-
facturers are accustomed to subliming artificial or Ger-
man benzoic acid over gum benzoin or gum benjamin, so
as to obtain the aroma so characteristic of the natural
product. It is barely possible that natural benzoic add
from certain sources does contain chlorine, but until this
has been proven we must consider all natural benzoic
acids containing chlorine to be more or less contaminated
with the artificial product.
Benzoin, — ^The commercial varieties are far from uni-
form. The amount of insoluble matter in strong alcohol
in a number of samples varied from i to 30 per cent A
limit of 10 per cent, insoluble matter in 95 per cent, al-
cohol should be required.
Bismuth Citrate, — ^This article could be dropped with-
out inconvenience to any one. The chief use of it is in
the manufacture of bismuth and ammonium citrate, and.
for this purpose directions for preparing it could well be
included in the preparation of the latter artide. Further-
more, the Pharmacopoeia allows a limit of nitrates in the
bismuth citrate which is to be used in the manufacture
of bismuth ammonium citrate, but rigidly excludes ni-
trates from the latter preparation. TTiis is hardly con-
sistent.
Bismuth Ammonium Citrate, — Inasmuch as the com-
merdal products are of somewhat variable composition, it
would seem desirable to require a higher and a lower
limit of metallic bismuth. The writer's results indicate
that from 42 to 46 per cent, of metallic bismuth is con-
tained in the best quality of bismuth and ammonium
dtrate.
Antipyrine, bismuth subgallate and bismuth sub-
salicylate (64 per cent.) are in sufficient demand to de-
serve recognition by the Pharmacopoeia.
OUR SUBSCRIBERS' DISCUSSIONS.
A SctiM of Mootfify Emyi*
The prize essay in this series was published in our is-
sue for April 14. The next topic for discussion is The
Best Methods for Bu}ring Goods, an announcement of
which appears on advertising page 14 of this issue.
THE USB OF A W. T. & 00. MACHINE.
George W. Sloan, of Indianapolis, says: The task of
making a dozen suppositories was formerly quite a for-
midable one. ' The cooling of the molds, melting of the
cacao butter, the addition of the medicinal agents at the
proper moment and the filling of the molds when the mass
was of the right temperature in order that the medicine
should not drop into the point, all called for spedal skill.
But now how easy ; we use a Whitall, Tatum & Co. No.
3 machine, grated cacao butter and powdered extracts, the
powders are well mixed on a piece of stiff paper, using a
small amount of lycopodium to assist in increasil(g the
bulk of the medicinal portion, as well as to prevent the
extracts from cohering.
In the case of potent drugs we run the mixture
through the machine once or twice without forming the
suppository, in order to have the mass well mixed* still, if
the cacao butter has been finely grated this is not neces-
sary. Sometimes ergotine or ichthyol are ordered; in
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such cases we add powdered elm, powderedalthea,or pow-
dered liquorice ; these serve the purpose of absorbing the
moisture, but one must be careful and remember the
weight of this addition, so as to add the proper amount of
cacao butter. We use the 15-grain molds for the rectal
and the 30-grain for the vaginal. In very warm weather
it is well to chill the barrel of the machine by placing in
ice water or by laying on the ice in the soda fountain ; this
may be done whjle the material is being weighed.
There was a little mold, shown at the St. Louis meet-
ing of the American Pharmaceutical Association last Sep-
tember, called the Allan mold, which serves a very good
purpose, especially where a small business is done. The
preliminary work for the use of this machine should be
the same as for the one described. By the use of the
Allan machine a dozen suppositories may be finished in
from ID to 15 minutes, but the ^lold must be dusted with
lycopodium each time it is used to prevent the suppository
from sticking.
We have a large number of prescriptions for supposi-
tories, and we make them as easily and quickly as we do
pills or powders. I have not used the melted method for
several years, neither do we use the addition of wax or
^>erniaceti or other substances to harden the mass, finding
that pure cacao butter is preferable in every way.
PRMSE FOR THE NET DEPARTMENT.
IVm. Mittelbach, of BoonvUle, Mo., writes: I am very
' much interested in the Subscribers' Discussions, and shall
certainly participate when I think I have anything of inter-
est to say. The first discussion on methods of filing pre-
scriptions resulted very satisfactorily, and those that fol-
lowed it have certainly learned something. I did. The
second discussion yielded some very practicable informa-
tion. Unfortunately I have very little prescription work
to do, and consequently have had little experience in en-
capsulating liquids or making suppositories. I inclose a
short description from my clerk, stating how he makes
suppositories. The point in his method is the way he
forms them by pressing the pliable mass into molds, thus,
getting them of the same shape always, and of uniform
size. This method is more satisfactory to me than lique-
fying the mass and having to use the cold storage process,
or simply shaping them by hand.
You certainly deserve great credit and a large increase
of subscribers for inaugurating these Subscribers' Discus-
sions.
A SIMPLE PROCESS.
Romeo Memmel, with IVm. Mittetbach, of BoonvUle,
Mo., contributes the following: Mix the ingredients thor-
oughly with a sufficient quantity of grated cacao butter
and niake into a mass. One or two drops of castor or
olive oil may be added to impart plasticity, if necessary.
Accurately divide the mass into the requisite number of
parts, using finely powdered starch as dusting powder.
Shape the suppositories a little with the fingers and press
them into a well dusted mold, with the thumb or a small
wooden plunger slightly concave at the end. Unclamp
the mold and the suppositories, which will be of uniform
shape and size, can be easily removed. Use a Bartlett or
any similar mold having 6 or 12 holes.
SflAPESV HAND AND FINISH TOTH A MOLD.
W. M. Van Steenburgh, Red Hook. N. Y., combines
hand work ivith a mold work, as follows: My general
mode of making suppositories is to take Oleum Theo-
broma 160 grs. for one dozen suppositories; if, say, mor-
phine, etc., is prescribed, if a bulky ingredient is pre-
scribed I deduct that much from the cacao butter. I mix
- them in a mortar, add a few drops Of olive oil, whidi
mass it, then roll out, on a glass pill tile, and divide into
12 parts. (In dividing I roll to 24, and then take two
notches for each division.) I then dust my suppository
mold with lycopodium. The mold is in two parts. I
shape the suppositories by hand very roughly, put them in
the mold, press the mold together (sometimes give it i
tap), run a spatula over the top to even it off and they are
done. I can finish a dozen this way by the time one gets
them melted where brat is used, and you are sure of it be-
ing thoroughly mixed.
STORE MANAGEMENT.
Conducted by T. A. DawMHu
/« (utdiHoH to publishing a series of articles covering the atmrntr-
eial side of pharmacy, the editor of this department will en-
deavor to discuss, criticise, advise and give information on
any question pertaining to the business management of IMe
drug store propounded by readers of the American Druggist.
This feature of the department is intended to constilulea busi-
ness gvery column forthe readers of the. Knv.KiCKTt Druggist,
and all queries regarding business matters addressed to it wit!
be freely answered.
THE SHOW WINDOW. (Coutinufd.)
ANOTHER very effective trim in which the frames
illustrated in the last number were used for the
background is shown in the sketch Fig. 8 ; this was a
spring trim, for Easter week, the color scheme of green
and pink being symbolic of the season.
The frames were tinted a light yellowish green and
the lattice work in the side screens and the sunburst in
the top frames done in transparent parchment paper of
Sanburst Screen tor Easter
a delicate pink tint. For the latticing the parchment pa-
per was cut with knife and straight-edge into ribbrois
half an inch wide, and these were woven diagonally
across the backs of the frames, one strip at the time, and
the ends fastened with glue. The rays for the sunburst
were cut from a point at one end to a width of four inches
at the other and also glued to the back of the frames one
at a time, the segment of the circle at the meeting point
of the rays being cut from white cardboard and covered
with the pink parchment.
In the caning formed by the frames was draped a
white scrim curtain with pink fleur-de-lys figure, this was
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tacked on at the back in pleats and drawn sharply back
at the center to form the diamond shaped opening indi-
cated by the dotted lines shown in Fig. 8.
In this trim the bevel front platforms in the bottom
of the window were covered with jewelers* cotton, light
green on the bevels and pink on the tops of the platforms.
The bevel fronts were draped with festoons of artificial
smilax and a rope of loosely twisted strands of the smilax
runs around the edges of the platform. Artificial cama-r
tions in tall glass flower-holders — from the fancy goods
stock — were also a part of the decorations.
Artificial flowers and vines, as well as the better
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Backgronnds.
known " preserved " palms, are a great help in window
trimming, and a stock of them should form part of the
" properties " of every window trimmer. They may be
used over and over, if taken care of and laid away in
boxes when not in use. Vines and flowers may be used
in almost every trim ; the former, smilax, grape, autumn
leaf, holly, etc., coming in strands of a yard in length.
In flowers the most useful varieties are carnations, roses,
violets and daisies.
As an illustration how a complete transformation may
be made in the appearance of a trim by rearranging the
same materials, it may be of interest to describe the way
in which this trim was made to do duty for another week.
The ribbon lattice work was torn out of the side frames
and replaced by the scrim taken from the center opening.
over the cotton, the vines and flowers being removed.
The silkoline, being very thin, the tint of the cotton was
seen through it, making an odd and beautiful eflFect. Two
palms were placed in each window,- the pots covered with
a suitable shade of crepe paper, and a curtain made from
the scrim was hung from a wire stretched across the back
opening of the windows at a hight of twenty inches from
the bottom of the platform.
With such a background as that used in the trim
shown in Fig. 8 the obscuration of light from the win-
dows is practically nil, so transparent is the parchment
paper, yet it stops the eye as eflFectively as would a solid
background. One can scarcely realize without seeing it
the beautiful effect obtained with such ordinary material
as parchment wrapping paper; the side lattices were
especially fine, as where the ribbons crossed small dia-
monds of a deeper shade of pink were formed. Many
observers asked if the material was court plaster, so near-
ly did it resemble the pink or flesh colored plaster in tint
and transparency.
Instead of lattice work some fine effects may be ob-
tained by folding the paper and cutting away portions of
it — ^as is done in kindergarten work — so that when un-
folded an all-over open work pattern or design is ob-
tained. Fig. 9 is given as an example of the manner in
which it may be done, the patterns formed by making
different cuts being limitless, as a few experiments with
Fig. 10. — Paper Folded for Catting. The Dotted Lines Indicate
Where Cuts Are to Be Made.
the scrim being tacked to the back of the side frames in
long straight folds. White silkoline was draped across
the front of the sunburst at the top, and looped up in
graceful folds, thus partly obscuring the sunburst. ,The
platforms were covered with white silkoline, loosely' laid
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as a Baals for Window Frame Designs.
scissors and white wrapping paper will show. To make
circular patterns, fold the paper in the same manner as
in crimping a filter paper ; Fig. 10 is an example of how
the paper may be cut. To make pleasing patterns the
cuts must always be made parallel with' each other and
more of the paper cut away than is left; in^hat way
well proportioned, open patterns are obtained. It is by
this same principle of repetition in design that the well-
known stage trick of folding up a newspaper, making a
few quick tears in it and unfolding the paper, now trans-
formed into a lace-work pattern, is done. Circular de-
signs of suitable size cut from colored parchment paper
make good ornaments for the store scale pans; they
should be of the same diameter as the outer edge of the
pan and fastened by a dab of paste in the center to a
circle of cardboard of contrasting color that fits the bot-
tom of the pan.
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As an aid to the construction of, and of use in sug-
gesting, different combinations of screen frames for
forming backgrounds, the trimmer will find this plan
useful: Procure a sheet of cross section paper (from any
dealer in drawing materials), with twelve lines to the
inch; this paper will be covered with faint blue lines
crossing at right ^gles, every twelfth line, marking off
the inches, being slightly heavier than the others. With
compass and rule and pencil project upon the paper some
Fig. 12. — Frame for Background of Window.
such series of geometric figures as is shown in Fig. ii,
making the drawing upon a scale of one inch to the foot,
the outer edge of the design being made from careful
measurements of the back openings of the windows to
be trimmed.
With the aid of such a scale drawing the trimmer may
Fig. 13. — Frame for Background of Window.
go ahead and make back frames of any desired design
without being obliged to do any actual measuring or
fitting in the windows. Furthermore, he can often make
an entirely different background by taking some of the
.
Fig. 14. — Frame for Background of Window.
units from different sets of frames and combining them
or adding some new part to them. For the straight parts
of frames the i J^-inch picket stuff is best ; circles may be
made from barrel hoops or children's toy hoops, or, if
very small, from embroidery hoops. Large arches may
be made from window-stop stuff — ^the strips that go on
the sides of ordinary house window frames to hold the
sashes in place — ^which may be readily bent into the de-
Fig. 15. — Frame for Background of Window.
sired shape. Small arches can be made with light or
heavy cardboard.
Figs. 12, 13, 14 and 15 indicate a few of the many
shapes into which background frames may be made, and
the form of the sections that go to make up a set of
frames. These are mere suggestions ; the individual trim-
mer will express his taste and ideas of decoration in
whatever forms he thinks pleasing.
In some cases it is advisable to make a permanent
frame, or one that is used most of the time, for the back
of the window. This can be done by making a series of
frames, like the side panels of Fig. 8, but shorter, to
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reach across the window. Usually these are made of
such a hight as will admit of seeing over either from in-
side the store or from the -sidewalk. They may be filled
with a suitable fabric by tacking it upon the back, either
plain or in perpendicular folds or pleats, or the fabric
may be drawn over the front and back of the frames and
tacked on the outer edge, so as to form a series of pands
with solid flat surfaces. In the latter case some heavy
opaque fabric should be used, as art denim or burlaps,
or printed velours ; the patterns should be matched, as in
hanging wall paper, where the panels come together.
If the frames are exposed they should first be treated
with Alabastine and sandpapered smooth, and then given
two or three coats of colored enamel. In the " Holiday
window display," shown in the last number, there is
a ribbon ornament on the top bar of each side frame,
hardly discernible in the photo, that looks as though it
were carved in high relief from the wood. This eflfect
was secured by talcing heavy cotton tape, half an inch
wide, dipping it in thick Alabastine and la3ring it upon the
Alabastine coated frame in such a way as to form an
Empire ribbon ornament, the loops standing free and
clear and the streamers flowing in graceful waves to each
comer, where they formed a toiot, and extending part of
the way down the sides. The loops were supported until
the plaster set. This ornament was afterward pven
several heavy coats of the Alabastine and finally gilded
with gold paint.
DRUGGISTS' course: IN OPTICS.
Coiidiictw by C» H* BcowOf WtPti
President of the Philedelphie Optical OoDeice
Tkts series of papers is designed to furnish informaiion which
is required by druggists far the intelligent handling of a line
of optical goods. The first of the series appeared in our issue
for September 24, 1^00,
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF VISION. {Continued.
THE ACCOMMODATION OF OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS.
AN optical instrument, composed of refracting lenses,
cannot be made to serve at the same time for near
and far distances. In a refracting telescope or spy-glass,
if the instrument be directed toward any part of the land-
scape, objects at a certain distance (xily are distinctly seen ;
all other objects, situated within or beyond this distance,
are obscure or imperceptible. This is necessarily the case,
smce a lens or system of lenses can bring to a focus at
one spot only those rays which strike its anterior surface
with a certain degree of divergence. The formation of a
visible image at a certain spot depends entirely upon the
refracting power of the lenses, being such that all the rays
diverging from a particular point of the object shall be
again brought to an exact focus at the plane where the
image is to be perceived. If the object be placed at an in-
definite distance near the horizon, or if it be one of the
heavenly bodies, the rays emanating from any one point
of such an object reach the telescope under so slight a de-
gree of divergence that they are practically parallel, and
on being refracted they will be brought to a focus at a
short distance behind the lens.
But if the object be nearer, the rays emanating from
it strike the lens under a higher degree of divergence.
The same amount of refractive power in the instrument
produces a less rapid convergence than in the former case,
and the rays are consequently brought to a focus at a
greater distance behind the lens. To provide for this
difficulty the spy-glass is constructed with a sliding tube,
by which the distance of the eye-piece from the object
may be changed at will. For the examination of remote
objects the dye-piece is pushed forward, so as to bring
into view the image formed at a short distance behind the
lens ; for the examination of near objects it is drawn back-
ward to receive the image placed further to the rear. This
is the accommodation of the spy-glass for vision at diflfer-
ent distances.
ACCOMMODATION OF THE EYE.
A similar necessity (for distinct vision at different dis-
tances) exists in the optical apparatus of the eye. We
have seen that the emmetropic eye in its passive condition
.(that is, when at rest and without making any effort)
focused parallel rays of light exactly upon the retina.
When, however, the rays proceed from objects nearer than
. twenty feet they are no longer parallel, but are then diver-
gent, and consequently in this condition cannot be focused
upon the retina unless there is some change in the refract-
ive condition of the eye, because such rays require more
converging than parallel rays in order to be focused at the
same distance. The nearer an object approaches to the
eyes, and consequently the more divergent the rays that
proceed from it, the greater the amount of converging
(and therefore the stronger the refracting lens) that will
be required, provided it is desired' to keep the focus at the
same distance.
The eye must possess some means of increasing its
refractive power in order that these divergent rays of light
may still be sharply focused upon the retina, or else we
would all be deprived of the 'pleasure of clear vision of
close objects ; because, a^ we have already seen, the dis-
tinctness of the image formed in the eye of the observer
depends upon the rays of light being brought to a perfect
focus upon the retina.
That the eye does possess such a .power of variation
of sight for different distances can be proven not only by
reasoning, but by direct experiment. This is shown in the
case of the emmetropic eye, by which objects situated at
various distances from the eye can, within a certain range,
be seen with almost equal distinctness; as, for instance,
such an eye can read the large letters on a sign a hundred
feet or more away, the letters being clear and distinct,
and the next second the same eye can read a page of small-
est t3rpe held a few inches from the eyes, the letters being
equally as distinct as in the case of the sign one hundred
feet away. If the type is brought closer to the eyes the
individual becomes conscious of a sense of effort which
increases as the type gets nearer, until presently the type
gets so close that the divergence of the rays proceeding
from it can no longer be overcome, and then the letters
become blurred; this shows that there must exist some
provision by which the eye is enabled to adapt itself to
vision at different distances, so that whatever length the
focal distance may be the focal point may always fall ex-
actly upon the retina.
An illustration of this adaptability of the eye that has
been frequently used, but that is as good as it is old, is to
stretch in front of the eye, at a distance of seven or eight
inches, a plain gauze veil or other woven fabric formed of
fine threads with tolerably open meshes, so that objects
beyond may be readily visible through its tissue. If this
veil be held between the eye and a printed page (using
only one eye) we can see at will either the threads of the
veil or the letters on the printed page through the inter-
stices of the veil, but we cannot distinctly see both at the
same time. When we see the threads -of the veil sharply
defined the printed page is so blurred and indistinct that
we are conscious of it only as an indistinct background;
and when we direct our attention to the letters, so that
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they are clear and legible, the threads of the veil become
almost imperceptible and seem but as an intervening film,
which scarcely interferes by its presence with the reading.
In order to see sharply either one or the otl\er, we are
conscious of a change which we involuntarily make in the
adjustment of the eyes.
When a fly alights on a window pane and our atten-
tion is attracted to it so that we see it clearly the landscape
beyond becomes indistinct and obscure ; but when we look
directly at the landscape, so as to see its beauties, the fly
on the pane becomes a shapeless spot.
It is evident, therefore, from the f or^;oing illustrations
that the eye cannot perceive distinctly and at the same
time objects which are situated' at different distances, but
that it must fix alternately the nearer and the more re-
mote, and examine each in turn. It is also evident that in
thus bringing alternately the one or the other object into
distinct view, there must occur some change in the re-
fractive power of the eye, by which the sight is adiapted
to the distance or nearness of the object under examina-
tion.
The change which takes place as above described or
the power of variation and adjustment of the eye for
vision at different distances is known as the accommoda-
tion of the eye, and it is being constantly brought into
requisition. Th^e method by which the accommodation of
the eye is effected forms one of the most important parts
of the physiology of si^ht, and this power of adaptation of
the eye to vision at different distances has received the"
most varied explanations.
NEW REMEDIES.
Tannochrome. The chemical works of G. Hell &
Co. announce the early appearance of a new tannin com-
pound, tannochrome, which will be a combination of
resorcin and bitannated chromic oxide, occuring as a 50
per cent, solution and a 50 per cent, powder. {Pharma-
ceutische Post, February 23, 1902.)
The Treatmeat of Foot and Mouth
A new method of treatment in this disease has been de-
vised (Pharmaceutische Zeitung, January 29, 1902), in
addition to Bacelli's method' of injecting mercuric bi-
chloride into the veins. The new method was devised by
Jarre, and consists in applying to the diseased parts a 33
per cent, solution of chemically pure chromic acid. Re-
covery takes place quickly and safely. The remedy must
be chemically pure, for if it is mixed with sulphuric acid
the healing will not take place. The treatment is recom-
mended by the French Ministry of Agriculture.
Allamanda Cathartica is a plant of the family
Apocynaceae, which grows in Guiana and Brazil. It con-
tains a milky juice, and the parts used are the stem and the
juice. (Formulaire des Medicaments Nouveaux, 1902,
page 14.) In small doses it is cathartic, in large doses
poisonous. The extract of the bark is recommended by
Desportes as a hydragogue. The juice was used by AUa-
mand, in order to combat the constipation of lead poison-
ing. The infusion of the leaves is a very good cathartic.
The aqueous extract is used in doses of from 6 to 12 Cg.
(i to 2 grains). The dose of the juice is 10 drops, and
an infusion may be prepared with 10 parts of the leaves to
1,000 parts of water.
Nandhiroba or Naandhiroba is the seed of
Fovillea Cordifolia, L., N. O. Cucurbitacese-Nandhirobeae,
habitat Brazil, the Antilles and Guiana. The seeds con-
tain a fixed oil, a resin, a bitter principle, mucilage and
sugar. Their physiological action is that of a purgative,
febrifuge, vermifuge and emetic. According to R. Brown
(Formulaire des Medicaments Nouveaux, 1902, page 190)
these seeds antagonize the action pf snake venom, and may
be used both externally and internally for this purpose.
The seeds are also considered as antidotes for a variety of
vegetable poisons — e. g., nux vomica, rhus toxicodendron,
etc. It can only be of use in a case of poisoning if ad-
ministered very promptly. An emulsion is prepared from
the seeds.
New Remedies of 1901.
Continued from page 99
Quinine acetylsalicylate. This occurs in the form of white
needles, having a bitter taste.
Quinotropine (eurotroplne urate) a white powder, soluble
In water, zxxix, 146.
Quinine sulphophenolate, sulphocreosotate and the add
hydrochlorate have all been recommended for the preventiod
of malaria.
Sidonal and New-Sidonal. Sidonal, or peperazin quinate,
which has been recommended in gouty dLasthesis, has not
come into general use, probably on account of its great cost
Under the name of " New-Sidonal " a cheaper quinie add prep-
aration has been placed upon the market, which is described
as iln " inner anhydride of quinie acid " (" Pharmaceutische
Post;* Vol. XXXV, No. 4). It occurs as a white crystalUne
powder of an agreeable taste, soluble in water. The prepara-
tion is very readily converted into quinie acid by dilute adds
and alkalies, and also in the stomach, in the intestines, in the
blood and in the tissues, and the acid being liberated in the
nascent state, it naturally exerts a very powerful influence.
New-Sidonal is claimed to have all the advantages of quinie
acid without any of the disadvantages. The daily dose is
from 2 to 3 Gm.
Solvosol potassium and solvosol lithium is the nalne given
by the Helfenberg Chemical Works to the potassium and Uth-
ium salts respectively of salolorthophosphinate. The prepara-
tions are recommended as antiseptics, and also internally as
diuretics and antiarthritics.
Sucramine is a sweetening agent, said to be a soluble am-
monium salt of saccharin, xzxvUi, SiST.
Tannalin is a preparation made from the pine and fir trees,
which is recommended as a local application and also as an
addition to baths.
Tartrophen is an analogue of citrophen, the tartaric add
repladng the citric add.
Thlalium is a specialty containing a new lithium salt, which
has been recommended as a uric acid solvent.
Thiocol serum is a Swiss preparation, which is claimed to
be valuable as a rectal infusion, combining the quaUtiea of
both thiocol and blood serum, xxzix, 385.
Thiosinamin preparations have been recommended for the
treatment of hypertrophied cicatrices, sclerodermia, etc It Is
used in the form of injections, ten per cent, solution in glycerin
waiter.
Thymatol, or thymol carbonate, occurs as a white crystal-
line substance, and is recommended in doses of 2 grams three
times a day as an anthylmetic, xxxvili, 67.
Tincture of the seed of Orataegi oxyacantha. This tincture
exerts a tonic action on the heart and is given in doses of ten
to fifteen drops once a day.
Tincture of silphyus lacinatus is given in doses of ten drops
several times a day, to relieve the difficulty of breathing in
tuberculous patients.
Trlf errin is an iron salt of parancleinic acid, made by pre-
cipitating with an iron salt the phosphorus bearing constitu-
ents of casein, which have previously been brought into solu-
tion through the action of pepsin, xxxix, 146.
Tuberculol albumin (T. A.) is a one per cent solution of the
pure toxin-free curative products of tubercle bacilli, 84.
Typhase is a typhus antitoxin.
Urol is a qulnate of urea, which is recommended in the
treatment of gout and gravel, etc.
Urosin is a double dtrate of urotropin and lithium. It is
a white crystalline powder, easily soluble in water, and is
recommended for use in gravel, xxxix, 386.
Validol camphorate is a ten per cent solution of camphor
in validol, which is recommended for the treatment of tooth-
ache.
Zomol is a meat extract which is evaporated to dryness at
a low temperature. It is recommended particularly in the
treatment of tuberculosis. It occurs in small blood red scales
soluble In water. 26.
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Cream of Current Literature
A summary of the leadlag articlM In ooattmpormry pharmaceutical periodicals.
ie, Febniary*
Repertoire de
On the Use of Acid Nitrate of Mercury in the Ancdy-
sis of Saccharine Liquids. By G. Patein and E. Dufau.
— ^The chief difficulty in the analysis of saccharine solu-
tions lies in the removal of those substances which may
be present with the sugars, and which also polarize light
and reduce cupric solutions. For a long time the ae-»
colorization of these solutions by means of lead sub-
acetate, and the precipitation of the excess of the latter
by sodium carbonate were considered the best methods, but
since it was discovered that the procedures entail a loss
of some of the sugar in solution the neutral acetate was
substituted for the subacetate. Even this last reagent,
used in the form of Courtonne's solution, does not pre-
cipitate certain nitrogenous compounds which often ocbur
in the liquids to be examined, and the authors recommend
the use of a solution of acid nitrate of mercury as a pre-
cipitant of the substances other than sugars that polarize
light. An objection against this reagent has been raised
by Lepine and Boulud, who state that it decomposes su-
gars. This is true in the presence of heat and alkalies, or
on prolonged exposure to light, but not in the conditions
in which the reagent is used by the authors.
The reagent is prepared by adding to 220 Gm. of yel-
low mercuric oxide from 300 to 400 Cc. of water, and
the exact amount of nitric add which is necessary to dis-
solve it. A few drops of caustic soda solution are added
until a yellow precipitate appears ; enough water is added
to make a liter, and the solution is filtered. The soda
solution used is soapmaker's lye diluted' three times by
volume with water.
The method of employing this reagent is as follows :
20 Cc. of the solution to be tested are placed in a grad-
uate, and 10 Cc. of the mercuric solution are added, the
liquid shaken, and by means of a burette the soda solu-
tion is added drop by drop, stirring the while with a glass
rod, leaving the precipitate to settle after the addition o£
every five or six drops. If the lye does not contain an
excess of carbonates the precipitate is at first white, then
yellowish, then darkens gradually. If the lye is strongly
carbonated the precipitate is dark brown. The soda so-
lution is added until a drop of the liquid no longer turns
litmus paper red. Enough water is now added to make
so Cc, and the mixture is shaken and filtered. The
filtrate should be perfectly neutral, or slightly alkaline,
and remain clear. It may now be examined by the sac-
charimeter. In testing this solution by Fehling's method
it is necessary, however, first to remove all traces of mer-
cury by adding a few drops of hydrochloric acid and
8 Cgm. of sodium thiosulphate.
Syrup of Horseradish, By P. Carles. — ^This syrup
is extensively used as an antiscorbutic. In preparing it
it is necessary to distill the extract at a certain stage of
the process, and this is not easy for the average druggist,
who has no still, owing to the fear of the Revenue Office.
The formulas in the French Codex for this syrup are
too complicated and should be revised.
An Important Source of Error in the Use of Kubel-
Tiemann's Method of Estimating the Amount of Organ-
ic Substances in Water, By M, Duyk. — The author calls
attention to the fact that the potassium permanganate
method of estimating the organic constituents of drink-
ing-water is not accurate on account of the presence of
oxidizable salts, such as the nitrites, the sulphates, the
ferrous salts, etc., but he particularly emphasizes the
source of error which arises from the presence of com-
mon s£^lt, a constituent abundantly present in these wa-
ters. In the course of a series of analyses of the drink--
ing water of the city of Ostende the author found that
in spite of the fact that the water had been filtered by
the method of Howatson-Berge, there was always a
large proportion of organic material to be found in the
samples submitted, though the other analytic findings
did not point to contamination, and though the bacterial
examination was very satisfactory. When potassium
permanganate and sodium chloride are brought into con-
tact the permanganate is decomposed, and there is
formed, at the expense of the hydrochloric acid, chlorine,
h}^ochlorous acid and water, while colorless manganese
chloride remains in solution. Experiments showed that
this decomposition takes place in the ordinary dilution
of drinking water. Hence the sodium chloride must be
first eliminated, in order to get accurate results with the
permanganate method in cases of doubt. The best pro-
cedure for this purpose is the addition of silver oxide,
which precipitates the chlorine in the form of silver chlo-
ride. An excess of moist silver oxide is added and al-
lowed to remain in the water for an hour, the super-
natant liquid is then decanted, and tested for*the presence
of chlorides, if need be. The liquid thus obtained is now
tested by the method of Kubel-Tiemann or that of
Schultze-Trommsdorflf.
Poisons in Pharmacy. — An anon3rmous article, deal-
ing with the question of dispensing certain poisons with-
out prescription, written apropos of a recent criminal
trial in France. If the criminal knew that he could not
obtain any poison without leaving indelible traces of the
transaction behind him, he would often hesitate in his
work. The detection of forged prescriptions and of de-
mands for poisons for criminal purposes requires a con-
siderable amount of practice and experience with the
public, which can only be acquired in active business.
The apprenticeship of the pharmaceutical student in
actual practice is therefore most important, and cannot
be displaced by an additional year of study in a school
of pharmacy.
BoUetino Chtmfco Famucetitlco, Febraaf /» Fint Fortnight*
Cacodylic Acid and Its Compounds, By Dr. Giu-
seppe Siboni. (Continued.) — The author describes in
this study the various cacodylic compounds, such as so-
dium, potassium, calcium, barium, lithium, magnesium
and silver, mercury and codeine cacodylates. He gives
the following formula for hypodermic administration :
( 1 ) Cacodylic acid, 5 Gm., to be completely saturated
with sodium carbonate, and to be mixed with coacine hy-
drochlorate, 0.08 Gm., 0.08 Gm. of creosote dissolved in 8
Gm. of alcohol, six drops, and sterilized water enough to
make 100 Cc. Each cubic centimeter of this solution con-
tains 0.05 of cacodylic acid.
(2) Sodium cacodylate, 6.40, carbolic acid and alcohol
1. 10, ten drops, distilled water 100 Cc. The whole is
boiled, in capsules of silver or porcelain, cooled and fil-
tered; the solution brought to 100 Cc, and filled into a
sterilized bottle. Each cubic centimeter contains 5 Cg. of
sodium cacodylate.
For administration by mouth the author gives the fol-
lowing formulae: (i) Sodium cacodylate, 2; rum and
syrup of each grain xx ; distilled water, 60 ; peppermint
essence, 2, of which a teaspoonful contains o.io Gm. of
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sodium cacodylate. (2) Sodium cacodylate, o.io; ex-
tract of gentian, enough to make one pill.
PfuurmacetttlKhe CeatraUufle* Fcbraary,
The Preparation of Decoctions and Infusions in the
Drug Store. By J. Varges. — Here and there at various
times there have appeared suggestions in literature which
seek to abolish the water-bath in the preparation of in-
fusions. Thus, Conrady recommends that the finely
ground drug be exhausted after the manner of percola-
tion with hot water. Digitalis, cinchona, etc., should be
percolated with boiling water, and senega root with hot
water at 60 degrees C, according to this author. Knorr
recommends the use of fluid extracts in the preparation
of infusions and decoctions, as is done frequently in
America. The author's experiments were directed to-
ward solving the question as to whether it is advisable
to infuse or decoct several drugs together in one vessel
when a number of vegetable infusions or decoctions are
ordered in a mixture. The author found that a separate
infusion for each drug was necessary, inasmuch as the
extract obtained from the various infusions made in the
course of the experiments showed diflferences according
to the time of infusion and the drug used. In boiling
several drugs in one vessel the extraction of extract does
not progress commensurately in all drugs with the time
of decoction, and no time or fuel is saved. In the case
of infusions the simultaneous method is slightly more
favorable, but it is better to make each infusion sepa-
rately, as rib time is saved by the other method. The
use of concentrated infusions according to Hager's for-
mula is to be condemned, according to the author. (Feb-
ruary 13, 1902.)
The Examination of Jalap Bulbs for Their Resinous
Constituents. By Dr. Georg Weigel. — The amount of
resin in Jalap bulbs varies from 5 to 15 per cent., but a
good quality should not contain less than from 10 to 12
per cent. Bulbs rich in resin are generally in great de-
mand, and command high prices, while the so-called drug
house variety, poor in resin, does not find a ready sale.
The fourth edition of the German Pharmacopoeia de-
mands 9 per cent, of resin, and the Pharmacopoeias of
other countries vary from 9 to 18 per cent, in their re-
quirements for jalap. The process of assay recommended
by the German Pharmacopoeia is totally inadequate, as has
been pointed out by a number of authorities of late, for,
according to this process, less resin was always found
than was actually present in the root. The author inves-
tigated the comparative value of different methods of as-
saying jalap bulbs, and found that the results differed
slighdy with each. Thus, in finely powdered jalap, he
found 9.05 per cent, of resin, according to the method
prescribed by the German Pharmacopoeia, 10.52 per cent,
by Fromme's method, and 9.90 per cent, by Schweissin-
ger's method. By Hager's method he was able to obtain
10.27 per cent., and regards it therefore as the most effi-
cient of all. Exactly 5 Gm. of the powder are mixed with
the same amount in bulk of washed river sand, and the
mixture brought into an extracting capsule. It is then
heated with about 60 Gm. of 96 per cent, alcohol on the
water bath, for from an hour to three hours. Two hours
were usually sufficient to obtain all of the resin. The
alcoholic dark yellow extract was filtered into a conical
beaker, of known weight, the extraction flask and the filter
were washed with alcohol and the fluid was evaporated
to drjmess on a water bath. The resinous residue was re-
peatedly digested with 30 Cc. of distilled water, the first
water assuming a dark yellow, the second a light yellow
tint, the third remaining colorless. The water was al-
ways removed after allowing the fluid to cool, which has
the advantage of allowing the resin to collect into a lump
and to precipitate upon the bottom and sides of the vessel,
so that on removing the water no resin is lost. The resin
was finally dried in a drying oven with water bath jacket
until the weight remained constant. The advantages of
this method are that it enables us to obtain the total resin
in a comparatively short time — i. e., within a few hours-
while the other methods require two or even three days.
In this method it is not necessary to consider whether tiie
powder be 'finely or coarsely ground, for the results are
the same. This method allows of a more complete extrac-
tion and assay of the resin than the others. — February 20.
■
Methods of Preserving Urine. By Dr. O. Schweis-
singer. — This is a commentary on a recent article on the
same subject which appeared in the Pharmaceutical Cen-
tralhalle, and was abstracted in this column. The author
says that thymol is the most useful of all the preservatives
that are added to urine. This agent preserves the urine
almost perfectly, and almost never interferes with the
reactions to be obtained in urinalysis. A granule of
thymol as large as the head of a pin added to a bottle of
urine containing 100 Cc, of the latter, prevents decomposi-
tion for a long time. In his examination he makes it a
practice to keep the urine for a few days after the report
has been sent out, so that the original specimen may be
available for further tests should any be required. In
addition he has a collection of interesting urine specimens
which he keeps only by virtue of the thymol, which he
adds to the specimens when they are received. Some
specimens in his collection are several years old, and still
do not show any signs of decomposition. Organic sedi-
ments cannot be preserved for a long time, however, as
decomposition of the organic matter takes place. In or-
der to keep these objects, microscopical preparations must
be made. — February 27.
BttUctln of PhMnDMCfp Jamsaty.
Pharmacist and Man of Letters. By Thomas Maben.
— H. Bellyse Baildon, M.A. (Cantab.), Ph.D., F.R.S.L.,
F.R.S.E., son of Henry C. Baildon, a pharmacist of Edin-
burgh, and himself a pharmacist, has been elected pro-
fessor of English Literature in University College, Dun-
dee, to succeed Professor McCormick, who has resigned
this post to take the position of a trustee of the Carnegie
fund for Scotland. Dr. Baildon was a schoolfellow of
Robert Louis Stevenson and his intimate friend. After
graduating from Edinburgh University he went to Cam-
bridge to study for holy orders, where he took a degree,
but eventually entered his father's business, and having
passed the minor examination, joined the firm as partner
in 1872. In 1875 Dr. Baildon qualified as pharmaceutical
chemist, and in 1881 was elected a member of the Scotch
Board of Examiners, filling that post until 1886. His
father died in 1881, and in 1887 Dr. Baildon withdrew
altogether from pharmacy, having already won a place
in general literature. His published works include the
following volumes : *' First Fruits and Shed Leaves "
( 1873) ; •' Rosamund : a Tragic Drama " ( 1875) ;
•'Morning Clouds" (1877); "The Spirit of Nature"
^ (1880) ; " Emerson— Man and Teacher " (1884). His
* later works may also be mentioned here, these being an
" Introduction to the Poetical Works of Sir Walter
Scott" (1890); "The Merry Month" (1893): "The
Rescue and Other Poems " (1893) ; while during the last
year he has published " Robert Louis Stevenson : A Life
Study and Criticism," Dr. Baildon was the editor of
the " Round Table Series," and has been a constant con-
tributor to various magazines and publications. He
studied at Freiburg University for five semesters, and
delivered there a course of lectures on Modem English
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Poetry, taking the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in
English and German Literature and Philology, For a
year he occupied with distinction the post of lecturer
on English language and literature in the Imperial Uni-
versity of Vienna, and at present is one of the examiners
in English Literature in the University of Glasgow,
Spring Remedies. By S. B. Cooban, — The author
presents several formulas for spring remedies, with sug-
gestions for their exploitation.
Filling Capsules at the Prescription Counter. By A.
B. Burrows. — The author recommends the following
process for filling capsules with powders : First moisten
the whole amount of powder slightly with water or
glycerin to facilitate compression, and, after applying the
body of the capsule successively upon the powder until
filled, carefully weigh each finished capsule, taking out
or adding more powder as required. The powder on the
slab should be pressed dov^^p flat with considerable pres-
sure by the spatula from time to time as the filling pro-
gresses. By practice one can estiniate to a small fraction
of a grain the capacity of the various sizes of capsules
lor different substances. By this method it is possible to
compress at least 33 Yz per cent.- more material in a cap-
sule than the estimated capacity as given on the boxes.
Whys in Pharmacy. By Edsall A. Ruddiman. — ^This
is a continued article containing a number of questions
concerning details in pharmaceutical manipulations and
processes with answers.
Phamucecftical Eta*
The Laiv of Pharmacists. By Louis Lande, LL.B. —
The author, who is a member of the New York Bar, sets
forth that his article is written with the view of giving
the pharmacist a general idea of the laws applying to
him. He first gives a general definition of the term
" drug " as a word applying to all articles ordinarily and
usually kept in a drug store. The laws applying to the
sale of drugs are divided into civil and criminal. A drug-
gist in the State of New York may be held criminally
liable for violations of the laws pertaining to pharmacy
in the Penal Code. The author cites the provisions of
the code applying to pharmacy, but fails to state any-
thing new. Under the heading Qvil Liability are in-
cluded references to cases in which druggists were held
liable for losses caused by substituting one drug for an-
other, the following being specimens :
A planter engaged in raising cotton, ordered Paris Green
for killing the ootton worm, but the preparation given by a
drugfrist was found to be harmless* and did not have the in-
tended effect, and the druggist was compelled to pay the dam-
ages caused by the mistake.
In 1859. a druggisit In England was adjudged to pay £2,000
for killing a flock of sheep with a certain ointment sold by
him to be used in rubbing them, although, the Judge said, " It
was .hard that a man who had made only a profit of a few
pence could be held responsible for so heavy a sum."
After citing several historical cases, the stock-in-trade
of lecturers on pharmaceiitical jurisprudence, the author
delivers himself of one or two opinions as follows :
... By the provisions of the New York Public Health
Law, a druggist is not responsible for drugs sold by him. In the
original packages of a wholesale house. o*r for the sale of
patent medicines.
A pharmacist incurs no liability by recommending a medi-
cine prepared by another person for a specific ailment
In every case where a druggist is sued, it must be proved
that it was through no fault of the patient that the injury
complained of occurred and that the drug was the approxi-
mate, or immediate cause of the injury. So a 4mggist was
held liable for causing the death of a person by negligently
compounding poison in a prescription, although the person
died from yellow fever and the doctor's certificate stated so.
The Court said, " Although she was very ill, she had at least
one chance for her life, the injection of a violent and exciting
substance into her body took that one chance away. She died,
it is true, from yellow fever, but it was the enema which
made the fever result fatally.**
The druggist, like every one else, must be cautioned from
becoming a party to any practical tricks. Thu9, where a drug-
gist at the request of a customer, dropped croton oil on a
piece of candy, which the purchaser gave to another person,
to his " serious *' inconvenience, and the druggidt knew that
it was Intended to be given as a trick, and not for medical
purposes, he was held guilty of assault and battery.
(February 13.)
Pine Cough Cure. By J. T. Pepper. — ^After a few
observations on the choice of a name for a cough cure, the
author gives a formula for a compound white pine syrup
which has been published so frequently in the various
drug journals during the past two years that we have
not the lieart to inflict it again upon our readers. Mr.
Pepper describes his method of advertising his Muskofca
Pine Syrup and pushing its sale by means of newspaper
display ads and printed circulars. (February 13.)
Special Pharmacoparial Requirements. — ^A S3mopsis of
the official descriptions and definitions of vegetable drugs
named in the U. S. Pharmacopoeia. (February 20.)
Tooth Paste. By Frank B. Styles.— Two formulas
are given for the preparation of tooth paste, as follows:
I.
Precipitated chalk, English 16 ounces
Orris root, powdered 4 ounces
Castile soap, powdered 4 ounces
Oil of peppermint 1 dram
Oil of wintergreen i dram
Solution of carmine, q. s., to color.
Glycerin.
Water, of each, a sufficient quantity.
This must be made a paste by adding glycerin and water,
equal parts. Add the solution of carmine to the chalk and
triturate or sieve till the right shade is produced; then add
the. powdered orris root, oils and soap. Beat all thoroughly to-
gether.
II.
Precipitated chalk, Bnglish 16 ounces
Orris root, powdered 6 ounces
Cinnamon, powdered l ounce
Cloves, powdered 4 drams
Tincture of quillaja 2 fl. ounces
Honey, a aufflcient quantity to make a paste.
Hints and suggestions are pven for the preparation
of the pastes for sale. Among the most popular contain-
ers are the tall opal cream jar and the collapsible tube. The
jar is the easiest filled and made ready for the market.
The tube is the more economical, as it costs less and it
saves and keeps the paste clean for the customer. The
tube should be filled by means of a machine such as the
butchers use to fill cases. After having filled and dosed
the tubes neat labels to surround them must be used.
The label should be long enough to lap an edge on to
itself to make sure of its staying where it is placed.
(February 20.)
A Serfnon to Some of My Professional Brethren.
By Thersites Mendax. — An article in popular vein de*-
signed to teach the lesson of neatness in business. (Febru-
ary 27.)
Acetamflid Dmtiirioe.
Acetaailld 31
Glycerin jnn
Tincture of cochineal si
Oil of peppermint zia
Oil of roM geranium Sgg
Alcohol to 311J
DlssolTe tbe acetanllld In the alcohol, add the eaaentlal oils, tinc-
ture and fflycerin.
A useful antiseptic mouthwash for those afflicted with toothache.
Use thirty drops or more In a wlneg lassfol of tepid water.
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Qxieries and Answers
We shaU be glad. In this department, to reapond to calla for information on aU pharmaceutic matters.
Proprietary Titles.— A. L. H. — ^We do not know
if the titles " Pain Killer," " Soothing Syrup " and " Fig
Syrup " are copyrighted or registered as trade-marks or
not. Being descriptive titles we judge they are not, for
the courts have generally ruled against the validity of a
descriptive title as a trade-mark. But why use these
particular titles for your preparations? Legal right or
no, it is not fair to steal another man's thunder. Why
not call your preparations Kill-pain, Infant-soother, Fig-
laxative, or some other title. Looking at the question
judicially, it seems to us that no one has a moral right
to appropriate a title that another has coined for his
preparation and spent years of work and a large amount
of money in creating a public demand for, unless that
title was known and in use previous to his applying it
to his preparation. Even your legal right to these names
is questionable, and in case you succeed in getting up a
large sale for them you will probably be put to the ex-
pense of defending your right to use them before the
courts of law.
Capsicum Petrolatum.— H. A. D. — ^"Capsicated
Petrolatum " may be prepared by digesting ten parts of
powdered capsicum with ninety parts of petrolatum, at
water bath heat, for a period of 12 to 72 hours. The
compound is filtered through a felt filter while hot, to
free it from the exhausted drug. In operating on a large
scale steam jacketed digestors and filtering apparatus
will be required. Under the name of Chillie Paste a simi-
lar preparation has long been a popular rubefacient in
England. Its formula is: '
Pulv. capsici SvliJ
01. ollvse SxxxlJ
Cetacei ivi
Macerate the capsicum in the oil for three days, press,
filter and melt the spermaceti in the oil by gentle heat.
Stir until cold.
New York State Registration.— H. B. C— The
New York State Board of Pharmacy grants license to
practice pharmacy in this State only 'to those who suc-
cessfully pass its examinations or who present to it with
their application for registration a pharmacist's license
granted the applicant, after examination, by some Board
of Pharmacy in the State, Unless the license you hold
was secured by passing an examination, you cannot ex-
change it for a certificate from the present board, and
the only way you can get the new certificate is to pass
the examination. Under the new law, however, you still
continue in possession of all the rights and privileges to
which your license entitled you before the present law
was passed. If secured by examination, send your li-
cense to the secretary of the board with your application ;
it will be returned to you stamped across the face " super-
seded " and the date when your new certificate is issued.
There are very few States which g^ant license without
further examination to holders of certificates from other
State boards.
Water Analysis. — E. E. writes: "Is an analysis
of well water for drinking purposes sufficient to show
also whether this water can be used for boiler purposes,
so that the proper compound for boiler use can be made
from the analysis?"
It depends upon whether the " analysis " be a com-
plete quantitative one or merely a testing for potability —
examination for nitrates, nitrites and free ammonia.
To make up a boiler compound it is necessary to
know the amount of lime salts present in the water to
be treated. " Hard " water contains more or less car-
bonate of lime and sulphate of lime in solution, generally
associated with small quantities of magnesium carbon-
ates and sulphates. The amount of carbonates present
determines the degree of " temporary " (because removed
by boiling) hardness and the amount of sulphates the
" permanent hardness " of the water.
Upon boiling water containing CaOiCOj, half the
carbon dioxide is driven off and the insoluble CaOCO,
deposited in the interior of the boiler, forming the fa-
miliar stone-like scale.
The modern practice in large steaming plants is to
remove the mineral matter from the water before it goes
into the boiler by first running the feed water into settling
ajid purifying tanks, where it is chemically treated.
Where this cannot be done an anti-incrustation com-
pound of tannin and sugar is used in the boiler.
Pomade Hongroise.— H. A. D. asks for " A for-
mula for a mustache wax that will stick."
" Pomade Hongroise "—Hungarian Pomade— is
probably what is wanted. This pomade is now little
used, but huge quantities of it were consumed in the days
of the French Empire, when half mankind of the civilized
world waxed his mustaches a la Napoleon III.
MacEwen gives the following formula :
Spermaceti 2 drachms
White wax 2V» ounces
Distilled water q ounces
Powdered gum arable ,. ... .,2 ounces
Powdered soap 10' drachms
Glycerin o drachms
Oil bergamot 1^ drachm
Oil geranium xc, drachm
Rub the soap and gum with 2j/^ ounces of the water
to a smooth paste. Melt the wax and spermaceti with
the rest of the water in a water bath, and mix it with the
first compound (warmed) gradually, with vigorous stir-
ring, keeping the wax mixture still hot. Then remove
all from the water bath, add the glycerin drop by
drop, stirring assiduously all the time, and incorporate
the perfume and half a drachm of benzoic acid. The
pomade is improved by keeping for a month before
bottling and rubbing it in a mortar twice a week.
Dye Recipes. — H. A. D.— In the advertising
sheet containing dyeing recipes which you submit, we
take it that the recipes not specifically mentioned for
cotton or wool are intended for dyeing either fiber.
The recipes are all so old-fashioned that it is almost im-
possible to criticise them in the -light of modern dyeing
technics. As for improving them, that may be best done
by discarding them completely and compiling a new set
from some more modern work upon the dyers' art.
Iron Pyrophosphate and Phosphoric Acid
Again. — V. P. I. — ^As has been many times mentioned
in the Queries and Answers column, iron pyrophosphate
and the dilute phosphoric add of the Pharmacopoeia are
incompatible. This is the source of the trouble in your
prescription. If you will use a freshly prepared dilute
meta (glacial) phosphoric acid instead of the official
(ortho) acid you may obtain a clear solution. See the
American Druggist for June 10, 1901, and July 8, 1901.
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Water Softener.— T. R. W.— The preparaticm sold
for the purpose of softening hard water is usually sodium
carbonate. For the toilet and bath the air dried carbonate
in powder is perfumed with violet, rose, lavender or eau
de Colc^ne and attractively put up in sift-top decorated
tins, wiUi the directions " use the water softener until
the hardness of the water disappears and the soap wilt
then lather easily and freely," and the usual advertising
matter regarding the bad effect of hard water upon the
^n. This is a specialty that many pharmacists in dis-
tricts where the water is exceptionally hard have attained
a large sale for. As with all toilet preparations, the arti-
cle needs to be attractively put up and well advertised
locally to get up a large sale on it. For laundry and
household use the small crystals or granulated sodium
carbonate is put up in paper cartons or tin cans and is
not perfumed. The size of crystals most used for this
purfK>se is called hy the manufacturers " pea crystals,"
their size being indicated by the name.
Interchange of Registration. G. H.— ^So far as
we know, the Boards of Pharmacy of the States of New
Jersey and Connecticut do not realize the New York
State Board of Pharmacy to the extent of granting regis-
tration to an applicant who holds a certificate of regis-
tration as pharmacist from the last named board. It ts
not necessary to acquire a residence in either State to
qualify for examination. Write the secretaries of the
respective boards for further information and blanks,
enclosing stamp for reply.
Abbreviated Directions. — L. C. — The initials t. i.
d. p. c. and t. i. d. a. c. are abbreviations of the Latin ler
in die post cibi and ter in die ante cibi, which may be
literally translated into English as three in a day after
meat and three in a day before meat. You will find a
vocabulary of the Latin terms used in prescription writ-
ing in almost any work on pharmacy.
USE OF LOCALS.
SEVERAL correspondents have recently asked whether
locals or display ads were the better form of adver-
tising. If the proper conception of advertising was gen-
erally held such questions would not be asked, because
each has a different mission. It is a good deal like ask-
ing whether a newspaper should be made up of locals or
extended news items.
Advertising is business news, but this news is of such
variety that it must necessarily be told in different ways.
Locals are essentially a supplementary form of adver-
tising. They are reminders. They chink in throughout
a general advertising campaign, and answer well enough
for the story that can be told in a few lines. If you will
rack your brains you will be unable to name one large
commercial success that has been built by use of local
advertising alone. This is not evidence that locals have
no value, for they have, but their value is definitely limited.
Imagine, for instance, John Wanamaker or Marshall
Field advertising their stores by means of locals and the
absurdity will be apparent. They have news that must
be told in a different way. Every drug store has the same
sort of news, an endless amount of it. There is not a
small cross-roads druggist in the country who could not
fill a page every week with just such news if there was
business in sight to justify it. No retailer can possibly
do his stock justice unless he uses ample space some-
where — in newspapers or circulars — ^in which he can give
all the facts in regard to his goods and the reasons which
exist for their sale. Display space is the place for such
facts. Locals can be used with advantage as supple-
mentary advertising, to remind people of seasonable
goods, to din some concise fact into them, or as a general
reminder of the existence of a store.
There are many other points to be considered relative
to the use of locals. If the paper is full of them, their
general value is decreased. If business locals are grouped
by themselves and not interspersed with news they have
very little value.
The cost is also to be considered ; many papers that
sell display space for one-third of a cent a line will chai^.
5 cents a line for locals, which is out of all proportion,
relative value considered. The safe rule when in doubt
is to stick to display advertising. If you cannot get re-
sults by sticking to that method there is something the
matter with your ads or your store.
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CEUnaSM AND COMMENT.
WORTH WHILE. <
The little " Thank You " label shown is one that could
well be employed by any druggist. It conveys a bit of
BUSINESS BUILDING.
Caadactcd bf V. G. Manolog,
7 he Department Editor will l>e pleased to criticise advertisements
suggest itnprovements, and answer all questions eoming
witkin the scope of this department.
appreciation and good, will that will have effect, and is a
visible sign of live business methods. This sticker is
probably attached to most of the packages that leave Mr,
Pierson's store, which is one place for advertising that
the average druggist neglects. ,
SIGN LANGUAGE.
H. H. Hay's Sons, Portland, send in a number of
their recent ads. The distinctive feature of this adver-
tising is the attention given to securing odd effects in
display. Samples shown are good examples. Personally,
I believe that too much attention is given this feature
and not enough to the ad proper. The ads are quite sure
to be seen, but not so certain to drive home the facts.
The pulling power of an ad is in what it says, not how
it looks, though it has to be seen to be read. When dis-
play and matter are both strong the perfect combination
has been secured. This advertising, however, has marked
individuality, which is another important feature which
most advertising lacks, and there is evidence that it has
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paid. Advertising that is known to pay is always worth
careful study.
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GROWTH DIAGRAMED.
Thomas & Thompson, Baltimore, send in a folder, the
chief feature of which is a diagram showing the growth
of their prescription business. The increase is indicated
by a series of lines representing each year, beginning with
a short line in 1892, when 18,138 prescriptions were filed.
The gradually lengthening lines show the steady increase
up to the present year, 33,136 prescriptions having been
filled in 1901.
This folder bears upon the title page this simple sen-
tence : " The largest prescription business in the State."
GAUZES,
COTrON,
Surgeons' Dressins:s,
BANDAGES,
PLASTERS
Hay's Pharmacy
niDDLE STREET.
This circular is evidently intended for distribution among
physicians and is admirably arranged for the purpose.
With slight changes it would be equally suitable for geil-
eral distribution.
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GOOD WALL PAPER ADVERTISING.
Harry Christopher, North Lewisburg, Ohio, sends
a batch of wall paper ads that are better than are usually
sent out. He uses, in the first place, an envelope made
of wall paper about 7 x 9 in size. In this he encloses a
number of samples of paper of equal size, on the back
of which is printed the price of this particular grade of
paper. With the samples is enclosed a still larger sheet
of wall paper, which he has employed as a circular. The
plan is not new, but it has been unusually well executed
in this instance," because the samples are large enough
to give an adequate idea of the pattern.
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THE SAME METHOD.
M. A. Green, Colfax, 111., submits a similar wall paper
ad, on a more limited scale, one sample only being en-
closed and the same sample answering for his circular.
It would be somewhat interesting to know the relative
pulling powers of the two sets of circulars. Ordinarily
the better batch would pay far better, relative cost con-
sidered.
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OWNERSHIP CHANGES.
M. D. Cadman recently purchased the Mykrantz
Pharmacy in Brooklyn and announces tlie change in a
very neat folder, which contains just about the informa-
tion that such a piece of advertising should convey. The
only criticism suggested is that the title page, which now
bears the new name of the store only, might have been
employed to emphasize the change more strongly, in some
such fashion as this :
IT WAS
The Mykrantz Pharmacy;
IT IS
The Cadman Pharmacy.
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TO NEW RESIDENTS.
Walker & Walker, New Kensington, Pa., send a very
large newspaper ad, used about April i — " moving day "
— ^and addressed chiefly to new families that might be
moving into town at that season.
The heading was " April ist," which would better
have been a sentence addressed directly to newcomers:
" To New Residents of New Kensington." In towns that
are growing rapidly or where there are many changes of
the residents it is a good plan to have a stock circular
^aint or Varnish*
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letter, which can be copied on a typewriter and mailed to
all the new people who come to town. This method gets
nearer to them than any other, and in a small city it is
not difficult to learn of most of the late arrivals.
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STAND IN WITH THE EDITOR.
Sometime since in this department favorable mention
was made of an ad by Lewis Whitacre of Merchantville,
N. J. This was forthwith called to the attention of the
editor of the Merchantville paper, who commented favor-
ably upon the matter and republished the ad to give point
to his remarks, thus giving a good ad an extension of its
usefulness. It always pays to be good to an editor.
Literature, a weekly magazine of comment and critldBiD
of beUes lettrea, published in London, and at one time in New
York, by the Harpers, has been purchased by John Morgan
Richards, the proprietor of The Academy, a high class literary
review, who will in future publish The Academy and Ltta«-
ture. Mr. Richards is well known as a manufactarlng cbmnltt
and export druggist. He is the agent In Great Britain for a
number of American specialties, among others Dr. Williams'
Pink PiUs for Pale People and Carter's Little Liver PUls.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
ELMIRAi rT$ HISTORICAL APOD SCENIC
ATTRACTIONS.
The Meeting: Place of the New York State
Pharmiceutkal Associatioa this Year.
THE twenty- fODrtb annual meeting of the New York State
Pharmaceutical AsBooiatlon will b« held at Elmlra June
24-2T, 1902. The attendiince at this meeting Is expected
to exceed all prevloQu records, and In view of the Interest muni-
feated the following deacriptlou of the city has been eepedally
prepared for publication In the Auebican Dsdooist:
According to an old history, " In the year of onr Lord. 1777,
the valley of the Chemung waa totally unknown to the civil-
ized world." A map, made In 1771, of "The Country of the
Six Nations, with Part of the
Adjoining Coloutea," show a the
eastern and western parts of the
State as accurately as If made
to-day, but where the Chemung
Valley should t>e is only a blank
white space. Tet we know It
was the gateway for the Indians
passing from Canada and the
Genesee region to the south, and
In 177S It became the rendezvous
of the Tories, Canadian Rangers
and Indians preparatory to the
Wyoming massacre. The Imme-
diate result of the Wyoming hor-
ror was that General Washing-
ton determined to teach the In-
dians a lesson, and planned the
campaign which found Its cli-
max In the battle of Newtown,
lought on the htlls just to the
poutheast of Elmlra (for many
years called Newtown), and com-
memorated by a tower on one of
v.ooiniinee. i-,.miri.. ^^^^^ j^jjj^ which often excites
the curloHity of railway travelers, who usually decide that
It has something to do with the signal service.
THE HISTORIC BATTLE OF NEWTOWN.
Historians are only now beginning to give this battle Its
due place, from the- standpolpt of decisive results, among the
most Important battles of tbe Revolution, for it put an end to
all attacks from the rear. Five thousand men, the pick of
Washington's army, under command of General Sullivan, cnt
a way for their two pieces of artillery up the river, and on
Sunday, August 29, 1779, encountered a large force which bad
thrown up Intrenchments, and fought half Indian, half Eng-
lish fashion. The day was one of desperate fighting, hut even-
ing found the Tories and their Indian allies In panic-stricken
(light, and to their great surprise the victors found themselves
In the midst of highly cultivated fields and orchards whose
trees even then showed signs of age. The whole valley and
the lake country to wbich It was the road had been a base
of supplies for the British, and the army went as far as the
Genesee, destroying thousands of acres of crops and burning
Indian villages. Seven of these were In the immediate vicin-
ity of Klmira. They were not the tent villages of our Imagi-
nation, but were made up of substantial log houses, though
some were evidently intended to be used In communal fashion,
being built long and narrow, with a hall through the middle
and rooms on each side for several families. A village, the
name of which Is forgotten, was located where now stands the
Hotel Rathbun. which has been selected as the headquarters
of the State Association for the meeting In June.
In less thau five years settlement began, and the final
treaty with the Six Nations, concluded in 1791, on gronnd in
the east part of the town, with 1,000 Indians present, not only
ended the Indian history of Newtown, as It was still called,
but was the last of the great Indian treaties made In the East.
HISTORICAL CSARACTEBS WHO HAVE BOJODBNED IN KLMIEA.
From Its early days Elmlra has bad a succession of dis-
tinguished visltorfl. In 1797 the French Duo d'Orleana, who
be^roe Louis Phlllippe, King of the French, while wandering
In disguise abont the world, an exile, a king out of a situa-
tion, accompanied by his brothers, the Due de Nemours and
the Due de BerrI, came like three tramps Into the village.
They walked from Canaudalgua. with their knapsacks on
their t>acks, and put up at a tavern which stood near the north
end of what is now the Madison Avenue Bridge, then only a
ferry. Here they rested for several days while a boat of the
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btUld called Durham was fitted up for them. In which they
floated down the river to Wilkea-Barre. Alraat forty year*
later Lonis Napoleon, spending his years of exile In this coun-
try, made a Journey through the valley and stopped at the
same rude log tavern. He appeared in very humble gutse,
and one wonders If at the old Kline House he occupied the
same room as Louis PhilUppe. whose throne be afterward
took to himself. In 1797 one of the royal princes wrote to his
sister, the DnchesS de Montpeosler. of the discomforts of his
Journey. In 1889 that redoubtable Englishman, Rudyard Kip-
ling, found Mark Twain in Elmlra, and gives the whole world
his Impressions In one chapter of " From Bea to Sea." Any
one who looks toward the east can see the hill down which
he sped, " with the driver skidding the wheel and swearing
audibly," for when Mr. Clemens is In Elmlra he spends most
<,f his time at Quarry Farm, on East Hill, and Just out of sight
from the road is the famous octagonal study where some of
bis best boolfs were written.
STIRS IN O TUIB8 IN EUIIRA.
The natural highway which served the Indians later be-
came the Ilfie of the " underground railway." and Elmira was
an important station; in fact, many of the fugitive slaves
made It the terminus of their Journey. Then during the
Civil War a constant stream of soldiers poured southward to
the battlefield. Those were stirring days. Elmira was one
of the three great military depots of the State, the others being
New York and Albany. It Is said that there were at one time
20,000 Federal troops In the camp, the streets were swarming
with soldiers oft duty, awkward squads drilled in every open
space, and the citizens learned to expect the clank of arms at
any hour of the day or night Then the tide of tragedy turned
once more, sweeping northward through the valley instead of
southward, and 12,000 Confederate prisoners occupied an en-
closure of thirty acres between the river and West Water
street, near the foot of what Is now Hoffman street; and by a
strange irony of fate 3,000 of them were carried out for decent
burial at the hands of an escaped slave, who as sexton reigned
supreme over Woodlawn Cemetery. Scarcely a trace of the
prison can now be found. In place of the barracks handsome
houses stand ckse together, and Instead of the sentry pacing
Elmlra Towo UiJJ.
the stockade there Is the street car conductor with the In
evltable ''Step lively!"
The close of the war was
THE BZaiNHUia OF A NKW ERA,
and a population of 12,000 at that time has grown to 40,000.
A directory published In 1868 gives a list of 14 drug stores, as
against the 21 of to-day. There seems to be no record of tbe
first pharmacy, but about 1793 the first physician settled In
the place, and doubtless he carried his drug store in his ca-
pacious saddle bags. Perhaps sulphur figured largely in this
early dispensatorj-, for a practitioner of about that date sol-
emnly averred that he met the evil one himself In the Nar-
rows, Just above town, and came oiT vlctortotu Id a hand to
hand conflict
XUflRA'S ATTRACTIONS FOR TIBITORg.
But the resident drngglsts are far more Interested In the
State Association than they are In these old worthies who
wrote no prescriptions, or in dead and gone kings and em-
perors; Indeed, loyal as they are to Mr. Clemens, they would
like to add experience as an apothecary to his early adven-
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tnres as a MiBsissippi River pilot Not only the city, but the
surrounding country will be made to contribute to the enter-
tainment of their coming guests. There are aoout forty miles
of electric railway under one management, and this has prac-
tically turned Watkins Qlen, with its world renowned cliffs
and cascades, and Seneca Lake, which travelers compare for
beauty with the north Italian lakes which people cross the
ocean to see, into suburbs of Elmira. One may ride from the
glen and the lake on the north through half a dozen pictur-
esque villages, through the city and into the country again on
the west to Rorick's Glen Park, where vaudeville of a high
class holds sway afternoon and evening all through the sum-
mer months, patronized by thousands of quiet, orderly people.
Another branch of the road leads one to the New York State
> Reformatory, which stands off to the northwest; a most in-
teresting place to visit on Inspection days, when the inmates
go through military drill and the shops are open, for each
man must learn a trade before he goes out into the world.
BEAUTIFUL PARKS AKD WELL-PAVED STREETS.
A visitor could not go far about the city without finding one
or more small parks, beautifully kept; and certain *broad, well
paved streets, with great trees meeting overhead and deep
lawns for a margin, are so quiet he might easily forget that
only a few blocks away there may be a comer as crowded and
bustling as uptown New York at least If the visitor is in-
terested in manufactures, from bicycle brakes to railroad
bridges, he may gratify his curiosity somewhere among the
factories that belt the city. Two of the best hotels between
New York and Buffalo, at least, stand with wide open doors,
and the railway facilities are exceptional.
ITS ADMIRABLE RAILROAD SERVICE.
The great trunk lines east and west, north and south, make
the busy railroad stations stopping places on the main road
to everywhere, and the passenger trains in all directions have
a most obliging habit of suiting their schedule time to the
conventional hours of meals and bedtime in that favored
place. That It is favored in many ways no one will deny who
attends the twenty-fourth annual meeting and enjoys the hos-
pitality of the people, who are planning to extend to their
guests far more tangible opportunity for pleasure than the
mere ** freedom of the city."
EXCISE AMENDMENTS TO BE DISCUSSED
One of the most interesting subjects, and one that promises
to provoke much discussion at the meeting, Is the excise ques-
tion and what attitude the druggists of the State will take
with regard to amendments to the liquor tax law. Full de-
tails of the programme for the convention are not yet attain-
able, but it may be stated that the excise matter will be
brought up and no doubt acted upon. There is a feeling In
some quarters that the association should sever its connec-
tion with the N. A. R. D., on the ground that it has not ac-
complished the results expected, notably in this city. On the
other hand, there are those who do not approve of. the sug-
gestion that New York State withdraw. They appreciate the
fact that the tripartite agreement has failed in some direc-
tions, but at the same time claim that much good has been
accomplished as a result of the national association's work,
through the locals, and therefore the State organization should
continue to support the national, in the hope that some plan,
possibly the Worcester plan, will be put to a practical test
and thereby strengthen the N. A. R. D. plan. Whatever the
outcome may be on this question, present indications are that
the result will not be reached without a lively debate.
Regarding the possible amendments to the excise law, it
may be stated detinitely that one proposition at least will be
offered for consideration— namely, that the license fee in
cities of the first class be fixed at $100. and graduated down
to $40 for villages, with the provision that no store keeper's
license be issued in villages; also that the requirement as to
a physician's pre9cription be eliminated. The non-issuance of
a store keeper's license in villages seems likely to arouse con-
siderable opposition from village Interests. The New York
State Board of Pharmacy will hold its semiannual meeting in
Blmira at the same time as the State Association. Besides
the topics already mentioned that will be considered by the
association there will be the usual reports of officers and
committees. It is expected that fully 400 pharmacists will
attend the convention.
THE NEW YORKS WIN-
William D. Dow has purchased the Finlay Interests in the
wholesale drug company of Finlay, Dicks & Co., Importers
and manufacturing chemists, of New Orleans, and will here-
after take an active part in the management of the affairs
of this concern. For the past eight years Mr. Dow has been
the Southern agent of the Graham Paper Company of St.
I^uis.
Bowim Meet at PhiUdelphU— The New York Team Tiss
Handiomely—- Baltimore Tail-endcn— High Avenges Made.
Philadelphia, April 21.— The bowling team that represents
the New York wholesale druggists proved Itself to be the best
In the tournament which was held in this city from April 17
to 19. C. A. McCormick. who hails from New Bnmswick,
but is accredited as a member of the New York team, was
the bowler par excellence. If it had not been for the rules,
which do not allow more than one prize offered by the asso-
ciation going to any one person, the other bowlers would have
had to go home contented with the knowledge that they saw
some phenomenal bowling, which was not done by themselves.
The Chicago and Philadelphia teams were tied for second
place. The local team deserve great credit, for they are still
Juniors, and there is no doubt that in time they will make all
the teams of the American Drug Trade Bowling Association
bustle to keep up with them. There were In all 18 games
played by each team, and it was not until the last ball was
rolled on Saturday that the tie for second place was made.
THB SCOBRS.
The following table shows the number of games won and
the players' record for each game:
NEW YORK.
First Second Third
CHICAGO.
First Second Third
game. game, game
lliomas 14H
Barnett 195
Schmidt 160
Medberry 120
Baker 168
142 186
171 148
140 176
166 143
146 126
155 132
Team totals.. 786 774
PHILADELPHIA.
779
game. game. game.
Howe 173
Barnes 141
Judge 144
Colgate 178
McCormick 169
Carberry
Carr
Brunn
Stevens . . . '.
158 199
180 128
145 141
171 180
Smith 165
Taylor 128
B. S. Thorp 184
Covey 184
Donnel 122
Lloyd
Lacaman
First Second Third
game. game. game.
Team totals . . 805 809
BALTIMORE.
789
162 " 185
146
172 140
132
166 189
158
164
First Second Third
game. game. game.
Banmgartner . . . 134 138 165
Falrley 127
Davis 184
Waters 180
Smuck 149
164 166
157 147
147 173
152 148
Team totals . . 783 778 792 Team totals . . 774
STANDING OF THE TEAMS.
758 799
Won. Lost. P. O.
New York 13 5 .722
Philadelphia 10 8 .556
Won. Lost. P. C.
Chicago 10 8 .556
Baltimore 3 15 .167
The several prizes were awarded as follows:
Team prize, ffold button, by the association, and a silver loving cup
"hiladelpnla Association of Retail Druggists, won by New York,
individual average, diamond locket, won by C. A. 2
McCormick,
by the Fhl
High
of New York.
Second Individual average, silver water set, won by John Barrett,
Chicago.
High spare average, diamond cuff buttons, won by John Ruddiman,
New York.
Second spare average, diamond pin, won by A. C. Smith, Philadel-
phia
Greatest number errorless games, beer stein mugs and tray, won
by Matthew Judge, New York.
Split spare prize, cut glass decanter, won by Oscar Schmidt, Chi-
cago.
Greatest number 200 scores, cut glass cigar jar, won by G. R. Baker.
Chicago.
Hl|^ strike average, gold cigar cutter, won by Dr. C. A. Thomas,
Chicago.
High single score, sliver match box, won by W. Lackman, Philadel-
phia.
High total score, three games, smoking set, won by C.*A. McCor-
mick.
THE BANQUET.
After the bowlers bad finished tbeir contest on Saturday a
banquet was given In tbe evening at the Bourse, at which
there were a number of high balls and no strikes or failures
to make a hit were made. The affair was under the charge
of the Entertainment Committee, consisting of D. B. Bran-
some, chairman; A. B. Wilson, D. W. Grafly, W. E. Danner,
E. B. Garrlgues, G. P. Donnell, H. K. Mulford, J. H. Belster-
ling and T. R. Covey. This entertainment which was of a
gastronomlcal variety, was one of the pleasant features, as
there were no prizes to win and each man had his own alley
In which to take care of the excellent repast which was put
before him. To make the time pass quickly speeches were
made by the officers of the association and some of the In-
vited guests. This was the fifth annual banquet and It was
voted a big success.
Among the " rooters " present from New York were George
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J. Seabury, Dr. H. G. Lovis, A. G. Saunders, C. E. Meek, S.
H. Garragan, G. L. Parker, J. H. Rogers, James Harkins, S.
Leitheiser, W. H. Cryslat. J. H. Kennedy, H. F. Baker, Louis
Reed, Harry Thornton. W. G. Brush, G. H. Smith, G. T, Mar-
rlger, C. E. Brown. H. C. Reddy, T. M. Mannlon, A. J.
Stephens, G. Brunn, J. Ruddiman and M. Judge.
SEEK LOWER TAX ON ALCOHOL.
liilifMsfactafing Piuniudits» Perfamcrt and Otiien to Ufge Action
by Googren— Want Pfcsent Tax of %iM Reduced to 70 Ceats*
Manufacturers of pharmaceutical preparations and others
who use alcohol In their respective Industries will make a
determined and concerted effort to secure legislation at this
session of Gongress reducing the Internal revenue tax on
alcohol to 70 cents per proof gallon. Instead of $1.10. as It is
at present. A movement has been under way for some time
time past, although It has been conducted quietly, to secure
active co-operation on the part of all leading manufacturers
of the country and others interested in the matter, so that at
the proper time all possible pressure may be brought to bear
upon members of Gongress in favor of the proposition. A
very thorough and complete organization of these Interests
has already been effected, and the organization will probably
be further strengthened during the next week or so. The
movement has taken the form of individual pledges of sup-
port and Indorsement, however, rather than the formation of
an association with officers and committees.
Henry Dalley, of Lazell, Dally & Go., is one of the prime
movers in this undertaking, and to him is due In a very large
measure the organization that has so far been brought about
He is an active worker in the National Association of Per-
fnmers, being a member of the Legislative Gommittee. and for
several years has consistently advocated more equitable treat-
ment on the part of the Government in the matter of the tax
on alcohol. When questioned by a representative of the
Amebican Dbxtooist, Mr. Dalley frankly stated that such a
movement as that indicated is on foot and that considerable
progress has already been made. For obvious reasons he did
not care to discuss the details and plans of the campaign in
full, but gave a general idea of the present movement.
"A bin was introduced In Gongress early In the session/'
said he, ** by Gharles F. Joy. of St. Louis, to amend the internal
revenue law by reducing the tax on alcohol to seventy cents
a proof gallon. It was referred to the Ways and Means Gom-
mittee of the House. Since then we have been at work to
secure the active co-operation and support of all manufactur-
ers of the country who use alcohol in their, business, and
when the proper time comes we will bring the bill up and
try to have It reported out of the committee favorably and
passed. The movement is national in scope and embraces not
only perfume manufacturers, but manufacturers of patent
medicines and pharmaceutical preparations, and others, such
as manufacturers of flavoring extracts, shellac, varnishes,
chemicals, including ether, confectionery, photographic paper,
brass goods, porcelain tubs and smokeless powder. A seventy-
cent tax has this in its favor, among other things, namely,
it is the revenue producing point— that is, the Government
will derive a larger revenue in the aggregate from a reason-
able tax, such as this, than it will from a higher tax like the
present $1.10 rate. The actual internal revenue tax on a
gallon of spirits of 192 degrees Is now $2.11. And when corn
is 70 cents a bushel, as it is at present, one can easily see
that the cost of alcohol to the manufacturers is pretty high.
Back in the GO'S the tax was 20 cents: later it was raised to
$2, then it was reduced to 50 cents, and subsequently changed
to 90 cents, where it remained from 1874 to 1894. In the lat-
ter year the Wilson bill made the tax $1.10. As I have said,
the 70-cent tax has the advantage of being at the revenue
producing point It would be better both for the Government
and for the users of alcohol. There would no doubt be less
illicit distilling, and the domestic manufacturer would be bet-
ter able to compete with foreign firms in our own markets."
The bill referred to by Mr. Dalley (H. B. 178» provides that
"on and after the passage of this act there shall be levied
and collected on all distilled spirits in bond at that time, or
that may have been or may be then or thereafter produced
in the United States, on which the tax is not paid before that
day, a tax of seventy cents on each proof gallon, or wine gal-
lon when below proof, and a proportionate tax on all frac-
tional parts of such proof or wine gallon: provided, that in
putting the tax on any package of spirits all fractional parts
of a gallon less than one-tenth shall be excluded."
DRUG FIRE INSURAT^CE.
New Sdiedale of Rates Aroisici Oppoittioo in This Qty— Impor-
tant Coofefenoe of Leading Firms— Remedy Suggcitcd.
Practically all of the leading drug and chemical firms of
this city were represented at a meeting held last Thursday
in the Board of Trade rooms to discuss and take action on
the new fire insurance schedule and classification of drugs and
chemicals recently adopted by the New York Fire Insurance
Exchange. The classification has caused a great deal of com-
plaint and protests from the trade generally, on the ground
that it specifies a separate rate for each article and contains,
it is alleged, many inconsistencies. F. t>^ Moore, president of
the Continental Fire Insurance Company and chairman of the
Warehouse Committee of the New York Board of Fire Under-
writers; W. L. Perrin and E. B. Pearce, also Insurance men,
were present Jesse L. Hopkins, of J. It, Hopkins & Co., pre-
sided, and, after explaining the object of the meeting, called
on John M. Peters, of Wm. J. Mathieson & Co., who reviewed
the work that had been done up to the present time by the
special committee of the Drug Trade Section of the Board of
Trade. Mr. Peters, who is a member of that committee, read
a report which had been submitted to the fire underwriters.
The report says in part: '* Regarding the elements of hazard
for Insurance purposes as being Inflammability, susceptibility to
damage by heat, smoke and water, and liability to injure other
goods, we have undertaken to separate such drugs and chem-
icals as, in our Judgment, could be deemed more hazardous
than the average merchandise, and to include them in a list of
exceptions. Aside from these exceptions, we would include
under a single classification all crude drugs and manufactured
drugs, essential and expressed oils, spices and dyestuffs as
subject to a uniform rate. Similarly, we would Include in a
single separate class all chemicals not named in the list of
exceptions, whether acids, alkaloids or neutral compounds,
and make them subject to a uniform rate. Taking the rates
named in the classification sheet now under consideration, we
are unanimously of the opinion that neither the highest nor
the lowest of those rates, on the goods not Included in the list .
of exceptions, are Justified by the relation which these goods
bear to one another or to other and distinct classes of mer-
chandise, as Insurance rates."
The committee expresses the belief that the owners of
such drugs and chemicals would be satisfied to have them
respectively in single classes at a rate which, from the in-
surance people's own discriminating table, would be regarded
as a fair average charge. The report is signed by John H.
Stallman, Albert Plant, John M. Peters and Philip Tllden.
The list of exceptions from the general classification id as
follows:
Drugs— Alcohol, aloes, asphaltum. asafoetida. cudbear,
madder, perfumery, naval stores, garden seeds, pitch, dye-
woods other than stick, essential oils in glass, vanilla beans.
Chemicals— Acids: arsenic carbolic, muriatic, nitric, oxalic,
picric, sulphuric; potash: chlorate, chloride, cyanide, per-
manganate, prusslate. oxalate, ammonia aqua, arsenic, benzole,
bleaching powder, bone black, ivory black, lamp black, sul-
phur, carbon bisulphide, calcium, carbide, collodion, ethers,
creosote, xylol, nitric, benzole, Paris green, phosphorus, Prus-
sian blue, quinine In glass, red precipitate, saltpeter, soda
chlorate, soda nitrate, sugar of lead, verdigris, zinc dust
Albert Plant. John H. Stallman and others declared that
the schedule as it is now is very burdensome and unjustly
discriminates between articles which to all intents and pur-
poses are the same, viewed as an insurance risk. Mr. Moore,
of the Warehouse Committee, assured those present that the
fire insurance interests were willing and ready to make any
changes or corrections if the drug men could prove to their
satisfaction that they were necessary and mutually advan-
tageous. He did not believe, however, that all drugs and
chemicals could be grouped at one rate for each, and thought
the " average rate " proposition was impracticable.
A resolution Introduced by Col. E. M. Fitch, the manager of
the New York branch of Parke. Davis & Co.. was passed, ap-
proving the recommendations of the Drug Section Committee,
and requesting the committee to continue Its efforts to secure
a modification of the schedule now in force.
The Philippines as a FicU for Amcficans*
Geo. C. Sellner writes from Manila that a large number of
American manufacturers of drugs, patent and proprietary
medicines could, do a good business in the islands If they
would make some efforts to capture a share of this trade.
T'P to the present time the bulk of these goods has still been
Imported from Europe.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
College Commencements.
COMMENCEMENT VEEK IN PHILADELPHIA.
Pbiladelpbla, April 21.— On April 17 a claaa ot 108 was
Kraduated from tbe Philadolplila. College of Pbarmacf. and
ft Is B&id It was the best class that baa been turned oat for
tuanj jears. Tbe exercises were held In the Academy of
Music. Tbe address of tbe evening was delivered bj Charles
Emory Smith, formerly United States Post master-General,
and President Howard B, French conferred the degree upon
tbe students who had successfiilty passed through tbe three
years' study. Those wlio received the degree of Doctor of
Pharmacy were: ,
Under. E. Robert
Irenes F. O. Fet-
Flelicber, Irvlqs
iger, Jobn H. ET
Jldwork, Wm. E.
:owftrd H. Joaei,
u, Chrlitlan B.
McGarrah. Jr.,
Id, Ira D. Vealm.
Mjer», John S.
It De P. Qulan,
', Harold C. Bd-
d. Slobl^SeDry
arge C. Thorn ««.
iBOStec, William
:. Wlaegarver, J.
Zlegler, Jr., of
l*«iiiiBTlTaiila-
Itobert St. C. Blew, Baruid Hllllaid, Frederick A. M«rtln. Walter
B. Matlsfk, Alfred W. lleeve and Ephralm 8, Tjler of New Jerwy.
Jos^iib A, CatllD. Anthony B. Crothera, Oeorge w. BliodM and Jobn
M. Toulson. o( Maryland. „
Edith M. (ioodman, William A. Kellar and Hearr W. Stnrer, of
Colorado.
Herbert W. Levis and Robert F. Woodlll. of UaBUchuietta,
Albei-t C. C. Gainer and Kayinond Hendrlcliaon, of Calif
■Horaey P. Prown and Homer A. Smith, of Delaware.
Virginia C.^r---'— -— ' — '■" " ""' "
» and Joaeph F. Uulai
Albert D. MacGreaor, of llllnola.
.Alice B. Caden, of Kentucky.
li. LelghtOD I.lde, of MlsBtuslppl.
MorMson R. WllllBniB._of North Carolina
..,_.t E. Goring, of Nt
William A. AlBton, of South
W, d: H. Smith, of Tenr —
ThomoB H. Roblnion. Jr.
■ Vlrplnli
IrglnFn
Joaeph H. Berberich and John A. Borneman. of Germany.
, Fannie B. Margolin and Joseph L. Soken. of Ruaala.
' Thomas F. Crawford, of Scotrand. _
Those who received the degree of Pharmaceatlcal Chemlsta were
Daniel Baker, of Pennsylvania, and Roy fjeonard Miller, of Maryland.
FBIZB6 AWABDKD.
The Procter prize, a Rold medal and certificate, was
awarded to David Wilfong Ramsaur. The students who were
graduated wltb distinction and merit were: Daniel Milton
Knabb. John 8. Oberly, James H, Parker, William D. H.
Smitb. Morrison P. Williams, Oscar H. Wilson. Joseph F.
Dulaney, Albert C. C. Gamer, John M. Toulson. William H.
Welch and J. W. W. Worthlngton.
Other prises were awarded as follows:
William B. Webb Memorial Priie. gold
blgbest general average In the brancbei ot
y and specimens, uajiel M. Knabb.
', Priie'of (25 for original quantitative analysis, J
' Materia Uedlca Prise of 126, to the member of the class who passed
best examination In materia medlea and In the recognition of materia
medica apeclmens, and who presented s merltorlons thesis. John 8.
Ma'lBcb Prlie. 120, far knowledge of drugs. Oliver H. Hertiler.
Operative Pharmacy Prise. 120, for best examination Id operative
■- ■ "- n W. Worthlngton.
phnnnsey. J, Warri
practice of pharmacy, VL D, H. 'Smith.
Analytical Chemfitry " ■ - '-
Prize, for best eiamlnat
Parker.
■ in I
>t pharmacy, chemlsti
] and third yi
In theory and
In qaantl-
n tbe
;e of 120, for hlgbett
' ^mmerciarTralnlng Prise, for best eiamlnatton In commercial
training at the naal eiemlnallon for the degree. Kdltb M. Goodman.
The successful students began their exercise on April
13 with attending the services at Christ Church. On the fol-
lowing Tuesday the annual meeting of the Alumni Association
was held. At this meeting President John H. Hahn made the
annua] address and reports were submitted by the secretary
and treasurer. The following officers were elected; President,
William G. Nebig; first vice-president, Albert Oetlnger; second
vice-president. Jacob M. Baer; recording secretary. William
E. Krewson; treasurer, G. Carroll Meyer: eorrespondlne secre-
tary, Waller A. Rumsey. In the evening a reception was
tendered the graduating class and tbe following took part
In the programme: Orator, Charles Edward 3&.rtln; poet.
Alfred Young Craven; historian, William David Harris Smitb;
prophet. Morris Albert Boeder. On Wednesday evening tbe
faculty entertained the coming druggists. Everything passed
otC without a hitch, and the only drawback was the atisence
of Actuary W. Nelson Stem, who Is confined to his home with
a severe attack of pleurtay.
THE NET YORK COLLEGE OF PHARMACY.
Commencement week at the New York College of Phar
macy was opened with a reception given by the Alumni Asso-
ciation at the college for the graduating class on S&tnrday
evening, April 19. Arthur H. Ellott addressed tbe graduates,
and after reading the list of successful candidates for de-
grees, the evening closed wltb dancing.
ORADCATINO EZKBClStS.
Tbe graduating exercises of the college took place at Car-
negie Music Hall on Thursday evening, Aprti 24.
The address to the graduating class was made by R«v. Ed-
ward Judson, and the valedictory address on behalf of tbe
class was delivered by J. Rodney Hodge. The three prizes of
JlOO each were awarded to MlsB Anna Krq;>ela, In materia
medica and pharmacognosy: Edward F. Norden, !□ practical
Chemistry, and Thomas W. Hilller, in practical pharmacy. The
post graduate prize was won by Dr. Antone Yorifek. The
alumni gold medal was awarded to Nathan A. Porter, tbe sil-
ver medal to Miss Mary E. Doyle, and the bronze medal to
George F. Temple.
The degree of Doctor of Pharmacy was conferred upon tbe
following:
Jaspln S. Brewer, Theodore 8. Brown, Elmer C. Uaiard. Martin D^
Jewel. UlsB Romana Kllnkowsteln. Uanlel Loweosteln. Herman 0.
I.uderer. Rudolph Ualhl, Robert P. ■ " . — .-...--
-- a iTsn-' " ■■-— -'- ■
___ji H, 1 ,
Graduates In I'hBrmacy, honor roll : Ulas May E. Doyle. Otto C.
Everhart, Abraham Gluckman. J. Rodney Hodge, Mlaa Anna Krepela.
Eugene A. AlcCaHrey, Nathan A. Porter, Charles B. F. Stablln, George
F.T^mpel. Cbarlea C. Treat, William A, Walker, Curt P. WImmer.
Henry Zllnkoff.
Graduates: Frank N. Ames. Fred L. Anderson, <Mho H. Arguello.
Bllaa Barbarl. Cbarlea L. Uarthen. William H. C. Bartlett. Beniamla
A. Bettn. Henry U Borg, John M. Bradahaw. Le Roy Braswell. William
U. Brltlon, Charles A. Bronsteln. Max Canter, Cornelius Carhart. Wll-
tiam U. Cooper, Charles E. Daniels, Wm. L. Dannhelmer. Charles F.
Uanb, Xavler D'Ambroslo, Michael De Blaso, Harry C. Dickey. Abra-
ham Dorb, Mlas Mary E, Doyle, William J. Durkln. Herman Elchler.
Joseph F. Emmons. Oito C. Everhart, Ambrose L, Faaas, James L.
I'shey. Luther B. Fochl. Henry P. Fordfaam. George D. Foster, WUlIuii
H. Eraser, Edward M. Gannon, A. McK. Gifford. Abraham Gluckman.
Alex. Goldwuter. Orrln B. Grant, Arthur P. Gray. Edward W. Gross,
benedict S. Gunrdlan, Mueurdltch Hagoplan, Spencer B. Hall. Fred-
trick G, Hummel. Louis F. Hermes. Thomas W. Hilller. J. Ilodney
Hodge, Melville B. Hargrave. Herman U Hayn, Sylvester W. Hunter,
Israel Kaese. Morris Ksseel. Martla Kautmao, Edgar Kelr, George W.
Kocb. Isalab Kopelovltz, Miss Anna Krapela. Samuel Levlne. wTlIiom
H. LlDdesann. Max LIpklad. Miss Minnie B- McAvoy. Eugene A. Me-
CBffery. James C. Markey, Miss Flora Mamelok. Leo Mandelstaoi. Emil
Merkhofer. Fred. H, Meyer. Mlas Edith M. Morris. Edward Norden.
Jueeph J. Parentlol, John K. Plaster. Fred. 8. Porter, Nathan A.
Porter, Lars R. Heque, Wilbur J. Hash, Otto Rauch. John F. Blley.
James M. Boblnaun, Mitchell Koblnson. Howard H. Rockwell. Jaldnr
Komaooff, Ell HosenBteln. David Roso- " "- ' --' — -■ — - —
I and certlflcate, for
mpBon, Mlgg Clara I
tondl, Thon
. rtarlea E. F.
,Wi
f M. Thaync, re Koy Thomas. Cborles P. Thornton, Julius Tielae,
Cbarlea C. Treat. William A. Ubler. Anton Vepiovsky. Mlgnel A. Veve.
John Weldmsnn, William A. Walker. Erwin R. Welnspach. Alonw
Whittle. Fred. A. Wiley. Miss Sopbla Wilkes. Curt P. Wtmmer. LoDli
Zanderer, Henry Zllnkoft. T^awrence Zurlo.
THE ST. LOUIS COLLEGE.
Colonel 0. P. Walbridge delivered the valedictory address
to the class of fifty-two graduates who received their diplomas
from the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, at the Young Men's
Christian Association Hall. In that city, on April 12. Htmry
L. Rulfing, president of the college, conferred degrees upon
tbe following:
r P. Blanken-
.. '. Clarence A.
:, Beth F, Fleming, Bmll T.
■, Charles Herbert. I
_rau), Adolph H. Grosse.
.. HUler, Osmond B. Homms,
..dward E. Lorton, CbrlBt. F. Lulthle. Junius B. Ucftonald, Uarrl
J. Miller, Maurice O'Connell. Leslie Pelbam, Sidney Pockala, Jnllns T.
PolndMter. Chns, A. Reilly, Frod. L. Sohnelder, Msrtln J. Btfboenrich.
Ferd. Rchwelckhardt. n'arren E. Scott, Claude C. Shewmaker, Prank H.
Shrlver. Walter O. Slusber. Holland A. 9ombBrt. Chaa. B. BpAhn. Frank
J. Stanil, George H. Htelngoetter. Vincent P. Uiiltt, Adolph L. WogDer.
Edwin L. WagniT.
Bachelors ot Pharmacy : Alvls C. Blake, Jobn 8. Craven*. Bdw.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
232
Lewis Hall, Harvey F. Hendricks, John R. Hudson, Jesse E. Koppen-
brlnk, William McNabb, Albert Norrls, August W. Peters, Clande R.
Wilson.
CHICAGO COLLEGE OF PHARMACY.
The commeucement exercises of the School of Pharmacy of
the University of Illinois (Chicago College of Pharmacy) were
held at the Grand Opera House in the afternoon of Thurs-
day, April 24. The address to the graduating class was de-
livered by Albert E. Ebert, the salutatory address by Francis
E. Pierce and the valedictory- by Frank H* Heldbreder. The
following prizes were awarded: The Biroth microscope to
Max O. Rolff, the alumni medal to Frank H. Heldbreder, the
junior pharmacy medal to S. W. Taliaferro and the Junior
chemistry medal to Otto Hironimus. The following received
the degree of graduate in pharmacy:
Carl E. Bourne, ^Gustav A. Brenke, Harry R. De Land, Walter F.
Engel, Jacob T. Fawcett. Philip J. Forbrich, ^William B. Freeman,
Charles M. Friesenecker. *Frank H. Heldbreder, Harry M. Hlbbe, Ouy
W. Houseman, Walter v. Keller, Harold B. Kemp. Theodore J. Ejuiak,
*Emest W. D. lAufer, Lewis M. Marts, George A. McCormlck, Harry
T. Moyer. Frank E. Pierce. *Max O. Rolff, Hans C. C. Rommel, Arthur
T. S^leder, Charles H. »chmldt. Albertus Seltzer, Braslll O. Smith,
Clyde M. Snow,' Charles O. Stegmayer, Frederic I>. O. Walker, John
C. Wheatcroft. Adolph O. Wlrth, Boyden Nlms (class of '99), Frank
G. D. Smith (class of '99), Peter McM. Fulton (class of '00), Otto J.
Dewltz (class of '01>, Edward N. Femholz (class of '01). Ouy G. Fox
(class of '01), Richard H. Hopkins (class of '01), Walter Schmitt
(class of *01), Chester A Ullman (class of '01).
The following received a certificate of having finished the
course successfully, and will receive the degree when the re-
quired age and practical experience are attained:
^Sara S. Bomemann, Oak Park; (Carles O. Bowman, Wathena,
Kan. • * Frederick A. Brown, Chicago ; John W. Drewlts, La Salle ; Ar-
thur L. Hamley. Maquoketa, Iowa; Carl D. McClenahan, La Fayette:
Elmer J. Merdi, Chicago; Lee M. Pedlgo, Augusta, Ga. ; Charles J.
\^elker Cfhlcaao
Tho'se whose names have stars attached received class honors for
a scholarship average of 90 per cent, or above.
PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY.
Real Nature of Chamois Skins— A Defmition of the
Term Spoonful — Donation to the ColIes:e.
The regular monthly pharmaceutical meeting of the Phila-
delphia College of Pharmacy was held Tuesday, April 15,
Joseph W. England, curator of the college museum, presiding.
Thos. S. Wiegand, librarian, presented a paper entitled
Notes on Specific Gravity, which was discussed by Gustavus
Pile ajid the chairman.
A paper on Chamois Skins was read by Charles C. Drued-
Ing. The author stated that the supply of true chamois skin
is very limited, and that what is known in the market as
" chamois skin " is really an oil-tanned sheep or lamb skin
lining.
DEFINITION OF TBS TERM SPOONFUL.
A special feature of the meeting was a discussion on the
definition of the term " spoonful " and its metric equivalent,
which was opened by M. I. Wilbert, apothecary at the Ger^
man Hospital, Philadelphia. Others present taking part in
the discussion were Jos. W. England, C. Carroll Meyer, Geo.
M. Beringer, E. M. Boring, Anna C. Ross, P.D., and Prof.
Henry Kraemer. In addition a number of letters bearing on
this subject from physicians and pharmacists not only in
Philadelphia, but from various parts of the United States,
were received. A resolution offered by Mr. Wilbert was
adopted after amendment, as follows:
Whereas, It is desirable to secure greater accuracy and
more uniformity in the measuring out or administration
of doses of liquid medicines, therefore be it
Resolved, That we, members of the Philadelphia Col-
lege of Pharmacy assembled at this pharmaceutical meet-
ing, recommend the use of accurately graduated glass dose
measures, these measures to be constructed so that the
height of the contained liquid at a spoonful mark is greater
than its diameter.
Resolved, That for use in connection with spoons as
dose measures we recommend the promulgation of the fol-
lowing definition taken from the French Codex: *' A spoon
is full when the liquid it contains comes up to but does
not show a curve above the upper edge or rim of the
bowl."
Resolved, That for use in connection with the metric
system of weights and measures we recommend the adop-
tion of the following approximate equivalents of spoon-
fuls:
1 teaspoonful equals 5 Cc
1 dessertspoonful equals 2 teaspoonfuls or 10 Cc.
1 tablespoonful equals 3 teaspoonfuls or 15 Cc.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to
the chairman of the Committee on the Metric System of
the American Pharmaceutical Association and the secre-
taries of the American Medical Association and the Phila-
delphia County Medical Society.
A pleasant feature of the meeting was a statement by Mr.
William Mclntyre to the effect that inasmuch as it was pro-
posed in the report of the Committee on Pharmaceutical Meet-
ings at the annual meeting of the college to provide a per-
manent fund for carrying on these meetings, he desired to
give $65 in addition to what he had already given to the com-
mittee, thus making his contribution to this fund $100. The
gift was accepted and a unanimous vote of thanks was ten-
dered Mr. Mclntyre.
N. A. r/d* NOTES-
The following la a report of the auzUlariea formed by the orcanlsar
tlon department and which have not yet been reported to the pharmar
ceutical preaa. Namea In parentheses are those of the chief dtlea
located in the counties named: , . ^ « ^
Florida. — ^The Ocala Association, Including Marlon, Levy, Sumter,
Citrus and Hernando counties. Organiser Schodde has devoted a
large part of his time since the date of the last report In and around
Tampa. Upon his return northward it is expected that he will do
some work in the Carolinas. All druggists In these States who feel
thtit organisation work should be done in their localities are requested
to communicate with Thos. V. Wooten. secretary. 148 La Salle r-eet,
Chicago, at once, as Mr. Schodde will visit only those points where
price cutting exists when he goes to those States.
Kentucky. — ^The following county organisations have been formed
since the last report: Logan (RussellTllle). Simpson (Franklin). Hen-
derson and Hopkins ( Madison ). The secretary of the Simpson County
auxiliary, H. K. Mitchell, of Franklin, writes : ** We heartily indorse
the movement." Organiser Bottume will go next to Louisville, where
he is expected to remain some time, doing work for the association
there
Louisiana. — St Mary's Parish (Frank and Morgan City), Bast
Baton Rouge Parish (Alexandria), Ouachita Parish (Monroe) and
Shreveport. Organizer Chapman Is now in Arkansas. It is intended
to have him work In Indian Territory, Oklahoma and Kansas next.
Mabtlano. — ^Anne Arundel County (Annapolis). Organiser HofT-
man visited other points In the State, but on acount of the generally
bad condition of the roads the driving necessary for the perfection of
the county associations could not be done, and the work was sus-
pended. ^ ^
Pennsylvania. — Beaver County (Beaver Falls). Organiser Hoff-
man started the work In the western end of the State March 19. He
Is working in co-operation with B. R. Pritchard, secretary of the West-
em Pennsylvania Association, and H. L. Stiles, chairman of the Trade
Interests Committee of the State Association. He will confine him-
self to the northwestern part of the State for the present, while Or-
ganiser Vincent wUl start work In the southeastern part. The Beaver
County Association numbers twenty-seven members.
Tennessee. — Montgomery County has been organized, making five
auxiliaries organised up to date In this State by the organisation de-
partment.
TiBOiNiA. — Danville. Border, Roanoke. Augusta (Staunton). Char-
lottesville and Fredericksburg. This completes the organisation work
in this State so far as the cities with five or more druggists are con-
cerned. Organizer Vincent will henceforth work In Eastern Penn-
sylvania.
• • •
*' In our opinion an association of drusrslsts In a community that
will restore or create a friendly feeling among them, that they may
understand one another better, will have more Infiuence to stop price
cutting than any other one thing.*' — Lamm ft Orlft. Converse, ind.
m m 9
There are ways and ways of getting goods to cutters, and not the
least Ingenious Is that of packing the goods In barrels and In cases,
after the manner In which queensware Is shipped. We are happy to
say that the practice is not general, and we would suggest that It
should become still less so. otherwise those who adhere to It may find
themselves unable to follow any other.
000
The following letter from H. L. Squires, a well-known druggist of
Morgan City, La., Is encouraging:
'^Cutting was done here up to March 1, on which date we resolved
to quit, and so far It Is working splendidly. To make assurance
doubly sure. I wrote to every wholesaler In the State and received
letters assuring us of their hearty co-operation. I have been watch-
ing the situation In Now Orleans, and last Sunday'^ papers were very
evidently without ads from the cutting druggists. I am glad that I
am In the N. A. R. D. The situation here Is bettered by our or-
ganization.**
# # #
Attention must again be called to the necessity for sufficient money
with which to accomplish the work of the N. A. R. D. Organisations
should send In their dues promptly and should not be backward in
their voluntary contributions, in the proportion thst we give we
receive. When we help others from motives of unselfishness we help
ourselves. In donating money to the National Association we are
helping It to be national In fact as well as In name, and the larger
the association grows and the stronger It becomes the greater Is the
guarantee that It will continue to be the shield and bulwark of every
member.
The decision of the United States Supreme Court declaring the
Illinois anti-trust law unconstitutional on the ground that It does not
Include organisations of farmers or laborers. Is likely to prove a boon
to the N. A. R. D. in many States having similar laws on their statute
books. Any law in any State having similar exemptions as to fann-
ers or any class must come under the terms of the recent decision.
This frees the matter from considerable doubt and serves as a bar to
a good deal of litigation.
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BREITENBACH VERSUS THAYER.
When 'Omer smote Ms bloomin* lyre,
He'd 'eard men sin^ by land and sea;
An' what 'e thought ^e might require.
He went and took — the same as me !
Let no man imagine the drug tr^de to be altogether a
*' demnitlon grind," without saving incidents of humor. Here
is this case, which comes to us over the.qulet Berkshire Hills
from the sedate town of Boston— Breitenbach vs. Thayer—
enough in itself to dispel such an illusion. The humor is all
the better because of its entire unconsciousness. The defend-
ants furnished it
It has, unhappily, become a not infrequent practice on the
part of some so-called respectable houses to manufacture sim-
ulations of proprietary articles which have found a market
If I were put to it I could probably name a baker's dozen of
them offhand. When the injured manufacturer discovers the
wrong done him he writes an indignant letter tp the oflTender
and demands the withdrawal of the article. The offender
commonly answers in a most gentlemanly spirit thanks the
writer for calling his attention to a curious inadvertence, ex-
presses the customary tommyrot of regret and promises In-
stant compliance. The injured manufacturer is bound by the
laws of politeness to accept this in full satisfaction of the
injury. He may know in his heart that the offender has com-
mitted the wrong with his eyes open, and is at the moment
Jingling the profits of the venture in his pocket and laughing
in his sleeve— but he must not say anything. It is a respect-
able—a quite respectable— house, remember!
A man who refuses to sit quiet under this wrong— who is
willing to spend the money and endure the inconvenience of
a prosecution for the sake of holding up to public scorn the
quite respectable house that has taken what does not belong
to it— is worthy of all praise. It means courage of a peculiar
kind to do this. The respectable house may be a personal
friend; there may be business and social ties involved, and
there is always a certain odium in an attack of the kind. If
the case fall through— and nothing is quite so uncertain as
litigation— then what?
Probably no other proprietary article on the market has
been so imitated, approximated and pilfered from as 6ude*s
Pepto Mangan. Men too mean or too stupid to find a legiti-
mate market for a peptonate of iron of their own have fol-
lowed it as the hungry pike follows the bass.
One of the oldest and most respectable houses in New Eng-
land is Henry Thayer & Co., of Oambridgeport, Mass. M. J.
Breltenbach & Co. selected them as a good subject for a rep-
resentative ease. They didn't want damages; they wanted a
Judgment which all the world might read and understand.
And they got it. ,
Now. the humorous part of the business, Judging by the
gossip of men who were present at the trial, lay in what the
witnesses for the defense had to say on the stand. It sounds
like a bit of exquisite farce comedy. I give it as it comes to
me for what it may be worth. Personally I know nothing
about what occurred at the trial— nothing, indeed, beyond the
bald fact that Breltenbach obtained an injunction against
Thayer.
It is said that a young man, aged twenty-six, a compara-
tively recent graduate of the School of Technology, stood for-
ward as the manager of the house of Henry Thayer & Co.
He is alleged to have said that there was a " fashion " in iron
peptonates, which he had followed. Really, he had to be in
the fashion, don't you know?— or he could never supply the
market And so he had instructed one of his assistants to get
up a terra-cotta colored package with white lettering. There
was a demand for* that kind of thing. It was his business
to supply the demand. He had a dozen packages of iron pep-
tonates with him and exhibited them. Asked to pick out of
the lot one other besides Gude's which was terra-cotta colored.
He selected Cassebeer's, a distinct chocolate color, and which
resembled Gude*s about as closely as a dog resembles an ele-
phant
Was it a curious case of moral obliquity or Just downright
childishness? Heaven knows! But he is said to have stood
there, !n the midst of the ruin his own hands had made, as
calm and untroubled as Nero when the fire engines hurried
down the Appian Way.
The farce comedy was not yet played out. The " chemist "
had yet to be heard from. He said he had been a clerk in the
employ of Weeks & Potter, wholesale druggists— didn't seem
to have gone very deep into either chemistry or pharmacy,
but was quite intimate with the business of the packing room.
He said he had taken a solution of iron, some chloride of man-
ganese, pepsin and some egg albumin, and shakeu them to-
gether with some water. At least that is what he is said to
have said. I didn't hear him myself. Was that a peptonate
of iron? He didn't seem to know, but the formula had been
printed in a drug Journal and was probably all right
The verdict was not long in coming. And here endeth the
first lesson. May others follow! Richabd Quinct MxTinr.
Association News.
The Holyoke (Mass.) Druggists^ Association has elected the
following officers; President C. E. Bardwell; vice-president
C. B. Ball; secretary and treasurer, Herman Heinritz; Stand-
ing Committee, W. H. Murphy and John Fessant
Drug Clerks' Association No. 240, of Washington, D. C,
has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent William S. Klemroth; first vice-president A. W. Stocton;
secoBd vice-president W. E. Hunt; treasurer, O. G. Holl; re-
cording secretary, W. T. Kerfoot; financial secretary. L. A.
Richardson. Trustees: W. H. Bradfield, W. E. Hunt and W.
C. Sparks.
The Connecticut Valley Druggists* Association met recentty
at Greenfield, Mass., and the following officers were chosen:
President C. E. Bardwell, of Holyoke; vice-presidents. George
D. Clark, of Northampton; C. E. Ball, of Holyoke; Eliot Nash,
of Greenfield; secretary, F. L. Vaughan, of Springfield; treas-
urer, Edward Leonard, of Springfield. Executive Committee:
F. N. Wheeler, of Springfield; L. G. Heinritz, of Holyoke;
D. F. Keefe, of Springfield; W. A. Coleman, of Northampton;
C. J. Smith, of Easthampton; C. N. Payne, of Greenfield; J.
F. Hood, of Turner's Falls. Legislative Committee: A. B.
Lerdie, of Springfield; F. B. Wells, of Greenfield; L. S. Davis,
of Northampton.
At the annual meeting of the Pharmaceutical Association of
Troy and vicinity, held recently, an election for officers was
held with the following result: President Henry Schneider;
first vice-president Charles H. Shacklady; second vice-presi-
dent Robert Glass; secretary, Fred. W. Schneider; treasurer,
Charles H. Mansheffer. A committee consisting of John J.
Healy, John F. Killilea and F. L. Adams was named to ar-
range for a banquet to be held the latter part of the month at
theAltruria.
The Capital City Retail Druggists' Association was recently
formed at a meeting of the retail druggists of Richmond, Va.
About 90 per cent of those in the city were enrolled as mem-
bers. F. C. Vincent representing the National Retail Drug-
gists* Association, was in the city several days assisting In
the perfection of the organization. The officers elected were:
President W. E. Warriner; vice-president Withers Miller;,
second . vice-president J. M. Blanks; third vice-president T.
N. Curd; secretary, Gordon Blair; assistant secretary, H. G.
Forstman; treasurer, Irving Beveridge^ Executive Committee:
The above named, and John B. Purcell, Edgar Taylor and A.
S. Briggs.
The annual meeting of the Minneapolis Retail Druggists'
Association was held recently. Officers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows: President Steward Gamble; vice-
president A. H. Persall; secretary, E. B. Wilson; treasurer.
George A. Rose. Executive Committee: Thomas Voegeli, John
F. Danek, J. W. Thompson, J. H. Marshall and E. M. Tup-
per.
Sited for an Error in Dispensing;*
An interesting case was recently tried at Salem, "Mass.,
against Charles P. Jeffers, a druggist of Swampscott. The
suit was brought by a parent and his two minor children to
recover on account of an alleged mistake in a prescription.
The claim of the plaintiffs is that the two_ children were sick
in February, 1900. A physician wrote a prescription, which
was filled at Jeffers' store. Some of the powders were given
to the younger child, and he became violently ill. In the
meantime one or two powders were given to the other child,
who was taken sick in the same way. The doctor was called,
and the use of the medicine was stopped. It was claimed
that there was arsenic in the powder, and that it was com-
pounded by a clerk not a registered pharmacist. The verdict
was for the plaintiffs, $255 for the parent, $350 for one son and
$50 for the other.
Dr. W. IngallR. of Roxbury, Mass.. who recently celebrated
his sixty-ninth birthday, stated in a newspaper interview that
he entered the building in which Theodore Metcairs store was
located on the day the store was opened and has be^n a con-
stant visitor and patron ever since, a period of some 65 years.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
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A New Ph a n naccotfcal Eaterprise.
The American Peroxide St. Cbemlcal Company. — A. new
company bare been Incorporated under this name, bavlng
offices and laboratory at SS Maiden lane, New York City. Mr.'
J. Van Vleck, prealdent; Mr. Benjamin B. Hamlin, jr., treas-
'nrer and general manager; Mr. Tbomas C. Johnston, secretary
and chemlsL
They will manafactare peroxide of hydrogen both for
chemical pnrposes and to be ased indtutrially. In addition
they will make a line of siearate of sine preparations, a baby
powder under the name of " Parola," and a long line of phar-
macentlcals.
Mr. Hamlin, whose picture appears herewltb, has been for
a number of years manager of the New York branch of
. Wm. B. Warner & Co., of Philadelphia. He Is a
BENJAUIN B. HA.HLJN, JR.,
Trttnxmt and OenenJ MaUBger ol ibe American Peroxide Co.
graduated pharmacist, baa been In the retail drug business at
Harrlsburg, Pa., and bas bad a wide experience in orgaalElng
and developing In the manufacturing line. His busineas abil-
ity is admitted by all wlio come In contact with him, and his
frank and charming manners and sterling Integrity have
made him staunch friends in every part of the country. These
moral characteristics bare been his strong points In develop-
ing competent and loyal salesmen— a point which Is generally
either the strength or the weakness of a house. There Is no
doubt tiiat the new company will be strongly represented on
the road. The company adopt the U. S. P. title for tbelr
chief product and make It conform to tbe U. 8. P. S per cent
standard. Tbeir object In this Is, that as some manufacturers
of hydrogen dioxide either make a product largely above the
tJ. B. P. standard, or market It with an eye to the public, or
adopt a trade-mark name which might be oSenslre to tbe
professional ethics, they will be able to appeal very strongly
to Ibe best class of medical practitioners.
Mr. Hamlin starts his enterprise with the good wishes ot
many friends In every part of tbe country.
A Japjuwae Phumadst.
Setsuzo Goto, whose card reads " Pharmaceutical Chemist.
Director of Fu-undo, Tokyo. Japan." is now making a clrcnlt
of the globe in searcli of new Ideas to bo put Into practice In
his extensive establishment. Mr. Goto left Tokyo on the 11th
of March, arriving in Seattle fourteen dnya later. He trav-
eled as far as St. Paul with Count Matsuka. who U making a
toor of tbe world on behalf of the Treasury Department of tbe
Japanese Government, studying the financial systems in use
In the various countries of the world. Mr. Goto. In company wltb
Count MatBUka and pnrty. was entertained In St. Paul by
James J. Hill, president of the Northern Pnclflc Railway, at
the wedding of Mr. Hill's dnoghter. Mr. Goto Is particularly
Interested In surgical Instruments, having a factory for their
manufacture in which he has one hundre<I employees. He also
condncts a retail drug store, which was established sixteen
years ago by him under tbe name of Fu-undo. In which he
built up quite a large business in the manufacture of creosote
pills. In this store he has twenty clerks. Mr. Goto Is a gradu-
ate of the University of Tokyo. He was most favorably im-
pressed with tbe surgical appliances In use In this country,
and more particularly with the modem glass and iron operat-
ing tables and with tbe wonderfully convenient operatlsg
choirs. Mr. Goto will Investigate market conditions In the
leading cities of Europe before returning to Japan.
OMtMrv.
George F. Wild, proprietor of the Bridge City Pharmacal
'Works, Ft Wayne, Ind., died Monday, April 14, ak the age
of twenty-nine years. A vridow survives him.
David Magee Day, a retired wholesale drug merchant ot
this city, died at his home In BloomOeld, N. J.. Thursday, April
17, at the age of seventy-four years. He Is survived by a
widow, two daughters and one son.
Dr. Henry C. Llnn. of Butler, Fa., died April 4 a( the age
of ninety years. He commenced tbe practice of medicine In
Butler In 1836, and In 1878 engaged In tbe drug business. He
retired from all business several years ago.
Dr. Wm. H. Keyes, Bay City, Mich., was found dead In the
rear of his drug store on Sunday evening, April 13. He had
been missing since Thursday. He had grown despondent
since the death of bis mother. He was about forty-flve years
old.
George W. Sipe, who for the past nine years has conducted
ft drug store In Carlisle, Pa., died on Tuesday, April IS, at the
age of thirty-four years. He was a well-known citizen of
Carlisle and bis death la tbe source of regret to a large circle
of friends.
August Theodore Maine, of Utica. N. Y.. died on Friday,
April 4, at Idylwild Sanitarium, California. He was a native
of Germany. He was bom in Hanover, Germany, in 184S, and
came to America In 1864. He Is survived by his widow, bis
aged mother and five brothers.
Charles W. Qrlfflth, the Western traveling representative
of tbe Herf & Frerichs Chemical Company, died at his horns
In Chicago on Saturday, April 12, after a brief Illness. Mr.
Griffiths began bis business career In the old drug house of
Tolman. King Sl Co., of Chicago.
Joseph W. Walker, senior member of the dmg firm of
Walker & Walker, New Kensington. Pa., died Friday, April
18, 1002, aged 60 years, after a year's illness with nervous
prostration brought on by tbe loss of a leg during tbe Civil
War. He was prominent In G. A. R. circles, and was also
a member of the U. T. L. and I. O. O. F. He leaves a widow
and seven children, one of whom, Frank F. Walker, was his
partner in business.
Henry M, Fuller, son of Oliver F, Fuller, of the firm of
Fuller &. Fuller. Chicago, died April 14 at the family home,
S2S Dearborn avenue. He was 41 years old and unmarried.
For several years Mr. Fuller had been In poor health and
had been unable to occupy himself seriously with business
affairs. He was extremely fond of music and was to be seen
at all concerts. It was while attending grand opera that he
caught a cold, which developed Into pneumonia. The funeral
took place April 16.
Bowles Colgate, of tble city, died Monday. April 21, at
liBkewood. Mr. Colgate was bom fifty-six years ago and was
tbe son ot Charles Colgate. Upon leaving school. Instead of
taking a college coivse, he entered the firm ot Colgate & Co.,
soap and perfume manufacturers, with which he was con-
nected until eighteen months ago, when be retired from busi-
ness. Upon the death of his father, several years ago, Mr.
Colgate became senior member of the company. He was the
representative of tbe third generation from the founder of tb»
bouse. He leaves a widow, a son and a daughter.
The Massacfiuietts Board.
During March tbe Massacbnsetts Board of Pharmacy
granted certificates to tbe following candidates:
Timothy K. Conway. Boston; Herman F. Hawthorne,
Soroervlile; Victor B. Dion, Boston; Lillian M. Geddes, Allston;
Charles W. Mitchell, Boston; Archie B. Picken, Boston; Albert
P. Pierce, Ashland, N. H.; Harry B. Farwell, Fitchburg; Ed-
ward T. (J. Hodges, Qulncy; Frank A. Parrott. Holyoke; Cleoa
D. Tufts, Manchester, N. H.; Henry L. Cobb, Brockton;
Samuel J. Blgel, Boston, and Chester BiUetdoux, Philadelphia,
Pa. Messrs. Hawthorne, Dion. Picken, Hodges and SIgel ar»
students at the M. 0, P.
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GREATER. NEW YORK.
W. H. Grainger, who has two drug stores in Boston, was
a recent visitor here.
Edgar D. Taylor, of the Powers, Taylor Drug Company,
was in town last week.
Leon Guggenhime, of Mack & Co., San Francisco, has been
visiting the local drug trade.
The Flower Drug Store has been moved to the corner of
Barrow and Hudson streets.
Cyril Ifurray, of Parke, Davis & Co., sailed on Saturday
for Australia to take charge of the Arm's branch there.
W. D. Faris, of H. J. Baker & Bro., recently sailed for Eu-
rope. He expects to be abroad about two months.
A. B. Baltzby has returned from his trip to Old Point Com-
fort, Ya., and has fully recovered from his late illness.
The Herf & Frerichs Chemical Company have leased and
will occupy the lower part of the building at 16 Piatt street,
this city.
Frederick Steams, of Frederick Steams & Co., manufac-
turing chemists, of Detroit, Mich., has been spending a few
days in this city.
A. W. Fenner, Jr., a prominent retail druggist of Provi-
dence, R. I., was in New York recently on his return from a
ten days' trip to the South.
G. P. Dyson, formerly a clerk with A. Tscheppe, at Seventy-
fifth street and Columbus avenue, is now in the drag depart-
ment of the Siegel-Cooper Company.
A. C. Stallman, of the Stallman & Fulton Company, has re-
turned from a six weeks' trip through the West. He visited
most of the large cities, going as far as Denver.
The Drug Trade Section of the Board of Trade and Trans-
portation at its regular meeting this month indorsed the
Levering Drawback Bill, now pending in Congress.
William Muir, of the Kings County Pharmaceutical Society,
enjoyed a pleasant trip a few days ago to Niagara Falls and
Buffalo. He was accompanied by his daughter.
M., Prevot, a pharmacist of Paris, stopped here recently on
a toiir of the principal Qitles of this country. While in De-
troit he will inspect the laboratories of Parke, Davis & Co.
A. Dubus, of E. Zafra & Co., Puerto Plata, West Indies,
was in this city recently accompanied by his family, on his
way to Europe. Mr. Dubus is a graduate of the New York
College of Pharmacy.
Mr. Ferris, of the Ferris & Ferris Company, Franklinville,
N. Y., paid a brief visit to the city recently on business. Mr.
Ferris is one of the thousands of dragglsts who swear by the
Akebican Druooist.
T. C. Power, formerly of the Renz Drug Company, Louis-
ville, Ky., has joined the staff of Lehn & Fink, as saleman.
He has started on a trip through Kentucky, eastern Ohio, In-
diana and Michigan.
The New York State Board of Pharmacy recently caused
the arrest of Augustine De Augus>tinas, an Italian druggist, of
168 Twebty-first street, Brooklyn, for conducting a store with-
out a license. He was tried in the Court of Special Sessions
and fined $100. The fine was paid.
Rockow & Mishkin have sold their store at the comer of
Attorney and Rivington streets to Rothkowitz Bros., who
have closed it out at auction. J. Pickei: ha9 bought the inter-
est of Mr. Rockow in his store at 207 Division street and
is now a partner of Mr. Mishkin.
William Colwell, of the Osbora, Colwell Company, manu-
facturing pharmacists of this city, has severed his connection
with that firm and will hereafter represent the Fort Wayne
Drug Company in Michigan and Indiana.
The Department of the Interior has announced that the an-
nual bids for furnishing the Indians with supplies of drags,
etc., will be opened next year at Washington, D. C. For some
time past the drug bids have been opened in Chicago.
Chas. Ricksecker, of Ricksecker Bros., 117th street and
Lenox avenue, deserves the sympathy of his friends, having
been a grasswidower for the last six weeks, Mrs. Ricksecker
having been visiting her parents at her old home in Navarre,
Ohio.
Nelson S. Kirk, Lee avenue and Rutledge street Brooklyn,
who has long been prominent in the N. Y. C. P. Alumni Asso-
ciation, was married on Wednesday evening, April 2, to Miss
Jean Douglas, of Brooklyn. The alumni turned out in large
numbers.
A meeting of the credit6rs of Geo. W. Wray, of tlie G. W.
Wray Drug Company, of Yonkers, N. Y^ was held recently at
the Astor House. It was recommended that Involuntary bank-
ruptcy proceedings be instituted, but the matter was referred
to a committee with power.
The agreement entered into some time ago by department
stores of this city to maintain a price schedule of their own
on proprietary and toilet articles is no longer in effect. The
dissolution of the compact was brought about, it is under-
stood, by the withdrawal of one large store from the agree-
ment, with the result that prices are much demoralized and
the situation is as bad, if not worse, than it was prior to the
adoption of the uniform schedule.
Among the vistors to this market during the past week
or so were: Mr. Ritmeyer, of Ritmeyer & Co., London, dealers
in heavy and pharmaceutical chemicals; Mr. Hartz, of the
Hartz & Bahnsen Drug Company, Rock Island, 111.; H. B.
Gilpin, of Gilpin, Langdon & Co., Baltimore, wholesale drug-
gists; Charles R. Wensley, Harshaw-Fuller & Goodwin Com-
pany, Cleveland; Mr. Force, of Cathcart & Force. Newburg.
N. Y.; A. Newbury, of Richmond, Va.
A delegation of dmggists appeared before Mayer Low last
Monday at a hearing to oppose the manufacture for general
use of vaccine virus and antitoxin by the New York Board
of Health. . Bartow S. Weeks, the lawyer, spoke for them
and presented a petition signed by about 1,000 physicians,
dmggists and others, urging that the board be restrained
from its practice in this line. Mayor Low said nothing could
be done in the matter at present, but that it might receive
attention when the next budget came up for consideration.
Under the will of the late Edward Kemp, who left an es-
tate valued at from $4,000,000 to $10,000,000, the bulk of his
estate was left to two nephews, George and Edward, who had
been associated with him in business; $60,000 was left to
George Massey, his partner in the firm; and $50,000 was left
to be divided among the employees of the firm. These be-
quests to be paid after the death of his widow. Tlfree nephews
and a niece who have not been remembered have given notice
that they will contest the will on the ground that the testator
was Incapable at the time of maldng his will.
On Thursday, April 17, Mayor Low gave a hearing ofi the
sale of antitoxine by the Health Board of the dty. An argu-
ment was presented against the continuance of the sale by
Bartow S. Weeks and a long petition was presented with the
signatures of many druggists and physicians, some fifty or
more of whom were in attendance at the hearing. A news-
paper reporter, named Hawley, appeared in opposition to the*
petition. The Mayor stated that he would take the matter un-
der advisement, as it could not be acted upon until the next
budget was prepared.
The New York County Medical Association is opposed to
any interference with the work of the Biological Department
of the Board of Health, and at a meeting of the association
last Monday night the following resolution was passed:
*'That the New York County Medical Association do most
heartily again indorse the work being done by the New York
Board of Health in fumishing the medical profession of the
city with approved and reliable biological products and dis-
approve of any interference with the work. That we again
express our confidence in those in charge of the scientific work
of the board and extend to them our support."
American Electro
Society.
On April 3 there was organized in Philadelphia the Amer-
ican Electro Chemical Society, and the following ofllcers were
elected:
President, Dr. J. W. Richards, Professor of Chemistry.
Lehigh University; vice-presidents: Prof. Charles A. Doremus,
of the College of the ci^ of New York; Dr. H. S. Carhart,
University of Michigan; Charles M. Hall, Niagara Falls; Dr.
Wilder D. Bancroft, Cornell University; Dr. Louis Kahlenberg,
University of Wisconsin; Dr. W. R. Whitney, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Boston; Board of Mana^gers: Carl
Hering. Dr. E. F. Roeber, Dr. Samuel Sadtler, of Philadel-
phia; Edward G. Atchinson, Niagara Falls; C. O. Mailloux and
W. D. Weaver, New York; Edward Weston, Waverly Park,
N. J.; f)r. Samuel Sheldon. Brooklyn Institute of Technology:
Colonel Samuel Reber, U. S. A., Washington, D. C; treasurer,
Dr. Pedro G. Salom, Philadelphia; secretary. Charles J. Reed,
3313 North Sixteenth street, Philadelphia.
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MANHATTAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOOA-
TION ,
Anntial Meetcngf and Ekcdoa of Officers* — ^Rcgfulations
for Storing of Qmibtistiblcs Dbcusied*
WESTERN NEW YORK.
The annual meeting and election of oflQcers of the Man-
hattan Pharmaceutical Association were h^d last Monday
evening at the New York College of Pharmacy, a large num-
ber of the members being present President J. Maxwell Pringle
presided, and after the usual reading of the minutes of the
previous and special meetings, F. O. Collins, in the absence of
Chairman Schaaf, submitted a report from the Committee on
Trade Interests with regard to the storage of combustibles
and the committee's efforts to have certain changes made in
the regulations governing same. Mr. Collins said that they
had called on Mayor Low, but that he had referred them to
Mr. Murray, Inspector of Combustibles, with whom the com-
mittee had had an audience. Inspector Murray received them
cordially, and said he was glad to talk with druggists and
get from them any suggestions as to how the regulations could
be improved. He went over the list of the articles that drug-
gists are allowed to keep in their stores under the regulations
and promised to increase the limit as to quantity on a number
of things. He said, however, that the keeping of benzine,
gasoline and naphthoUne would be absolutely prohibited. The
new regulations, he said, have been framed, but are not in
force as yet, and will not be put into actual effect until drug-
gists have had a reasonable length of time to become fully ac-
quainted with their provisions and requirements.
Anotlher phase of this subject was brought up at the meet-
ing. There is some trouble, it seems, over the expiration of
permits for the storing of combustibles. Some permits have
already run out, while others have not yet expired, which
gives rise to unfair competition among druggists. Secretary
Swan was instructed to write to the authorities and request
that the dates when permits expire be made uniform.
George H Walker was elected to membership in the asso-
ciation.
A recess was then taken, after which the annual election
took place. There were two nominations for the presidency—
namely, Charles S. Brbe and George E. Schweinfurth. The
ballot resulted in 32 votes for Mr. Erbe and 19 for Mr.
Schweinfurth, with one blank vote. The election of Mr. Erbe
was then made unanimous, and Mr. Schweinfurth was tnade
first vice-president by acclamation and Charles H. White sec-
one vice-president Secretary Swan and Treasurer Hitchcock
were re-elected.
President Pringle reported the receipt of a communication
from the Drug Trade Section of the Board of Trade and
Tran8iK)rtation, requesting a contribution to the National Mc-
Kinley Memorial fund.
After taking a standing vote of thanks to the retiring of-
ficers for the faithful performance of their duties the meeting
adjourned.
The State Excise Crusade*.
Reports from various cities throughout the State indicate
that the State excise authorities have been fully as active in
other sections as in New York in procuring evidence against
druggists for alleged violations of the liquor tax law, and
have notified the accused parties that they have forfeited
their bond of $500. Rochester druggists, according to advices
from there, are loath to admit that they have been served
with notices by the State Excise Department The same
seems to be true of Buffalo pharmacists, who are quoted to
the effect that they do not fear prosecution, since they " have
kept within the law and have strictly lived up to its require-
ments." Albany reports that firms there have actually been
served with notices, while Elmira is having an interesting
discussion as to whether druggists who sold malt whisky in
original packages violated the law. Binghamton houses are
also considerably agitated over this same question. Atten-
tion has previously been called in these columns to the fact
that the Government does not regard malt whisky as a liquor
In applying Uie internal revenue law, but that this decision
does not extend to the various State excise laws. The decision
of the New York State Excise Department in this matter is
naturally awaited with much interest.
At the recent meeting of the Holyoke Druggists' Association
the following officers were elected: President C. B. Bardwell;
vice-president C. E. Ball; treasurer and secretary, H. Heinritz;
Standing Committee, M. M. Murphy, W. H. Woods and J.
Fessnnt.
Tlie VcHem Brandi ol tbe Bosfd Bissy^Many Chanfet in Ifie
Drug Tffader-Cfftllng Goes On Uncheckscl— QucttlOfUiUs Prsc-
lioci ol ffTTfff Assnts*
(From our Regvlar Corre9pondent,)
Buffalo, April 24.— The Western Branch of the State Board
of Pharmacy examined 23 candidates for license at the first
April meeting and will pass on the papers at the second meet-
ing. The rule seems to be that no doubtful persons get
through, for though the class is usually quite large the license
list is almost always small. Druggists say that clerks are
still very scarce. The clerk with a steady Job is sticking to it
thes^ days.
The board still has quite a list of i^ople on its list that
are trying to sell drugs without proper authority, and lately
fined F. P. Baker, of Youngstown, $25 for running a drug
store without a license. The establishment was under the
management of Charles Taylor, who was not proceeded
against. After the flue was paid the store was given a permit
to sell certain articles in the drug line.
THE aXCISE PROSKCUTIOKS.
Buffalo druggists have been much exercised since it was
announced in a local paper that there were 40 of their names
on the list for prosecution by the State excise authorities.
President Stoddart of the State Association, says that he is
satisfied that there is no fiagrant violation of the excise law
in Buffalo pharmacies. He does not know of any one paying
the $500 forfeit but if any one did it was because that person
knew he was guilty and would not be able to escape in case
of prosecution. He also learns that the emissaries of the
excise authorities were in Buffalo and that they went to all
sorts of lengths to get evidence against the drug stores.
Sometimes one of them would rush into a store all doubled
up with cramps and declare that they must have liquor with-
out a moment's delay. Sometimes it was represented that the
applicant's wife was in a dying condition and could not wait
for a prescription. Of course, such an offense would never
convince a Jury of the actual guUt of the accused.
TBE CUTTING OF PRICES
is having full swing in Buffalo and no effort is making to stop
it. Such of the city druggists as would like to take up the
sword against it see that there would be no use and it is
probable that nothing will be done. Such large houses as
Stoddart Bros, say that it is out of the question to make a
fight now and they do not believe that there will ever be
another uniform-price agreement in the city, as it does not
appear to be in accordance with the spirit of trade. If any
merchant in any line chooses to sell an article at cost or less
for the purpose of attracting other trade he must be allowed
to do so no matter who it it hits.
BUFFALO NOTfiS.
Zolotnisky's " Elite Pharmacy " on Niagara street Buffalo,
was entered by thieves a few nights ago through a back win-
dow, but they found only about $7 in money and took nothing
else.
' Charles Zawadsky has moved his pharmacy from 1028
Broadway to 1121 of the same street, where he has fitted up
the finest establishment, in the whole Polish district
The annual commencement of the Buffalo College of Phar-
macy takes place on Friday, May 2, at 11 a.m., the College of
Medicine participating.
The president and secretary of the State Pharmaceutical
Association go to Elmira at once to make arrangements with
the local association for the holding of the annual convention
there, which is expected to take place June 24-27.
CHANGES IN THE TRADE.
Following are some of the late changes among Western
New York druggists: The firm of Webber & Garland, drug-
gists, of Medina, have dissolved, Mr. Garland retiring. A new
firm of Webber & Gardner will now carry on the business.
S. A. Dustln, of Batavia, who sold out some time ago and
retired from business, is opening a new pharmacy on EUicott
street of that village.
Louis E. Blandy, druggist, of Niagara Falls, has sold out
to L. A. Bradley of the same place.
G. I. R^ssiter is preparing to open a new drug store at
Brocton, in the Chautauqua vineyard district.
A new drug store is to be established in Angelica by Mr.
Thomas.
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MASSACHUSETTS.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Eofoccing the Blve L«w>— No Candy on SancUy— Atttiniii Officefs
EIecl«d— la Favor of State Mauuslactttre ol Sefum— Catbooator
BiQ Adversely Reported*
{From our Regular Correspondent,)
Boston, April 23.— The absorbing topic of the day is the en-
forcement of the Sunday law, prohibiting the sale even of
candy. Robert J. Perry, of Norfolk street, Dorchester, was ar-
rested, plead not guilty, but later plead guilty of the sale of
candy on the Sabbath and paid his fine of $10. Various local
Improvement associations in Dorchester have protested vig-
orously against the selection of that particular district in
which to enforce the law, and one consequence of the agita-
tion has been a large addition to the ranks of those who favor
House bill No. 028, which legalizes Sabbath sales of ice cream,
candy and soda water.
TBE AI.UMNl ASSOCIATION OF TOE M. C. P.
held its annual meeting on April 10, and a new college and
alumni pin was adopted. The following oflicers were elected:
President, T. J. O'Brien, M.D.; vice-presidents, W. G. GuUd,
Ph.G., and Frank Piper, M.D.; secretary, J. A. S. Woodrow,
Ph.G.; treasurer, W. R.Acheson, Ph.G.; auditor, C. A.Keucher,
Ph.G. The officers will arrange for the annual meeting, which
will be held at the Hotel Brunswick on the eyening of May
15. Some of the speakers for that occasion are R. O. Harris,
Col. Charles Darling, T. J. O'BHen, Ph.G., W. H. Puffer, Ph.G.,
and Prof. C. F. Nixon.
AT THE STATE HOUSE.
The Public Health Committee has Just reported a bill
authorizing the State Board of Health to produce antitoxin
and vaccine lymph. There are two dissenters. This report
will be disappointing to many druggists who participated in
the hearings before the committee. The contest is likely to
be continued in an endeavor to kill the bill. The bill govern-
ing the manufacture of carbonated beverages has been re-
torted adversely. Reference to the next General Court was
reported on the petition of W. B. Nichols for the registration
of drug clerks as assistant pharmacists*
NEW ENGLAND NEWS.
C. A. Hicks succeeds G. A. Worthen, Fall River.
W. H. Agan, Ludlow, Vt., has Just bought a new fountain
from James W. Tufts.
James W. Tufts recently sold a hot soda apparatus to F.
Robinson. Providence, R. I.
A wave of dryness has settled over New Hampshire, and
•even many of the drug stores in that State are refushig to fill
prescriptions calling for liquor.
John T. Harper, Great Barrington, recently had a very suc-
cessful opening of his new store. He has an up to date estab-
lishment and has received many congratulations on his enter-
prise.
Two clerks in a Portland drug store were recently on trial
•charged with selling liquor. A witness testified thai he saw
the clerks sell bottles of liquor to customers. The clerks were
found guilty and fined $100 and costs. Appealed.
The American Soda Fountain Company have Just shipped
fountains to the following druggists in this section: A. 0.
Marston, Lisbon, N. H.; B. H. Burke, Bangor, Me.; F. Torra-
<cinta. Central Falls, R. I.; C. E. Walsh, Providence, R. 1.;
Palmer Pharmacy, Waterbury, Vt.; N. F. Folsom & Son, Au-
^sta, Me.; Joseph Gerrard, Jr., ManviUc, R. I., and Z. Dube,
Lewiston, Me.
The following concerns were recently incorporated at Au-
4rnsta, Me.:
The D.r. Soule Medicine Company, for manufacturing spe-
cial formulas of veterinary medicines; capital, $25,000; presi-
dent, Albion M. M. Soule, Hyde Park, Mass.; treasurer, Har-
riett M. Soule, Hyde Park, Mass.; certificate approved Jan-
uary 1. .
Independent Pharmaceutical Company, for manufacturing
pharmaceutical supplies and surgical apparatus; capital, $300,-
000; paid in, $50; president, William J. Delahante, Worcestar,
Mass.; treasurer, Munson D. Pardee, Worcester; certificate ap-
proved Janunrt' 11.
Department Stores Take Up Drugi— Soellenbafg Brothen Lcad.tlie
Way, and Waoamaker and Gimbel will Follow.
{From our Regular Correspondent,)
Philadelphia, April 23.— Last week was commencement
week, and all the retail trade was interested in the various
exercises connected with the graduation of a class of one
hundred and eight from the College of Pharmacy. An account
of the graduation exercises appears in another column.
DEPARTMENT STORE COMPETCTION.
The long looked for and much dreaded department store
competition has been duly inaugurated by SneUenburg Broth-
ers, who are advertising certain proprietary medicines at
prices which most druggists cannot purchase them. This is
the beginning of the drug business in these stores. Wana-
maker' is to have a large line of patents- in his store by May
1, while Gimbels will follow suit as soon as their new build-
ing is finished. Lit Brothers will no doubt Join in this cm-
dade, for self-interest will demand it.
A prominent druggist said: **The question now for the
retail druggist to solve is where these houses get their sup-
plies, and the next thought that will occur to them is what
has become of the Tripartite Agn^eement? Either the manu-
facturers or the Jobbers have violated their pledges.
"While the outlook for the small retail druggist is not
particularly alluring, it is Just as much so as for the Jobber.
Syndicate buying direct from the producer seems to be the
indications for the future, and this is the reason that we see
the leading Jobbers rushing into the proprietary business
themselves with their various foods, chemicals, perfumes and
what not."
SneUenburg Bros, were waited on by a committee of the
Retail Drug Association, but little was gained, and while
nothing definite was done, it is believed the starting up of a
drug department by this house will be followed by similar
action in the other stores.
WANAMAKER 8BLLS POI80K.
A warrant was issued on April 12 for the arrest of John
Wanamaker on the charge of selling poison contrary to the
law, a charge brought by an agent of the State Board of Phar-
macy. In explanation Wanamaker issued a statement to the
effect that the ];K>ison, bichloride of mercury, was sold in the
photographic department under the original label of the manu-
facturers, Rosengarten & Sons, and duly labeled ** poison."
•If any offense was committed it was purely a technical one
and not done knowingly. The warrant was not served, but
Wanamaker holds himself ready to answer whenever 'called
upon to do 80. Many of the leaders in the trade deprecate
the action, as it may confirm Wanamaker in his idea of taking
up a full line of pharmaceutical preparations, putting in a duly
qualified pharmacist.
PHILADELPHIA NEWS NOTES.
The great merger deal by which all the leading retail drug
stores in this city were to be united and conducted as one es-
tablishment has not yet materialiased.
M. N. Kline is now an official of the Government of the
United States, but will not give up his private business yet
He is a member of the Grand Jury of the United States Cir-
cuit Court
The strictly ethical pharmacy which was opened by Fiedler
& Co. at 701 Chestnut street about one year ago has been
closed up and the store is now for rent The rent alone was
too much for a store of this kind in that section of the city.
Allen Shoemaker, who is the manager of the wholesale drug
house of Robt Shoemaker & Co., was stricken with paralysis
at the store on March 24. He is now barely conscious. Mr.
Shoemaker is unusually popular and is held in the highest es-
teem throughout the trade.
Alexander H. Jones recently had an- attack of paralysis, but
is now gn^adually improving. Mr. Jones is known throughout
the drug trade in the United States, having nearly a half a
century been connected with the house of Powers & Weight-
man. He has always taken a prominent part In the business
of the Philadelphia Drug Exchange and when he is well
never misses a day that he does not visit this exchange.
Mr. Jones is an acknowledged expert on tariff and other legis-
lation and has contributed much to the discussion on the
tariff and similar topics.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
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OHIO.
CarfMKUtor Fieht Won by Draggistt—Anti Cocaine Bill Paned—
Stda-Vogelcr Drag Co. Split.
MICHIGAN.
{From our Regular Correspondent)
DRUGGISTS WON FIGHT.
Cincinnati, April 23.— Frank H. Freericks, attorney for the
Retail Druggists' Association, lias received a letter from State
Representative William Walker Smith, the author of the bill,
which provides for the levying of an annual tax of $200 on
retail dealers who carbonate water v on their premises and an
additional tax of $100 on wholesalers. In the letter Mr. Smith
stated that he had made up his mind to withdraw the bill and
had requested the committee to report unfavorably upon it.
He wanted Mr. Freericks to " write a letter to every druggist
in Cincinnati telling him that he did not understand the na-
ture of the bill when he introduced it." He said that when he
introduced the bill he did not think that it would affect drug-
gists. The druggists have won their fight as to carbonating
water, and the Smith bill and the Williams bill, which was
similar in effect, have been killed in committee.
AlVTI-COCAINB BILL PASSED.
The State House of Representatives last week passed the
Smith bill, prohibiting the sale of cocaine by druggists except
on the prescription of a physician. Then it is t9 be labeled
" Poison," and the name of the purchaser and the person for
whom it is purchased are to be recorded by the druggist with
a full description. The bill was drawn up by the Prosecuting
Attorney of Hamilton County at the instance of the police
authorities and is not opposed by the larger druggists.
STEINVOGBLRB DRUG CO. SPLIT.
A wholesale drug firm change that will arouse interest in
the trade all over the West has just become public through
ex-parte proceedings instituted in the Common Pleas Court to
jchange the name of the Stein-Yogeler Wholesale Drug Com-
pany to the Arthur Vogeler Company. The legal action dis-
closes the fact of serious business differences existing between
Otto Stein and Alfred Vogeler, both of whom are widely known
In the drug trade all over the Western States. In addition to
their extensive drug business they have for several years past
published a drug trade Journal. Attornies Gorman & Thomp-
son filed the suit in behalf of Mr. Vogeler and Mr. Gorman ^is
authority for the statement that the partners had been unable
to agree for several months past Mr. Vogeler and Mr. Stein
owned about an equal amount of stock in the corporation
and a few shares were held by other persons. Mr. Vogeler
managred to secure control of these scattered shares and at the
annual meeting last June, Mr. Stein was removed from the
bead of the company, Mr. Vogeler assuming the duties of
president and general manager. Mr. Stein last month or-
ganized the new Stein-Gray Drug Company, and because of
the similarity of namesv Mr. Vogeler has applied to the courts
to change the name of the old company. It is understood
that Mr. Stein still owns stock in the old company, as the
shares have not been formally transferred on the books. The
new directors of the Stein- Vogeler Company, who are friendly
to Mr. Vogeler and closely associated with him are: William
F. Wagner, Paul Bauer, O. C. Rasch and Frederick Langen-
beck, jr., and they Join with Mr. Vogeler in the suit Mr.
Vogeler proposes to make several important changes for the
betterment of the firm.
CLEVELAND NOTES.
J. F. Christian, who has charge of thirteen travelers in
Ohio for Sharp & Dohme, was seen at the Holleden mak-
ing out a $5,000 order for a new Cincinnati Jobber. Mr. Chris-
tian was at one time the only traveler in this State.
J. S. Blitz, of the J. Elwood Lee Company, is working the
city for carload orders, he has an understudy that has in three
months demonstrated that he will make the old timers hustle
to make good, his name is S. R. Glogower, and hails from
Louisville.
Parke» Davis & G>. Narrowly Eicaped a Big Fire— Perfumen In-
corporated — A Veil-known Traveler Killed.
• {From our Regular Correspondent.)
Detroit April 23.— Articles of incorporation of the Seely
Mfg. Company, Detroit have been filed with the Secretary
of State. The capitalization is $40,000, divided into 4,000
shares of $10 each. The firm are the well-known perfume
manufacturing concern at 234-286 Fort street West. The new
ofiicers are: President F. W. Hodges; vice-president, Arthur
C. Leonard; secretary-treasurer, Judson E. Smith. The busi-
ness is part of the estate of the late George H. Smith left
to his four sons. The incorporation is part of the adjustment
of affairs.
THE MURDER OF A. T. 8BARPE
of Detroit in Memphis removed a hustling representative of
Parke, Davis & Co. He had formerly been with their branch
in New Orleans. It is said that his Southern temperament
was largely the cause of a deplorable altercation with Lacey
Chase, well known in Memphis. Chase surrendered to the
police, and claims that Sharpe knocked him down and that
he then stabbed Sharpe. Sharpe was 33 years old. The body
was taken by his widow to St Louis for burial. Her brothers
in New Orleans may take legal proceedings against her hus-
band's slayer.
' A PLUCKY FIRE FIGHTER.
The proximity of the fire boat Detroiter and the grit of
J. M. Leask prevented the destruction of a brick building used
for the storage of benzine by Parke, Davis & Co. last week.
Leask had charge of the building when the fire broke out
He refused to fiee with a companion, but stayed at his post
and turned on the hose; at the same time the fire boat 100
yards away, was getting into action. The loss was only five
gallons of benzine and the blistering of the paint; on the doors.
The burning of the building might have resulted in the start-
ing of a much larger blaze In nearby structures.
MANUFACTURERS SPREAD OUT.
In pursuance of a general policy of acquiring ground for
future extensions of their great drug plant Frederick Steams
& Co. have recently bought two pieces of property on the west
side of Bellevue avenue, north of their factory building^ For
one $44500 was paid, and for the other $2,200.
A consideration of $60,000 was named in a deed filed for
record by Parke, Davis & Co. recently. In the instrument
title to the old Wight saw mill property, south of Guoin street
and between McDougall avenue and Walker street is acquired
by the big drug firm. The actual sale was made months ago,
as a fine scientific building for the firm is now in process of
construction on the ground. The parcel has a frontage on the
Detroit River of about 300 feet.
W. C. Suezbach has succeeded R. H. Lansing & Co. at
Chillicothe.
E.& S.Coblentz are in charge of the business at Sprlngrfield,
which has been conducted by G. & S. Coblentz.
CHIGAGO NEWS NOTES.
O. T. Eastman, secretary and treasurer of the Searle &
Hereth Company, is receiving congratulations. He did the
right thing at the Drug Club, even though it was a girl; three
of a kind.
Rosengartcn & Sons were represented here by John Gleich-
man, who came with a smile and left with a number of big
orders and a grin. Mr. Gleichman was married six months
ago, but says it is still a bridal trip.
George H. Wright who is Chicago manager of the truss de-
partment for J. Elwood Lee, is making a tour of Ohio and
coaching the travelers in the Buckeye State. Mr. Wright is
all that his name implies and was with White & Co. of Bos-
ton for ten years.
The victorious march of the Economical Drug Compansr's
bowling team could not be checked even by the champions of
the Chicago Drug Trade League, Sharp & Smith, who were
challenged by the Economlcals as soon as the League leader-
ship was settled. The games were played on Mussey's Alleys
Thursday, the 17th of April:
SCORES.
ECONOMICAL DRUG CO. SHARP & SMITH.
CampbeU 163 187 159 Rink 158 162 198
Storer 174 177 159 Sickler 158 160 161
Treat ..146 188 172 Twigg 120 167 141
Neusel 174 159 168 Wallls 157 160 188
Men 166 178 147 Parnham 125 182 168
823 . 879 795 718 821 856
Economlcals are still open for challenges from any drug
team in Chicago.
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Tb« prici
'She Drug atid Chemical Market
» quoted in tkte report are thooo carront is the wholesale market, and higher prices are paid for retail lota.
The quality of goods frequently neceseitatea a wide range of pricee.
Gmditlon of Trade.
New York, April 26, 1902.
DURING the past fortnight the volume of business
transacted in drug and allied lines has been fairly
satisfactory, though the market has been devoid of any
features of very special interest, and the transactions re-
ported have been almost exclusively of a jobbing charac-
ter. A prominent exception to this has been codliver oil,
which, after weakening slightly, apparently, under local
manipulation, sharply advanced on information from Nor-
way. Both opium and quinine, which may usually be
depended upon to furnish some interesting features of tlie
market, have been dull throughout. Quinine remains at
about the same situation as at our last writing, with the
exception that one American brand, which had been
slightly above the others, had changed its quotations to
conform with those of the other manufacturers. The con-
tinuance of favorable crop reports from Smyrna has had
a depressing effect upon the opium market, which has
again declined under this influence. The remainder of
the market is devoid of any speculative features, with the
possible excepti(xi of gentian, which seems to be under
firm control in the local market. Details of changes which
have occurred appear below.
HIGHEK.
Burgundy pitch.
Juniper berries.
Saffron, Valencia,
Ck)d liver oil,
Canary seed*
Celery seed.
Oil wlntergreen.
Linseed oil.
LOWER.
Cacao butter,
Cantharldes, Russian.
Cassia buds,
Chloral hydrate,
Colocynth apples, Trieste,
Lithla carbonate,
Gallic acid,
tPyrogalllc acid,
Balsam, Pern,
Jalap,
Ipecac, Carthagena,
Colchlcum,
Opium,
Morphine,
Potash chlorate.
DRUGS
Alcohol, grain, is still somewhat unsettled, and the price
has declined to $2.46 to $2.48. A very satisfactory business is
reported in wood alcohol at 66c to 70e f or 05 to 97 per cent,
and $1.20 to $1.50 for alcoholine.
Arnica flowers are quiet at the previous range of prices—
namely, Oc to S^.
Arrow root, Bermuda, has advanced to 40c to 42c, the sup-
plies of the better grade being scanty at the moment
Balsams.— There have been practically no changes in the
general market conditions of Copaiba balsam since our last
writing. Values remain fairly steady throughout, and a modr
erate Jobbing demand is reported, though consumers are fol-
lowing a hand to mouth policy In their purchasing. Quota-
tions remain unchanged at our previous figures of 36c to 89c
for Central American, and 45c to 50c for Para. Fir, Canada,
Is quiet but firmly held at our previous quotations of $3.60 to
$3.70. Oregon continues dull, though no change In the mar-
ket quotation of 75c to 85c is reported. As foreshadowed in
our last report Peru has declined, and is now quoted at $L30
to $1.40. Tolu is in very Ught demand, but holders continue
to quote 27c to 30c, and give no evidence of weakness.
Barks.— Cascara sagrada continues to move into consump-
tion in satisfactory quantities at 5c to 7c as to age and holder.
Cascarllla is very firm at lie to 14c for medium and large
quills. Sassafras is quite firm, and the spot supply continues
Umited. Our previous quotations pf 7c to 10c for chips remain
unchanged, however.
Beans.— Vanilla have been quite active in a Jobbing way,
the larger portion of the business being in medium quality to
good Mexican cuts. Most of the sales reported are in com-
parative small lots, however, and the market seems devoid
of any speculative interest, the demand being merely such as
is to be expected at this season of the year. We quote $6.^5 to
$11.00 for whole, $5.75 to $6.25 for Mexican cut $1.45 to $1.75
for Tahiti, and $1.75 to $3.00 for VanUlons. Tonka are rather
quiet and no special features are observed in the condition of
this drug. For Para, 30c to 35c is asked; Surinam is quoted
at 50c to 52^, and prime Angostura frosted is quoted at 75c
to 80c, though a fairly good bean is obtained under this quota-
tion. #
Benzoic acid was somewhat unsettled in the early part
of the fortnight through the influence of competing importers,
but the disturbing element seems to have been quieted, and
we quote our former range at 37^ to 40c for German and 7c
to mfi. tor English.
Boradc acid is in good demand, and is moving into con-
sumptive channels at 10%c to ll%c for crystals, and ll^c to
11 %c for powdered.
Bnchu, short, is firm and in fair demand at an advance
to 19c to 20c. The long continues very scarce, and practically
out of market being^ nominally quoted at 75c to $1.00.
Cacao butter is in fairly good Jobbing demand at a decline
to 29c to 30c in bulk and 35c to 38c in 12-lb. boxes.
Cantharldes, Russian, are lower, offering now at 60c to
68c. No change is reported in the Chinese variety, which is
quoted at 42^ to 48^, as before.
Carbolic acid is in fair demand, in fact the outlet in a Job-
bing way is very satisfactory. Prices remain unchanged at
16c to 20c for crystals in bulk, and 22c to 23c for bottles.
Cassia buds have weakened under the influence of fresh
arrivals and may be had at 22c to 28c.
Chamomile, Roman, are in rather better request, and 17c to
2(fo is demanded. German flowers are firmly held at 16c to
20c, and Hungarian at 12c to 15c, no change having been noted
in these.
Chloral hydrate has declined since our last and is now
quoted at 90c to 95c for bulk, for crystals, and 85c to 90c
for crusts.
Cinchonidine sulphate has been marked down to 25c to 26c.
Citric acid is in very good request and firm at 88c to 88^
for domestic.
Coca leaves are firm under the influence of continued strong
advices from the West coast The advance noticed in our last
to 22c to 24c for Truxillo, and 32c to 35c for Huanuco is well
maintained.
Cod liver oil has weakened somewhat under a decrease in
the local demand, and it is reported that some sales were made
as low as $26.50. During the latter part of this week, how-
ever, buyers began to come into the market and all the low
priced lots were cleared out with the result that at the close
$29.00 to $30.00 were generally asked for prime Lofoden oil,
and it is reported that cable advices from Norway quote prices
equivalent to $31.00 laid down.
Colocynth, Trieste, is weak, and most holders have revised
their quotation to 36c to 40c, as to quality.
Damiana had advanced from 15c to 16c under the influence
of very strong advices from the source of supply.
Gallic acid has declined to 55c to 60c.
Insect flowers are in brisk demand, though most of the
sales are in the form of powder. The range of prices is from
15c to 17c for open, up to 23c for closed. Powdered is quoted
at from 14c to 25c.
Lycopodium Is in active demand, as is to be expected at this
season, and is firm at 51c to 52c for ordinary, and 53c to 54c
for Pollltz.
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Morphine, notwithstanding the fact that no official Intima-
tion of any change in the prices of morphine had taken place,
prices have weakened and are somewhat unsettled, and it Is
intimated that the official quotations of 91.90 to $2.05 might
l)e shaded on a firm offer.
Opium.— The market continues dull and easy, and there has
been a still further decline since our last report, prices now
ranging from 2.87^^ to S2.90 for cases, and it is intimated that
holders are none too firm even at these figures. The cause for
this is to be found In the continued report of good prospects
for the growing crop. Not only does the present acreage ex-
ceed that of last year, but the inrospects are bright for a large
yield per acre. y
Pyrogalllc acid has shared in the decline of gallic add
and is marked down to 91.70 to 91.80.
Quinine.— The market continues tame and unsatisfactory.
The demand is light, and there is a general feeling of weak-
ness throughout. N. Y. Q. brand, which has been held at 30c,
has been reduced to the general level of 28c in bulk. In sec-
ond hand stocks may be found at 27^, while Java offers at
27c with no takers.
Saffron, Valencia, is in active demand and, as a conse-
quence, is somewhat firmer in price, most holders asking
96.00 to 96.25, as to quality.
Senna is in fairly seasonable demand, and is well main-
tained at previous range of prices— namely, 10c to 12c for Alex-
andria, natural, and 6^^ to 14c for Tinnevelly, according to
quality.
The lithium salts have declined to 9185 to 91.00 for the
carbonate and 91-40 to 91.50 for citrate.
Wax.— All varieties appear to be very firm. The supply of
beeswax is small and no relief is expected until next monUi,
when supplies should begin to arrive from the South. Prices
for ordinary pure have advance to 84c to 86c. Oamauba is
very firm and active at 18c to 21c for No. 1, 15c to 16c for No.
2. 12%c to 14c for No. 8.
CHEMICALS.
Acetate of lime is in firm demand at our previous figure of
90c to 95c for brown and 91-80 to 91.85 for gray. The demand
Is quite good, though devoid of any speeulative feature.
Arsenic, white, is selling in a moderate way in Jobbing
lots at 3^ to 8%c.
Brimstone is dull and easy, spot quotations having been
reduced to 23c to 25c.
Chlorate of potash is easier under the influence of in-
creased supplies and has been mariLed down to 8c to 8^ for
crystals, and 8%c to 8%c for powdered.
Cream of tartar is in fairly good demand at our previous
quotations 10c to 10^ for powdered.
Bpsom salts is on a firmer basis, the manufacturers having
arrived^ at some understanding as regards division of twri-
tory, and the market is somewhat more settled than it has
been for some time, though there is still some slight variation
in quotation; it may be stated in a general way as from 91.00
to 91'25 per hundred pounds.
Nitrate of soda is firmer on the spot, 92.40 being the lowest
figure at which supplies can be obtained. Supplies ex '* Goya,"
due May 20, may be had for 92.25.
Silver nitrate shows some evidences of weakness, the lower
range of values of bullion ^ving reason to expect a decline,
but no official change has been made, quotations remaining at
87^ to 38c per ounce.
Tartaric acid Is firm at 27%c to 28^ and is in very good
demand.
Tin oxide has been advanced by the manufacturers and
Is very firm in sympathy with the condition of the parent
metal.
ESSENTIAL OILS.
Anise is unsettled, but seems much stronger in tone than
it has been for some time past. We quote 91*12^^ to 9L15.
Bergamot is weak in sympathy with the conditions existing
in Messina, and while our quotations remain unchanged at
91.75 to 91.85 it is probable that these figures can be shaded
on a round lot.
Cassia, which has been unsettled for some time past, seems
to have pot on firmer ground, and the market reports from
Hong Kong are said to warrant the advance in this market to
62%ctoe7%c.
Citronella is in active demand in a jobbing way at 20c tO
22c for native in drums.
liomon is lower, and in fact the entire line of Messina es*
sences shows some indications of weakness. We quote lemon
at 70c to 80c.
Myrbane is somewhat weaker under the infiuence of com-
petition, and it is quoted at 7%c to 7%c.
Peppermint oil is in active demand in a jobbing way, but
speculative inquiry is conspicuous by its absence. Notwith-
standing this fact, Western holders have advanced their quo-
tations, and claim that they will be able to carry out th^^
programme. The general quotation may be put down, how-'
ever, as 91.75 to 91.00 for bulk, and 92.00 to 92.10 for case, the
same figures as quoted In our last issue.
Wintergreen is considerably firmer, and holders have ad-
vanced the price of true birch to 91.50 to 91*56.
GUBSS.
Aloes, Cape, have advanced under the infiuence of a scanty
supply, and we quote 7c to 8e.
Arabic is in excellent jobbing demand, but the market lacks
any features of special Interest We quote 34c to 44c for
first picked and 23c to 27c for second picked.
Asafoetlda is in good demand in a jobbing way and is firm-
ly held at 22c to 24c for medium to good grades.
Camphor is in brisk demand at 57c to 57^ for domestic
in bulk, and 57^ to 58c in cases. Japanese refined, tablets
and slabs, quoted at 62c to 64c. The crude market is decided-
ly higher and refiners are very stiff.
Chicle is fairly steady find a good consumptive demand is
reported, though no larger consumers are in the market at
present. We quote 32c to 35c.
Gamboge is firmer, the spot stocks being apparently much
depleted. We quote 70c to 85c, as to quall^, the latter being
for prime pipe. Market conditions abroad are said to warrant
a still further advance In this direction.
Guarana is quiet but firm at 75c to 80c. Holders claim
that the supply is meager.
Shellacs are in fair request and very firm on the ^msls of
28c to 30c for T. N. grades, 36 to 37c for B. C.
Tragacahth is moving into consumption channels in fairly
satisfactory volume at unchanged prices, ranging from 80c to
70c for Aleppo, as to quality, and 85c to 80c for Turkey.
ROOT&
Gentian has been marked up to 8%c to 4c, and is very firm-
ly held, with 4c the general Inside quotation. The conditions
indicated in our last still hold good, but buyers seem to have
been checked by the advance.
Golden seal continues very firm at the advance noted in
our last, and may be quoted at 54c, Western holders being par-
ticularly strong in their views.
Ipecac, Bio, is firm but neglected at 92.50 to 92.60, while
Carthegena has decline to 91.20 to S1.26.
Jalap is weak at a decline to 9^ to 10^, but even this
concession fails to attract buyers.
The remaining line of roots are without features of special
interest during tiie period under review.
The genera] line of seeds shows an upward tendency. Ca-
nary is firmer, having advance to 2%c to 3^:, and Sicily to
3%c to 3%c. Caraway, Dutch, is fractionally higher, at 3%c
to S%c, Cardimum, bleached, is slightly easier, at 50c to 60c,
and Colchicum also is lower at 37^ to 40c. Celery has ad-
vanced to ty^ to 8c, and domestic rape is marked up to 8%c
to 3%c.
PAINTS AND OILS.
Linseed oil has been very active during the past fortnight,
and has been advanced twice, and at the close is very steady
at the advance to 56c for dty raw, and 64c for Western raw.
The conditions in Uie fiax seed market are such as to Indicate
a continuance of the firmness in the linseed oil market for
some time to come.
A good serviceable pen is always appreciated. GlUotf a
pens are claimed to be the most perfect and took the grand
prize at Paris, 1900.
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HINTS TO BUYERS
English prepared chalk manufactured by the Thomas Mfg.
Ck>mpaiiy, of Baltimore, Is presented In convenient sized cones
In pink and white. The house also manufacture a superior
article of whiting. These goods are for sale by all wholesale
houses In the United States.
Among modem remedies Antlphloglstlne has been one of
the most remarkable sellers. The Denver Ohemlcal Mfg. Oom-
pany report a constantly Increasing demand In the home mar>
ket and a good many Inquiries from abroad. The article is
one which every pharmacist should have in stock.
Even the Sphinx smiles on American soda water as dished
up by the American Soda Fountain Company. If you have
not seen the smile of the Sphinx write to the American Soda
Fountain Company, Boston, and ask for a copy of their Sphinx
card, a very clever and artistic advertising novelty.
Abbott's Saline Laxative Is one of the most popular prepa-
rations on the market and one which affords the retail drug-
gists a very liberal margin of profit Full details regarding
the preparation and free advertising matter can be obtained
by addressing the Abbott Alkaloldal Company, Chicago, men-
tioning the AifKBTOAN Dbuogist.
The old house of Justus Brauer & Son, 248 North Front
street, have always made a specialty of fine prescription corks,
and the experience of others who are doing business con-
vinces buyers that goods shipped are invariably equal to sam-
ple and of full count The advertisement of the house will
be found in another part of this number.
Robert Shoemaker & Co., of Philadelphia, originated the
grinding of oxide of zinc in oil for the U. S. P. ointment
They have since found a steady market for this product
It is ground in French oil of sesame, benzolnated, each pack-
age containing the U. S. P. formula on the label. It is packed
in one-pound covered Jars and sold to the retail drug trade at
50 cents.
Druggists are invited to consider the advantages of using
a first-class methyl spirit such as that manufactured by the
Manhattan Spirit Company, of Buffalo. For all purposes, ex-
cept internal use, this spirit leaves nothing to be desired.
Druggists and manufacturers who desire to make an experi-
ment with the article can obtain a sample on application
from the company.
Druggists who want a paying specialty with exclusive
rights should correspond with the George A. Schmidt Com-
pany, 405 North Avenue, Chicago, 111., concerning their special
offer on Ascage. Their liquid preparation is one of the most
agreeable and efficient liquid soaps ever placed upon the mar-
ket; in fact it is the most satisfactory of any of the liquid
soaps that have come to our notice.
All forms of wood boxes, especially white wood syringe
boxes, are manufactured by Henry H. Sheip & Co., of Phila-
delphia. Their facilities for manufacturing and shipping
these goods are unequaled. They can be depended upon for
the highest grade of work at the best market prices and for
prompt shipments. Before placing your orders the trade
would do well to correspond with this house.
The use of methyl spirit In many branches of pharmacy
is certainly growing, and the product of the Commonwealth
Mfg. Company, of Kverett, Mass., is held in high esteem.
Their Ldon d'Or spirit has been found by practical experience
to be in every respect the equal of grain alcohol, except for
internal use. Manufacturers who so desire can obtain a
sample of this spirit by applying to the house, mentioning the
Aiaaa^CAff Druggist.
The long and successful career of F. J. Stokes Machine
Company, of Philadelphia, in the manufacture and sale of
tablet machines is evidence of the fact that their product
gives satisfaction wherever used. They make a large line of
machines, from small machines to the larger machines. Their
goods are above criticism and they can be depended upon for
prompt delivery of orders. Printed matter can be obtained
from them upon application.
The conscientious druggist cannot afford to have his name
on anything that is not of know^i quality. Take sarsaparilla
for example; nothing will kill a dealer's trade quicker than
to recommend a sarsaparilla that lacks medicinal value. And,
on the contrary, nothing gives better satisfaction to the trade
than one that is positively good. Steams* sarsaparilla has
been made the same way for twenty-five years, the best it can
be made. Anything a dealer gets from Steams he can bank
on and be sure that it will prove a credit to his name.
We illustrate herewith a solid gold pin for
druggists which is sold at only 91.25. This wiU
be sent to any address on receipt of price by the
manufacturers, who agree to refund the money
if not satisfactory upon its receipt Stamps in
the denomination of one and ,two cents will be
accepted. Address the J. Arthur Company, 17
and 19 Colonial Arcade, Cleveland, Ohio, men-
tioning the Amebican Dbuggist.
The Package Borax Frau<L
The druggist who prides himself on the quality of goods be
sells will do well to make an investigation of some of the
package borax on his shelves. Much of this so-called borax
is merely bicarbonate of soda, and nothing else. This fact
will be readily demonstrated by the addition of a few drops
of acetic acid. The fraud has reached such proportions that
in self defense the Pacific Coast Borax Company have been
compelled to put out a package bearing their own name. This
Is an article which the draggtst is always sure of and that he
can, with a free conscience, recommend to his customers. It
is put up in 1 pound, 2 pound and 5 pound packages, the first
named being the principal seller in the dmg trade. These
goods may be obtained from any wholesale druggrist in the
United States, or from the New York, San Francisco or Chi-
cago offices of the company.
""The Liquid'' Has Struck the Key-Note of the Soda
Water Situation.
Between pages 20 and 25 in this month's issue will be found
the handsomest soda fountain insert that ever came under
our notice. In these days of pure food commission and high
sanltajry education the consequent discrimination of the pub-
lic with reference to the purity of their food and drink has
led the Liquid Carbonic Acid Mfg. Company to devise a
method whereby the syrups in the great American beverage
are drawn from the fountain without any possibility of me-
tallic contamination. A magnificent reproduction of the por-
celain tilting sjrrup Jar iu their " Key-Note " fountain is shown
on the first page of their advertising insert The constrac-
tion is such that tiie tilting porcelain Jars containing the
sjrrups are constanly in full view of the customer, certainly
a very marked departure from the old method of soda water
serving.
The ** Key-Note " fountain is a magnificent apparatus and
fs built with especial reference to the soda water dispenser
whose needs do not require the wall apparatus of larger ca-
pad^. The " Key-Note '' is built in one sise only, eight syrups,
one soda and two mineral drafts; is very handsome in exterior
construction and the serving facilities are such that a dis-
penser is enabled to draw with exceeding rapidity. The fioral
decorations on the Jar fronts are very handsome and the foun-
tain is an ornament to the prettiest store. The " Key-Note "
has sprung into remarkable popularity and the fact that they
are building in such large quantities enables "The Liquid"
to make a price that cannot fail to interest the dispenser of
moderate means. It will be well to write this company at
once in regard to the " Key-Note " fountain.
The second page illustrations show an unfortunate soda
water dispenser tied up to a last century apparatus, a condi-
tion which maintains in a large degree throughout the United
States. Underneath is shown a handsome half-tone of the
magnificent " Golden Rod " fountain built by this company
and sold on easy terms. If you are in business for your
pocket's health you cannot do better than to investigate the
claims of the Liquid Carbonic Acid Mfg. Company in the line
of fountain building. ^
The third page is devoted to illustrations of carbonators, in
the manufacture of which the Liquid Carbonic Acid Mfg.
Company have unusual facilities.
The fourth page is illuminated with the beautiful little
Soda Water Sprite, who rises gracefully from the top of an
overflowing glass of delicious soda water. The panels at the
side illustrate the 16 different varieties of " Liquid Fmits."
the Ideal Soda Water Syrups.
Bear in mind that the Liquid Carbonic Add Mfg. Company
are manufacturers and dealers in everything required or de-
sired by the down-to-date soda water dispenser, from a straw
to a soda fountain. Write, wire or 'phone their nearest branch
for immediate service.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST
and PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO, MAY 12. 1902.
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TABLE OF GONTEPrrS.
BDIT0BIAL8 241, 242
Obzqinal Abticlbs :
Small Helps, by G. B. Buchanan 243
DiPASTKBirr or Stokx Managbiumt :
The Show Window, continued 244
Optics fob Dbuooists^ continued (Withheld until May 26).
qathibbd Fobmulas :
Salicylic Dandruff Lotion, Asthma Powder, Ear Drops, Di-
uretic Powder for Horses, Dogs* Tonic Pills, Cbsmetic
Lotion 246
Cbbam or Cdbbbnt Litsratubb :
Comparative Analyses of Official Tinctures as Regards Their
Dry Residue, Blmolecnlar Indene, Concerning a Croton Bark
Sold as a Substitute for CascariUa, Concerning Some New
Microscopic Oculars with Micrometer Attachment 246
Keeping Accounts Payable, The Possibilities of a Dental Sup-
ply Department, Taking Stock in a Drug Store, Advertising,
A Foot Powder as a Money Maker 247
QrBBiia AXfD Anbwrbb :
Questions re Trade-Marks, Revenue and Postal Laws, Spirltus
Mlndererli. Hair Tonic Prescription 248
Book Rbyibwb:
Rieettario Industriale, Lloyd's Study In Pharmacy 249
BusiHBBe Bcildinq :
l%e Soda Season 240
Opportunities for Export Trade 261
N«WB or THB Dbuo Wobld 262-266
THE QUESTION OP GOOD BUYING.
Lest some of our readers may have overlooked our an-
nouncement of the topic selected for discussion In No. 4 of
our Subscribers' Discussions, we now repeat it. The general
topic is embraced in the following question:
WHAT RULES SHOULD BE FOLLOWED IN BUYING GOODS?
We extend to all our readers a cordial invitation to par-
ticipate in this discussion. It should be understood that lon^^
essays are not desired, and that a simple enumeration of the
goods, which it is found most advantageous to buy in large
quantities, and those which it is most advantageous to buy
in small quantities, together with hints and suggestions on the
keeping of the different kinds of stock, will cover the purpose
of the discussion as fully as is desired.
The last date on which we can receive manuscripts in this
contest is May 27, and in view of the Importance of the sub-
ject, and the many practical suggestions which we hope to
present for the benefit of the trade as a result of the discus-
sion, it is hoped that the contest will be heartily participated
in by all who are in a position to do so.
THE UP«TED STATES AS A WORLiyS
MARKET.
THE immense strides in material progress made by the
United States of late years have brought the manu-
facturers of this country to that point where they must
begin to look abroad for markets for their products. Al-
ready American machinery will be found in the remotest
sections of the world. American bridges span the gorges
of the Himalayas and the rivers of the Andes ; American
locomotives draw the nitre of Chili, the wheat of the
Argentine Republic and the rice of India ; American engi-
neers are busy the world over. But it is not in these lines
alone that the United States has made progress. Ameri-
can pharmaceutical preparations are the most elegant and
the most reliable produced anywhere. American pro-
prietary preparations have already a world wide reputa-
tion and sale. American chemicals, in certain lines, are
fully the equal of any produced elsewhere, and can be sold
at competing prices. American oils, paints and varnishes
are durable, cheap and conveniently put up. American
rubber goods are the most artistic in design, the most use-
ful and the most durable of those produced anywhere ix>
the world. American glassware, particularly in the line
of bottles and druggists' sundries, compares favorably
with that produced either in Germany or England, and in
point of artistic beauty of outline American prescription
glassware is infinitely superior to that of any nation.
These are but a few of the lines in which pharmacists are
interested, and in which American products can profitably
be substituted for those of European origin.
We desire to bring these facts and these goods promi-
nently before the importers and druggists of South Africa
and Australia, to whom we are sending copies of thig issue
of the American Druggist. We believe that the drug-
gists and merchants generally of those countries will
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find it much to their interest to keep in touch with Amer-
ican markets. This they can do by subscribing to the
American Druggist, which will keep them thoroughly
informed as to general trade conditions, while any of our
readers who wish to obtain quotations on any particular
product of American origin, or desire to obtain informa-
tion of any kind concerning American markets, will be
furnished this knowledge without any cost by addressing
a letter to the . foreign department of the American
Druggist.
PROPRIETORS IN SESSION.
IN this issue we present a complete report of the pro-
ceedings of the Proprietary Association of America
at their twentieth annual meeting, held in New York, the
past week. This organization embraces in its member-
ship a majority of the leading manufacturers of pro-
prietary medicines in the United States and its relations
with the retail drug trade are necessarily intimate. It is
pleasant, therefore, to note that the privileges of the floor
at this meeting were accorded to the representatives of
the National Association of Retail Druggists, who ad-
dressed the gathering and made due acknowledgment of
the loyal support which they had received from the manu-
facturers in their efforts to maintain prices on proprietary
goods and remedy the evil of substitution. The repre-
sentatives of the retailer^ endeavored to impress upon the
members of. the association which they were addressing
the advisability of keeping in mind in their deliberations
** the man behind the counter," and the significance of
the advice appears to have been well observed, for in re-
sponse to the address of the retailers, Mr. Beardsley, of
the Executive Committee of the Proprietary Association,
assured the delegates that it was the desire of the pro-
prietors to please and satisfy this individual; since the
man behind the counter was the man whom the proprie-
tors tried most to cater to.
As usual the report of the Committee on Legislation,
whose duties consist of keeping a close watch on national
and State legislation affecting the business interests of
the members, constituted an important and valuable docu-
ment. The committee had interested itself in measures
introduced into the two houses of Congress and had suc-
ceeded by its efforts in creating a favorable sentiment for
the reduction of the present excessive tax on alcohol.
National pure food and drug bills are among the things
that are always with us, but the new bills which have
been introduced in the present Congress are, it is satis-
factory to note, free from the objectionable features of for-
mer bills, so that the work done by the association in se-
curing reasonable amendments to bills of this character has
evidently borne good fruit. Another matter of importance
which has engaged the attention of the association refers
to the movement to change the postal laws regarding the
transmission through the mails of advertising matter.
Under the present law mail matter of the second, third
and fourth class undeliverable to the parties addressed
cannot be delivered to an agent of the sender without a
new payment of postage. By a bill which was introduced
in the House of Representatives at the direction of the
association, and which has since passed and is now pend-
ing in the Senate, a remedy is provided for the injustice
referred to, the sender being afforded the opportunity
of accepting delivery of the undelivered mail matter at
the office where it is held.
The report of the Committee on Legislation with re-
gard to proposed legislation affecting the varied interests
of the members of the Proprietary Association in all the
States constitutes a record of great activity and consider-
able hard work. Bills in constantly swelling volume are
introduced from year to year, the report states ; in some
State legislatures the number running well up into the
thousands at each session. By the help of special cor-
respondents at most of the State capitals the committee
is able to keep itself fairly well informed of the progress
of legislation. A perusal of this portion of the commit-
tee's report in which specific mention is made of bills
introduced into the various States is commended to our
readers. In this connection it is gratifying to note that
the association recognizes the necessity of maintaining a
sound and wholly defensible position upon all legislative
questions. It sees that it is not sufficient merely to say
that a bill to which it objects is bad; it must be shown
why it is bad, and when the evil character of the bilLis
once demonstrated the honest element in the State legis-
lature can be relied upon to oppose it.
There is no difference of opinion among those who
have made a study of recent movements to improve the
business side of pharmacy as to the necessity of maintain-
ing harmonious relations among the various interests. It
is freely recognized that more can be accomplished by a
policy of conciliation and the granting of mutual con-
cessions than by the exercise of a policy of constant op-
position and friction, and it is consequently very reassur-
ing to note the pleasant relations which now prevail
between the manufacturers and retailers ; and this no mat-
ter how much pessimists may sneer and talk of the greater
advantages to be derived from the cultivation of these
relations by the one branch over the other.
THE OBLIGATIONS OF PHARRIACY.
THE recent enactment of a law in Kentucky and in Ohio
prohibiting the sale of cocaine, save on physicians'
prescriptions, calls attention to a very serious phase of the
traffic in drugs which the conscientious pharmacist can-
not afford to lose sight of — namely, the moral obligation
under which he lies to carefully guard all those danger-
ous drugs in which he deals from access of persons who
either might be damaged by their use or might use them
to the detriment of others. To the honor of pharmacy, be
it said, nearly all of the restrictive legislation which so
hedges about the calling as to make it a most vexatious
one to follow has been enacted at the instigation or with
the approval of pharmacists themselves. This fact proves
that the majority of pharmacists appreciate the respcmsi-
bilities under which they rest and are willing to have
those responsibilities clearly set forth by legal enactments.
It is not enough, however, for the druggist to content him-
self with the simple compliance with the letter of the law.
He should endeavor to carry out to the fullest extent the
moral obligations under which he rests, to protect the
public from any possible harm arising from the misuse of
the potent remedies intrusted to his care.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD
^43
SMALL HELPS*
By C. G. Buchanan.
WelJsburg. W. Va.
DO we do enough for our doctor friends? Of course,
we sell them goods at or near cost, we send them
what patients we can and we make them an occasional
present, and do whatever else the occasion demands or
our fancy inspires. But in little things, which would
tend to make his lot easier and cause him to remember
us with thankfulness much oftener than he does, are we
always as thoughtful as we might be in our r^ations
with the doctor?
In this connection we are interested chiefly in the
general practitioner of medicine, the family physician,
the man who is called upon and expected to perform
everything, from a skillful surgical operation to quieting
the crying baby — ^the man whose hours know no surety
of belonging to him, either night or day. This is tfie
man who has no time to devote to the little things, and
yet he is the very one who would appreciate them most ;
for those members of the medical profession who have
taken up a particular branch of study and become
" specialists " in that line have studied and mastered the
details of their needs until everything around them moves
on a system which is so perfect that the ordinary drug-
gist dare not suggest an idea, even if he had one, so that
not this class, but the first mentioned, are the ones whom
the druggist can help by his little things.
In not every place is it possible to telephone to a hos-
pital or a central station when a nurse is wanted, and as
the doctor is generally questioned as to where one can
be secured, it is a convenience to him to have that in-
formation at hand. It is not likely that the doctor will
know just who is employed and who at liberty at that
particular time, nor is he likely to remeniber their ad-
dresses, and it may be that he may not recall the very
one whom he would like to have take care of the case
for him. All this the druggist who cares can do for him,
and do it so easily that he will not notice the effort.
Let him first call on every doctor whom he hopes to
reach, explain what he wants to do and ask for a list of
nurses and their addresses ; after he has all of these, he
should either call or write to the nurses and explain th^
system to them, ask them to let him know when they are
employed and when at liberty, so that he may keep his
record correct and up to date.
It will not be long before the good points of the system
will make themselves manifest and the nurses be not only
glad to have their names recorded, but the physician will
depend entirely upon his friend, the druggist, to help him
out when called upon to suggest a nurse. Then the
chances are that both doctor and nurse vnll remember
the kindness to such an extent that the druggist will be
repaid a thousand fold for his trouble.
Where there is sickness and especially during the re-
covery from a long illness or where there is not a pro-
fessional nurse, the doctor is being continually quizzed
as to what the invalid may eat, and while his intentions
may be good, he cannot be expected to carry a bill of
fare in his hand ; so it is no wonder that the patient soon
becomes tired of the few things allowed him, and while
the doctor on the impulse of the moment may think of
only a few things which he can be allowed, yet if he were
shown a list he might easily select a dozen which would
agree with that particular case and which, by giving a
few new ones each day, would prevent any from becom-
ing obnoxious to the sufferer.
By the preparation and distribution of a little pam-
phlet of this nature the druggist will not only win the
gratitude and make a hit with the doctor, but he will
receive advertisement which will bring him many dollars
from the afflicted and their families.
The work should have a short preface, telling what
the receipis are for and the suggestion that the physician
should be consulted as to which ones to use, with a few
short but telling arguments showing why one's prescrip-
tions should be taken to Blank's drug store.
This should take but a very few pages and then
should follow the recipes, the gathering of which re-
quires a little effort, which should be spent in going
through that department of the standard cook books and
in conversation with trained nurses and the doctors.
The following are a few which have been used, and
while not given as an entire or an ideal list, they give some
idea of the nature of those which have proven the best.
Liquids, — Milk, buttermilk, cream, beef tea — ^both
made from fresh beef and from the extract.
Potnada, — Bake three or four hard crackers until
brown, boil for fifteen minutes in one quart of water ; re-
move from the fire and let stand four or five minutes;
strain and sweeten. A little wine and nutmeg may be
added to tliir or it may be made from stale bread or toast.
Grape Juice, — ^A few teaspoonfuls to a glass of pure
spring or mineral water. ,
Other acid drinks which are palatable and usually
longed for may be made by dissolving a teaspoonful of
any tart jelly in a glass of cold water.
Rice Water. — Four tablespoonfuls of rice put into two
quarts water; boil down to one quart; sweetened and a
little nutmeg added makes a pleasant and nourishing
drink, especially so if made one-quarter to one-half milk.
Sago, tapioca, barley or cracked corn can be prepared the
same way.
Broths, such as beef, chicken, mutton, veal and clam.
Egg Nogg, — This may be varied a little by beating
the whites and yolks separately, one time, and together
the next (milk and tgg). Malted milk and other pro-
prietary preparations of a similar nature, and by using
brandy or port wine in place of whisky, or occasionally
leaving them all out and putting in a litde lemon juice.
Solid and Semi-solid Foods, — The different cooked
preparations containing milk and eggs principally, either
together or singly, such as junket, puddings made from
cornstarch, arrowroot, tapioca, sago, etc.
Toast, either buttered or with milk, beef or other
broths, boiled rice, baked apples, baked potatoes, oatmeal
or cornmeal gruel.
The different preparations, such as Cream of Wheat,
Quaker Oats, Vitos, etc.
Poached eggs.
Methods for the proper preparation of meats and
other animal foods.
These recipes need occupy but one side of the page ;
on the other can be advertised those things for the sick
room which the store carries, such as cotton, gauze and
bandages, bed pans and urinals, rubber sheeting, oiled
muslin and silk, all the different disinfectants, principally
" Blank's Wonderful Disinfectine " (which need be noth-
ing but a solution of carbolic acid with a sprinkle cork
and attractive label, and sold at a good price), a few
drops of which should be used in all vessels and sprinkled
in the room every day; also sick feeders, glass tubtt,
Castile soap, hot water bottles, ice bags, syringes, etc.,
and many other things of the drug man's stock.
The last few pages of the pamphlet may contain a
few suggestions as to the serving of the food to the side,
such as having it neat, using the best dishes and dean
linen, bringing just enough for the patient to eat, of
changing from one thing to another so as to prevent as
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much as possible the articles becoming tiresome, of the
necessity of ventilation and cleanliness, of being cheerful
and the many other sick room hints which can be easily
gathered.
The cost of these books may range from fifteen to
thirty dollars a thousand, but as they are not intended
to be thrown away, but instead to be given to those who
have sickness in the family or to one's best customers,
and if the advertisements be of the right kind and proper-
ly displayed, the very first order from them will likely
net a profit of more than twenty-five or thirty cents, and
as the books will be kept and continued in use for years, it
will be an investment that will be repaid at once and yet be
lasting in its benefits.
The physician can take one of the books and check
off what the particular case should have, and as it will
help him over one of his little troubles, he will be found
to be unintentionally the best distributing agent of all, and
it is a certainty that he will not forget the source of the
little work.
STORE MANAGEMENT.
Gooductod by W* A* Dawioii.
In addition to publishing a series of articles covering the commer^
cial side of pharmacy , the editor of this department will en*
deavor to discuss^ criticise, advise and give information on
any question pertaining to the business management of the
drug store propounded by readers of the American Druggist
This feature of the department is intended to constitute a busi-
ness query column for the readers of the American Druggist,
^*3r ^^ ^^^ queries regarding business matters addressed to it will
be freely answered,
THE SHOW WINDOW. [Continued.)\
backgrounds without framework.
SOME good background trims may be obtained with-
out the use of framework by draping the back of
the window with curtain-like effects in crepe paper or
light fabrics. The good effect of trims of this sort de-
pends in a large degree upon the coloring and pattern of
the material used. Crudities of color or design will kill
the effect, plain colors in soft, light tints giving the best
results.
In selecting any figured paper or fabric for trims one
should be careful to pick out ** decorative " designs ;
large, bold, conventional designs, especially avoiding the
use of floral ornament or patterns that are more suitable
for dress or for boudoir decoration. The same rules
govern as in the selection of a suitable wall paper for a
store. One would not select for that purpose a small,
often repeated floral figure such as would be more appro-
priate for a bedroom.
Fig. 17 shows a sketch of a trim that has actually
been made, the material being plain white and light am-
ber yellow crepe paper. The borders and wreaths were
in gold paint.
The ceiling of the window being of dark wood, it was
first covered with white wrapping paper folded in pleats.
The side curtains, two breadths each of the crepe paper
pasted together at the edge, were then hung ; these were
of the amber yellow paper. The straight curtain was
hung over these and over that another curtain which was
looped up in the manner shown. The looped up curtain
was amber and the straight curtain white with gilt bor-
der and wreaths. To finish off the edge of the ^ceiling
sOme lon^ strips of the two papers were^ loosely twisted
together m rope-like effect and tacked around the edge.
The side curtains were looped back at each side of me
window, and on a wire stretched across the window back
of these curtains was hung the lower curtain of white
with Empire wreath in center. The lower platform was
covered with the amber paper on the bevels and white
on the top, and the edge finished off with the paper rope.
Fig. 17. — A Background Trim without Framework.
To make the ornaments stencils were cut from heavy
manila paper, one for half the wreath and one for one
scroll. The wreath stencil was laid on the paper and
thick gold paint applied through the openings, forming
half the wreath ; the stencil was then turned over and the
other half of the ornament formed in a like manner. The
scroll border was formed by repeating the one scroll of
the stencil down the edge of the paper. In this case the
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Fig. 18.
Fig. 21.
ornamental effect was increased by first making a deeper
yellow stripe a little wider than the scroll before apply-
ing the stenciled ornament, which is done by rubbing dry
yellow ocher into the paper with a dry paint brush. The
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245
border along the bottom edge of the upper straight cur-
tain was made by rubbing gold paint into the paper in
the same manner.
Fig. 18 shows a background without framework and
is a simple design that takes very little time to put up.
The material is yard-wide silkoline or other thin fabric,
which is tacked flat to the top, bottom and sides of the
window frame at the back of the window opening. The
cloth is brought to the edge of the center ring,
gathered down to one foot in width and fastened by tack-
ing to the back of the ring or passed over the ring and
sewed. The ring may be a barrel hoop wound with cloth
or a child's toy hoop. In making this background the
hoop must first be hung in the exact center of the window
opening by a wire from the top of the window; then the
cloth from the bottom of the window to the hoop is put
in place, next the sides, then the top piece, and lastly the
comer pieces. Instead of tacking the cloth directly to
the window frames some strips of wood or heavy paste-
board from a half an inch to one inch wide and as IcHig
as the cloth is wide should be provided; the end of the
cloth is first wound about one of these strips two or three
times and the strips then tacked to the window frame.
The breadths of cloth running to the comers of the win-
dow are more easily put in place if first fastened to the
hoop.
A variation of this background is to leave out the
hoop and tie the breadths of doth together in the center.
To do this each breadth must be fastened at one end and
tied in the center before the other end is fastened, and,
after they arc all in place, they are to be all tied together
and the center hidden with a rosette, omament or sign.
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Fig. 19.
Fig. 20.
Or the comer breadths may be omitted, as in Fig. 19,
or the cloth run flat, as in Fig. 20. This last makes a
good background for a bandage and surgical dressing
displav if red bunting or turkey red cotton cloth is used,
thus forming a huge Geneva cross.
Some good lattice-work trims may be made with inch
wide bleached muslin bandages, lacing them back and
forth in various designs across a frame or the back of
the window. Of course, bandages thus used should not
be put back into stock. They should be carefully rolled
up after using and saved for another time, becoming a
part of the stock of " properties " used in window and
store decoration.
Department store window trimmers make great use
of cotton tape for lattice-work effects. Examples of tape-
work trims are to be seen in the windows of many
grocery stores all over the country; these trims are
erected by the traveling demonstrators sent out by Proc-
tor & Gsmible to advertise their Ivory and Amber Soaps.
A study of them will give the amateur trimmer a good
idea of tape-work and cheese-cloth drapery, but one
should be careful to study them for methods and sug-
gestion only, not for imitation. The window trims of the
pharmacy should be kept as distinctive as possible and in
no way suggestive of, or similar in style to, the trims of
dry-goods or grocery windows.
The writer saw lately in a large store a tape lattice-
work trim in which the trimmer had achieved an odd
effect by spotting the tape with aniline dyes. Evidently
a weak solution of green and yellow dye had been ap-
plied with a large brush to each intersection of the tape,
the green and yellow alternating. As the dye soaked
into the tape it had spread, forming irregular patches and
streaks of color. A few vines and flowers were trained
over the lattice and the effect of the patches of green
and yellow was to make it appear as though the lattice
was well covered with vine, whereas there was venr little
of it. Lattice-work of this kind would make a good back-
ground for a soda-water trim during the hot months;
?:rape or other vines trained over the lattice, with flowers,
mits, jugs of syrap, bottles of frait juices, glasses,
straws, napkins, etc., arranged in the window.
Fig. 21 * shows a background without framework that
can be quickly put in place ; the fabric must first be fas-
tened to the top of the window, then tied in tfie center
and afterward tacked at the bottom. Done in a plain,
light tinted fabric this makes a good background.
GATHERED FORMULAS*
Salicylic Dandnsf! Lotion.
Salleylle add 31
Glyeerin sy
Baa de Oblogne Slij
piatlUad aleSioL Jt}
Tlie head la to b« ahampooed twice a week with a mlztare of oao
part ox the lotion and llTe parta of lukewarm water. Dry with a eoaraa
towel and bmah well with elean broahea.
Afthina Powder*
Stramottlnm learea, bmlaad {!▼
Belladenna JeaTea, bmlaed II
Henbane leavea and atalka, bmlaed Il
Aleohol lid
Sprinkle the alcohol oTer the mixed learea, and aet aalde for a day ;
then add the following aolntlon :
Potaaalnm nitrate (IJ
Potaaalom carbonate gr. zz
Dlatllled water. (s
Mix well and allow to atand for a day. Dry the mlxtoro by careful
eTaporatlon and triturate the realdne to a uniform coarae powder.
Dlrectlona : A teaapoonful to be pot on a aaucer, Ignited, and tlie
amoke Inhaled.
Ear Dropa.
Ollre oil n
Camphorated oil SI
Oil of eajuput m. t
Oil of aaaaafraa m. t
Ether m.x
Mix.
Five to ten dropa on cotton-wool to be put Into the ear to relleTe
deafneaa reaultlng from cold.
Dittfetic Powder for Hofiea.
^ Powdered budiu
Powdered realn
Potaaalnm nitrate
Mix and divide Into twelTe powdera. One morning and eyenlag
with food.
Dogi' Tonic Pllla
Powdered calamua Slaa
Dried aodlum aulphate. ..i Slaa
Sodium bicarbonate Saa
Powdered rhubarb Saa
Syrup a aulllclency
Maaa and divide Into alx pllle, of which one la to be glren twtao
dally when the dog la oif Ita feed.
Coamctic Lotion*
Borax j dr.
Potaaalnm carbonate. 2 dr.
Potaaalnm chlorate v.? ^'
Glycerin 1% <»•
Orange flower water 4 oa.
Boae water 4 oa.
Mix.
To be used soTeral tlmea dally.
^ See page 244.
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Cream of Current Literature
A Bummafy of the leading articles la coDtemponury pharmaceatlcal periodicala.
Apotbckcr Zeittifigt December*
Comparative Analyses of Official Tinctures as Re-
gards their Dry Residue. By Heinrich Frerichs. — The
extraordinary differences which he found in examining
samples of certain fluid extracts prepared by himself
as compared with specimens furnished by commercial
manufacturers let the author to examine a series
of official tinctures in order to find the differ-
ences in dry residue between samples prepared in his
own laboratory and those furnished by various makers.
He examined a number of samples of the tinctures of
aconite, arnica, cinchona compound, gentian, strophan-
thus, and valerian, and found that very marked differ-
ences existed between the dry residues in various samples
of all the tinctures named. He found that the tinctures
purchased in various drug houses contained either very
small or considerably diminished residues as compared
to the same tinctures prepared in private laboratories in
Brunswick, Bremen, Darmstadt and Dresden. The
latter showed a very uniform specific gravity as well as
a uniform amount of dry residue. The latter in almost
all instances corresponded to the figures found to be
maximal by Dieterich.
A number of pharmacopoeias in various countries
prescribe percolation as the method of manufacturing
tinctures, and opinions of different authorities vary con-
siderably as to the value of percolation as compared to
maceration. In order to ascertain this the author prepared
parallel series of tinctures of the same kind from the
same samples of drugs by both methods. For the twenty
per cent, tinctures the method of percolation was as fol-
lows : 40 Cc. of the moderately finely powdered drug were
moistened with 20 Cc. of diluted alcohol, and after hav-
ing been allowed to stand for half an hour in a well
covered vessel were placed in a percolator and covered
with diluted alcohol until the liquid b^an to drop
through, as is prescribed for the fluid extracts in the
Grerman Pharmacopoeia. After allowing to stand for two
days in a closed percolator, 70 Cc. of the percolate were
allowed to flow off, and this was followed by the replace-
ment of the menstruum. On the next day 70 Cc. were
again allowed to flow off, and on the following day again
60 Cc, making in all a total of 200 Cc. of tincture. The
last third of the percolation was almost colorless at the
end of the flow. The tinctures thus obtained were per-
fectly clear, so that no filtration was necessary. When
the German Pharmacopoeia prescribes that 100 Cc. of
menstruum be taken for 20 Gm. of a drug to make a
tincture, the product contains more than 100 parts of
tincture, and this additional quantity depends upon the
presence of moisture in the drug, of extractives, etc.
With the exception of tincture of arnica the percolated
tinctures gave a larger residue and had a higher specific
gravity than the macerated tinctures. The majority of
writers on the subject agree that percolation is by far the
superior method for tinctures. (December 5 and 7.)
Bimolecular Indene, By Dr. J. Boes. — Polymeric in-
dene under ordinary temperature and pressure does not
give a a bimolecular product on dry distillation. But if
the decomposition of polymeric indene be undertaken in
a rarified atmosphere the decomposition takes place very
incompletely. The author succeeded by distilling under
20 millimetres pressure at 240 degrees C. in obtaining a
crystalline polymeric indene which had the formula of
(CtHg)2, and therefore proved to be bimolecular indene.
On redistilling under normal atmospheric pressure a
monomolecular indene was obtained. (December 7.)
Concerning a Croion Bark Sold as a Substitute for
Cascarilla. By C. Hartwich. — Cascarilla bark {Croton
elutfria) is becoming rarer every day. The diminution
in the production of the bark began in 1870, and in a
report for the year 1900 a drug firm stated that this
bark will soon be seen nowhere except in museums. No
reason seems to be known for this state of affairs, except
that the plant which furnishes the bark is apparently
dying out. It is probable that the cause of this diminu-
tion is due to the imprudent methods in gathering used
in the Bahamas, where the plant has been known to grow
since the seventeenth century. Although not an impor-
tant medicinal plant, cascarilla is official in many pharma-
copoeias and is a favorite bitter and aromatic adjuvant.
It is used in th^ manufacture of cordials, snuff, &c., as
well as a flavoring for certain brands of tobacco.
A sample of bark from Honduras was recently sub-
mitted to the author as a substitute for cascarilla. This
bark belonged to another variety of Croton, the exact
determination of which was impossible. A large number
of Croton varieties, with more or less aromatic barks
which can be used medicinally, grow in Central and
South America and in the West Indies. Some of these
have been formerly sold as substitutes for cascarilla.
They are distinguished from true cascarilla by the pres-
ence of stone-cells in the primary bark, a fact which is
the more noteworthy, inasmuch as the sample submitted
was derived from very yoimg stems. The new bark
probably belongs to the group of Malambo barks. When
sold as cascarilla it may be distinguished from the true
drug by the characteristic camphor-like odor, by the oc-
currence of stone-cells and by the only slightly* thickened
cork-cells. The new bark is a strong bitter, but cannot
compete with the old as regards its aromatic properties.
(December 18.)
Concerning Some New Microscopic Oculars with
Micrometer Attachments, By C. Hartwich. — ^A good
microscope is necessary to fulfill the requirements of the
new edition of the German Pharmacopoeia. In examin-
ing certain cells and tissues the pharmacopoeia prescribes
definite dimensions which must be determined by meas-
uring. The ordinary method of measuring microscopic
objects is by introducing a slip of glass, bearing a micro-
scopic scale, into the eye-piece of the instrument. This
method presents serious disadvantages in many cases
where the object is such that it is difficult to bring it m*
parts of it exactly under certain divisions of the scale.
The author devised a micrometer which can be placed in
the eye-piece of any microscope and which obviates these
difficulties. Its essential feature is a movable thread,
which passes across the field parallel to the divisions of
the scale and which can be moved to any part of the
latter by means of a screw. The object is measured by
moving this thread to a sufficient distance from a fixed
line on the scale. Then the tube of the microscope is
raised, so as to throw the object out of focus, and the
distance between the two lines is read off on the scale.
This instrument can be used with advantage only upon
a microscope equipped with a movable stage. A second
form of micrometer was therefore devised by the author
in which two movable threads were provided which could
be moved by means of screws. An object is brought un-
der the microscope at any part of the scale, and the two
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND
threads are simply screwed so that thoy lie at either end
of the object. Their distance from each other is then
read off from a scale. (December 21.)
Tbe Pfurmacetftical Era*
Keeping Accounts Payable. By Frank B. Lamb. —
The author describes his method of entering bills in an
" Accounts Payable " book. A thin double entry center
ruled ledger is used. A glance shows at once what bills
are due. The terms^ tmless of a firm too familiar to need
noting, are written under the date of invoice. Cash on
hand can be used where it will count the most. The left
hand column can be footed as soon as the bottom of ^
page is reached, and the footings at the end of the year
show the amount of goods purchased. The sample page
shown herewith illustrates the plan:
BAMPLfl PAGB.
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE.
July"
Julj
Jolj
July
July
July
Album A Co.,
S per cent— 10 days
Webb A OOm
1 per cent— 10 6bjb
8 U. 8 Mfff. Co..
% per cent— iO days
t
10
11
J. H. Beatty,
8 per cent^SO days
AiooldOo.,
nee 80 days
Qolden Broe^
b per cent— 80 d«ys
10
40
i
9
il
08
84
SO
«lo8
17
80 !
18
42
84
04
16 00
90
80
70
fiO
dlsooont
Frelffht
obeck 7—8-01
dls
cbeck 7—10-01
overohanre
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cbect7-li— X)l
1 Dos. PlUt ret.
Pillem and the Symbol Doctors. By P. A. Lignell. —
This communicatiuon was prompted by the publication
of Mr. Hostelley's article on " What Should be the Atti-
tude of the Druggist Toward the Symbol Prescription
He Cannot Read ? " f American Druggist, January 27,
page 46). He had oeen discriminated against by the
doctors of a mining town, in which he was a new comer.
The doctors had entered into an arrangement with the
other two pharmacists of the town by which figures were
used instead of the Latin abbreviations to designate the
medicines prescribed. In this article he tells how he hit
upon a scheme to circumvent his enemies. He had 'one
thousand copies of imitation typewritten letters printed
on his letter head, and mailed one to every family in the
town. After this he never again saw a symbol prescrip-
tion, and the iron mining doctor and his assistant became
his best customers, after the other two drug stores had
sold out their stock to him at so much per dollar. The
letter read:
John Pillem, proprietor of the best drug store In the Iron
country.
Dear Sir: I have, lately, been considerably annoyed by my
customers bringing me prescriptions written by Dr. and
Dr. , which they have been expressly directed to take to
Mr. ^'s drug store. To avoid further annoyance, I wish to
state that these prescriptions must hereafter be taken to Mr.
— ^'s drug store, as they are written In symbols to which BCr.
— only holds the key.
This is an arrangement often found In large cities, between
enterprising druggists and doctors, and is to their mutual
pecuniary benefit, and quite in line with modem progress in
consolidation, and with the trust-like tendencies of the times.
I am willing to explain this more fuUy in person If more in-
formation on the subject is desired.
Yours respectfully,
John PiUem.
(January 30.)
The Possibilities of a Dental Supply Department. By
Joseph F. Hostelley. — ^The desirability of druggists
reaching out for the business of dentists in competition
with the dentists* supply houses in such remedies as con-
PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD. U1
stitutc the dentists' armamentarium is brought out in this
article. A list of the medicaments in common use by
dentists is given, together with notes on the therapeutic
scope of the remedies named. Among the articles enu-
merated in this way are creosote, carbolic acid, phenol
sodique, oil of cloves, oil of eucalyptus, potassium per-
manganate, hydrogen dioxide, iodoform, duminum chlo-
ride, rinc chloride, salicylic acid, solution persulphate
of iron, tincture aconite, tincture arnica, tincture cap-
sicum, tincture iodine, and glycerin. Some of the acces-
sories of the operating room are also mentioned, such as
absorbent cotton, camel's hair brushes, mercury, bay rum,
yellow and white wax, borax, prepared chalk, piunice
stone, rotten stone, rouge, emery, buckhom powder,
Arkansas stone powder. It is suggested that the drug-
gist put up a nicely perfumed tooth powder and tooth
wash, and send samples and advertising to the dentists
of the town. It is also recommended to get acquainted
with the dentists ; to visit their offices periodically, either
in person or through a representative, and impress upon
them the virtues of the preparation, and ask them to
suggest the merits of the articles to patients. (February
6.)
Taking Stock in a Drug Store. By William Mittel-
bach.— Stock taking should be done in a careful, sys-
tematic way. Old, neglected or surplus stock should be
cleaned up as the inventory proceeds. A classification of
the stock should be made, and cost and selling marks
renewed where necessary. All dead stock should be col-
lected in one part of the store and disposed of at some re-
duction in price, or, perhaps, better still, exchanged for
" some new stuff just invented by some ambitious patent
medicine man." (February 6.)
Advertising. By A. B. Burrows.— This writer gives
it as his opinion that one of the best advertisements for
a druggist is to stay behind his counter and be in readiness
for prescriptions. Neat placards distributed about the
store, calling attention to seasonable goods, is the most
effectual method of advertising, according to him, and
he would rather see a dean window with a couple of show
globes and tasteful drapery, without a single bottle of
medicine and cheap package goods displayed, than to see
a whole window full of " catchpenny nostrums. He
advocates the cultivation of cordial relations with the phy-
sicians, and says they are the best advertisers of a drug-
gist. (March 6.)
A Foot Powder As a Money Maker. By J. T. Te^^
per.— The author calls his preparation " Foot Comfort.
He puts It up in papers, contained in a slide powder box.
The formula he uses is as follows :
Salicylic acid • 'l ^JS!
Boric acid 2 ounces, 4W grains
Talcum ^/"°fS
Slippery elm bark J o^**<»
Orris root 1 ounce
The miyed powders are passed several times through
a fine sieve. One ounce is weighed and divided into
eighteen powders. The eighteen powders are then folded
and put into a slide powder box, the label being pasted cm
the box. The powder is sold for 25 cents a box, afford-
ing a handsome profit. A form of label is suggested, as
well as a method' of advertising the powder.
Most Valtsable Drug JoumaL
I am very much pleased with your journal and think the
Aksbicaiv Dbugoist one of the most valuable drug journals
for the pharmacist who is working in the Interest of his catting.
HElfRY 0. WwimL
Windsor, Mo.
248
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
Qxieries and Ans^^ers
We ahAll be clad, la this departmeat, to rMpoad to calla for Informatloo oa all pharmacoutlc uuittera.
Questions re Trade-Mark, Revenue and
Postal Laws.— C. W. S. writes : " Would you kindly
supply an old subscriber with answers to the following
questions ? ( i ) Can a person get a trade-mark registered
in the United States and Canada without the aid of a
patent lawyer? What is the cost and how must one go
about it? (2) Is there still a revenue tax on proprietary
medicines and how much? (3) In regard to the postal
laws, what is the weight limit for fluids in glass bottles,
what is thie postage on same, and what are the regula-
tions regarding the packing of liquid preparations for
transmission through the mails ? "
It would simplify matters a good deal to employ a
patent lawyer for the registration of a trade-mark, though
it is easy to procure registration direct without such aid.
Applicaticoi for registration should be addressed to the
Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. There are
a number of formalities to be observed, and it would be
best to write to the Commissioner for a copy of the Rules
and Regulations of the Patent Office relating to the regis-
tration of trade-marks, prints and labels. The fee for
the registration of a trade-mark is $25.
We trust our correspondent is not confusing a trade-
mark with a print or label. A print or label may be regis-
tered in the Patent Office in the same way as a trade-
mark, and the certificate of such registration continues in
force for twenty-eight years. The fee for this form of
registration is $(5, to be paid in the same manner as fees
for trade-marks.
The war revenue tax on proprietary medicines was
abolished July i, 1901, the proprietary medicine schedule,
including perfumes and cosmetics, being repealed on
February 28, 1901, though the act did not go into effect
until the beginning of the next fiscal year, July i, 1901, as
stated.
Liquids in glass bottles are recognized as mail matter
of the fourth class, the rate on which is one cent an ounce
or fraction thereof. It is required that the preparation
shall not be of such a form or nature as to be liable to
destroy, deface or otherwise damage the contents of the
mail bag, or harm any one engaged in the postal service,
and not be above the weight provided by law, which is
four pounds. The liquid must be put up in such a man-
ner as to be properly protected and so that each package
may be readily examined. Our correspondent will find
it to his advantage to take counsel with his local post-
master on the subject.
Spiritus Mindererii.— A. T. H.— By strictly fol-
lowing the formula and directions of the. Pharmacopoeia
of 1890 for Liquor Ammonii Acetatis there should be no
difficulty in turning out a good preparation, provided
one uses good material. The ordinary " No. 8 " or other
commercial grades of acetic acid should not be used for
preparing the dilute acid until tested to ascertain
just what per cent, of absolute acetic acid they contain.
Thejr seldom run over the stated strength. If the dilute
acetic acid is deficient in strength the addition of 5 parts
of ammonium carbonate to 100 parts of it wiU produce an
alkaline solution which will be incompatible with tincture
of iron, as in making Basham's mixture and with alkaloids
in solution, producing unsightly mixtures and sometimes,
with poisonous alkaloids, dangerous ones. The Pharma-
copoeia of 1880 gave an alternative formula for Liquor
Ammonii Actatis in which the acid and carbonate were
to be kept on hand in separate solutions that were to be
mixed together at the time of dispensing, but this process
was dismissed from the last revision for the sufficient
reason that if the ammonium acetate solution was not
fresh a poor preparation was produced.
Experienced dispensers usually make their ammonium
acetate solution " by taste," dropping a few lumps of tlie
carbonate in the required quantity of acid and judging
from appearance, when effervescence begins to slacken,
and taste, slightly acid, when the solution is right. In
the meantime the dispenser goes about getting the other
ingredients of the prescription together or writing the
laJbel. The greater the excess of carbonate dropped in
the add the quicker the solution is ready ; if an excess of
the carbonate has dissolved so that the solution is alkaline
this condition is easily corrected by the addition of a little
more acid.
Some years ago a chemist, who had made many thou-
sands of gallons of spirit of Mindererus as an ingredient
of a proprietary compound, told the writer that he never
stirred the effervescing solution, but that when the up-
ward flow of gas had almost ceased the solution was
quickly decanted from the lees and tested, usually being
found to be right. He claimed that the ebullition of gas
distributed the right amount of the ammonium salt through
the overlying acid, and that whatever excess of the
former was dissolved remained in the bottom of the ves-
sel if the liquid were undisturbed by stirring, so that
when effervescence had ceased, or nearly so, all the liquid
lying above the remaining carbonate had reached just
the proper point of saturation.
Hair Tonic Prescription.— H. F. H. writes:
" Please give me your opinion on this hair tonic prescrip-
tion " :
Powd. borax ^s
Lac. sulphur 31
Bay mm 51
Quinine sulphate 31.
Glycerin 3iv
Aqua q. 8. ad. JviiJ
We do not understand from our correspondent's letter
whether he wishes this prescription criticised from the
standpoint of efficiency or of incompatibility. The origi-
nator of the formula seems to have desired to secure in
one mixture the features of three distinct types of hair
preparations. He has taken the borax of the alkaline hair
lotion, the sulphur of the sulphur and lead restorer, and
the quinine of the stimulative hair tonic, and combined
them.
That the mixture is incompatible does not necessarily
interfere with its efficiency, and it is no more unsightly
than the usual lead and sulphur restorer. Probably a
lotion of the stimulative type, with the addition of re-
sorcin, which by its antiseptic action cures and prevents
dandruff or " scurf," is the most satisfactory hair prepa-
ration to put up as a specialty. A typical formula is
given:
Resorcin 5iJ
Quinine hydrochlorate 51
Tinet. cantharides 31v
Tinct capsicum 3i
Glycerin 31v
Ext. heliotrope 3Iv
Diluted alcohol q. a. ad. 01
Add 5 to 10 grains of powdered cudbear, let stand
an hour or two and filter through paper.
The lotion is applied by rubbing it gently with the
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD. 249
finger tips into the scalp once or twice a day. Although BUSINESS BUILDING.
immense quantities of lead and sulphur " restorers " are ^ '^ ^ t- t t ^ m i«
made and sold their continued use is generally r^;ardcd ComfaclBcl by U G. Maaoiog.
as being deleterious on account of the liability of dironic The Department Editor will be pleased to criticise advertisements,
lead poisoning by absorption of the lead acetate. It has suggest improvements, and anszoer all questions aiming
been recommended that sulphur alone, made up into a zvithin the scope of this department.
pomade, be used by those whose hair is prematurely turn- ^^
ing gray or has a harsh, dry, dead appearance. The fol- ^^jg 5qj5^ SEASON.
lowmg formula furnishes such a preparation: ****- *^\>f*^^ w«-«*»w*^#
Precipitated sulphur 31 M^^^ druggists who have soda fountains are satisfied
PareoUveolL 3iJ ITl if they get their share of the business. Their
'^^ q. 8. a 5 fountain is started at the approach of warm weather; it
A small quantity to be rubbed into the scalp once a runs throughout the season ; those who come for soda
Trtfon wUh a^r SrScf "^ "^ '"^ ^"' "^ '"" "^' ^'' ^^' ^^' *^^^ ^^ ""^^ ^^^^ "^^^ '^ P^* *^^ ^'"^'^
of business. In the average town there is no one who is
n i» DamI conspicuously the leader in the soda business. Many
HOOK l\€vl€wS* imagine themselves leaders, but if proper investigation
„ . , "I .^ ,, „ ., ., _,^,-, were made, would find that the others were getting their
RiostTABio l2n>n8TBiALB, Raccolta di Procedimenti UtiU , _ .' ,./*., « , , 1
neUe Arti, InduBtrie, Mestieri^e 2886 Ricette. Del Ing. share. It is not a difficult matter to actually lead, to make
L Ghersi. 2a. Bdizione Rifatta, con 27 inclalonl. MUano: your fountain so well known that perale will always
Ulrlco Hoepll. 1900. lu- 1 r -.. u *u ^u- 1 r a t^ .u
,^ ^ , I. , , , think of It when they think of soda. It requires the
This formulary is issued as one of the pocket volumes e««„j;„„ ^r ^^^^ r«^«o,r ««^ ^Ur.^^ .,rU^ ^^s^u ..^^^ ^a
published by Ulrico Hoepli, of Milan, ^ relating to '^^^l^^ ^^ ^^'"^ money, and those who look upon ad-
technical subjects. These manuals are very favorably vertismg as an expense will consider this no solution of
known, both in Italy and in other European countries, for the problem at all. Yet it is the only solution. The
their eminently practical nature, and the present volume method of making money without spending some has not
certainly bears out the reputation of the series. The for- yet been devised. The average fountain is not advertised
mulary under review constitutes a pocket encyclopedia ^^ ^he extent of $10 a year, while $ioo should be spent,
of the numerous apphcations of science to mdustries and rw 4» r i u ^ i* j I j ^i,- .
trades. The topics considered include the methods of ^}^^^ ^^ P^^P'« ^^^^ """^ ^^^^^ *o ^^^ *« a'^^t
examining, purifying and preserving the raw products " ^\ ^i^ant expense, but we must assume that it is all
used in various industries ; the preparation of dyes, paints, coming back with interest. The man who does not as-
vamishes, etc. ; textile fabrics, paper, wood, leather, sume a few things of this sort in advertising will never
matches fireworks, glass, metals (bronzing, nickel plat- get any results. This sum is mentioned as an average
mg, etc.), waterproof and fire proof matenals, oils, soaps, o^^^^u ^^ «,k«4. :• •.^^.„\.-.^ 4.^ ^- r -. •
perfumery; agriculture and elertricity. The ^ubj^rts £re "^'"P^^ ^^ ^^""^ "^ ^^^"^^^^ ^^ ^''t ^ ^^«|1^\« P^OP^,^
arranged alphabetically for easy reference. Every page prommence m an average town. Some should spend
is full of interesting and useful data, and it may be truly l«ss, many should spend more. Take a town of 10,000
said that every one possessing this manual will find some- population. Half this population are actual or posssible
thing useful in it, no matter what his calling may be, pro- soda drinkers. To advertise the fountain properly you
book. In the second edition numerous formulas and ^^*
processes have been added, and a good index, giving the ^^^ proprietor of most any fountain would, I think,
number of the formula sought, facilitates the use of the be willing to give throughout the season one glass of
work. soda to each of the possible soda drinkers in his town, in
A Study ik Phabicacy. By John Uri Lloyd. Oopyrlght. order to get them in and have them try his soda. He
1894. Cincinnati: Published by the Author. 1002. could well afford to do this whether he thinks he could
The receipt of fascicles embracing pages 165-196 of or not. Figuring cost of soda at 2j4 cents a glass the
the fascinating study begun by Professor Lloyd some ten expense in the town mentioned above would be $I2«;
years ago, and continued at irregular intervals since, must, a „„ ^^^ i„ « 4.^, £ ^u 4. - . T ^
to a host of his friends and admirers, be welcome evi- , ^^ "^"^ "! ^ ^^^ ^^ *f ^'^^' ^^ ^y '"^ '^ ^ town
dencc of the continued prosecution of what every one ^\ ^^^ ^}^^ '^}^^ w*" spend a relative sum on people
who has been privileged to read the parts already issued within his radius of trade will get his money back every
must regard as a labor of love. The introductory chap- time, provided he spends the money properly and serves
ters are pleasantly discursive, dealing largely in generali- soda that will hold trade.
ties. The last fascicle received includes a very exhaustive t1i« «,«!,, f^v e~»«ri ^u.. ^^ ^ ' ^ j. u 1 «i
bibliography of the subject of Capillarity. Readers of ^?^ 7,{ ^"^ '^f *^ ^^"^^ If *^ *f P^^P^^ ^^ X^"
" Etidorpha " will remember the references to the influ- ^^ ^^^^ ^^ exceUence of your fountam, soda, service,
ences of capillarity in explaining certain natural phe- ^^ special drinks, and to see that you get the story before
nomena observed in the subterranean caverns visited by all of them. The newspapers and circular advertising
the Man Who Did. Precisely what bearing this bibliog- can be employed, the windows can be utilized and some-
raphy has on the work in hand does not appear on the times the sidewalk. The chief thing is that something
surface, but the systematic manner m which the subject u 1 * • « ^t. t_.i t^. ., aumcuung
has been gone over warrants us in assuming that Professor ^^ ^'^P^ ^"^^^ ^^ *^ ^^\'^- Distnbute a booklet the
Lloyd has m course of preparation some interesting sur- "^^^ ^^ ^^ season, follow it up with other booklets and
prise for the scientific world which has to do, in some folders at stated intervals. Push as far as possible special
way, with capillarity. drinks of which you have the exclusive sale. This is
2SO
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
one of the best means of luring people away from other
fountains and of holding them when you get them.
There is no scheme for advertising soda ever devised
that is one-fourth as good as steady, persistent hammer-
ing away with sensible, newsy ads.
Remember, if you are a timid advertiser, that all the
advertising you do for your fountain is also advertising
for your store in general, and that you cannot increase
your soda business without helping your general trade.
The condition of the soda business in most towns is such
that just a little special effort will force a fountain into
prominence. This effort every enterprising druggist
should make. As a rule, success will be made more easy
for him by the fact that competition will keep quiet and
let him forge ahead without hindrance.
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CROSS-CUT TO WEALTH.
I see that a Western genius is working druggists on
a get-rich-quick scheme, a method by which any cross-
roads merchant can revel in wealth in a year. The philan-
thropy of the proposition is disclosed by the fact that, in-
stead of lying low and gradually monopolizing the retail
business of the country, the individual generously seeks
to impart the golden secret at so much an impart. As a
side light on the ethical basis of the proposition I find
that this trade-building Columbus has lifted bodily and
used as his own some matter from a recent book of my
own on drug advertising.
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C3UTiaSM AND COMMENT.
PENT-UP TALENT.
D. T. Y. writes concerning difficulties he meets in
advertising, the trouble being summed up in this sentence:
" I can write to beat the nation once I get the idea, but
it is the ideas that are lacking." If Mr. Y.'s estimate as
to his ability to write is well founded, the rest should be
easy. I am quite sure that his whole trouble lies in a
wrong attitude of mind. He holds the idea that to do
good advertising one must do something startling or
original, while as a rule that is the way to do poor adver-
tising. This druggist, according to his letter head, sells
drugs, wall paper, paints, stationery, cameras and soda
water. Each one of these items is now seasonable, yet he
lacks ideas. He is looking right over a mine of ideas.
If he will take each one of the above items in turn and
ask himself why anybody should buy these goods of him,
or why anybody should buy them at all, reasons for the
sale of them will begin to appear. These reasons proper-
ly arranged are the very soul of successful advertising.
In their presentation it is not necessary to be smart, cute,
brilliant or original. In fact, it is bad judgment to have an
advertising story other than simple and straightforward.
You are trying to gfet ideas into people's heads and you
can't do it if you distract attention by intruding too much
brilliancy. The perfect ad is a simple statement of facts
or arguments. If you wish to sell your goods, try to see
why they should be desired, try to discover reasons why
your particular goods are to be preferred to others. Tell
about the goods, how excellent and why excellent, in your
ads, and vou arc doing right advertising. No man who
knows why his goods should sell need never be out of
material for ads. He can fill a newspaper page each
week and then have to omit a lot of things for lack of
space.
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GOOD CUT-RATE ADVERTISING.
Proofs of a number of newspapers ads are sent in
by W. G. Gregory, BuflFalo. For the space used these
ads are skillfully planned and written. They consist of
a brief general introduction bearing on some important
feature of the business, followed by a short list of prices
on well-known articles, closing with some such sentence
as " We sell you genuine goods at the lowest prices and
give you what you ask for." This is the introduction
of one of the ads :
NO DEVIATION
from physicians' prescriptions has always been
the absolute rule in this pharmacy. The doctor
has a reason for prescribing as he does. As his
assistant we are bound by his directions. Be-
sides, we have enough responsibilities of our
own without assuming his.
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SMALL BUT CONSPICUOUS.
The Gorgas fountain ad, which is reproduced, is an
ad that would stick out on the page of any newspaper, no
matter how many large ads there were about it. The
matter is also good. This display is conspicuous because
of manner in which the bold display line, the body matter
and the white margin contrast. The ad is worthy of
study by those who use small space.
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HEADING TELLS IT.
^xtJ^^ quinine pill ad, one recently used by Lewis R.
Whitacre, Merchantville, N. J., is excellent because it
gets Its storyr before people in the headline. That will
hold them if they have any need of quinine and the re-
mainder of the ad will be read. Those who have no need
of the pills will receive the impression that a very low
price IS offered, which will be beneficial indirectly.
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Vbat Tliey Say.
Spirits droop, "that tired feeling" recnrs constantfy, "ap.
petite " goes back on you. blood is poor-toat Is naSre's w
It is an ideal tonic; bracing, strengthening and exhilarating
Purifies and enriches the blood. Ibnes up the wtole ^^Sf
Soon makes you feel like yourself again. Varney Bros., D?IS:
m„^* ?1 ?^^^fr,to answer the demands of modem dentistry
mihtf.^f^?'^''*^ free from grit contain no fermentaWi
substances, free from acids and Ingredients irritating to the
T«o«^-"*^*?^u ^*5'^® Listerized Tooth Powder these de-
So?^**/^® ^"f®"" *°^ consideration. It is made of the be^
on«?o«^^ ^"^J* r^} sweetened with saccharin, which la an
«£«i^?^^Lfi?^K,*^*^'' !^*^ «"«^*^ '^'' «^« P«n)ose, made
t^fw^. 7^^^ bicarbonate of soda and throughly antlwptic
ai^uhl!^!" T?''"'^''."^ ^' Eucalyptus. Thymol. Mentholind
S22Ir®'l"-^ ^* contains no pumice stone, cuttle fish or other
? i^N^J^ ^^^^ ^®°** * ^^^' ^' Loeser. Mon^
On the spur of the moment you may need some article from
the drug store, and the first question to arise Is. where can
I get it quickest, surest safest? People who telephone their
drug wants to us cannot fail of being satisfied. Why? Be-
cause we never delay a minute. Because nothing but new
bright goods are ever delivered. Because, as a whole: we
are the mofit reasonable people to buy from. Sacramento
Pharmacy. Sacramento. Cal. ««^«iueDui
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
2$'
Opport\inities y^or E^xport Trade
{Written for the American Druggist.)
AMERICAN TRADE ABROAD.
Bt Robert P. Skii7neb»
U. 8. Ck>n8Ul-General, Mttnellles, France. ,
The question is addressed to me: " What must be done by
the American manufacturers of these goods (i.e., 15 stated lines
in the drug and chemical trade) to obtain more business in
your district? " I am obliged to reply that everything must
be done in France that would be done in the United States
to obtain business, with the added requirement of doing it all
through the medium of the French language. Actually, very
little is being done. I have yet to have the pleasure of meet-
ing one representative of the American drug trade in Mar-
seilles, although this is the second city of France, and although
30,000 Americans are supposed to pass through it annually on
pleasure bent Indeed, I <^n count upon my fingers the
total number of American commercial travelers who have
visited me since January 1, and who have sought, by prosaic
and conventional processes, to secure trade.
FOBBIOMBBS SBBKINQ AMBBIO/LN 8ELLBR8.
In my opinion, the "American Invasion," of which much
is heard, is a popular delusion. I encounter 20 foreigners seek-
ing American sellers to one seller who comes here deliberately
to find buyers. With a commerce of many millions of dollars
annually between Marseilles and the United States, I know
of not one distinctively American house doing business in
this city, under their own name. With all the large importing
houses filled with volunteers, studying French requirements,
language and methods, I know of not one young American
so engaged, and in my experience have known but one, who
subsequently returned to the United States, and by his own
unaided efforts obtained a responsible post, from which he has
been advanced. The invasion, if there is one, is a European
invasion of the United States, a material invasion via the
steerage, and another invasion of buyers, who propose to per-
form, and, in fact, do perform, all the functions of the middle-
man, leaving the average American producer ignorant of every-
thing except the main fact that the goods leave the United
States, somehow and somewhere. Indeed, Europe, to my
mind, outside of those staple lines where our leadership is
the result of manifest destiny, is simply trying, in its con-
servative way, to adjust Itself to the pace we have set
AMERICAN QOODS imTATBD IN EUROPE.
I have before me the card of a gentleman who has just re-
turned from Nimes, where he booked the order of a manufac-
turer for a line of small American machinery, and the seller
is perfectly convinced that the buyer merely Intends to copy
the patterns and produce the same things in his well-appointed
works. The same concern's most active competitor In (Ger-
many is a man who visited their works in New York State,
bought a full line, reproduced them, and now sells the imita-
tion from a catalogue, the very engravings of which show
where the American name has been scratched off and a Ger-
man name inserted. I have walked through a quarter of a
mile of agricultural machinery in a country fair at Arlee, said
to be American, and nearly all were imitations pure and sim-
ple. Such names as Westinghouse, Thomson, Houston and
Niles, are much heard of in Europe, but if the machinery
bearing these names is examined closely, the marks will show
that it has been produced in shops constructed on American
lines, but operated in Europe, and employing European labor.
In the open markets of the world, with the single exception
of China, such export tride as we have is being developed
through foreign agencies of various kinds, and while we derive
large profit no doubt our national identity is unknown to the
consuming public. Therefore, it may be questioned whether,
after the work of the American Invasion in Europe is thor-
oughly completed, when all the best specialties of the United
States are being produced in the Old World, under the cheaper
conditions here prevailing, we shall find even these neutral
markets as easily ours as they would be if the American man-
ufacturer, who has revolutionised industrial processes, had
also been equally alert and equally resourceful in his efforts
as a merchant
WB 8R0I7LD COLTIVATE tHB TRADE OF TH^ ORlkNT. .
There la a disposition I know in the United States to mini-
mize the value of the efforts being made to enlarge our trade
hi the Orient near and far, aad in Africa^ becanse of Its rel-
atively small volume as compared with tiiat of Btanope. But
I sometimes permit myself to wonder whether In cultivating
so assiduously the European trade, we are not urging our
competitors to possess themselves of the Instruments with
which to make the contest harder in those inaccessible fields
whose populations from the very nature of things must con-
tinue to procure 'their manufactured articles from the modem
industrial nations. Feeling as I do about this matter, I look
upon every effort to advance American interests and to es-
tablish American reputation in debatable commercial terri-
tory as in the nature of a permanent investment the impor-
tance of which should not be prejudged by its immediate re-
sults.
RSaULATIONS FOR THE ADMISSION OF AMERICAN DRUGS TO
FRANCE
As to the drug trade, the first necessity for the intending ex-
porter to France is to procure the right to enter the goods
at the French custom house. To do this, they must be listed
in the official Pharmacopoeia, that is to say, each individual
preparation must be passed upon for admissibility by the Na-
tional Government noted under Its own name, and made duti-
able at a specific rate, to be determined by the "Ecole Su-
perleure de Pharmacie." This rate is fixed at 20 per cent of
the value as determined by this school when the importation
is from the United States, or 15 per cent when the article is
imported from almost any other competing cotmtry. The United
States enjoys to-day the maximum French tariff rate; our
competitors are all favored from 5 to 10 per cent, in
the matter of duties.
DRU0aiBT8' BUNDRII6.
Miscellaneous merchandise handled by the drug trade can
be entered, of course, in the usual manner, without let or
hindrance. The first thing to be borne in mind by intending
exporters is that no provincial buyers, and I do not doubt
that this Is also true in Paris, will import for their own ac-
count. Those who care enough for foreign business to come
after it must first establish a depot or general agency abroad,
so that so far as the local dealer is concerned, the whole
matter becomes a domestic transaction, to be regulated m
French currency, upon French terms, and in the French
language. The Incidental expenses involved in forwarding
small consignments to retail buyers would be too great for
the business to support Irrespective of the disinclination of
retailers to enter the field as importers. Basaar specialties,
such- as are known in the United States as druggists' sun-
dries, could be sold here in considerable quantities to the de-
partment stores.
Pharmacists, properly speaking, handle llttie aside from
medicines and prepared remedies. American drugs are llttie
known in this market. Preparations in capsules and tabloid
form are not in favor, although several houses are pushing
them as specialties. Probably as a rule the various local
French druggists buy of French manufacturers rather than of
jobbing houses. American and British special preparations
are sold in great variety in two of the large pharmacies here.
Scott's Emulsion, Hood's SarsapariUa, Pond's Extract, Cuti-
cura and Ayer's preparations are very well known and are
found almost eversrwhere.
AMERICAN SUROIOAL INSTBT7MBNT8.
The reputation of American surgical instruments has pre-
ceded effort to export them. I bad not long ago an interest-
ing talk with Dr. Pantaloni, 16 Boulevard du Mns^, Mar-
seilles, who expressed a wish for full information, prices and
catalogues, having heard of the excellence of. our manufac-
tures, and having no knowledge of where tiiey might be seen
or procured. Dr. Pantaloni Is one of the most eminent sur-
geons in the south of Eur(^>e, and is now about to organise
a large clinlque (a private hospital) for his own patients.
ARTIFICIAL UMB8. ^O.
Something should be done here in artificial limbs, band-
ages and trusses. Such things as I see seem to be crude and
expensive. Local dealers, as a rule, manufacture upon a small
scale, and refuse to talk much about their business. I Judge
that even manufacturers could be made buyers of parts, if not
of complete lines, by the exercise of proper persuasive meas-
ures.
Marseilles is itself an exporting point for a Une of herbs
and crude drugs, the following being ths deelared TAltie of
such exports from this city to the Unltsd States during the
calendar year 1001:
^5^
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
Drug!, crade, mUcellaneone I25J60
AnlM Med b,tl30
Arnica 1.860
Celery leed 10.270
Cummin seed 8,690
Coriander leed 6,000
Fenugreek leed . . . .». 4,920
Gentian root. 24,980
Hellebore root 600
Licorice root 7,700
Lavender flowers 840
Marjoram leayee 4,620
Thyme leaye« 1,016
Canary teed. 770
Chlorate of lime. 44,710
Chlorate of potash 8,760
Chlorate of soda 8,900
Cuttlefish bones 6.990
Albumen 12.600
Glycerin 847,800
Gum 26,000
Ochre 76,800
TarUr 864.800
Terra alba 1,628
Total .1086,878
AUSTRALASIA A MARKET FOR AMERICAN
PHARMACEUTICAL AND PROPRIETARY
PREPARATIONS, ETC*
With a population of nearly 5,000,000, a per capita wealth
far greater than that of any other country outside of Burope,
and import duties whicli, generally speaking, are not dis-
criminating, the seven colonies of Australia offer an excellent
market for goods of American manufacture in all lines reached
through a drug journal. To what extent Australasia may be
regarded as a market for American drugs, chemicals, phar-
maceutical preparations, proprietary medicines and supplies,
Instruments, novelties, etc., may be gleaned from the fact
that tbe total value of imports into Australia last year of crude
drugs amounted to almost $6,000,000, and surgical and similar
instruments to $138,000, chiefly from Bngland, (Germany and
to some extent from France and the United States.
The many novelties made only in the United States find
a ready sale wherever introduced, and as they can be sold
on a pretty wide margin of profit generally, will bear exten-
sive advertising.
Our soaps, on the other hand, are frequently imitated In
Australia, unless the manufacturer takes the precaution* to
register the trade-mark.
Generally speaking, the drug trade in Australia, both whole-
sale and retait Is conducted along practically the same lines
as in this country.
Until within the past few years practically all the drugs,
medicines, druggists' sundries, glassware, etc, entering Aus-
tralia came from countries other than the United States.
But this condition is rapidly changing. Some of our lead-
ing manufacturers of pharmaceutical preparations, glassware
and rubber goods already regard Australasia as being a most
valuable foreign market, so much so that in one case in par-
ticular, a branch house is being opened in Sydney, N. S. W.,
to supply the growing trade of the whole seven colonies.
Practically the only thing required to become established
there is to follow systematic methods, as we do in this coun-
try, by Judicious trade advertising, following in a more di-
rect, though more expensive, way with suitable letters, cir-
culars, catalogues and agents. If possible.
AMERICAN TRADE IN SOUTH AFRICA.
We wish to direct the attention of American manufacturers
of pharmaceutical and proprietary preparations, surgical,
dental and hospital instruments and supplies, novelties, rub-
ber goods and articles in similar lines to the great and grow-
ing demand for these lines of goods all over South Africa.
In spite of the adverse conditions caused by the Boer war
our trade with South Africa has not only steadily increased,
but we now occupy second place. Great Britain, of course,
taking the lead in the value of goods exported to that country.
To what extent American merchants have succeeded In push-
ing the sale of their goods In that country will be seen from
the following figures:
The total Imports Into Cape Town during 18d9 were valued
at $74,802^830, while In 1900 they had Increased to $83,517,952.
Of the amount imported in 1900, $8,826,200 were from the
United States. These figures, of course, are exclusive of the
Imports received there for government purposes.
Tbe value of the drugs and chemicals alone Imported Into
the Transvaal colony during 1901 Is ofllcially given as $406,-
000. Drugs and* chemicals* of the value of $1,465,000 were
Imported into Gape Colony during 1901. For the same period
in the previous year the value of the drugs and chemicals In
both colonies was $1,155,000, showing an increase of $715,000.
During the single month of December last year the importa-
tions of drugs, chemicals and surgical instruments alone
amounted In value to $21,715. America's share of this trade
for the fiscal year ending June, 1901, was as follows:
Baking powder $106,714
Chewing cam 152,800
Patent and proprietary medicines 126,526
Dental goodii 6,414
Glass and alassware 16,120
Scientific (Including surgical) instruments 258,078
Cash registers. 10,714
Scales and balances 15,760
Bottled malt liquors 5,895
Paints, pigments and colors 28,700
Writing paper and envelopes 2,406
Perfumery and cosmetics 7,861
Fancy toflet soap 12,618
Al] other soap 20,714
Candy and confectionery 83,828
Making a total of 1772.241
These heavy importations are partly due to the war stUl
raging over Cape C!olony, the Orange River Colony, Transvaal
and Natal, but there Is little doubt that during the next few
years the demand for all kinds of drug and chemical prepara-
tions. Instruments and similar supplies will continue to grow
rapidly.
Copies of this issue of the Amebigan Dbttgoist have been
mailed to the principal importers, wholesale and retail drug
houses, all over South Africa, and every manufacturer wish-
ing to extend his business should Join the co-operative plan
which we are providing to reach those distant markets.
Opportunhki for the Sale of Dmgfs in the Republic of
Santo Domingo.
The island of Hayti has an area of 10,000 square miles and
a population of nearly 1,400,000 souls. The island is situated
off the coast of Mexico and Yenesuela. lAst year the value
of the total imports into the island amounted to $3,233,177. of
which no less than $1,994,314 was of American origin. Ger-
many's share in this trade was $718,682 and that of France
$502,410. The imports of drugs and chemicals in 1901
amounted in value to the sum of $821,600, the great bulk of
which came from Continental Burope. There are, however,
hundreds of articles in the drug and chemical lines in which
we could successfully compete if our manufactuiera would
only make strenuous efforts to capture a share of this trade.
The name and address of leading importers in Santo Dominco
will be furnished advertisers free.
The Metric Systeiiu
The Shafroth bill, now in the hands of the Committee on
Coinage, Weights and Measures of the House of Representa-
tives, which provides for the adoption of the metric system,
seems to be steadily gaining in favor. A very unusual feature
of the hearings on this bill was the appearance of Lord Kel-
vin, the eminent English physicist, before the committee.
Lord Kelvin gave very strong testimony as to the great bene-
fits to be derived from the adoption of the metric system, and
tiie ease with which the change to the system could be made
by Congressional enactment
Notes from Honolulti*
The Board of Health of Hawaii has warned druggists from
counter prescribing. The executive officer stated that in one
case he learned that a drug clerk had sold homcepathlc
aconite upon being told that a child had a high fever. The
child died. The father had given the patient three of the
pellets, and she had gone to sleep never to awake. A Hono-
lulu druggist has lost a suit for $50,000, brought by a lady for
damage to her complexion. She sent to a druggist a prescrip-
tion for a complexion wash containing 4 grains of bichloride of
mercury. The druggist put in 5% grains, and the wash ruined
the lady's face. Judge Bstee, of the United States District
Court of Hawaii, held that there was isufflcient evidence to
show that the additional 1% grains of the bichloride of mer-
cury had been the acllve agent In destroying the plalntliTs
complexion.
Cbemistry in Ancient loduu
Dr. P. C. Ray, D. Sc. professor of chemistry at the Cal-
cutta Presidency College, has an original work in the press
dealing with the chemistry of ancient India. The book Is
Illustrated and promises to attract the attention of scientlsta
and orientalists.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
'53
Proprietary Association's JUmual ItKetlng.
huge Atteodaoce — Harmoniotxs Relations With Retailers — Good Work by Qun-
inittees — D. S< ChucberUin Reports Effective Work by Legislative Committee
—Relations WHb tbe Railroads— Wbolesalers Firm Believers "ia N. A. R. D
Plan — Urge an Extension of Interest — Aggressive Cutters Greatest Opponents _
of the Plan — Proprietors Urged to Remedy Matters in New York — ^Work of gives me ^reat pleasure to
Legislative Committee Highly Appreciated — A Committee Appointed to Fur-
nish Items for Publication in Nertpapers Relating to Substitution — S. N. Jones*
Proposed New Plan Not Approved — New Officers.
THE twentieth amiuat meetlDg of the Proprietary Aesoda-
tloD of America vaa held at the Maubattan Hotel tn this
clt7 on Wednesday and ThnndRy of last week, May
7 and 8, and was well attended by membeni of the organi-
sation from all parts of the country. Among those wbo were
present at all, or some of the sestiona were the foUowtng:
IN ATTBKDANCB.
Qaa. Llojd, SiT&Dwn Bbeamatlc Cure Co., Cblcaso: F. h. Smlj.
I'wla Hcdidin Co., St. Lonli : E. C. De Witt, Si. C. De Witt A Co. Cbl-
ttmi D. B. CbamberUtn, Cbambcrlaln UedlclBc Co., Dm UoIum. Ib. ;
H. B. Haidlng, HomphreT'i Homnopatlile Medicine Co., Saw Xork;
J. Carl Jackaon, llerdunrs Oarillne Oil Co^ Lockport. N. Y. ; Tltot.
L. uid Job. LMmlDK, Tho*. htemiog a Co., sew York ' H. Wlneborsb.
OOMga Cbimleal Co., New York; U. B. LIndae;, lii. S. 8athgrl«nd Hid-
Icln* Co. Paducab, kj. : Wm. H. Oove, L. E. Plnkbam Medlelna Co.,
Ljnn. Uaaa. ; P. B. Brnen. Pond'* Eitract Co., New Yock ■,¥. U, Aivhar
andW. L. HlUa, Moile Neire Food Co., New Tork : O. B. Blil«T. Ma-
tlonal Remedy Co.. New York ; W. C. Bolton and E. D. Cahoon, W. B.
Blkar a Bod Co., New York : A. B. Bremer, A. R. Bremer 4 Co.. New
York : Ctiarlca H. HoEbea, HIacox ClMmlcal Worka, PetcbOKpe, N. Y. :
Oeo. b. LjoQ, A. L. Cilder Co., Prorldenee: Ctiaa. Q. Abba, Blandlna*
Blandiu, Pmr!' ""■ *■ "-'- "" • *- "- " — ir— w .
rredarick U Pi
SUIeos Co., Nei
B. a. Wella an
Yot«; EL A. 81
Btowall. J. C. A
WoodbniT, N. J
a Co., PhUadel;
B. t. Bchall, 1
Chaa. F. Crlhei
Worka, ProTlde:
Harry H. Good.
Cbemleal Co^ I
New York ; d. 1
Sboop Family I
a Co., Lowell, 1
delphlai Clarei
Uott Pierce. V
Co.. (iew York ; O-'v,' JamTlira'"Ji.! RlEHUirCbemTail Co^NeTTTortTi
W. B. Doqclaa*. Donslaaa Ufa. Co.. New York ; A. L. Jaraa. Uarlanl
Co., New York : M. N. Kline. ^Itb, Kline a French Co.. PbUadelphla ;
A. J. Horllek. Borllek'i Food Co., Baclne. Wla. : A. B. Beardaley. Dr.
Ullaa Hedleal Co.. Ktkhart, Ind ; Oeo. A. Newman, FlfByrsp Co., LobI»
»llle. Ky. ; W. A. Talbott, Pl»o Co., Warren, Fa. r O. W. Bopping. Bea-
bnry a Jobneon Co.. New York.
BECBFTION OF DELEOATBB,
The first Besslon of the convention began shortly after 2
o'clock on Wedneeda; afternoon, the meeting being called
to order by President B. C. De Witt, of Chicago. The pro-
ceeding! were opened by the reception of delegates from the N.
W. D. A. and from the N. A. R. D. The delegates appointed
to the convention from the National Wholesale Dra^sta'
. Association were G. P. ahoemaker, of Philadelphia; W. 1.
Walker, of Albany, N. X.: Wm. 8. Merserean and Albert
Plant of New York, and from the National Association of
Betatl Druggists, John G. Gallagher, of Jer««y GIty, and F.
E. Holllday. of Philadelphia. In the absence of the chairman
of his delegation, Mr. Plant spoke for the N. W. D. A. It
afforded him much pleasure, he said, to represent that asso-
ciation at the convention. He had always looked npon the
Proprietary Association as an offspring of the National
Wholesale DmgglBts' AssoclatlMi. Their Interests were Iden-
tical, and the efforts of each would benefit both.
Horace M. Sharp, of Phlladelptila, responded for the Pro-
prietary Atflociatlon.
Mr, John C. Gallagher, of Jersey GIty, who Is a memlwr
of the EixecntlTe Committee of the N. A. R. D., then spoke for
the retailers. He extended to the convention the fraternal
greetlnga of his organization, stating among other things that
tlieir relations during the past year had been very harmonlons.
Ttie retailers, he declared, had received loyal snpport from
the manufacturers and appreciated that fact
F, B. Holllday, of the Executive Committee of the N. A.
B. D., apoke In a similar vein. The N. A. R. D. Is making
better progress all the time and t}ie movement Is resulting
i^ better retail prices. Tba
latter take away the incentlv*
to snlwtitnte, which In tnm
Is of direct twnefit to tba
manufactum.
In reply, A. H. Beardsley,
of Elkhart, Ind., the chair-
man of tbe Bxecutlve Com-
mittee of the Proprietary
Association, said In part; '' "
gives me great pleasure
greet the delegates. I believe
all our members will agree
that the proprietor wanta to
please and satisfy the man
behind tbe counter. He Is tbe
man we all cater to. The
National Association of Retail
Dmgglsts, we believe, has helped retail dmgglets and helped
to lessen the evil of substitution. Tbe Proprietary Associa-
tion desires to l>e with the retailer first last and all the time."
PRBBIDBllT OMITB CSUAL ASDBEB8.
After a report had l>een made by Clarence O. Stone, as
chairman of the Committee on Arrangements and Emtw-
talnment the next order of bnalness was the annual address
of the president Mr. De Witt however, bad no address to
deliver. The work of the various committees, be said, had
all been done so well and so smoothly, that It would l>e largely
repetition for him to go over the ground, especially since the
committees' reports covered the year's work very fully. Mr.
De Witt caused some merriment when he said he would ex-
pect applause for announcing that he had no annual address.
REPOBI OF TBE BXCRKTART.
After Joseph B. Eathreus, chairman of the. Membership
Committee, bad reported new names for election to member-
sblp. Secretary Joseph Leemlng read his annual report
"Tba work ol tli« asaoelatlon alnee tbe last meetlns," tald ka,
^ . ^ ^ definite enda, and there baa been a srati^Ias
1 the pan of membara. >"*■"- •*■ ■-" —
Wblle tbe aaaoclatlaa
non-payment o
ablp haa Dto n... _ .
tbat otber appUcatlona !•—
ventEon. Tbe preaent memtterahlp la
, report at thla aeaslon, and It la aipa^ad
memberablD will be recelTed at this eoa-
— ,.._ ,_ j^y_ Y^Q^ Committee on Mamo-
rlam, the aecretar; ol tbe National Wholeaale Dmnrtal
who endeared hlmaetf to aU of ua throng bla kindly
peraonallty, and whoae loaa as a man and a (riend w«
plorc The aeeretarr baa sent to the prealdent of the National
sale DroBlBtB' AaM>elatlon a letter ot ■
the Proprietary Aaaodatlon."
Aaaodatloa,
and conrtSona
eacb of Of d*-
latlonal WboI»
ajmpatby from tbe membais ot
THE STATS OF THE TREASURY.
Treasurer Herbert B. Harding's report showed ttiat the
total receipts dniing tbe year from all sources were fS,fiD7Jll.
which, added to the balance left over from tbe prevloDS year,
made a total of $14,963.69. The dlsbnraements amounted to
tlO,780.Dl, leaving a balance tn the treasury of |4,223.ia. Mr.
Harding Informed the members that he would be Oldlged to
abk them to relieve him this year of the dutlea of treasorer.
IKPORTAHT BKPOBT BY TBE LKOISI^TIVE COHIflTrEE.
The next report made to the meeting was tbat of tbe
Legislative Committee. Tbe report which was read by the
chairman, D. 8. Chamberlain, of the Cbamtwrlain Uedlcine
Company, Des Moines, la.. Is a very complete and able docu-
ment It was considered one of the moat Interesting and Im-
portant reports submitted. Mr. Cbamberlain said tbat meas-
ures now pending In Congress which would affect proprietary
Interests are not numerous. He then took up the subject of
alcohol tax reduction.
" The heav* tax on alcobol," aald be, " coaatltntea a aerlona harden
upon all branches of mannfactnre In which slcohol la nsed. It beara
with capeelal weight upon tbe dmg trade. It la eanuatlj to be hoped
tbat Concreaa idbt aoon recoftilxe, not only tbe Injuatlee bnt the qiiea-
tlonable policy, tram a revenne atandpolnt, of perpetnatlna the enor-
mona tax now levied opon on article ao largelj nsed In fhe arte as
alcohol. A bin for rednetlon of the tax la pending In the Hooae ot
Repreaentatlvea, and yoar connnlttee atanda ready to aid to tbe extent
of Eta ability In nrfbiK the bill whenever fhe altnatlon will Joatlfy
each work. The preaent tax la exceailve, bardenaome and nnjnat and
shonid be redneed to TO ^ta per^Rallon. whlcb flgiire competent Indsea
afllnn woold produce aa much r
e as the preaent tax of (l.li
" The work done two jeara api In aecnrlng reasonable amendments
of the Pure Food and Dmg bllla then pendlns tn Consress tiaa bom*
laatlns (mit. New bllla npoo thla aobject taaTe been Introdneod Id tba
preaent Conjcreai and have been considered by commlttaaa and im-
ported In both faoDaes, bnt there aeema to be no dlaposltlan la any
■54
direction to reprodoc
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD
_ « tbe ab]«etl0Dab1e feature! which were eliminated
II the (ormcr bill*, aoi] 1 lun pleased to report Ibat tbe bllli now
OB tti* Congreulanat calendura appear to be unobjectionable Irom oar
atasdpolnt.
Aa to the propoud cbaoEe In the postal law. be aald that Bapre-
•entatlTB Wm, H, Bjan. of tiew York, "-- '--' '-' '
Ini the paaaan by the Ho ' " —
Beetles i of ftie act of Ju_. ,., , _ -„.-,
poatal aervlre. Ilia bill waa gaased bj the Kooae Majr 1 and la
.. . lental In ■eenr-
o( RepreaentatlTea or blH bill to amand
18, 18B8. maJclng approprlatk
S in'ibx Senate. ~aiioul3 It p'saa'the Senate aod'be approTcd b
the i^rialdent. It will effect a change In tbe poatal law of o — " — *''
Intereat to large advertlaera who oae the ir-" -■— i— '"- ■>
■dTeTtUIng matter. Under the preaent law
lall m attar of tha aecond.
Hesbbbt B. HABDnaa
<of tbe Homphrera' HonMopathlc Uedldne Co.)>
Preuldent Froprletary AMoc-lntloD ot America.
I, with a
:r tequeatlng tl
...1 be eiamlned canfollj
._ ___ l>ill waa deemed injurlona to the
vuuucw ui luE uiouiuci- addrejacd. " ■■'- -*-' — '- --•'— "— "
aald bill waa obtained In order thi
heard trom. I'he varloua objections rufenBu weie m
the Benale .committee in charge of the bill and certi
were urged. Intended to meet all apeclflc objectlona p
monlhwr. 'rniom. mnim ri mo n I g WefB UHftllr ta'^'^ '" ■"'
..... ...1, ^njlde
„„. ..^jiable delaj In action opoa
r that tbe^ Intereata affected^ mlriit be
. which after 1
lalderatloD waa reported by
exiatlni
D that SUte
. effect Januarj 1, IBOB. The n(
connectlOQ whateyer with the Pure Food law of Oblo. nor
ter any Jurladtctlon upon the Food Commlaaloner. It rep
poiwiQ i'tatut''B. ivhlrh h«'-> glvtti rlae to much trouble !□ the put
and which baxe Involved the aubjett lu doubt and oncertHlotj. The
new atatute la reasonably definite and certain, and to
hopei it will have a tendency to aet at reat the agitation
for legielatlon on the subject of polaona.
" Tonr committee conalderi It Of the moat f ItaJ Importance that
membera should promptly Inform tlie chairman of the LeglalatlTe Com-
mittee In caae any propoaed leglsIatJoa would UTeet tbelr Intereata. In
order that the commltiee may be able to act Intelllsentlj. It baa been
aald that ' Eternal TUllancc la the price ot liberty.' So eternal tI(1-
lance 1* the price of^ baalneaa aaiety ; and not TlffUanee alone, bnt
prompt action aa well. It la extremely difficult to And an antidote
for damaBlng leglalatloD after it hee once reached the chronic atage
or become a law. Beaaon and Juetlce hare been onr moat efFectlve
weapons In aecnrlns Juat amendmants to propoaed bllla. and they bars
been auceeaafnl In all caaea."
RKLATIOKB WITH THE BAILBOADB.
Over tbree ;eara ago the Tranaportatton Committee took
up the work of trying to obtain from the railroads a better
freight claBslflcatloD on almaoacs and printed matter. ChaJr-
man A. H. Beardeley reported, however, that as yet nothing
definite had been accomplished. After many promlseB, the
rallroadB had denied the committee's request, after which a
suit was brought before the Interstate Commerce Commlealon.
A hearing was had In Chicago before the commission on
Uarch 10, but the railroad companies against whom the snlt
was brought were totally unprepared and aaked for a post-
ponement of SO days. Since then the oommlttee has been
awaiting tbe pleasure of the commission. Another petition,
of a similar nature, has been filed by thp committee with the
Western ClasslBcatlon Comnilttee. and will be considered by
undallTered mall matter a
■■ With the eiccptlon
for the Dlatrlct of CoU
■ " B during the 1
opportunity to accept dellvery-of tha
ifflce where It la held.
ropoaed Congreaalonat leglalatlen
ntlnued. ■' the attention of your
b* bat been malQly directed to
The difficulty of fceepttm accurately and promptly
leflaiatlon affecting — - — '— — ' — -
4D«ntly
they t
practice ot pharmacy,
or to the adulteratiob
nndsr what title a mi
Intereata this comi
members In all the
„ Bllla, In constantly
year to year. In some States the
__janda at each seaalon. Very (re-
.». ^.... of the contenU of the bills, and la
wholly mlaleadlng. Oanarally speaJtlog, tbe
of drug
rugs. It la Impoaalbl. __
presented which would affect the
•- eaeot. By tha help, how-
relating apeclflcally to the
'ugs or medicines or polaons,
of food and drugs. It la impoaalble to foretell
_.aaura may be presented which would affect the
lata this committee la expected Co repreaeht. By the help, how-
of apeclal corieapondenta at most uf the State capltala, snpple-
. , ._..__. __. -_ __,.„.,.. J j^ g, ^g legiBlatlTB
lave demanded atten-
I doing each efficient
effoTta to prevent the
of tbe bllla above re-
lea and other almllar
Dpon exam 1 nation,
'er a great variety of
and your committee
to our Haaaachaaetta
buaetta Lwlalatnre la
: : bnt the ladlcatlona
■esta. The Brbtryfaod
!j law and a genaral
a law regnlBttng the
I com pounds thereof.
] troDble tor aeveral
■ of medlclnea under
nlmoosly reported by
detlea. The Injuatlea
ted by a decisive vote.
d early In tha aeaalon
t. who la alao a mem-
rery material reipects
r. It was Introduced
ion aa It waa received
to membera of Ou
C. W. Griffith
(of Scott * Bowne).
Treasurer Proprietary Association of America.
that body on July Ifi. ' Mr. Beardaley said he hoped for a
favorable decision on both appllcatlona.
The report of the Oommlttee on Trade-Harks, made by
H. L. Kramer, chairman, stated, among other things, that " oar
federal conrts of equity have been broadening out In their
adjudication of unfair competition cases, but Congress has not
provided adequate protection for trade-mark Interests."
Secretary Leentlng then read a communication, signed by
President De Witt of the Proprietary Association, and by
President Post, of the AaaodatlDn of American AdvertlMrs,
calling attention to a meeting of manafacturers. adverttsers
and others on Friday to discuss the matter of snbadtntlon,
and to take steps toward wiping oat or checking the evil.
The following committee waa appointed to nominate offl-
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND -PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
cere for (he ensuing year: M. N. Kline, H. M. Slmrp, A. H.
Beardsley, H. B. Lindsay, Cbaa. M. Stowell, D. 8. Chamber-
lain and W. A. TalbotL
Tbe eeaslon then adjourned until Tbnrsday morning.
SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
Thonday, May 8.
WBOLSillLKBS TO P80PRIETDBS.
OelegateB to tbe conyentlon from the National Wholesale
DrugfclBta' Awoclation, who were not present on the previous
day, were then welcomed by President De Witt. C, F. Sboe-
maker, of Philadelphia, responded flrst In the course of his
remarks he said that when he Brst assumed the position aa
chairman of the Proprietary Goods Committee ot the N. W.
D. A., the tripartite plan bad Just i)een put Into operation. It
appeared to him then, and still apxtears, he said, to be the
most reasonable and desirable plan for wiping out. or at least
checking, tbe cut-rate evlL His experience had shown that
tbe results In smaller places had been good, and even Id some
of the larger cities, such as Pittsburg, for instance, drug-
gista could point with pride to what the plan had already
accomplished.
He was not one of the wholesalers, he declared, who urge
a larger discount from the proprietors, for he was convinced
that the discounts are now as large as can be made consistent-
ly and keep prices up. The speaker said be felt Justified in
claiming that as a body " tbe N. W. D. A. had nailed the
flag of fair play at their masthead," and he emphasized the ur-
gent necessity of each member being Interested In the tri-
partite plan, directly and earnestly, and not In any mere per-
fnnctory manner.
AUTOOATee TBE LIMITED PKICE CONTRACT BYSTBU.
Mr. Shoemaker recommended tbe adoption by all proprie-
tors of the limited price contract system ot selling goode. The
only class, he continued, who opposed tbe tripartite plan were
those aggressive cutters who had tteen listed aa aucb.
WHOLBSALGKS CONTBHT WITH PRB81ENT P1800DNT8.
The next delegate to speak from the N, W. D. A. was W,
J. Walker, of Albany. He agreed entirely with Mr. Shoe-
maker tliat no further discounts should b« asked of the pro-
prietors, but be believed that the distribution of proprietary
articles should be intrusted to Jobbers, as their faclllttea for
distribution were better than those of the proprietors.
>t. A R. D. PLAN DOES NOT WORE WELL IK NEW YORK
Wm. 8. Mersereau, of New York City, another delegate
from the N. W. D. A., thought that the previous speakers had
covered the ground very well, but he did not agree with Mr.
Shoemaker on one point. The tripartite plan. In Mr. Mer-
aereau's opinion, was not as successful in New York Ctty aa
It should be, and he believed tbe proprietors ahould take some
action to aecure better results here.
J. W. Knox, of Montreal, president of tbe Canadian Whole-
Bale Druggists' Association, was then called on to make a few
remarka,'and George L. Douglas, of Chicago, counsel to the
committee of the Proprietary Association, also spoke.
UROED TO WORK TOOETHBR AOAIKST INIKICAL LEQISLATIOM.
Charles il. Stowell, of Lowell. Masa., delivered quite a
lengthy speech. In which be urged closer relationship and
more united action among proprietors to prevent Inimical
legislation In various States and in Congress. H. U. Sharp,
of Philadelphia, took this occasion to express appreciation of
the Legislative Committee's labors daring the past year.
President De Witt also spoke of the good work accomplished
and laid stress on the Importance and necessity of concerted
The report of the Committee on Infringement and Simula-
tion of Trade-marka, preaented on the preceding day, waa
then brought up and disposed of.
A receea waa then taken until 2 p.m.
AAcmoon Seaion.
Upon assembling again In tbe afternoon the members went
Into
EXEOUTITB SESSION.
only members of the aasoclatlon being allowed to attend.
It was learned, however, that the report of tbe Committee
on Trade Interests, A. M. Hance. of Philadelphia, chairman,
was submitted, bat provoked no discussion. A report waa
also received from tbe Committee on Advertising, suggesting
SIHON ». JONES' NEW COMTRACT PLAN TURNED DOWR.
During the executive meeting there was also brought np
tbe memorial which had been presented on the day previous
by John C. Gallagher, one of the N. A. R. D. delegates to the
convention. This memorial contained the new contract plftn
suggested by Simon N. Jones, of Louisville, Ky., as a remedy
for substitution. (Full details of this suggested plan appeared
In the AuERicAN Druooist for April 14.) This proposed aya-
tem provided. In substance, that contracts should pass be-
tween the Jobber and proprietor only, the local associations
to report the cutters. It was the sentiment of the meeting
that It would be futile to attempt to put such a plan In op-
eration for the present at least
The meelng was then made an open seaalon. M. N. KUne
spoke on the movement that Is under way to secure a reduc-
tion in the present Internal revenue tax on aicohoL There
was no reason, he said, to believe that Congress wonld act
favorably on the proposition at this seaslon.
NEW HBKBBRS
The following firms were elected to membership: The Wil-
liam Radam Microbe Killer Co., New York; the Garfield Tea
Co., Brooklyn; tbe Weat Disinfecting Co., New York, and the
Matt J. -Tohnson Co., St. Paul.
BLECTIOH OF OFFIOEBB
The annual election of officers and tbe Executive Commit-
tee for the ensuing year then took place. Charman Kline, of
the Committee on Nominations, reported that President De
Witt and Treasurer Harding had both decUned a renomlnaUon
for their respective offices. The ticket which waa submitted
by the committee and nnanlmously elected follows:
President, Herbert B. Harding, of Humphrey's Homeo-
pathic Medicine Company, New York; first vice-president, D
S. Chamberlain, of the Chamberlain Medical Company, Des
Moines, la,; second vice-president. Win. H, Gove, of the L.
E. Plnkham Medical Company. Lynn, Mass.; treasurer. C. W,
GrllHth, of Scott & Bowne. New York; secretary. Joseph Leem-
Ing, of Thomas Leemhig & Co., 78 Warren street. New York
Executive Committee: E. C. De Witt, Chicago; V. Mott
Pierce, Buffalo; Horace M. Sharp, Philadelphia; Charles M
Stowell, Lowell, Mass.; A. H. Beardsley. Elkhart, Ind.; George
A. Newman, Lonlsvllle, Ky.
Mr. De Witt thanked the members and committees of the
association for their consideration and loyal support during
bla term of office as president, and asaured them that bis
active Interest In the work and welfare of the organization
Would continue, although he waa no longer Its chief officer.
Tbe convention then adjourned to meet again In this city
a year hence.
THE BEEFSTEAK DINNER,
The sole entertainment feature of the meeting was a beef-
steak dinner at Shanley'e restaurant on Thursday evening,
which was followed by a vaude-
ville performance, the " Commit-
tee on Estrangement and De-
tainment." as It was termed
■ on tbe menu, consisting of
Clarence O. Stone. J. O.
Patton and Harry H. Good.
This menu card was of
I unique and attractive design,
I being printed on heavy dark
straw butchers' paper In two
colors. It Is totally different
from the conventional menu,
both In form and in phraseology.
Another unique feature of the
evening was a number of large
posters In colors, which were
displayed on the walls, each
poster being a parody on some
one of the advertisements which
have been made familiar to the
public. One of these, which is
reproduced herewith, is a cari-
cature of tbe billboard advertising now being extensively car-
ried out by the Messrs. Leeming for their NestU'B milk food.
ACTION AGAD^T SUBSTITUTION.
About thirty proprietors met at the Manhattan Hotel on
Friday morning and dJBCussed plans for combating tbe evil
of substitution. J, F. Wetherald, of Lynn, Mass., tweslded.
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After a prolonged dlBCusgion a resolution offered by V. Mott
Pierce, of Buffalo, was nnanlmously adopted. It was In sub-
stance that the Association of American Advertisers be re-
quested to take np the matter of substitution actively, and to
assure prospective members that substitution will be one of
the matters to receive careful attention.
The N. W, D. A. Meeting.
Frank A. Faxon, chairman of the Oonunlttee on Rates and
Routes of the National Wholesale Druggists' Association, has
Issued a preliminary report from which we glean the facts
given below. A more complete and extended report will be
made later. A round trip rate of $60.00 from Kansas City,
$67.50 from St Louis and $72.50 from Chicago has been made,
going and returning by same route, or going by one author-
ized route and returning by another. Limit of tickets 80 days.
By Portland & Shasta Route, either going or coming, $18.50
extra will be charged for one way. The " Santa F6 " has been
selected as the official route from Chicago and Kansas Olty.
A side trip en route to the Grand Cafion of the Colorado will
cost only $6.50 extra. The cost of transportation for the round
trip from New York, including the visit to the Grand Cafion,
wlU be about $100.00. Members will be able to leave Boston,
New York and Philadelphia on Monday evening, September
29, and arrive at Del Mont6 the next Monday evening In time
for the opening meeting, Tuesday morning, October 7. Mem-
bers whose purpose It is to attend the convention will be ex-
pected to look after their reservations at the hotel. Rates:
American plan only, $3.00 per day, with customary extra
charges for bath and private parlors. To reserve rooms write
to G^rge Schonewald, manager, Del Monte, Monterey County,
California.
Refufid of War Tax on Tobacco and Sstiff*
Among the changes In the War Revenue bill going Into
effect July 1, and which will affect many druggists. Is the
reduction In the rate of tax on snuff and tobacco 6 cents per
pound, and on cigarettes, weighing more than three pounds
per thousand, to $8.00 per thousand. A drawback or rebate
will be allowed on all original and unbroken factory packages
of smoking and manufactured tobacco and snuff held by
manufacturers or dealers on July 1, 1802, to the amount of
difference between the higher rate paid and that named above.
The tax on bottled wines, under schedule B, and the stamp
tax on Instruments, papers, documents, etc., and the legacy
tax, has been repealed entirely, the repeal to go Into effect on
July 1.
Change of Date for the Maryland-Pennsylvania
Meeting;.
The date for the Joint meeting of the Pennsylvania and
Maryland Pharmaceutical Associations has been changed
from June 17 to June 24. This meeting of the Maryland
Pharmaceutical Association will be the most Important In
the history of the association, as the legislation relative to
pharmacy, which was passed at the last session of the Legis-
lature, will be discussed and fully explained.
Tennessee State Board Meets.
The annual meeting of the Tennessee State Board of Phar-
macy was held on April 17 at Clarksvllle. The usual routine
business was transacted and several applicants for registered
and assistant registered pharmacists were examined. The
following officers were elected for the ensuing year: B. H.
Owen, Clarksvllle, president; A. B. Rains, Columbia, vice-
president; R. L. Eves, secretary; Prof. E. A. Rudiman, of
Vanderbilt Medical Department, chemist
G>Ionet Welfer as an Editor*
The Omaha News for May 4 contains a signed editorial
on what Omaha needs from the pen of Charles F. Weller, of
the Richardson Drug Company, which Is an able contribution
to the subject. This Is the first of a series of similar editorials
to be written by the leading business men of Omaha, and the
editor of the News made a wise choice In selecting Colonel
Weller to lead off the discussion.
The Law to Be Enforced in North Carolina.
Just after a recent meeting of the State Board of Pharmacy
was held, a circular letter was Issued to the druggists through-
out the State. It contained the following straight talk: ** in
a general way this board has learned that pharmacy laws
are not very fully observed throughout the State. Without
definite information it will assume that any existing viola-
tions are not wilful, and that the offenders will promptly con-
form to the legal requirements when brought to their atten-
tion, because pharmacists and dru^sts, being an educated
class of citizens, should most readl^ obey and support the
State's laws, especially such as are fostered by them and have
been enacted for the public good, and in which themselves, as
a class, are Incidentally much benefited.
" It Is hoped that the views of the board will be held by
all concerned, and that, therefore, coercive steps will not be-
come necessary in any instance, though such measures will be
taken if necessary."
The above was followed by a notice of the date of tiie
next meeting of the board and a copy of the pharmacy laws.
When the board met In this city on April 8, It was found that
there were 34 applicants for licenses on hand. Of this num-
ber 19 were successful, as follows: J. R. Balance, N. D. Bitting,
A. P. Blue, J. C. Bolton, B. R. Carter, Jr., C. B. Calloway, J.
W. Gullick, Jr., H. L. King, A. M. McDonald, W. R. MacNalr,
L. W. McKesson, A. Patterson, A. L. Pearsall, J. R. Re&gan.
W. C. Rice, G. J. Rowland, A. H. Stone, J. L. Taylor, J. R.
Betts.
OMtMry*
Mr. Pascoe, who has been connected with the sundry de-
partment of Smith, Kline & French Company, Philadelphia,
for a number of years, died of heart failure at his home on
May 4.
A cablegram received at Cincinnati last week by President
Alfred Vogeler, of the Vogeler Wholesale Drug Company,
formerly the Stein- Vogeler Company, announced the deadi
of his father, Frederick Vogeler, In Hanover, Qermany. The
elder Mr. Vogeler was widely known in the Western States,
and founded one of the first wholesale drug stores In the
West. The cause of his death was blood poisoning, resulting
from a cancer. Frederick Vogeler was bom in 1888 in Minden,
Westphalia, Germany. He came to this country in 1854, and
from Baltimore arrived hi Cincinnati In 1880. He started in
the wholesale drug business with Mr. Tafel, brother of ex-
Mayor Tafel. In 1865 the firm changed to the iVogeler-Wag-
ner Company. In 1880 It again clianged to Frederick Vogeler
& Co., and continued until Mr. Stein became a partner. The
firm continued under the name of the Steln-Vogeler Company
until quite recently, when it was changed to the Alfred
Vogeler Company by the decree of the Common Pleas Court,
Mr. Stein having started in business for himself. Frederick
Vogeler retired from active life In 1888, and since had been
living in Hanover, Germany, with his wife and his two other
children.
FRBDBRICK ▲. CASTLE, M.D.
Frederick A. Castle, M.D., of New York, who died on
Sunday. AprU 27, 1002, was bom at Fablus, N. Y., AprU
29, 1842, and was thus 60 years of age at the time of his
death. After graduating in medicine at the Bellevue Hospital
Medical College, in 1866, he established himself in general
practice in New York. He was one of the first editors of the
Amkbican Dbugoist, having succeeded Dr. Horatio C. Wood,
Jr., shortly before Vol. I was completed in 1872. His
name appears as editor on the title page of Vol. II of Neic
Remedies, as the Aicbrican Dbugoist was then called, and be
continued as editor of the Journal in association with the
late Dr. Charles Rice, until the paper was sold by Wm. Wood
& Co. to its present owners, in 1^. He was also known to
the pharmacists of this country from his connection with
the Committee on Revision of the United States Pharmaco-
poeia, for 20 years, on the sixth and seventh revisions. He
served as secretary of the committee during his first term of
oflace, being succeeded by Prof. P. W. Bedford, editor of the
Pharmaceutical Record. It was In therapeutics that Dr. Castle
most showed his capability, but he was also an able and force-
ful editorial writer. One of his recent articles consisted of
a contribution to the discussion on the admission of doses in
the Pharmacopoeia, which was printed originally in the columns
of the Amxbican Dbugoist. He was a strong advocate for
the retention of whiskey, wines and similar liquors In the
Pharmacopoeia.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
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GREATER NEW YORK.
Hilon H. Sawyer, of the Sylvion Oompany, perfumery,
formerly of 213 Pearl street, has moved to Chicago.
The Blslnore Perfumery Company have removed from
228 Pearl street to 29 Murray street
Henry J. Swoboda, formerly of Swann's pharmacy, Fifty-
second street and Sixth avenue, New York City, has accepted
a position with J. A. Proben.
•
By order of the New York Supreme Court, the receiver of
Hazard, Hazard & Co., formerly of 1127 Broadway, sold out
the stock and fixtures of this firm^at auction on May 8 and 9.
T. B. Breen, who was formerly in business for himself at
lS5th street and Seventh avenue, and more lately with Charles
A. Osmun, is now clerking with Hollls M. Barnes, at the
tetter's West Broadway pharmacy, near Chambers street
The drug store of M. F. Benjamin's Sons, In Blverhead,
L. I., was considerably damaged by fire on the morning of
May 2. The building was only saved from complete destruc-
tion by prompt and energetic action.
A recent New York incorporatlcm Is the Eisner & Mendel-
son Company, to manufacture drugs and mineral waters. The
capital is put at $100,000, and the directors are J. S. Menllne,
I. H. Lehman and W. I. Oesell, of New York City.
Theodore H. Sayre, proprietor of the pharmacy at 814
Sixth avenue, accidentally poisoned himself a few days ago
by mistaking one medicine for another. An ambulance sur-
geon succeeded in relieving him from the poison, and he suf-
fered no ill effects.
The annual meeting of the Kings County Pharmaceutical
Society will be held on Tuesday, May 13, 1902, at' 2.30 p.m.
Officers and trustees will be elected for the coming year and
the present Incumbent officers and committees will report
work done during the past year.
A warning has been sent out by the head of the local de-
tective bureau asking the police throughout the State to be
on the lookout for suspicious persons attempting to dispose
of cocaine. Two hundred and fifty ounces, valued at $2,000,
was stolen from the bonded warehouse in this city, recently,
and the police have reason to believe that the thieves will
attempt to dispose of it up the State.
HoUis M. Barnes has been compelled to vacate his comer
store at Chambers street and West Broadway, to give way to
the New York National Bxchange Bank. He has leased the
two stores at 92 and 94 West Broadway, two doors below his
former stand, and has had one of these handsomely fitted
up. One of the stores he cannot obtain Immediate possession
of, as the tenant refuses to sell his lease, but he will be able
to obtain it in about a year. In the meanwhile the one store
gives him much more room than he had at the old stand.
As told in our last issue, a meeting of the creditors of the
George B. Wray Drug Company, of Yonkers, N. Y., was held
recently and a committee given power to Institute bankruptcy
proceedings. The three stores of the company have since been
sold by public auction, bringing $23,000. The stores were pur-
chased by a company which has since been incorporated under
the name Getty Square Drug Company, of Yonkers, with a
capital of $50,000 and the following directors: Robert Stander-
man, of Brooklyn; C. M. Hayward, of New York City,^ and
Conrad Weissenberger, of Jersey City.
W. M. Warren, general manager of Parke, Davis & Co.,
visited New York last week, and transacted some business
connected with the Bastem branch of his firm. Among other
distinguished visitors to the local drug market during the
past week were Frederick J. Hanbury, F. C. S., and.F. Capel
Hanbury, of the old and historic house of Allen & Hanburys,
Limited, London. They were accompanied by their Canadian
representative, W. Lloyd Wood, of Toronto. The party were
the cnotests of Clarence G. Stone at the Drug Club one day
last week.
Last week was examination week at the Brooklyn College
of Pharmacy. Eighty-two students took the examinations,
forming the largest class in the history of the college. The com-
mencement exercises of the college will take place at the
Brooklyn Academy of Music on the evening of Thursday, May
15. Former Congressman Edmund C. Drlggs will deliver the
addrera to the graduating class, and the valedictory speech
will be made by A. J. Huether. The exercises will be in-
terspersed with music by the Metropolitan Quartette and with
recitations by the well-known elocutionist, Sidney Macy. The
trustees of the college have decided to give three prizes this
year, instead of one prize as heretofore— namely: gold, silver
and bronze prizes, for the three highest general averages. In
addition to these there will be the special alumni prSse of a
microscope, and the Brundage prize, a gold and silver medal.
New York will be visited next week by two of the chief
representatives in Great Britain of Parke, Davis & Co.: F.
M. Fisk, the general manager of the British branch of the
firm, and Thomas Maben, of Glasgow, their Scottish represen-
tative, who is probably one of the best known men In British
pharmacy. Mr. Maben has contributed largely to the suc-
cess of the meetings of the British Pharmaceutical Society,
by means of papers dealing with original research work, and
he is considered an authority on the chemistry of the fixed oils.
In fact, his work on the constitution of Indian oils got him an
appointment as examiner for the British Pharmaceutical
Society. He gave up this examinershlp in 1899, since which
time he has been connected with the firm of Parke, Davis
& Co. It has been suggested that an informal gathering of
several of the leading pharmacists in New York and vicinity
might be arranged for the purpose of meeting Mr. Maben, who
really occupies a distinguished position, among British
pharmacists.
G^. J. Seabury will sail for Europe on the " Oceanic " on
the 28th of May, where he proposes to study on advanced
lines foreign steamship subsidy laws, taking as a basis the
English, German and French subsidized laws, either for peace
or uninvited war. Also their departments of commerce and
industries, and several collateral subjects. He will return, Deo
volente, with the rules and regulations governing European
military and naval pharmacists, together with their marine
hospital service, which he proposes to use for action in the
next session of the Congress. He proposes to draw up the
bill covering these three branches himself. Many believe that
he has received a special Invitation to King Edward VII's
coronation ceremony. His daughter probably may consent to
act with the daughters of the newly appointed Consul General
Evans, at London. While the coronation festivities are in
full blast Mr. Seabury will regale himself at the Austrian
Spa, Carlsbad, for six weeks, where he proposes to study
German pharmacy as it now exists. At Carlsbad he hopes
once more to greet his old time friend, the Hon. Enno San-
der, of St. Louis. He leaves his kindest regards to all his
American pharmaceutical friends, and if he has any enemies
they shall also share in those greetings.
RBTAHi DRUG BOWLSB8 HAVE AN BTBKIKO OF SKJOTMENT.
On Friday evening, April 25, the Retail Druggists' Bowling
Association, of New York, had their annual Ladies' Prize
Bowling Night, at Starrs' Alleys, Fifty-ninth street Mrs.
Otto Boeddiker made the highest scorce, and was awarded
the special prize donated by Captain Schweinfurth. After
the bowling. Miss Gibson obliged with several selections, ren-
dered with^ne effect. S. V. B. Swann sang " In Days of Old '*
in grand style, and Fred Wlchelns led the R. D. B. A. Glee
Club in singing " Hurrah Boys, Here We Are Again," which
was rendered with great vim. A banquet at Reisenweber's
Circle Hotel completed one of the most enjoyable evenings
ever celebrated by the club.
Eastern Brancbi of the State Boafd.
One hundred and twelve applicants for licensed pharma-
cists' degree passed the April examinations of the New York
State Board of Pharmacy. This is the largest number in the
history of the present board, if not In the history of any
board of this State. The list of successful applicants is as
follows:
L. Addleatone, F. L. Anderson, Chas. L. Earthen. C. P. Beach,
Camllle Beck, R. Berry, Henry Blum, John Bradshaw, W. H. Britton,
Chat. Bronatein, L. Broaweli. J. O. Brown. Wm. B. Brown, L. Barkard,
Ira Ganter, Lena Canter. Max Canter, L. CareU, Kichard J. CarroU,
B. P. Carman. W. B. Chandler, Wm. T. Creagatt, Thoa. Cummlnga, X.
D'Ambroaio, Chaa. Daniels, Bdmond Daniels. Chas.. F. Danb, Abraham
Dorb, B. A DIeckmann, Mary B. Doyle, Joselph Donieff, W. J. Dnrkln,
Harrv Epstein, O. Rrerbart, Ambrose Foss, J. L. Fahey, B. Gannon,
A. Gifford, A. Glneckmann, R. Grass!. Edward Gross, B. S. Guardian,
M. Hagpjplan, H. Harkayy, Adam Hamm Carl Hanson, B. F. Hawkins,
J. A. Hllllard. Jas. K. Hodge. Wm. C. Hnebner. Israel Kaess, Morris
Eassel, G. Kellermann. J. Klein. I. Kopelowlts, Arthur A. Kopf, Hy.
Kopf. A. Kramer, Bilary Krohn, J. Kronacher, M. Knenstler. A. ijemer,
Aai:on Leylne, Sam. B. Levlne. Morris Lewin. W. Llndeman, Max Llp-
kln, Fred. Lo Pinto, J. J. Madden, Flora Mamelok. 12. A. McCaffrey,
A. B. McConlhle, Harry Morrall, Edith Morris. Wm. P. Murdy, B.
Palmlerl, J. J. Parentini. w. E. Payne, F. Pearlsteln. F. W. Pol&dester.
Fred. Porter, J. Babinowlts, Wilbur Bash. Plnkns Relss. Jas. Boblnson, B.
Rosenhoase. Datld Rosow, Isaac Rothman. Albert Roy, Athelle
Schaefer. Ferdinand Bcherplch, F. W. Scboonmaker, Jacob Sher, T. I.
Shetman, B. C. Simpson, Aaron Singer, Nicb61as Soskln, Moses Sqnir-
sky, Chas. Btahlln. Harry Sterling, M. J. Stnrses, De Roy Thomas.
Cbaa. Thornton. Wm. A. TThler. John Waldman. Jacob Wallach, Philip
Weber. Irwin Welnspach, Sophia Wilkes. Curt F. Wlmmer. Wm. Wolfe
Henry Zllnkoff, Lawrence znrlo.
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The annual election of the New York State Board of Pbar-
macy for the eastern branch will take place in the Borough
of Manhattan next month, the exact date and place to be an-
nounced by the board later. This election is for the purpose
of naming a successor to the member from this section whose
term will, expire the first of the year— namely: Mr. Clarence
O. Bigelow, of the Manhattan Association. Mr. Bigelow did
not intend to be a candidate for the position at the coming
election. He would prefer, if he consulted only his own wishes,
to give his undivided attention to his business. He has proved,
however, a very active and capable member of the State
Board, and many fiiends and associates, who know of his
qualifications, have insisted on his becoming a candidate for
re-election. In deference to their wishes, therefore, Mr. Bige-
low l^as consented to run for the office. Among other candi-
dates mentioned are Joseph Weinstein, president of the Retail
Druggists' Association, and George Kleinau, of the German
Apothecaries' Association.
The provisions of the new law relating to elections of the
State Board for this section do not seem to be thoroughly
understood as yet, and for this reason it may be well, es-
pecially at this time, to review, briefly, the principal requlre-
ments. The time of the election and the place for balloting
will be made known by the State Board some two weeks
prior to the event. No person shall be eligible for election or
to vote at such election unless he be a resident of one of the
counties of New York or Westchester and a member of the
New York State Pharmaceutical Association, provided he be
a licensed pharmacist or druggist, or of an incorporated phar-
maceutical association or society in one of the said counties,
whose members are required to be licensed pharmacists or
druggists.
WESTERN NEW YORK.
A Large OaM Graduates in Pharmacy— President Stoddart a Coo-
PottibUtty— Minor News Notes.
The New York State Meettngr.
President Thomas Stoddart, of the New York State Phar-
maceutical Association, has issued an admonition to the drug-
gists of the State, under the title, ** The Duties of Druggists—
Their Obligations to Organizations that Exist for Their Pro-
tection and Betterment," in which he cites eighteen cogent
reasons why the druggists of the State should give support to
the State associations, the twenty-fourth annual meeting of
which will take place at Blmira from June 24 to 27. The
opening session will convene at 10 o'clock, and the second ses-
sion will be held at 2 p.m. on the same day, followed by the
reception of the president at 8 p.m. Wednesday morning will
be devoted to business, the afternoon to a trolley ride to Wat-
kins Glen, and Wednesday evening to a visit to Rorlck's Glen.
After a business session on Thursday morning the members
will visit the New York State Reformatory, and the traveling
fraternity in attendance will furnish entertainment for the
evening. Friday morning and afternoon will be devoted to
business, and Friday evening the programme will close with
a formal banquet. The usual rates of one and a third fares
will be made by the railroads of the State, and a large attend-
ance is confidently looked forward to.
The Semi-Centenfifai
of the A. Ph* A.
The semi-centennial meeting of the American Pharmaceu-
tical Association will be held at Philadelphia during the week
beginning September 3.
It is anticipated that on the occasion of the golden jubilee
all of the living ex-presldents of the association, a list of
whom follows, will be In attendance: Dr. J. W. M. Gordon,
Cincinnati, Ohio. 1864; Frederick Stearns, Detroit. Mich., 1866;
B. H. Sargent, Chicago, 111., 1869; Dr. Enno Sander, St Louis,
Mo., 1871; Albert B. Bbert, Chicago, 111., 1872; John F. Han-
cock, Baltimore. Md., 1873; Prof. 0. Lewis Diehl, Louisville,
Ky.. 1874; Wm. Saunders, Ottawa, Can., 1877; Dr. Geo. W.
Sloan, Indianapolis, Ind.. 1879; James T. Shinn, Philadelphia,
Pa., 1880; Prof. John Uri Lloyd, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1887; A.
K. rinley. New Orleans, La., 1891; Prof. Joseph P. Remington,
PhUadelphia, Pa., 1892; Edgar L. Patch, Stoneham, Mass.,
1893; Wm. Simpson, Raleigh. N. C, 18^; Prof. James M.
Good, St. Louis, Mo., 1895; Joseph B. Morrison, Montreal, Can.,
1B96; Henry M. Whitney, North Andover Depot, Mass., 1897;
Charles E. Dohme, Baltimore, Md., 1898; Dr. Albert B. Pres-
cott, -Ann Arbor, Mich., 1899; John F. Patton, York, Pa., 190a
J. W. T. Knox, chairman of the Committee on Member-
ship, is actively at work, and applications for admission to
the as80<?iation are being received from all sections of the
United States and its dependencies.
(From our Regular Correspondent,)
Buffalo, May 5.— The most interesting event of the fra-
ternity was the commencement exercises of the pharmaceu-
tical department of the University of Buffalo, which occnired
three days ago, and which is reported below.
The Brie County Pharmaceutical Association will meet in
a few days to hold the election of the Western member of
the State Board of Pharmacy. Ex-President Smlther's term
expires and he will no doubt he re-elected, if he cares to take
the place. There is a report that he will not be a candidate.
President Stoddart has not yet made his visit to New York
and Blmira in the interest of the annual meeting of the State
Pharmaceutical Association, but will do so at once, going
to New York ftrst and getting back to Blmira about the IStli,
where he will be met by Secretary Todd, of Ithaca, and
Chairman Lockie. of the Bxecutive Committee, of Buffalo.
A. CONGRESSIONAL POSSIBILITY.
There is a move in Buffalo to send President Stoddart, of
the State Pharmaceutical Association, to Congress. He has
made such a good record this year in the Buffalo Common
Council that the city would do well to keep him there awhile
yet, but if higher places call him he will have to go.
MINOR NEVS NOTES.
The Fonda Drug Company, for the past 37 years at 70-72
State street, Albany, removed on May 1 to a new location at
1416 Green street
J. B. Klenze, druggist of Hudson street, Buffalo, has sold
his store to T. S. Wilson, who has for several years been a
drug clerk.
The steady Increase in interest in the Buffalo Druggists'
Social Club has encouraged the management into ouiudng
preparations for continuing it next winteri
C. W. Tuerke, the Buffalo druggist, having disposed of both
his stores, is able to indulge in a bit of Western fever and bas
gone on a trip toward the setting sun, possibly to locate be-
yond the Mississippi.
The Bmpire State Drug Company, of Buffalo, have lately
added a tablet machine to the equipment and will make
everything needed in that line hereafter, though It is not tlie
intention to make this specialty to sell unmedicated.
Two new drug stores are scheduled in the Blmwood dis-
trict of Buffalo, one by W. H. F. White, who was formerly in
the business, and the other will probably go into the new build-
ing of J. B. Keller, the real estate dealer who was connected
with the Buffalo branch of the Syracuse house of Charles
Hubbard & Son when It was discontinued.
The cut-price troubles in the Buffalo drug trade continue,
though it is stated that there is prospect of stopping it before
long. It was for a considerable time a mystery where a cer-
tain wholesale grocery in the city obtained its stock of pat^t
medicines, but it has now been found that they were obtained
through a west side druggist by the gross. The druggist has
now been put on the cut-off list.
THE BUFFALO COLLEGE
Buffalo, May 5.— The commencement exercises of the medi-
cal and pharmaceutical departments of the University of
Buffalo took place May 2, with the usual ceremonies, tiie Hon.
James O. Putnam, chancellor of the nnlversily, presiding.
Diplomas were granted to 38 students in the medical depart-
ment and 31 in the pl^rmacal, the latter belhg the largest
class in the history of the College of Pharmacy,
Dr. John Gray ' presented the candidates for the degree
of graduate in pharmacy, the chancellor conferring the degree
upon the following:
F. M. Baidwin, C. A Bender, F. O. Brickman, D. W. Brian, a A
Brown, K, T. Brjant, Clementine Cbapln, H. R Bcker, C. J. Bnfel-
hardt. A. H. Flt^K W. E. Gayer, W. E. Qorrie, M. M. Harrla, F. 0.
Henry, W. C. House, B. O. Hunton, Lewis Johnson, L. BL joneis, T. L.
Jones, H. S. Katsmayer, G. W. Keopka, J. G. Lloyd. B. B. Lofe, W. H.
MeCoach. W. L. Merkley, J D. Morton, Y. G. Newell, C. J. Nies, K. C
Quick, BL C. Salchow, w. F. Sanford^ L. C. fiklhorp. N. I. Shsridiii.
w. L. Snow, tt. R. Street. G. B. SwaiMion, A. W. Wagner, C, G. West-
Ilng*. H. M. Wise, H. G. Wright, B. R. Wolfrom.
Certificates of examination only, on acoonnt of lack of age, were
given to F. 0. Brickman. C. J. Engelhardt, H. M. Harris. Lewb Jolui-
son, K). S. Logre, C. J. Nies, N. I. Sbetidan. A. W. Wagner, and C. 0.
Weitling.
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The William H. Peabody prize of $50 for the highest
average standing during senior year was awarded toYincent
6. NewelL
The four standing next highest in the class in the order
giren were Andrew H. Fisk, Charles J. Bngelhardt, Lewis
Johnson and Walter B. Oorrie.
The $25 prize offered by the faculty for the student stand-
ing highest in the junior class was awarded to Mr. Bda M.
Bennett.. The next highest were Walter D. Nash, Anna F.
Frey, G. Claude Carey and Harlan J. Q. Towe.
THB ALTJHNl MEETING.
Dr. Gray speaks in the highest terms of the clasa It was
the best as well as the largest ever sent out, and it is the
logical result of the matured course that the college has
labored on since the opening of the department a dbzen years
ago. The course will not be altered materially, at least for
some time, on account of the good results that hare come from
it
The pharmaceutical department of the Alumni Association
held its banquet at the BUicott Club. About 150 members, in-
cluding the graduating class, were there. Dr. Bdward J.
Kiepe was the toastmaster. John W. Fisher, repiesenting
the law, .responded to .the toast of Miscibility, Pharmacy and
Law. Dr. Bmest Wende answered for the medical depart-
ment with a talk on The College. Councilman Thomas Stod-
dsjrt, who was set down for a talk .on Political Therapeutics,
gave a half-humorous, half -serious account of his experiences
in civic life. Walter B. Gorrie, the valedictorian of '02, spoke
for the graduating class and the Rev. William P. Hellings
talked on the Bthics of the Mortar.
The alumni election resulted practically in the choice of the
former officers: President, Dr. B. J. Kiepe; vice-president,
W. B. Lemon; secretary, William F. Cool; treasurer, C. H.
Ganger, all of Buffalo.
Cut Rate War in Syractise.
Advices from Syracuse, N. Y., under date of May 6, report
the beginning of the most extensive cut-rate war ever known
among the druggists of Syracuse. An attempt was made at a
meeting of the Syracuse Druggists' Association on Monday,
May 6, to avoid an outbreak and maintain the agreement en-
tered into by the members of the local association, but with-
out avaU, and the Sjrracuse newspapers of May 6 were em-
bellished by some very sensational cut-rate advertisements
inserted by the leading druggists of the city. The headings
of these advertisements in large poster type ran as- follows:
"Muench's Cut Rate Drug Store"; "Down Go Prices! You
Will Now See Fun With the Druggists— We've Got 'Bm On
the Ruur-Just Study These Prices on Medicines " (Brown A
Dawson); "Drug War! Our Cut Prices" (Rufus B. Smith &
Co.); "Original Cut Rate Drug Store— Another Drug War
Started. We Are Leading the Cutting— Get Our Prices Be-
fore Buying Blsewhere " (Lamed & Barker); " Beef Up— Drugs
Down " (H. D. Dwight & Co.).
In every pharmacy big signs are displayed proclaiming the
lowering of prices, and the feeling is general that the slashing
will go on to the bitter end, even to selling under cost
President George B. Thorpe, of the Syracuse Druggists'
Association, gave put a statement in part as follows:
I most thoioaghly deplore the action of lome of the xnemben of
the ByracQse Dmgglitfl' Association. I felt that the rupture was un-
avoidable when eren three or four of the storekeepers insisted on dolnc
what was In Tlolatlon of the rules of the aasoclatfon. It Is to be hoped
that the time will come when differences can he adjusted and our
association continued with heneflt to all Its members.
I feel that the few downtown stores that have been the aMTesaors
win suffer Just as largely as the outside stores, although they have
more money to lose.
For the downtown druggists, Lewis J. Barker, of Lamed
& Barker, made the following statement:
Affairs In the association have become monotonous. It has been
a detriment to the downtown stores to be In the association. Our
hsnds have been tied and It was high time to get out Tirade will
come downtown as a result of the cut rates Introduced by the pro-
prietors of the stores who have cat loose from their agreement to fur-
nish supplies and medicines at a fixed rate.
Various causes are .assigned for the breach of agreement
It is charged by the downtown druggists that all the proprie-
tors of stores on the outskirts of the city have allowed cer-
tain Individuals a discount on the sale of supplies. . A similar
charge has been made by the druggists on the outskirts
against those downtown, and the climax came on May 5, when
certain of the latter gave it out that they would no longer
endure the situation and began to slash prices. Thehr op-
ponents replied with equal vim that they would cut also.
They are firm, and to all appearances the rate war of seven
years ago, which began on April 15, 1896, and lasted two
years, will not be a circumstance compared with the present
outbreak.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Amos K* Tilden Eulogised— Ftoal BAcetiiig for the Scsioq— Plans
for the State Meeting at Northamplofi— Liquof Lloeoie Tfocibles
—The Board Kxaminations— Adultefated Drogi.— The Vac-
cine Hearing*
{From our ReguUir Corre^pondmU.)
Boston, May 7.— The April meeting of the Boston Drug-
gists' Association stands unparalleled In the history of the asso-
ciation for monthly meetings from the standpoint of enthu-
siasm and attendance. It was complimentary to Amos K.
Tilden, the retiring member of the Board of Pharmacy. Pres-
ident Hubb&rd planned the affair and he presided at the din-
ner and was the first speaker. He was followed by the chief
guest, Mr. Tilden, who gave a history of the board and the
legislation adopted since he became a member. Henry Can-
ning spoke next, and closed by presenting a Morris rocker to
Mr. Tilden, a gift from his friends. The next speaker was
Hon. Gorham D. Gilman, who responded for the ''wholesale
trade." Then followed two political friends of Mr. Tilden,
Hon. John F.Fitzgerald and Hon. William S.McNary. Hon. John
W. Weeks, mayor of Newton, proved himself a good story
teller, and Oapt. W. McKay gave a brief account of the life
of a naval cadet. Hon. John W. Larrabee, George L. BoskeU,
L. G. Heinritz and William W. Bartlet were the closing
speakers. Mr. Roskell mentioned Mr. Tilden*s name for the
position of agent of the board; this idea was heartily seconded
by Mr. Heinritz, who pledged the support of 90 per cent of
the druggists of western Massachusetts. Other guests were
Henry Adams and George W. Hoyt.
At the business, meeting Fred A. Hubbard wits elected
delegate to the Boston Associated Board of Trade, for a term
of three years, the application for membership of Henry
Adams, of Springfield, was referred to the Membership Com-
mittee, and it was voted not to hold any more meetings until
October.
THE BLUE LAW FIOHT
is an absorbing topic all over this State. Boston has had sev-
eral Sundays now when candy and soda water were sup-
posed not to be sold by druggists and for the most part the
orders of the police were obeyed. A few arrests were made,
but as far as can be learned the cases were not contested and
the fines were paid. The public and druggists were indignant
and so the hitter got to work. In the latter part of April a
joint meeting of representatives of the following organizations
> was held at Young's Hotel: The Massachusetts Druggists' Alli-
ance, the Massachusetts State Pharmaceutical Association, the
Boston Druggists' Assochition, the Apothecaries' Guild, the Con-
necticut Valley Druggists' Association, the Worcester County
Druggists' Association, the Holyoke Druggists' Association
and the New Bedford Druggists' Association. William W.
Bartiet, president of the Druggists' Alliance, presided. Beso-
lutions were adopted condemning the present attitude of the
police and pledging support to House bill No. 028, which
permits the sale of candy, soda water and ice cream on the
Sabbath. Druggists also personally visited Senators and Bep-
resentatives and interested them in the measure; as a conse-
quence the bill was reported by the committee, passed the
House by a vote of 112 to 17, and later was passed to be en-
grossed without debate. It is th6ught that it will also be
successful in the Senate, and predictions are made that next
Sunday the embargo will be removed.
THE HA8SACHU6BTT8 STATE MSRIKO.
Arrangements are fast being completed for the M. 8. P.
A. meeting at Northampton, June 8, 4 and 5. President
Heinritz desires a large attendance. The railroads have
granted a rate of VA cents a mile for all points over 88 miles
from Northampton. This makes the Boston fare only a trifle
over $8. A lively discussion on the N. A. B. D. is antici-
pated and three names will be selected for presentation to
Governor Crane for the vacancy in the Board of Pharmacy,
caused by Mr. Tllden's term expiring. The Committee on
Papers has oflFered three cash prizes of |5 each for the best
papers on either^ Professional, Practical or Business Phar-
macy. The druggists of Northampton have phumed musical
entertainments, banquets and visits to Smith, Agricultural
and Amherst colleges, for the entertainment of members.
LIQUOR LIOnrSBS FOB I>RDOOX8TS.
The Board of Aldermen of SomervUle have Just granted
licenses to 10 druggists of that city. The mayor of Salem
recently asserted In answer to an attack upon his police force
that there is more drunkenness in that city than during the last
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two years, and stated that It was dne to the drug stores. It
will be remembered In connection with this statement that
the mayor opposed the granting of these licenses and that he
was compelled by the courts to grant them. In fact, he has
Just asked the ci^ to pay a bill of $420 for counsel fees in this
case. Despite protests Maiden's aldermen granted licenses
to the following druggists: George Y. Sawyer, Winslow B.
Southworth, Fredericic E. Graves, Gilbert J. McArthur, Boland
G. Wright, Walter P. Sheldon, George B. Sutherland, Charles
B. Mason, Jesse W. Sargent, Albert B. Morgan, Timothy D.
Gronin, Henry 0. Goodwin, William McGarr, James J. Kear-
ney, John J. McCarthy, Herbert E. Briar, Ellison J. Kimpton,
Horace P. Childs, P. Frank O'Hare, William H. Sanborn, Den-
nis J. Kelly, Everett G. Priest, Clarence A. Charles.
THE BOARD OF PHARMACY
held four examinations during April and granted certificates
to the following: Herbert F. Gerald, Boston; Harold K.
Alden, Springfield; James E. Curley, Springfield; Gilbert S.
Chipman, Cambridge, and Frank E. Mott, Boston. Messrs.
Gerald, Alden, Chipman and Mott are M. C. P. men.
ADULTERATED DRUGS.
The last monthly report of the Board of Health shows an
examination of 89 drugs, with 35 varying from the legal stand-
ard. The samples adulterated were aqua destillata, capsicum,
cera alba, cera flava, chloroformum, liquor calcis, oleum ollvse,
oleum limonis, pulvis glycyrrhizse comp., quininsa sulphas, sul-
phur lotum, sulphur prsecipitatum, sodii phosphas, tinctura
iodi, tinctura opii. The board now publishes the result of each
court case with the name of the defendant In the New Bed-
ford cases for sales of arsenical sodium phosphate, one speci-
men contained 4 parts and the other 80 parts per 100,000. In
the case of Arthur J. Connor, of Boston, a sale of quinine
pills was made containing only 70 per cent of the required
amount of quinine. Conviction in each case resulted.
THE VACCINE HEARING.
At a hearing before the Committee on Public Health, of
the State of Massachusettts, which opened at Boston on the
5th inst, on the resolutions submitted by Representative Adams,
of Melrose, authorizing and requesting the State Board of
Health to investigate and report a plan for the production
and distribution of pure vaccine lymph, for free use in that
State, Dr. Walcott chairman of the State Board of Health,
appeared in support of the resolution. He stated that the
Board of Health had engaged in the manufacture of anti-
diphtheritic serum, because an examination of samples in the
market had convinced the board that they were untrustworthy.
Notwithstanding this statement Dr. Walcott admitted that it
was impossible, from either chemical analysis or microscopical
exan^ation, to show whether antitoxin or vaccine virus was
good or bad. The doctor further stated that the State Board
of Health had never examined the commercial virus on the
market because it had too many other things to do. The
State product could not be tested any more than that sold
commercially. Dr. Abbott, secretary of the State Board of
Health, said he had nothing to add to what Dr. Walcott had
said. He had heard something about a tuberculous cow,
which had been used for the production of vaccine virus, but
he had no definite information on the subject Benjamin
Johnson, who appeiured in opposition to the measure, sug-
gested that the committee should get further information
about this alleged tuberculous cow, and as Dr. Peters, of the
Cattle Commission, had no information to give, the committee
ac^oumed until the following Wednesday. When the hear-
ing was resumed. Dr. Joseph McFarland, a well-known bac-
teriologist of Philadelphia, while admitting that there was
no absolute test of the purity of vaccine lymph, said there
were many excellent relative tests. He doubted if tuberculosis
was ever conveyed by vaccine virus into the circulation. The
chances were one million to one that it would not be so con-
veyed. Dr. John Henry Huddlestone, who has charge of
vaccine lymph production in the laboratory of the New York
City Board of Health, said there were various tests of purity
of vaccine virus, including an autopsy after the lymph had
been taken from the animal. Testimony with regard to the
alleged tuberculous cow was given, but it was indefinite and
conflicting, and an affidavit from the man who had sold the
animal showed that he had been paid for it and he had not
been asked to refund the money, although it was stated that
the animal had been destroyed. After Mr. Johnson had made
his argfument against the resolution, a member of • the com-
mittee asked Dr. Abbott how it happened that he did not
tell the committee the facts about the supposed tuberculous
cow at the hearing given by the committee on Dr. Durgin*s
bill on March 28. Dr. Abbott confessed that he knew of
the facts then, but they had escaped his memory.
PENNSYLVANIA.
{From our Regular Correapondent,)
Philadelphia, May 4.— The recent bowling club meet in thli
city has stimulated that sport considerably, and the prospects
for a larger circuit for next year are very prondslng. At
present it is the intention to admit the retail druggisti to
membership and the suggestion seems to be a popular one.
It is regretable that the members of the firms of the whole-
sale houses take so little interest in bowling, but in this re-
spect, as in some others, Philadelphia conservatism seemi to
assert itself. Anything that has a tendency to promote good
feeling between employer and employee inures to the beneflt
to both, and it is hoped that some of the leading lights in
commercial pharmacy will do more to encourage this health-
ful sport than they have heretofore.
We extend our sincere sympathy to Richard H. Lackey lo
the death of his mother, which occurred In this city on tbe
4th inst
PHILADELPHIA ITEiyiS.
C. Kock has purchased the drug store at Sixth and Diamond
streets from Slaughter & Richardson.
Muton Peett, a clerk for T. B. Conard, at Seventh and
Brown streets, was held up by burglars in his employer's store
recently.
Robert C. Brodie, the veteran druggist of Twentieth and
Callowhill streets, is enjoying the song of the sad sea wares
at Atlantic City.
A. C. Schofield, of Fifteenth street and Susquehanna ay-
enue, is spending a few days at Atlantic City in search of
recreation and renewed vigor.
Mr. Preston, of Ninth and Lombard streets, will probably
open a new store in the near future, but as yet has not defi-
nitely decided upon the location.
Chalfont's pharmacy at Fifteenth and Tasker streets has
been sold to B. B. Wilson. Mr. Chalfont will devote his time
to his other store at Ocean City, N. J.
Davis Bros, have purchased from T. A. Toll the drug store
at Chestnut Hill. The new firm will make a number of alter-
ations and improvements to the property.
G. W. Harris, Twenty-first and Pine streets, has sold his
store and will permanently retire from the retail drug busi-
ness, and will devote his entire time to the prectlce of medi-
cine.
C. G. A. Loder at Sixteenth and Chestnut streets had one
of his clerks arrested, charged with appropriating nearly |900
that was intrusted to him to purchase some proprietary med-
icines.
A. LeDow, of Oak Lane, this city, is now interested in
seven or eight drug stores in Philadelphia, and is now looking
around for another. He has one or two in view, but has de-
cided on neither at present
Wallace Procter, of Nineteenth and Pine streets, has sold
his store to a former clerk. Mr. Procter is the son of the
late Professor Procter and one of the trustees of the Phil-
adelphia College of Pharmacy. ^
D. A. Gill has bought the house at 8624 North Broad street
which he will alter into a first class drug store. This property
is a fine dwelling and it is thought a drug store In this neigh-
borhood will be a paying investment
The members of the P. A. R. D. had a smoker at Odd
Fellows' Hall on the 2d inst,, and it was early the next
morning before the lights were put out The meeting was
the regular monthly affair, and the smoke part was a sec-
ondary matter.
The firm of Bberly Brothers have been dissolved. Frank
H. Bberly will conduct the store at 2500 Oxford street and
Jacob A. Bberly ^ill assume the sole proprietorship of tbe
pharmacy at 2601 Columbia avenue. Jacob A. Bberly will
liquidate the debts of the firm of Bberly Bros.
Messrs. Wingert Brothers, at Seventeenth and Stiles streets,
were the lucky ones to obtain the Symonds & Poor soda water
generator on the 30th ultimo. This generator is valued at
$225, and was offered as a prize to druggists In this city, and
the above firm are to be congratulated upon their good laclt.
Ray Kottka, who has been the manager of Stackhonse
drug store, at Blghth and Green streets, for the past ten years
has decided to launch out for himself, and will shortly open
a pharmacy uptown. He will be succeeded at Bighth and
Green streets by Mr. Blair, formerly a popular clerk with
F. W. B. Stedem, at Broad street and Fainhount avenue.
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OHIO.
New Poison Law for Ohio-Oocs Into Effect Jantsary l, 1903—
Pfoviiioiis of tfie Meascsre-— PoMcnioQ of a U* S* Liquor
Lloenie Evidence of Liability to Pay Dow Tax.
ILLINOIS.
Programme of the State MeeUns^-A Cocaine Bill to Be Discussed-
Growth of the Abuse of the Dru^^-Shutting Off New Stores—
DoctOfs and Druggists Get Together*
{From our Regular Corrtspandent,)
Cincinnati, May 5.— Wholesale druggists and dealers gen-
erally are interested in the new Ohio poison law. The Krause
bill regulating the sale of poisonous drugs to minors was
made a law by the General Assembly last week, and was at
once signed by tfie Governor. The law prohibits the sale to
any minor under 16 of any of the following poisons:
Saits of antimony, arsenic, chromium, copper, lead, mercnry, sine,
the concentrated mineral acids, oxalic or hydrocyanic acids and their
ealtat. yellow phosphorus, carbolic acid, essential oil of almonds, penny-
royal, tansy and savin, croton oil, creosote, chloroform, chloral hydrate,
cantharides, aconite, belladonna, bitter almonds, cotton root, cocculus
Indicns, conium, cannabis, Indica digitalis, hyoscyamos, Ignatia, lobelia,
nox TomleiL opium, physotlgma, Phytolacca, strophantus, stramonium,
veratrum yiride or any poisonous alkaloids derived therefrom.
Poison bottles must be labeled with the name of the sub-
stance and two or more substances that may be used as anti-
dotes. All ^ales must be recorded, and the book kept for five
years. Exceptions as to labels are made as to paints con-
taining poisons, calomel, paregoric or other preparations of
opium containing less than two grains to the fluid ounce, or
where the box or bottle does not contain more than an adult
medicinal dose of such poison; as to diarrhoea or cholera medi-
cines; to ointments and liniments when labeled " for external
use," and to tablets, pills and lozenges where each contains
one-fourth of an adult dose. It is forbidden to sell, dispense
or deliver to any person cocaine or its salts, morphine or its
salts, or any alkaloid of either, except upon a written prescrip-
tion of a legally qualified doctor, dentist oi* veterinary sur-
geon. The prescription shall not be refilled except on order
of the person prescribing the same.
The exception is made that morphine sulphate may be sold
in original packages containing not less than one-eighth of an
ounce when registered. A fine of from $10 to $50 is provided.
The law, however, will not become effective until January 1,
1903.
AMOTBER LIQUOR TAX L\W.
Cincinnati druggists and dealers through the State have re-
ceived a circular letter printed in bright red ink, admonishing
them to beware of a bill which is being pushed through the
State Legislature. If the bill becomes a law druggists may
be made liable for the payment of the annual Dow liquor tax
of $350. The circular is worded as follows: " A bill is pend-
ing before the Ohio Legislature providing that all persona
who pay the United States revenue license, shall also pay
the Dow tax of $350 a year, and that this requirement shall
be retroactive, commencing with May, 1805."
Druggists who have been conducting a regular liquor busi-
ness, seUing on physicians' prescriptions only, feel uneasy, be-
cause they feel that they should not be forced to pay the tax.
A large number of citizens also are against any movement that
would encourage the druggists to increase their liquor business or
pay more attention to it, as many would feel inclined to do, if
they should be required to pay the full liquor tax. Bev. Per-
ley A. Baker, superintendent of the State Anti-Saloon League,
denies that the orgaiilzation he represents is pushing the legis-
lation, but says that the bill was, he understands, introduced
at the Instance of another association. He has been very
active in securing the passage of various temperance measures,
and has a large personal following in the present General As-
sembly. The present bill provides that the payment of the
United States revenue license shall be prima facie evidence
of the liability for paying the Dow tax.
New Haven Drugfgists G>nvene«
The twenty-fifth annual meeting and banquet of the New
Haven druggists at Warner Hall last week was one of the
moat interesting that has been held for years, from the fact
that many officials of the national organization of retail drug-
gists were present
A specially pleasing feature of the meeting was the presen-
tation of a silver loving cup to Charles Fleischner, president
of the association, by Ck>l. Jno. W. Lowe, on behalf of the
members, as a token of their appreciation of his labors for
the good of the organization. Colonel Lowe surprised the
audience by dropping into rhyme, which, unlike the immortal
Mr. Wegg, was a mixture of English and German.
{From our Regular Correspondent)
Chicago, May 5.— Interest of the druggists of Illinois is at
present centered in the approaching meeting of the Illinois
Pharmaceutical Association, which is to take place at Jack-
sonville, May 20, 21 and 22. Efforts are being made to get
up a party of Chicago men, who will start in a body on the
evening of the 19th, and other good sized delegations, it is
expected, will attend from other points. One of the matters
of importance, which is likely to come up, is the cocaine
question. This has troubled druggists and the members of
the State Board for some time, and It is hoped that the pas-
sage of a law con be secured which will check xcvils which
all admit now exist to a greater or less degree, in all cities
of any size, if not in the smaller places. It is suggested that
there should be some measure resembling in nature the
"drunkard" law. According to this plan the druggist who
sold cocaine to an habitual user after having been given a
warning, would be guilty of a misdemeanor. Those who
favor this idea want the druggist made responsible in such
cases to the heirs or relatives of the " fiend," who would be
given authority to bring damage suits. The argument seems
to be th^t if cocaine is sold in order to fill the retailer's pocket
it will not be sold if tnere is danger of that pocket being
emptied' through the medium of a lawsuit There are a
great many localities, of course, where this question does
not cause any trouble, but there are others where it is a
serious matter. One of the main objects of the association
Is to prevent the enactment of laws which are by their nature
inimical to the Interests of the retailers. The report of the
Legislative Committee is, therefore, always awaited with
great interest and will be one of the main features of the
meeting. There will be a number of other reports and in
addition interesting papers will be read.
The programme will be as follows: Tuesday evening, a
banquetr at which Walter Oale will be toastmaster; Wednes-
day afternoon, a visit to the asylum for the deaf and dumb;
Wednesday evening, a visit to the institute for the blind;
Thursday afternoon, a visit to the hospital for the insane. The
address of welcome at the meeting will be delivered by Mayor
John R. Davis. The Western Passenger Association have of-
fered a rate of one and one-third fares for the round trip.
SHUTTINa OFF NEW 6TORB8.
The Hyde Park Branch of the Chicago organization has
found a solution for a question which has bothered the local
trade for a long time. This question has to deal with new
stores, which are often started in localities that are already
over supplied with retail establishments. While seeing their
profits vanish the druggists have been compelled to look on
and do nothing, while they saw other stores, frequently, start
up in their immediate neighborhood and cut still further Into
their business. The opening of three new stores was stopped
last week by the united action of the Hyde Park druggists, who
explained the situation to the wholesalers and secured their
cb-operation. The wholesalers were informed that there was
not sufficient business for the additional stores and that
trouble among their old customers was almost certain to re-
sult The result was that the newcomers found they could
not obtain credit
DOCTORS AMD DRUQOISTS UNITS.
Another project which will soon be put into practice will
be for the druggists of this locality to meet the dokitors at a
banquet and discuss matters of mutual interest Among the
questions which will be discussed will be the refilling and re-
peating of prescriptions, counter prescribing, filling of pre-
scriptions in physicians' offices, and the use of tablet tritu-
rates. The physicians will also be asked to make use of Na-
tional Formulary preparations instead of proprietaries. The
following officers were elected: President, Joseph Grubb;
vice-president, W. Bodeman; treasurer, 6. M. Johnson; sec-
retary, M. P. Moss. The meeting at which the foreging ac-
tion was taken took place one week ago.
CHICAGO NEWS NOTES.
s The Hudson Chemical Company, who will do business in
Chicago, have been granted incorporation papers. The capital
is $85,000, and the incorporators are T. A. Mehan, Jr., and
Abraham Bhodes.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
The Great Northern Pharmacy, in the Great Northern Hotel
Building, is to move two doors north.
Frank Hall, for many years manager of L. P. Larson's
Twelfth street store, Ghi9ago, has (q;>ened a new store at Og-
den and Trumbull avenues.
The Alfalfa Remedy Company, with a capital stock of
.fCOtOOO, have been incorporated by J. S. Robertson, D. Duden*
haver and H. F. Robinson.
The ''Organizer," the official organ of the Chicago branch
of the N. A. R. D., is now being published from its new office,
eOl Ogden Building, Lake and Clark streets.
The Chicago office of the National Association of Retail
Druggists has been moved from the Association Building to
the fifteenth floor of the Unity Building, 79 Dearborn street
The Dr. Gossom lldedicine Company are one of the recent
Incoriwrations. They will manufacture drugs and chemioils
in Chicago. The incorporators are Charles J. Grady, Bmest
H. Stolz and W. H. Keefer.
The score cards, telling the results of the day's games and
races, which are left in many drug stores every evening, have
been causing trouble. Druggists and clerks, it is asserted
In some quarters, spend altogether too much time at the races
as a result, and clerks are led to neglect their duties. The
matter is likely to come up at tiie next meeting of the C. R.
D. A. and action may be taken.
WESTERN HEWS NOTES.
The store of Dr. J. B. Miller at <}lenwood Springs, Colo.,
been sold to Dr. Pletcher.
Harry A. Hull, formerly of DanviUe, 111., has sold his drug
«tore at St Louis and expects to locate somewhere in Illinois.
At Appleton, Wis., Kamps & Sacksteder have incorporated
their business under the name of the Kamps & Sacksteder
Drug Company. The capital stock is $80,000.
Frank A. Green, who for the last t&a years has been man-
ager of the Henderson drug store, at Knox, Ind., has pur-
<!hased the business, which he will hereafter conduct entirely
in his own interests.
W. H. Higby, formerly of Streator, has purchased Mr.
Hook's interest in the store of Yentzer & Hook, at Ottawa,
IlL The name of the new firm is Yentzer & Higby. They
will move into the new Nertey Building, and expect to have
•one of the finest drug stores in northern Illinois.
Phannacy Fifty Years Ago.
It is proposed at the coming fiftieth annual meeting of the
jljnerican Pharmaceutical Association to bring out before the
49ection on Practical Pharmacy and Dispensing the diflference
in the character of the work of pharmacy and dispensing
ififty years ago and now. It is earnestly desired by the ofli-
•cers of the Section that those who are in position to furnish
matters of interest along this line will kindly do so at an
«arly date. Descriptions of apparatus and utensils used by
pharmacists fifty years ago and the character of the work
which they were called upon to do are desirable.
The officers would especially like to have the names and
•addresses of pharmacists who were practicing their profession
fifty years ago and who are still so engaged at the present
time. . Address all communications to William Kaemmerer,
Secretary Section on Practical Pharmacy and Dispensing,
410 S. Sixth street, Columbus, O.
The Kentucky Board*
At a meeting of the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy, held
in Louisville, April 8, a class of 49 applicants were examined,
24 of whom were successful— viz.: Robert S. Berryman,
Versailles; Dr. W. O. Bourland, Earles, Ky.; Samuel B. Carr,
Jeffersonville, Ind.; H. Rudolph Diebel, Jeffersonville, Ind.;
Jas. M. Bbler, Ijouisville; J. G. Ellison, Hickman; Carl R.
Heinrich, Middlesboro, Ky.; Geo. H. Hollis, La Fayette, Ind.;
Jas. H. Jeffries, Ford, Ky.; Thos. S. Jesse. Louisville; Miss
Maud B. Johns, Dayton; Leonard A. Johnson, Bowling Green;
Paul J. Kranz, Louisville; W. F. Landrum, Beech Grove, Ky.;
Jos. H. Lex, Louisville; Earnest H. Menar, Louisville; Ben.
J. Mitchell, Midway; Thos. L. Newberry, Hiseville; Marvin
R. Pate, Slaughtersville; H. G. Reid, Edmonton, Ky.; C. D.
Schreiber, Tell City, Ind.; Jesse Stroud, Glenville, Ky.; Frank
L. Smith, Louisville; Jno. F. Stailey, Albany, Ky.
A resolution was adopted instructing the Dupectkm Oom-
mittee to take vigorous steps to at once enforce the ooodne
law passed by the recent Legislature, and to also enforce the
restriction of the sale of abortive preparations, patent or
otherwise to physicians' prescriptions. An inspector Is to be
at once put to work under this resolution. The next meeting
of the board will be held in Henderson oh July & Applica-
tions should be in the hands of the secretary. J. W. Gayle,
Frankfort, Ky., at least ten days before the time of meeting.
MISSOURI
TEe CoUsge in a P f ospcrooi CoodUion— Officen,
the Bowling Seaioa—Reitflt of the Bosfd Ezamlaattoak
(From (mr Regular Oorrespondmit.)
St. Louis, May 5.— The annual meeting of the St Louis
College of Pharmacy was held at the college Tuesday after-
noon, April 29. The Board of Trustees submitted a report of
the work done during the past year. One hundred and ninety-
four students had attended the college the past year. The
treasurer's report showed the college to be In a proeperoos
condition. Fifteen hundred dollars had been spent in improve-
ments on the building, and after all other expenses were paid
there was a balance of $1,000 on hand. The following offlcere
were elected for the ensuing year: President, Theo. F. Hage-
now; vice-president, Henry Fischer; treasurer, Sol. Boehm;
recording secretary. Dr. J. C. Falk; corresponding secretary,
Louis Schurk; new members on Board of Trustees, H. F. A
Spilker. B. P. Walsh and H. T. Rohlfing.
THE DBUGGISTS' COOKED HAT LCAaUB
have closed their second series and will take a rest until fall
The prises have been distributed and there were enough so
that each man received a prize of some kind. The following
is the average of each member for the entire season's work:
Handicap
Name. average.
Neu 48^7
Bnderle 48.65
Kahre 48.54
Helbig 48.16
Knni 47.71
Brenner 47.84
Nieman 47.20
David 47.18
Beiaae 46.54
Woehrlein 46.26
Aasman 46.14
Klippel 46.04
Decker 46.70
Bmen 46.62
Paofe 46.42
HocEen 46.11
Schneider 46.04
Temm 44.76
Bilti 44.08
Schall 48.68
N^ea 48.18
HijA single game, indlTldnal-
81 : Nlee, third, 78.
High five games. Indlvldual-
816 : Nieman. l£lrd. 810.
Handicap
Name. *^*^?fSr
Hobba 4l3T
Delkeakamp 42.80
Nay 42.16
Brnat 4Lg
Graham 4L26
Davenport ; . . . . 41.1J
Habegger 40.20
WetaeT 45.08
Stoermer 42-»
84^ersinger 4|18
Zahn W.W
Moxter JJ-JJ
Waldeck 48.T8
Voelpel 42.80
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Kurka JJJJ
Severson so.w
-Aasman, first. 88; Bmen. second,
-Helbig. firat, 817; Bmen, second,
A^PLIOANTS RBGIBTBRED BT THE BOABD.
The following passed the State Board of Pharmacy exami-
nation at their last meeting held in Kansas City, April 14:
F. D. Bates, liinnens; E. B. Ooan, Kansas Olty; Jnlins Pohl
Kansas City; A. A. Marsh, Kansas City; B. W. Pngitt. Neck
City; W. P. Rlchter. West Plains; G. W. Meyers, Manhattan,
Kan.; D. McBride, Paola. Kan.; C. H. Schutt, Pierce City;
O. J. Bandell, St Joseph; J. R. Mennel, Boonville; P. T.
Clay, Butler; O. J. Shranger, Kansas City; O. B. Hubbard,
Holt; S. P. Anderson, Keatsville; B. H. Dudley, Kansas City;
A. Klein, St Louis; C. Riche, Kansas City; M. A. Rex, Paola,
Kan.; A. Paul, Mlxdorf, Iberia; J. T. McCambell, Kansas
City, and B. Mitchell, Maysville.
6T. LOUIS COLLEGE OF PHARMAOY.
The St. Louis College of Pharmacy held its annual meet-
ing at its building, 2106 Locust street, April 80. The officers
elected for the ensuing year are: President, Theodore F.
Hagenow; vice-president, Henry Pisher; treasurer, Sol. Boehm;
recording secretary. Dr. J. C. Palk; corresponding secretary.
Louis Shurk: trustees for two years, H. T. Rohlfing, B. P-
Walsh and H. P. A. Spilker. The trustees holding over are
L. A. Seltz, Charles Geitner and Dr. Ol P. Clans. Reports sub-
mitted show that the college has enjoyed the best patronage
In its history. The attendance has been large through tbe
year and a large class graduated.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD
363
'She Drug and Chemical Market
The prices quoted In this report are those current In the wholesale market, and higher prices ere paid for retail lots.
The quality of goods frequently neceesitstrs • wide range of prtcee.
Condition of Trade^
New York, May 10, 1902.
THE month has opened very quiet, and trade in gen-
eral for the past fortniglit has been stagnant to a
degree. The lull during the period under review is
hardly explainable, except by the fact that it is now be-
tween seasons, and most dealers in the interior have cov-
ered their requirements for seasonable drugs. Notwith-
standing the general dullness the market is characterized
by a steady tone, and prices as a rule are well maintained,
though about the usual number of changes are reported.
The two leading staples, opium and quinine, continue neg-
lected, and most interest appears to be given to articles
in which some scarcity prevails, as buchu leaves. North-
ern ginseng and colchicum seed, which, while they have
not marked more than fractional advances, are the sub-
ject of some speculation. Among the declines, menthol
and thymol have attracted notice. During the earlier
part of the fortnight considerable weakness was noticeable
in the drugs just named, but a reaction has since set in,
the cheaper lots which had been depressing the market
having been bought up, and while still a shade lower than
previously quoted, holders are a trifle firmer in their views
and not anxious sellers. Silver nitrate has dropped a
notch in the interval, and flaxseed is higher. A firmer
market is noticeable in Cape aloes and cannabis indica
leaves. The principal changes of the fortnight are tab-
ulated below as follows:
HIGHBR.
Buchu leaves.
Aloes, Gape,
Flaxseed,
Colchlctim seed.
Cannabis Indica leaves.
Ginseng, northern.
Salad oU,
Linaloe oil.
Poppy seed.
Cod liver oil,
Sal ammoniac.
LOWER.
Clnchonldlne sulphate.
Opium,
Sliver nitrate,
Menthol,
Thymol,
Jalap,
Sassafras bark.
Nitrate of soda.
Caraway seed.
Oil peppermint.
Castor oil,
Vanilla beans, Tahiti.
DRUGS.
*
Alcohol shows no change from the conditions previously re-
ported. The demand continues fairly good at unchanged
prices, sales of grain in 10-barrel lots being at $2.46 to $2.51,
less the usual rebate. Wood is passing out fairly Into channels
of consumption through regular contract deliveries at 66c to
70c for 95 and 97 per cent., respectively, while alcoholene and
other purified products are maintained at $1.20 to $1.60.
Arnica flowers have remained quiet and with free otter-
ings of stock the tendency of the market is easy, though 9c
to 9%c is yet quoted.
Balsams.— Copaiba, Central American, continues to receive
the larger share of attention, and values are maintained
^th a fair show of flrmness at the previous range of 36c to
38c; quotations for Para are nominally steady at $1.30 to
11.40. Peru Is held at $1.30 to $1.40. with, however, a rather
limited demand at the moment Fir, Canada, has developed
A slightly easier feeling, but the statistical position of the article
remains good, and $3.60 to $3.75 is still named, as to quality
^d quantity.
Barks of the various descriptions are In light demand,
^d there is little new or interesting to report. Cascara
sagrada has been Inquired for In a large way, but few trans-
actions of importance have come to the surface. Sassafras
is In better supply and easier, though prices are nominally un-
changed. For the remainder of the seasonable descriptions
there has been a rather better Inquiry without, however, any
quotable change In value.
Cacao butter is moving slowly and the demand scarcely
rises above Jobbing proportions. The market has not varied,
however, from prices previously reported, and the sales of
bulk during the Interval were at 29c to 30c, and cakes In 12-
Ib. boxes at 36c to 38c, as to quality and quantity.
Cannabis Indica reflects the position of the article at primary
sources, and values are generally higher with the tendency
still upward. The quotation at the close had moved up to
70c for small lots, while 65c is named as an Inside price on
quantities, according to quality.
Coca leaves show an advancing tendency in sympathy with
primary markets, but the business passing does not rise above
jobbing proportions, with current sales at 22c to 24c, and 32c
to 35c for Truxlllo and Huanuco, respectively.
Cod liver oil is slow of sale, the seasonable demand being
about over. Values are, however, well sustained in the face
of a reduced output, and local conditions favorable to holders.
While $29 is generally named for ordinary brands, up to $80
has been paid for choice Norwegian, and one of the leading
brands has been advanced to $32 for spot, and $36 to arrive.
Buchu leaves, short, continue in firm position, owing to
Increased demand and limited supplies of best grades. Hold-
ers offer with considerable reserve at the revised range of
20c to 24c, the outside figure being for prime green; down to
18c has been paid for yellow.
Burgundy pitch appears weU sustained at 2%c to 3c, and
we hear of one large transaction within the quoted range.
Castor oil has declined in the interval, prime brands now
being quoted at ll^c to 12V^ in barrels, and 12c to 13c In
cases for No. 1; No. 3 quoted lO^ic to ll%c and ll%c to 12%c
for barrels and cases, respectively.
Cantharides, Russian, have developed a slightly easier feel-
ing owing to lessened inquiry, but values are still maintained
at 60c to 63c, as to quality and' quantity; Chinese quoted at
42^ to 48c.
Chamomile flowers continue quiet, but the market is steady
in tone, and dealers do not appear to show any tendency to
urge sales by concessions from the established range of 16c
to 28c for German, and 16c to 21c for Roman.
Cubeb berries are In improved position, in sympathy with
advices from primary sources, but prices are as yet quotably
unchanged, 9^ to 10c being named for whole and 18c to 16c
for powdered, as to quality and quantity.
Cuttleflsh bone continues held and selling in a moderate
Jobbing way at the range of 21c to 23c for Trieste, 46c to 47c
for Jewelers' small and 80c to 85c for Jewelers' large.
Ergot is attracting some attention at the moment, but brok-
ers and sellers are a trifle apart in their views, and little busi-
ness has resulted, except in a small Jobbing way, at the range
of 39c to 40c for German, and 40c to 44c for Spanish.
Insect powder is in slightly better demand, but we hear of
few sales in excess of Jobbing lots, and the range shows a
wide variation as to quality and quantity, sales being made
between 14c and 16c.
Juniper berries are selling well in a Jobbing way, and val-
ues are maintained with a fair show of firmness at the range
of 2%c to 3c.
Menthol Is dull and neglected, and an easier feeling pre-
vails, with the current sales at $3.80 to $4.00.
Opium continues slow of sale and easy In price, the only
business ctming to the surface being small sales of broken
lots, for which $2.87 to $2.90 has been paid; single cases are
held at $2.85, but sales are rare, and the undertone of the mar-
ket is weak. Powdered offers with increased freedom at the
range of $3.65 to $3.76.
Quinine is not taken with any confidence, there being yet a
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
contiiiued absence of Important demand, and Jobbing orders
are few and far between. Wblle prices haye yielded from the
hands of outside holders in the London market, second hands
here make no attempt to realise by price concessions, and
27^ to 28c is yet named for German, and 27c to 27^ for
Jaya, while manufacturers' quotations are nominally un-
changed on the basis of 28c for bulk.
Senna loayes have been only in limited demand since our
last, but we have no change in price to report, picked whole
being quoted at 23c to 25c, Alexandria natural at 10c to 12c
garbled and sifted at 18c to 20c and Tinnivelly at 6^c to 14c.
Thymol reflects the influence of keen competition among
holders, and prices have declined during the interval to $2J25
to 12.35, and it is intimated that even these flgures are being
shaded in some quarters.
Vanilla beans are developing an easier tendency, though no
actual price changes are to be noted in any of the leading
varieties, with the exception of Tahiti, which are offered lower
on the coast in consequence of fresh arrivals, and prices hefe
have declined to $1.00, while it is intimated that stock to ar-
rive could be bought for less. Mexican are in better supply,
but the demand continues good, and the market, so far as
prices are concerned, presents no new feature.
Wax, bees', is steadily inquired for, and values are well sus-
tained in the face of a light supply, ordinary pure being
quoted at 34c to 36c; select 34c to 86c and bleached 46c to 50c
Oamauba has moved out freely into cdbsuming channels and
values continue flrm. Japan is in light supply, and the inside
spot quotation has advanced a notch, 7%c being named.
CHEMICALS.
Alum continues steady and in request at the range of 11.75
to $1.80 for lump and $1.70 to $1.75 for ground, as to quantity
and quality.
Benzoic acid is without change of consequence, either as
regards price or demand; sales of artiflclal at 37^ to 40c, and
English from benzoin at 7c to T^c.
Boric add meets with moderate attention, a fair consuming
demand being reported, without, however, any variation from
previous prices, crystals being quoted 10%c to ll%c and pow-
dered at ll^c to ll%c.
Carbolic acid is in improved seasonable demand and values
are well sustained at the previous range of say 16c to 19c
for drums and 22c to 24c for bottles.
Chlorate of potash has remained quiet, but the market is
steady in tone, with quotations nominally unchanged at 8c
to 8)4c for either crystals or powdered.
Cream of tartar is developing a firmer tendency in the
face of anticipated higher market for crude, coupled with
increased seasonable demand. Prices have not varied during
the interval, and powdered is still obtainable at 19c to 19^.
Nitrate of silver has dropped a notch or two, in sympathy
with the lower prices now prevailing for bullion, and manu-
facturers now quote at 35c to 35^, which represents a de-
cline of 2MeC.
Tartaric acid has been active in the interval, in conse-
quence of a feeling that higher prices .may prevail following
an expected advance in the price of crude material, but sup-
plies may yet be obtained at 27%c to 28c for powdered, and
27c to 27%c for crystals.
ESSENTIAL OILS.
Anise has not varied from the position maintained for
several weeks past and supplies are moving slowly at the
range of $1.10 to $1.25.
Bergamot is steady and in demand at $1.75 to $1.80.
Cassia continues dull, buyers still being indisposed to an-
ticipate wants to any considerable extent, and the oil is ob-
tainable at 62^ to 67^ for 75 to 80 per cent, while lower
grades are quoted at 57%c to 60c.
Cubeb is dull and values are unchanged from $1.06 to $1.15.
Lemon appears to be working into better position, but such
sales as are making at the moment are at unchanged quota-
tions or, say, 70c to 80c.
Lemongrass is in better demand and some holders have
advanc^ quotations, ^naming $2.10 as an inside price, though
$1.85 will yet buy.
Llnaloe has advanced in the face of light supplies, and
$1.50 to $1.75 is now asked, as to quality and quantity.
Pennyroyal is in moderate request, but prices do not vary
from $1.35 to $1.40.
Peppermint is meeting with more inquiry, but buyers are
still holding off, and their bids are below the views of holders
in most instances. A little more pressure to sell is, however,
noticeable, and we hear of one transaction for case oil at
$1.90, while $1.95 is generally named; bulk is fractionally
lower, being quoted at $1.70 to $1.80.
Sassafras is without Important change, sales of natural
being reported within the range of 39c to 40c and artiflcial at
29c to 30c; saffrol held at 33c to 85c.
Wintergreen is held and selling fairly within the range of
$1.50 to $1.60 for natural and 47^ to 55c for artifldaL
GUMS.
Aloes, Cape, are flrmer and higher in the face of diminish-
ing supplies, and flrmer primary markets. The small avail-
able supply is closely concentrated, and up to 8c is now asked.
Curacao has moved into better position under the influence
of an active demand, but prices are as yet quotably un-
changed.
Asafoetida is held at full previous prices, 16c to 24c being
quoted for the various grades.
Camphor remains quiet, but the market is well sustained
at the range of 57c to 57Hc, and 57V^ to 58c for domestic in
barrels and cases, respectively; Japanese quoted at 62c to 64c
Kino is yet in very small supply, but foreign advices indi-
cate an easier feeling at primary sources, and spot quotations
did not vary from 44c to 46c.
Tragacanth is vdthout special change; jobbing sales at 29c
to 80c for Aleppo and 35c to 90c for Turkey, as to quality and
quantity.
RCXJTS.
Althea, cut. is in steady moderate request, and values are
well sustained at 25c.
Colchicum is in Improved demand and flrmer. and with
stocks under good control prices have advanced to 8^ to 9c.
Golden seal is in reduced supply and wanted, and values
are flrmer with $6.00 named for Northern, and $3.50 to $5.00
for Southern.
Ipacac, Rio, is reported flrmer in the London market, but
prices here are nominally unchanged at $2.50 to $2.60, though
a weaker feeling seems to prevail, and buyers are holding ofF;
Carthegena is offered at a shade below our quotations in some
instances.
Jalap is offered more freely, and prices reflect the influence
of competition, some prime old root being offered down to 9c,
while round lots are obtainable at 9^.
Senega continues held at 54c to 56c for Western and 65c to
57Hc for Southern, but the requirements of the trade con-
tinue limited.
Anise, Italian, is in steady moderate request, with the
sales at 9c to 10c; star is flrmer and 16c to 18c is now named.
Canary, Smyrna, Is quiet, but the market is steady at 2%c
to 3%c; Sicily is reported scarce with up to 3%c quoted.
Caraway, Dutch, has remained quiet during the interval,
and prices have receded a trifle, recent sales being at 49(c to 5c
Colchicum is scarce and higher, with 40c to 46c now named,
as to quantity.
Fennel is offered more freely, with German quoted at 7c
to 9c, and Italian, 5c to 6c.
Flax, whole, has advanced since our last, $6.75 being now
named as the inside.
Hemp, Russian, is flrmer, and little is now obtainable un-
der 29&C.
PAINTS, OILS AND WINDOW GLASS^
Trade developments during the fortnight under review have
varied little from those recorded in previous reports. There
has been an active demand for lead in oil, and values are well
sustained In view of the flrmness in linseed; Jobbing sales
are making at 514c, less the usual discount for ordinary brands,
while special brands are held at 5%c 2 per cent oflT. Dry
lead held at 4Hc to 4%c, as to quali^ and quantity. Sales
of red lead are making at 5^c to 5%c, the demand continuing
icood. In dry colors the movement generally is on a Ubertl
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
'6S
scale, bat yre have do new feature to report In the matter of
price changes.
Tnrpentlne has been In moderate Inquiry dnrlng tbe In-
terral, and the spot market has developed a decidedly Ann
tone. In sympathy with the upward movement In the South.
Prices generally are higher, 48^ to 47c being quoted at the
close for Southerns and machine made barrels.
Linseed oil Is maintained In Arm position, though business
Is rather slack at the moment, prospectiTe buyers being In-
disposed to launch out Into quantities at the present range of
fl6c to 67c for city raw, and 68c to 69c for boiled; Chicago
quotes Oic to OSc,
Window Olass.— An Important movement among window
glass manufacturers has Just been announced. The Federa-
tion Window Glass Company have been organlsedlD New Jersey
with a capital of $600,000, the Intention of whom Is to merge
about 50 window glass plants In the Sast and West It this
ia effected, the window glass business of the country will be
controlled by throe concerns, the American Window Olass
Company, of PIttahnrgh: the Independent Window Glass Com-
pany, of Pittsburgh, and the corporation named above, the
Federation Window Glass Company, of Uuncle, lad. These
tbree companies will manufacture and control 96 per cent,
of all the window glass made In America. Jobbers' quotations
were advanced last week to the extent of making a uniform
discount of 89 per cent on all brackets. It Is expected that a
further advance will shortly be annotmced, since present
prices are said to scarcely cover cost of manufacture.
HINTS TO BUYERS
Glllotf s pens are too well knowD to need any introduction.
They are claimed to be the most perfect made and were
awarded the Paris Exposition grand prize, the highest ever
given to pens.
All grades of Imported and domestic talc and French
-chalk can be had from E. S. Jackson & Co., 230-232 Second
street, Cincinnati, 0. Send for their prices, etc., mentioning
the Akxbican DanGGisT.
One of the best known of popular proprietary medidnes Is
Jayne's Expectorant In fact, all of Dr. D. Jayne's family
■nedidneB are in steady demand everywhere. It pays the
druggist to keep medicines like these that help the people.
One of the best articles for cleansing everythlDg about a
4rug store or soda fountain Is HofCman's " Barkeepers'
Friend." It cleans and polishes all marble, glass, nickel, brass,
«opper, etc. Send for free sample, addressing Oeo. Wm. Hoff-
man, 276 East Washington street Indianapolis, Ind.
All up-to-date soda fountains require various accessories
such as ice shavers, spoons, lemon squeexers, shakers. Ice
picka, etc The Erie Specialty Company, of Erie, Pa., have a
very complete line of these goods, which It wlU be to the ad-
raatage of drngKistB to inspect Send for their Illustrated
catalogue, which will tell yon all about them.
Attention Is called to the porous plasters made by Rosa,
Flowers & Co., of Chicago. Their belladonna, electric, bella-
donna and capsicum, strengthening and rheumatic plasters
are guaranteed first class and are sold at 96 per gross, with
yonr card. If desired, In orders of one or more gross. Your
orders are solldted.
According to the manufacturers, Abbotfs Saline Laxative
Is used by more than half the medical profession of Americs.
That naturally means trade for the drug^st Keep supplied
with it It will pay you. Send to the Abbott Alkaloldal Com-
pany, New York, Chicago or San Francisco, mentioning the
Akkbicab Dbuqqcbt.
Druggists will do well to carefully read and consider the
announcement of Osbom-Colwell & Co., of New Tork, which
appears In this Issue. This house are making a very superior
line of pharmaceutical specialties and non-secrets. Druggtsts
who pmfer to have their private formula pnt up for them
can depend upon this house to do the work reliably, cheaply
and oitlBtlcally.
The Ballard Burner Companr, of Ottawa, III., manufac-
turers of lamps, chandeliers and oil stoves, have a medal kind
of burner that is becoming very popular because of the good
results and satisfaction It gives. Even with a cheap grade of
oil. It effects complete combustion, giving a white light with
no smoke or smell. ' It saves gas bills and at the same time
gives better light than gas; some say It is equal to any light
on the market, at one-half the cost
Immediate action is what the physidan demands in a
hypodermic tablet One tliat meets this requlrment and can be
relied upon in an emergency must naturally have the merit of
quick and complete solubility. Such a tablet that can safely be
recommended ia that made by Parke, Davis & Co. They claim
that their hypodermic tablets have never failed In an emer-
gency; that prompt, efficient action always follows their ad-
ministration, without delay or uncertainty. It would be well
to specify Parke, Davis & Co.'s tablet when ordering.
Every druggist knows from his own experience that It pays
to handle reliable gooids. You undoubtedly have had, and will
continue to have, a ready sale for the well-known " Oastorla.*'
There are probably few stores that can't sell 12 dozen in a
year of this article; It would be good policy to buy a gross and
save S and 2^ per cent Send to the Centaur Company, 77
Uurray street. New York City, for almanacs, cards, counter
wrappers, etc.
The BterillEation of milk Is certainly a protection which no
mother con afford to Ignore. It is always best to be on the
safe side by having an efficient sterilizer at home wherever
there is a baby to feed ardficlaity. whether milk Is given
alone or with prepared food. We recommend particularly the
Arnold milk sterilizers and pasteurisers. There Is a nice profit,
too, for the druggist selling them. A full line of advertising
goes with the goods. Write to Wllmot, Castle & Co., 2S Elm
street Rochester, N. Y., mentioning the Ahxbican Dbdoqibt.
" Over $000,000 profits to retail druggists on Laxative
Bromo Quinine last year " Is one of the claims made by the
manufacturers, the Paris Medicine Company of St Louis.
Every box Is guaranteed, and full retail price will be returned
to the druggist for every dissatlsfled customer. No fairer
offer than that could be expected, and. with the good profit
besides. It should appeal to every druggist Write to them for
particulars, mentioning this Journal.
" Orangelne " has come to be very well and favorably
knows for Its prompt power to stop all pain. The " Orange-
lne stores " become public benefactors and are so appreciated
and rewarded. The manufacturers, the Orangelne Chemical
Company, of 15 Michigan aveDue, Chicago, help the druggist
with an excellent remedy, liberal prices, generous bonus of-
fers, large advertising and attractive window displays. Send
a postal for posters, samples, etc Please mention the Amebi-
GAH Dkduoist.
The FamlUat Label.
The label of the Malllnckrodt
Chemical Works has been before tbe
druggists and physicians of the
United States for nearly 36 years,
and the "U.C.W." chemicals hsve
grown to be the closest friends of
the dispensing pharmacists. We
present herewith cut of tbe Mal-
llnckrodt morphine package, and
while this article has not been In
the hands of the druggists as long
as their other leading staples, such
as Cocaine, Codeine, Bismuth Subnl-
trate. Strychnine, " Gilt Label "
Carbolic Acid, Potassium Iodide,
etc., yet It is now handled by
thousands of (he foremost druggists
of the country, and has become one
of the standard brands on the mar-
ket The accompanying cut shows
the article In " Flakes," which Is
the form generally preferred by the
trade, bnt the " M.C.W." brand may
also be obtained In " Cubes," both
being of the same price and quality.
Gcfoian Cbemkai .
Any of our readers may obtain interesting printed matter
pertaining to a valuable line of German chemicals and phar-
maceuticals by addressing the Fischer Chemical & Importing
Compony, of Piatt stret New York City. This house have
succeeded In making this line very popular with American
physicians, and there is consequently a good demand, which
pharmadsts should be In a position to suppl.v.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
A New CelluIoK Tube.
The Transparent Cellulose ProdncU Gompani'. of 8 and B
Burnett street Newark. N. J., bave invented and patented a
new cellnlose material tbat Is used for pnttlng up dentlMcea,
face creams and otiier paates. In fact, for any puriKwe wbat-
ever that the ordinary metal collapstble tube baa been need
tor. Tbe material is absolutely transparent and of so tongh
and flbrous a character that It Is impossible to break or tear
It As It is Impervious to moisture as well, the post office au-
thorities have allowed It to pass throuKh the malls containing
fluids of various sorts. The material displays type Impres-
sions very clearly and artistically, and Is consequently an
Ideal article for carrying goods designed for popular demand.
The company have also Invented and patented tbe machinery
for making the product. The manufacture of tbe product
Itself Is a secret. There ought to be an enormous demand In
both America and Europe for this novel article.
AmericM AdTcrUt&i2 Slgoi.
The Meyercord Co., Obicago, III., mannfacture opalescent
decalcomanla advertising signs, which have been adopted by
many of the most enterprising of the manufacturers of pro-
prietary medicines In Amralca. and any manufacturer who
wishes to secure a novel but effective advertising sign should
correspond with this house, mentioning tbe Aiikbioas Dbco-
FwrDNovaanM^
Photosrraphic CamcriU.
At tblfi season of tbe year druggists should be particularly
Interested In the advertisement of C. P. Goerz Optical Works,
New York. Their offer comprises their own lens In an Bast-
man kodak~-one of the most valuable combinations In the
fleld, and one that can very readily be sold to amateurs. Cor-
respondence with tbe house la Invited.
Ttu Ffcck Tablet Machiocs.
Tbe Freck 'pharmaceutical machines are known the world
oTer. Since Uie Paris Exposition the pbarmaceutlcal Jour-
nals of IiOttdon. Paris, Berlin and other European capitals
liave published articles descriptive of the various tablet ma-
chlnea on the market, and In every Instance they have de-
voted large amounts of space to the Freck machines as be-
ing tbe most perfect. One of tbe leading pharmaceutical
Journals of London writes In its answer to correspondents:
"In response to an ordinary druggist who solicits commenta
or snggestlouB for the preparation of compressed tablets, I
can testify that the Freck Tablet Machine Is unquestionably
a very Ingeniously constructed machine. When properly set,
the dosage Is worked out with almost mathematical pre-
Tbis Is only one of many similar expressions in other
pharmaceutical Journals, and as these articles and remarks
are only Inspired by the quality of tbe machines, and no
money could possibly buy these articles. It Is certain proof
that the Freck Tablet Machines are all tbat Is claimed for
them. Wm. Freck Company, 120 South Clinton street, Chi-
cago, are tbe patentees and manufacturers of the Freck phar-
maceutical machines, and will gladly furnish circulars and
other Information upon application.
The "Ligtitnins:** Tmnbler
Washer.
The Whiteman Company, Can-
ton, Ohio, make a " lightning "
tumbler washer, which is llluB-
trated herewith, and which Is
claimed to be one of the most effi-
cient and economical tumbler
wasbers on the market. It only
occupies a space S^ Inches in
diameter and 12 inches In length.
Write them for descriptive circu-
lar, mentioning the Akerioait
Dbuooist. At the same time it
will be well to write them for de-
scription of their " lightning " bot-
Ue washer, something absolutely
new, which will enable one to
wash bottles of any size In five
seconds, wit bout wetting tbe
bands. Tbe simplicity of the bot-
tie washer Is Its great recommenda-
tion, while It soon saves In the time
of the employees tbe small sum
which It costs. Moreover It really
cleans tbe bottles, which does not
always happen in tbe ordinary methods of tratUe washing.
Pas— Not Pari*.
In a recent advertisement of Seabury A Johnson, tbrongli a
typographical error tbey were made to state that tbe RawsoD
suspensory was awarded a gold medal at the Parle Exposition.
J901. As our readers will no doubt have understMd, tbla
should hnve been tbe Pan-American Exposition, the Paris Ex-
position having been held In 1900 and not in 1901. The Sea-
bury products have received so many gold medals, bowever,
that It Is not at all surprlsng that a compositor should get a
Uttie mixed on the dates and places where these awards have
been made.
RawKm'i U. S. Annr Baodages.
At this time of year every wide-awake druggist geta bis
stock of suspensories Into shape for tbe larger demands sure
to come with the warm weather. For quality, durability, ac-
ceptability and lengthy service (over 40 years of successful
sale), RawBon's U. 8. Army Bandages are record breakers, and
to-day are held In better and wider esteem than ever before.
These goods are conceded to possess every peculiarity whMi
enters into the composition of a perfect suspensory. They
are light; they are anatomically, and, therefore, correctly
shaped; they fit; and, being made of the best and most adapt-
able material, tbey wear. The Bawson Bandage la the di-
rectly developed result of the widest experience— under varied
and practical conditions— of wbat an article for the purpose
should be. Hence its solid reputation and steadily Incresstng
sale among appreciative and critical men. In these days of
low prices and small proflts. hut few articles remain which,
like Rawson's, pay large profits to tbe retailer. Drugglata are
wise to handle these goods. Write Beabury & Johnson, New
York City, for descriptive matter and quotations.
Cockroaches Are a Pest.
At this time of the year housekeepers are greatly atmoTed
with cockroaches and water bugs in their homes. They are
ever ready to buy a reliable exterminator for these peats, and
a druggist can make no mistake by bnylng and pushing the
sale of Steams' Electric Rat and Roach Paste, as It glv«a
satisfaction to the customer every time. These goods are sold
by Jobbers all over tbe country at 12.00 per dosen, 6 doaen
lots less 5 per cent. It would be well for you to order a
quantity from your Jobber.
For the Soda Couoter.
The dispenser of soda water who
tn this advanced age still uses the
ordinary band ice plane for serving
bis shaved Ice, should at once inves-
tigate the merits of tbe patented
devices for this purpose manufac-
tured and sold by D. L. Bates &
Bro., Dayton. Ohio, and he will at
once discard tbe old fogy, finger
freezing, hand scraping device and
purchase either a Star or No. 2
Polar Ice Shaver. Wbat is more
disgusting to a thirsty customer
than to see a derk grasp a piece of Ice
and Ecrape it by hand Into the glaa
be la to drink from? It Is not prob-
I able that the customer will retnni
' for the second glass; he will pan
around the corner, where later sani-
tary and improved methods are used.
Drop a line to tbe manufacturers for particulars: also request
them to send catalogues describing Uielr electric and water
motor fans, as these articles are becoming Indespensable to
tbe soda fountain.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST
and PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO. MAY 26. 1902.
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A. R. ELLIOTT, President. '
CASWELL A. MAYO, Ph.G *. Editor.
THOMAS J. KEENAN, Lie. PHar ..AsBOOiate Editor.
Chica«ro Office, 281 Randolph Street.
ROMAINE PIERSON Manager.
SrBBCRiFTxoK Priok :
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Foreign Countries 8.00
Subscriptions may begin at any time.
ADVERTI8TNO BATES QUOTED OE APPUCATIOK.
The Amebican Dbuooist Ain) Pharmaceutical Record is issued on the
second and fourth Mondays of each month. Changes of advertisementf
should be reoeiTed ten days in advance of the date of pubhcaoon.
Remittances should be made by New TorlE exchange, poet office or express
money order or registered mail. If checks on local banks are used 10 centu
should be added to cover cost of collection. The miblishers are not respon-
sible for money sent by unregistered mail, nor for any money paid except to
duly authorized agents. All communications should be addressed and all
remittances maae payable to American Druggist Pubhshing Co., 09-66 West
Broadway* New York.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Editorials 267, 268
ORioiirAL Communications :
Drugs Indigenous to China, by Dr. Augustine Henry 269, 270
Department ov Stors Management :
The Show Window (continued) 271
The Druggists' Course in Optics :
The Physiology of Vision 275
Cream of Current Literature :
Apprenticeship in Pharmacy, Are Old Wines Preferable for
the Use of tibe Sick and Convalescent? Preparation of Creo-
sote Pills, Corydalls Alkaloids, The Physical and Chemical
Properties of Chloral Hydrate and their Utilisation in
Pharmaceutical Chemistry 274
The Determination of Ethereal Oils in Spices, Foreign Sub-
stances in Microscopical Preparations. The New Croatian
Pharmacopoeia, A New Suppository Press, Parasites In
Cassia Fistula, A Funnel for Sedimentation in Urine Analy-
sis, Notes on New Remedies 276
• The First Woman's Pharmacy, Lachanthes Tinctori. Ell, Bee-
keeping, Qas Washing Apparatus, Analytical Notes 276
Interaction Between Magnesium Sulphate, Phenazone and
Sodium Salicylate, Pharmaceutical Education, ^otes on
Medicinal Plants Cultivated in Qreat Britain. The Prepara-
tion of Compressed Tablets, Solanum Chenopodlum, Phar-
macopceia Revision Notes, Liquid Extract of Coca, The
Preservation of Solution of Mercuric Chloride 277
Laboratory Notes, Is Tincture of Digitalis a Stable Prepara-
tion. The Stamp Act and Its Difficulties, Note on Extract
of Liquorice, Materia Medica and Pharmacopedy, Notes on
Pharmaeop<Bla Revision 278
Queries and Answers :
Uroslne — A Correction, Indelible Oil Crayon, Red Color for
Lamp Chimneys, Sticky Fly Papers, Syrupus Hypophos-
phltum CompositUB 279
Florida Water. Gelatin Mountant 280
Book Reviews :
Ale8sandri*s Analisl Chimlca Qualitative de Sostanze Mlnerall
Ed Organiche B Rlcerce Tosslcologlche, 6abba*s Manuale
Del Chlmico E Dell' Industrials, Wlesner's Robstoffe Des
Pflanzenreich*s 280
Lassar-Cohn*8 Arbeltsmethoden ftlr Organlsch-Chemlsche Lab-
oratorlen, Hager's Pharmaceutisch-Technlsches Manuale... 281
Department o» Business Building :
Utilizing Catch-Phrases 281
News of the Drug World 282-298
OUR SUBSCRIBERS' DISCUSSIONS.
THE topic last named for discussion in our series of
Subscribers' Discussions was embodied in the ques-
tion, What Rules Should be Followed in Buying Goods?
A pleasing indication of the widespread and genuine
interest taken by our subscribers in this series of Discus-
sions is found in the fact that the replies, which have
been both numerous and helpful, have come from all
parts of the United States. The contest does not close
until Tuesday, May 27, and we hope to receive a large
number of manuscripts in competition for the three prizes
of $10,00, $6.00 and $4.00 before this date. The prize
winners will be announced and the successful essays pub-
lished in our issue for June 23.
Meantime we announce the fifth question of the series
and offer a prize of $10.00 to the writer who shall submit
the essay which is deemed the most satisfactory to the
editor and his advisers. The question is
WHAT RULES SHOULD BE OBSERVED IN THE HANDLING
OF POISONS?
We may suggest that the chief points for considera-
tion in discussing this topic might be :. Rules for the sale
of poisons at the retail counter, bearing particularly on
the labeling and registering of poisons ; the arrangement
of poisons in the dispensing department; the weighing
and measuring of poisons in dispensing prescriptions,
checking, witnessing, etc. ; the registering of poisons sold
on prescriptions, etc. Numerous other points for con-
sideration will readily present themselves, and we invite
a full and free discussion of the subject on the part of
our subscribers. Answers to this fifth question of the
series are to be received not later than July 15, 1902.
Manuscripts should be addressed to The Editor, Ameri-
can Druggist^ 66 West Broadway, New York.
SHALL I ATTEND THE MEETING?
THIS is the question which thousands of pharmacists
all over the United States are asking themselves at
this particular juncture. Each mail brings some reminder
of the fact that the season for Association meetings is at
hand, and the annual query as to what good is to be de-
rived from attendance on the State Association meeting
is' uppermost in the minds of many pharmacists.
While it is difficult in this, as in many other prob-
lems, to set clearly forth the material gain in dollars and
cents to be derived from following a particular course,,
a general consideration of the subject will prove to phar-^
macists that attendance on Association meetings is for a
large majority of them not merely a duty, but is a profit-
able investment of time and money.
268
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
Nothing so stimulates the mind as does contact with
other minds engaged in working out similar problems.
When the retail druggist meets a couple of hundred men
who are for the most part engaged in exactly the same
line of work in which he is engaged, are confronted with
the same problems with which he is struggling and are
surmounting the same difficulties which lie in his path,
he cannot but gain some ideas which will aid him in his
own particular sphere of work, while the interchange of
thought and ideas regarding the vocation in which he is
engaged will not only offer him suggestions of immediate
practical application, but, what is more important, will
stimulate his own mind to renewed activity, will invest
his calling with renewed interest, and he will thus be en-
abled to return to his store reinvigorated and refreshed
both mentally and physically to an extent which it will
be impossible to attain by an equal expenditure of time
and means in any other direction.
The druggist who stays at home and contents himself
with the perusal of the printed volume of the proceed-
ings, or who only reads such accounts of the proceedings
as appear in the pharmaceutical press, may come to the
conclusion that he has not missed a great deal in not at-
tending the meeting, but in this he is vastly mistaken. It
is not alone the formal proceedings upon the floor, nor, in
fact, is it chiefly the proceedings in most instances which
are of value to the individual. It is rather the intimate
personal contact, the informal chats between the meetings
and during the social functions which is helpful and in-
vigorating, and, above all, it is that mental stimulation
above referred to, caused by association with others en-
gaged in similar lines of work, which is of the greatest
value.
The importance of the "atmosphere" created by
such association is thoroughly appreciated by the students
of art, who make many sacrifices to attain it ; it is proba-
bly the most important factor in promoting the culture of
scholars in the leading seats of learning, and to benefit
by this " atmosphere " the druggist must attend the meet-
ing in person, take an active part in the proceedings and
in the social entertainments, freely exchanging ideas with
his fellow members upon all the various aspects of his
vocation. If he does this he will undoubtedly return to
his home feeling well assured that attendance upon the
State Pharmaceutical Association meeting has been a
profitable investment both of his time and of his money.
PHARMACEUTICAL LEGISLATION IN
MARYLAND.
THE Maryland Pharmaceutical Association, after years
of effort, has, during the session of the legislature
of that State which has just closed, secured the enactment
of a law regulating the practice of pharmacy through-
out the entire State.
The law describes a pharmacy, differing in this re-
spect from the laws of most of the other States, and de-
mands that an establishment of the kind described be
managed or controlled by a registered pharmacist, and
never left in charge of any one for the sale of poisonous
drugs or compounding of physicians' prescriptions, unless
he be a registered pharmacist, a registered acting phar-
macist, or a registered assistant pharmacist. The act re-
quires that all applicants for registration after July I
following the date of its passage, pass an examination
before the Board of Pharmacy, to which board they must
make application ten days preceding the date set for an
examination, stating under oath the store or stores in
which they have had the practical experience demanded,
which is four years for the grade of pharmacist and two
years for assistant pharmacist, the age requirement being
twenty-one and eighteen years respectively.
The Board of Pharmacy differs materially from that
of other States, as its members are salaried officers of the
State, and all moneys collected by them are to be paid into
the State Treasury, the State conducting all prosecutions.
The law places pharmacy on an equal footing with
other professions, since it demands but one registration,
being in this respect similar to the medical and dental
registration laws.
The features that are objectionable to the pharmacists
are that physicians are permitted to compound prescrip-
tions and general merchants permitted to dispense drugs.
This latter clause, however, is modified by two other laws
that were enacted and are now part of the criminal code
of the State. One of these requires all articles recognized
or authorized by the United States Pharmacopoeia, no
matter by whom sold, to meet the requirements of the
latest edition gf that work, when dispensed ; the other, a
poison law, requires registration of a given list of poison-
ous drugs, together with proper labeling when sold, and
likewise applies to any cne selling these articles.
While the new law is not perfect it has many excellent
features, and the pharmacists of Maryland are to be con-
gratulated upon their long delayed success in obtaining
* it. As it now stands it is superior in many respects to the
laws of several other States, and such weak points as it
contains — such as the registration of physicians without
examination — ^may, and no doubt will, be eliminated later
on.
FOREIGN NUnBER.
The next number of the Ahebican Drugoist, out on Jane
9, win be our monthly Foreign Number, containing an Illus-
trated Spanish supplement, for circulation among the prin-
cipal buyers in Spain, the PhUlpplne Islands, Mexico, Cuba
and Porto Rico. Some of the advertisements wUl also be
printed In Spanish. These countries offer excellent oppor-
tunities for the extension of American trade in Dbuqs, Pbo-
PBiETARY Medicines, Apparatus, Chemicals, Etc. Spain,
since the loss of her colonial possessions, is buying heavily of
our goods. Mexico alone bought from us during 1901, of
Drugs, Sundries, Pharmaceuticals, Proprietary Articijbs,
Etc., $4,018,966. A large share of this desirable business can
be secured by advertisers In the American Druggist Foreign
Number. We can help advertisers to increase their trade
and to establish new connections. A good sized announce-
ment carried regularly In the American Druggist, beginning
with the splendid June 9 Spanish-American number, wlU bring
many responses from abroad. Copy and cuts for advertise-
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269
DRUGS INDIGENOUS TO CHINA.
With Particulars of Important Drugs Expoited fiom
the Chinese Empire.
BT DR. AUGUSTINE flRMR7.
At a meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great
Britain, held at their rooms in London on Tuesday, April 16,
Dr. Augustine Henry, of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Ous-
toms -Service, delivered a highly interesting lecture on Chinese
Drugs and Medicinal Plants. In his opening remarks Dr.
Henry referred to the fact that when he was recently reading
a paper dealing with the primitive races that exist in the
interior of China, Dr. Tylor, the anthropologist, took occa-
sion to comment on the great similarity that Is observable
throughout the world in the ideas and practices of man in an
early stage of culture. Even in the material objects that he
fashions for his use the uniformity is striking.
Similarly, in taking up the subject of the materia medica
of the Chinese, we are not astonished to find that the plants
and minerals employed by them in the earliest times were
generaUy like to, often identical with those that have been
selected as drugs in Burope. There is not even at the present
day any great proportion of Chinese drugs fantastic or absurd.
TH£ MOST AKCIBNT HERBAL OF THE CHIMB8E
is ascribed to a mythical Bmperor, called " Shen Nung," or
the Divine Farmer, who Is fabled to have lived in the twenty-
eighth century before our era. He collected medicinal herbs,
and tested them in different diseases. The herbal to which
his name Is attached was current about A.D. 500, and was
probably compiled 400 or 500 years earlier. In It 366 drugs
were mentioned, evidently one for each day of the year; but
in the book as now handed down only 347 are specifled, of
which 239 are vegetable in origin, 65 animal, and 43 mineral.
These are all, of course, native to China; but as centuries
rolled on, and Intercourse arose with foreign nations, drugs
from distant lands came into use, as, e.g., myrrh, asafetl^
olibanum, opium, and, strange to say, camphor. This process
is still going on, and quinine, morphine and other European
drugs have lately obtained an entry into China.
8IMILARITT OF DRUGS USED IN CHINA AND EUROPE.
To illustrate the reasonableness of the ancient herbal, and
to show its likeness to our own Pharmacopcela, Dr. Henry
instanced some of the vegetable drugs that are mentioned in
the herbal, as, e.g.: Liquorice, rhubarb, gentian, mallow, aco-
nite, madder, ginger, cinnamon, croton, gelsemium, veratrum,
podophyllin, copUs, cimicifuga, senega, cannabis, calannis,
coltsfoot, bittersweet, hyoscyamus, artemisia, burdock,
elecampane and iodine, containing seaweeds. The five an-
cient poisons were croton, veratrum, aconite, cantharides and
lang tu (unidentified).
In China the sale of certain poisons is absolutely forbiddeUi
but the Chinese druggist gets over the difficulty by renaming
the poison. Both buyer and seller are decapitated in case of
accident with poison. The doctrine of signatures is in vogue
in China, but there is unquestionably a good deal of accurate
observation made as the result of experiments. Simple
ailments are fairly accurately understood, but the Chinese
are wildly theoretical when it comes to acute diseases.
THE PRODUCTION OF CAMPHOR IN CHINA.
An account was then given of the best known Chinese
drugs. Beginning with camphor, he said that this drug was
not, as might be supposed, a product known to China in ancient
times. The tree which produces ordinary camphor (Cinnamomum
camphora, Nees) was indeed well known to the ancient Chi-
nese, but only as an excellent timber tree. The camphor which
was first known in Europe and to the Chinese was that pro-
duced in Sumatra from the dryobalanops tree, what is now
known in Eastern commerce as camphor baroos. It would
appear that it was possibly through the Dutch or Chinese
in their employment that the commencement of the camphor
hidustry in Formosa and Japan originated, from the discovery
that Gixmamomum camphora could yield a product analogous
to that of the Sumatran tree. The strong odor of the leaves
of the Chinese tree might have led them to this discovery.
At present the manufacture of camphor on the Chinese main-
land is very trifling, and the world's supply is now a monopoly
of the Japanese. It has recently been shown that camphor
occurs in large quantities in the young leaves of Cinnamomum
camphora; and some method of extracting it from the leaves,
which could be clipped off the trees, might prove more efflca-
cIouB than the costly and destructive practice heretofore in
W8e, by which the tree is cut down and chips of the wood dis-
tilled. A third kind of camphor Is obtained by distillation
with water from the leaves of Blumea balsamlfera, D.C., in
the island of Hainan.
OPIUM INTRODUCED BT THE ARABS.
Opium is another drug which has been introduced into
China from abroad. The Arabs carried it to China in the ninth
century and it was used for centuries only as a drug In dis-
eases like dysentery. The annual Import in 1766 did not ex-
ceed 200 cases. It is not known exactly when opium smoking
. bej^an; but in 1796 an edict was issued prohibiting the practice,
owing to the rapidly increasing number of smokers. This
edict was evaded, and by 1820 tiie import had arisen to 4,000
chests yearly. The Chinese Grovemment then took great alarm
at two features of the trade: one the economic, the enormous
drain of silver from the country which its purchase entailed;
the other moral, the debauching of the population. Dr. Henry
said be believed that the Chinese Government is sincere In
its opposition to the trade. In spite of the fact that it has al-
lowed within recent times the extensive growth of the poppy
within its own territory. The native growth was expected to
diminish the foreign Importation, and so do away with the
economic difficulty. The moral question remained the same,
whether Chinese smoked Indian or home-grown opium.
IBB BTU. OF OPIUM SMOKING.
There have been many attempts to palliate the evils of
opium smoking, but the following facts are worth the c<hi-
sideration of fair-minded people: First, the Japanese Govern-
ment has always steadfastly opposed opium. In Formosa,
since that island has become their territory, the Japanese have
restricted, and hope eventually to abolish, opium smoking.
Yet there was a large population of Chinese smokers, and
the import of the drug yielded a large and easily collected
revenue. Second, the Roman Catholic Church in China, as
elsewhere, is loath to oppose native practices unless they are
radically vicious. In these Islands (Great Britain), e.g.. it
never preaches total abstinence from alcohol, nor has It in
China Interfered with foot binding, an inhuman custom. Yet,
by a local law of the Church, all Roman Catholics in China
are forbidden to engage in the cultivation, sale, or smoking
of opium. Third, during all my twenty years In China I
never heard any Chinese attempt to defend the practice, be he
merchant or official, farmer or laborer. It is universally
recognized as a great evil, the stress being severest upon the
laboring classes, who spend on the drug a large portion of
their earnings, and so bring ruin on themselves and their
families, too little income being left for food or clothings
Among the richer classes the habit diminishes energy and
lowers the moral tone.
The export of opium from India to China is dwindling, and
it would be a wise policy for the Indian Government to.
diminish gradually its cultivation, confining it to the quantity-
necessary for medical purposes.
INTBREStlKO CHtNiSS DRtdS.
Dr. Henry here exhibited a specimen of the bark called*
tu Chung, which Is much esteemed by the Chinese as a remedy
in cases of excessive perspiration. If .the bark is broken
across and the parts are drawn asunder, they show the silvery
sheen of Innumerable threads of elastic gum. The leaves,
petioles, and fruit of the tree also exhibit the same feature.
The tree which yields this strange bark was known to the
Chinese in the earliest period of their history, but it was
only recently that botanists became acquainted with it It
was discovered by Dr. Henry in plantations in Hupeh, and
has been described as a new genus, eucommia, in the small
Eastern order Trochodendraceee. The gum is a sort of gutta
percha, and the microscopical structure of its containing cells
has proved of great interest. The tree grows in the cool
mountain regions of Central China, and it may turn out of
economic importance as a possible source of gutta percha, a
source available in temperate countries.
Another curious Chinese product, not, however, a drug, is
bandoline, which is derived from a laurel, Machilus thum-
bergii, S. et Z. Shavings of it steeped In water exude a clean
gum, which is used by Chinese ladies as bandoline, and by
its use they keep their hair smooth and glossy.
The receptacles of Ficus pumila, L., were shown. These
were procured by Dr. Henry in Formosa. They are used for
making a Jelly. The receptacles are steeped in water, a little
sugar is added, and a pleasant summer food is thus obtained.
VARIETIES OF GIKSBNO.
Every one has heard of ginseng, which is so valued by the
Chinese as a tonic in cases of chronic illness. Dr. Henry re-
ferred to the two main varieties, the one produced In Mands-
churia, Japan and Corea, and the other in the United States
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and Canada. There are certain differences between the plants,
which are, however, kept together In the "Index Floree
Sinensis" as Aralla quinquefolia, PI. et Dene. In Eastern
Yunnan and Western Kwangsl, a wild form of ginseng Is cnl-
tlvated, but the rhizomes are not recognized by the Ohinese
as a kind of ginseng. They are called san-ch'l, a drug to
which Is ascribed entirely different properties. Ban-ch'l Is
much valued as a sovereign remedy in all cases of external
wounds and hurts, and Is always carried about by military
officers on active service. The plant yielding this drug was
unknown till Dr. Henry obtained specimens In Yunnan, and
it la very remarkable that the two most esteemed drugs In
China, one In medical, the other In surgical cases, should
turn out to be so closely allied.
The san-ch'L plant occurs wild In the forests of Yunnan over
a wide area, but the drug Is mainly produced by cultivated
plants, which are grown by the strange aboriginal race called
the Yao. The Yaos Inhabit, In Isolated villages, the high
mountains of Southern Ohlna and Tonkin. They always live
on the verge of primeval forests, and In addition to being ex-
pert hunters, they generally cultivate san-ch'l and the species
of strobllanthes which yields the Indigo used In these parts.
Huang-lien is one of the most Important drugs In use
among the Chinese, and the plant producing it was discovered
by Dr. Henry In Hupeh. It Is cultivated in forest clearings,
exactly In the same way as san-ch'i. The plantation was a
plot of ground, some 400 feet long by 400 feet wide, over
which was erected a staging, made by stakes four feet apart
and three feet high, over which were laid branches of trees.
In this way the sun's rays only reached the plants in a glim-
mering way. The plants were raised txom seeds, then the
young plants of the year's growth were transplanted, and al-
lowed to grow under the staging for eight or ten years, until
the rhizomes had attained the necessary size.
Huang-lien, cultivated In Hupeh,* has been described by
> Franehet as a new species of coptls— namely: Coptis chlnensis;
but he admits that the foliage is absolutely Identical with the
Indian plant Coptis teeta, Wall, which grows in the Mishml
Hills in Assam, and the roots of which make their way, packed
In tiny baskets, to Calcutta. Dr. Henry had been at some
pains to examine the specimens at Kew* and the literature on
the subject and found that considerable confusion had been
occasioned by a figure of Griffith's which is called Coptis teeta,
but which Is not a coptis at all, as he himself admits. The
figure given In Volume V, plate 114, of the Annals of the
Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, of the plant which Is con-
sidered by BrUhl to be Coptis teeta. Wall, agrees absolutely
with Ford's specimen of Huang-lien from Kwangsl. There is
not sufficient material at Kew to decide whether or not
Franchet's specimens are the same as this; but Dr. Henry
doubts very much, in spite of the slight discrepancy In his
description of the flowers, whether Franchet's new species,
Coptis chlnensis, can stand, and it Is probable that all the
Chinese specimens in the Kew Herbarium are Coptis teeta.
Wall.
In the Chinese drug shops may be seen the rhizomes of
Plcrorrhiza kurroa, Boyle, a Himalayan plant These are
called hu huang-llen— i.e., Tartar huang-lien— and they are
Imported Into China via Thibet Bockhill mentions this drug
as a product of Lhasa.
BOTANICAL ORIGIN OF BHUBABB UNKNOWN.
Rhubarb Is a very important Chinese export Strange to
say, its origin is not yet clear. The only dried specimens of a
rheum producing rhubarb for the foreign market In China
Itself which have reached Europe were obtained by Dr.
Henry in the mountain forests of Hupeh at 7,000 to 10,000
feet altitude. These have been identified with Rheum officinale,
Baillon. Dr. Henry observed this plant growing in the forests.
In the soft decaying vegetable matter of ages; and it had
horizontally growing roots, some three or four feet long, about
four inches in diameter at the larger end, with a broad cortex,
but golden yellow on section. Traders come to this locality
and buy the dug up roots from the mountaineers. These
are carefully pared and cut up into pieces, which are pierced
with holes made by boxwood pins and then dried In the sun.
There is no doubt that this species does supply a part of the
rhubarb of commerce. Further west on the frontier of Thibet
at Ta-chien-lu, there is a large production of rhubarb for the
foreign market.
THE GREAT SEAT OF THE RHUBARB TRADE
Is at Hankow. A portion of the rhubarb met with In this
great market comes down the Tangtse from Szechwan and
Thibet via Ichang. Another part apparently comes overland,
or down the Han River from Kansu and Shensi. The great
interior market of rhubarb is Si-ning, in Kansu, and an im-
mense quantity of the drug is collected in the mountains
around that city and In the vicinity of Lake Kukonor. Bock-
hill says a very fine quality is dug up on the mountains south
of Shang, near the same lake; but he did not observe rhubarb
growing wild till he reached much further south In Thibet in
the country west of Batang. Pratt says a great deal Is col-
lected at Ta-chien-lu, where it is dug up, being simply sun-
dried and pierced with holes, not scraped. It la sent on from
there to Bi-ning, where it receives a second treatment being
dried again after being thoroughly scraped.
Rockhlll points out that the medicinal properties of rhubarb
are scarcely known to the Mongols, who use the root as a dye
to color yellow the hats, boots and clothes of the Lama s .
According to Mr. Holmes, neither R. palmatum nor B. offi-
cinale yields a drug exhibiting the peculiar markings of the
best Chinese rhubarb, and this would go to show that there
is a third species still unknown.
Rheum officinale^ occurs at Ta-chlen-lu, from which district
it was sent by the French missionaries In ISfft; also, appar-
ently, in Nan-ch'uan, to the southeast of Chungking, and In
Fang District In Hupeh.
Rheum palmatum' is recorded from W. Kansu. In these
great regions there Is room enough for a third species to occur,
and Dr. Henry pointed out that efforts ought to be directed
toward obtaining specimens of the plant growing in B. Kansu
and Shensi, because this is the most likely locality for the
third species to occur. From there it would go to the great
central market of Si-ning; and this is Shensi rhubarb.*
Apparently no rhubarb is now exported from Canton or
Tien-t^in; all comes down the Yangtse from Hankow.
A FOOD FUNGUS.
In the same mountainous regions of Hupeh Dr. Henry came
across the cultivation of the fungus which is called mu-erh,
and is so much esteemed as an article of food by the Chinese.
This is Hirneola polytricha; and according to Mr. Massee this
species and H. auricula-judse are only geographical forms of
one cosmopolitan species. Trees are cut down and allowed to
lie rotting on the ground for a year. They are then sawn into
short lengths and erected into shed-like structures in. the
opener parts of the mountains. The spores floating in the air
alight on the decaying bark and give rise to the mu-erh. In
some localities edible mushrooms appear on the sheds Instead;
so that one side of a mountain may be famous for its mu-erh
and the other side for its mushrooms.
A HAIB OIL SOKNT.
Lysimachia foenumgrsecum, Hance, is a curious herb, very
common in the forests of Kwangsl and Tunnan. When growing
it has no smell whatever, but the leaves when dried emit a
strong odor of fenugreek. They are used to scent hair oil,
and as much as 86 tons of the leaves, valued at £2,400, is
annually exported from Canton to other parts of China. Hance
says that the leaves are not only used to odorize hair oil« but
that they are also molded into beads and used medicinally.
Dioscorea rhlpogonoides, Oliver, occurs in Formosa, South
China, and Tonkin. The tuberous root called dye yam is
used in Canton and elsewhere as a dyeing and tanning ma-
terial, for preserving fishing nets, for example, and dyeing
certain cotton fabrics. The export from Tonkin to China is
enormous, and this product is exceedingly cheap. Its prop-
erties are well worth investigating in this country.
CHINESE SOAP TREES.
The principal Chinese soap trees are Gymnocladus chlnensis,
Baillon; various species of Gleditschia; Sapindus mukorossi,
(Jnert, and Pancovia delavayl, Franehet Their fruits con-
tain saponin in quantity, and will provide a cheap source of
this substance, if it is required in our manufactures. The
seeds of Camellia sasanqua. Thunb., are crushed to yield the
so-called tea oil, and the refuse cake contains saponin, and Is
used by the Chinese for cleansing fabrics and as a hair wash.
At Hongkong a diluted decoction of this cake is used for de-
stroying earthworms in grass lawns.
THE SOURCE OF CASSIA BABK.
Mr. Ford's researches have shown that cassia bark is de-
rived from Cinnamomum cassia, Bl. We are still, however,
ignorant of the botanical origin of two other cinnamon barks.
One is the thick and extremely dear bark so much esteemed
by the Chinese as a medicine. It makes its way into China
from French Laos, being carried by peddlers across the Red
River northward into all parts of China. The other bark is
the so-called Saigon cassia, which is a regular article In the
^ Rheum officinale occiiri between 80^ to 82'' N. lat, from 97* to
111* E. long.
* Rbenm palmatum occurs between 86* and 88* N. lat. and between
99* and 108* B. long.
> Shensi rhubarb is further east to 111*, between the same parmllela
as the Kansu rhubarb.
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271
New York market. It is imported thither from Hongkong, but
It comes to Hongkong from Aunam, and is not a product at
all of Saigon or Cochin Ohlna. The lecturer said be was in
possession of a report presented to the Hanoi Chamber of
Commerce in 1887, and from this report it appears that this
bark is cultivated in the wild mountains of Annam by the
savages, who are called Moi. In 1896 the export from Annam
was 241,000 kilos. The tree producing this bark is said to
occur wild in the mountain forests of Annam, but the commer-
cial product is all derived from the gardens of the savage Mois.
The same report mentions the occurrence in other districts of
Annam and Tonkin of a wild cinnamon tree, the bark of which
is 15 or 20 times dearer than the cultivated kind, and this
goes In part northward into China. This is evidently the
valuable cinnamon which is carried by peddlers across the Red
River.
POISON ANISE LARGELY IMPORTED INTO CHINA.
True star anise, the product of Illicium verum, Hk. f., only
occurs in Kwangsi and Tonkin. In Japan Illicium anisatum,
L., produces poisonous fruits which closely resemble the true
fruits. An enormous quantity of this poisonous fruit la im-
ported into China from Japan, and Dr. Henry has never been
able to find out how it is used, unless it be as an adulterant
of the true star anise, which is used as a condiment with meat
In China.
STORE MANAGEMENT.
Condtfcted by W« A* Dawson*
In addition to publishing a series of articles covering the cofnmer*
cial side of pharmacy, the editor of this department will en^
deavor to discuss, criticise, advise and give information on
any question pertaining to the business management of the
drug store propounded by readers of the American Druggist.
This feature of the department is intended to constitute a busi-
ness query column for the readers of the American Druggist,
and all queries regarding business matters addressed to it tvill
be freely answered,
THE SHOW WINDOW. {Continued.)
PROBABLY the best plan for the pharmacist to follow
in his window trims is that of making about half a
dozen elaborate " all-over " trims during the course of
the year, and at other times of arranging displays re-
quiring less time and effort.
SEASONS FOR DISPLAY.
The seasons at which elaborate trims appear most ap-
propriate are the Christmas holidays — this should be the
finest trim of the year; spring, made in Easter week;
Fourth of July, the height of the soda season ; September,
beginning of the fall trade; Thanksgiving, beginning of
winter. The other two trims should be appropriate to
local conditions or occasions, as for local celebrations,
conventions or fairs.
In a small town a reputation for fine window displays
may be acquired with a minimum of labor and expense by
making elaborate displays in the manner indicated every
month or two, and whenever there is any important local
happening. In the larger cities where there are so many
fine windows to attract the attention of the public it is
necessary that every display be more or less elaborate if
the full advertising value of this form of publicity is to
be realized. Be the town large or small, however, there
is no form of advertising so valuable to the pharmacist,
or which brings similar returns for the amount invested,
as good window displays.
For the ordinary trims spoken of the overhead work
and all-over background features may be omitted and the
display confined to the lower part of the window. The
properties necessary for the majority of these trims will
be the bevel front platform and a lower back curtain simi-
lar to that shown in Fig. 22.
arrangement of curtain fixtures.
The back curtain may be hung from a wire, but bet-
ter than this is a curtain bar and fixtures like that shown
in the sketch. The bar consists of a brass tube, 2 inches
in diameter, heavily nickel plated, and is secured in place
by sockets screwed to each side of the window and sup-
Fig. 22. — Arrangement of Curtalhg.
ported in the center by an upright tube, through the head
of which the long bar slides freely. With the exception
of the wall sockets the whole apparatus is put in place or
removed from the window in a moment. The upright is
inserted in an opening bored in the bottom of the window,
and when the fixture is in place a thumb screw in each
socket and in the top of the upright holds it perfectly
rigid. A fixture of this kind for a window 8 or 10 feet
wide should not cost more than $5 ; they are kept in stock
by the manufacturers of metal display fixtures. In set-
ting up the fixture the bar should rise 2 feet above the
bottom of the window to allow of using curtains of
crepe paper, 20 to 21 inches wide, or half the width of
any yard wide fabric. The bottom edge of the curtain
will be hidden by the bevel front window platform, thus
admitting the use of
curtains varying from
18 to 22 inches in width.
For hanging the cur-
tain from the pole the
spring curtain rings
shown in Fig. 23 are
very convenient ; they
render unnecessary the
attaching of small rings
or loops to the curtains
and admit of changing
the curtains in a mo-
ment. A slight pres-
sure on the sides of the ring opens the jaws, the top edge
of the curtain is inserted and the jaws of the grip closing
down upon it hold it securely.
aim at novelty.
Instead of having one or a few curtains of costly fab-
ric it is better to have a large number of cheaper fabrics,
so that the curtains may be changed every week, since it
is absolutely necessary in holding the attention of the
public that each succeeding trim be a complete change
of scene, entirely different in design, arrangement and
color from the preceding trim. Crepe paper is about as
satisfactory a material as any for these curtains, and next
in choice is silkoline; the latter may be had at 12 cents a
yard in the most artistic designs and beautiful colorings,
and being thin and sheer it hangs in graceful folds, with
the design showing equally wdl for either side. For
windows 8 feet wide it takes but 3 yards of silkoline to
make curtains for two windows, making the expense but
36 cents; the cloth torn lengthwise through the center
makes the two curtains. It is not even necessary to hem
the edges, as the selvage edge may be put at the top and
Fig. 28. — Spring Curtain Ring.
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the ends turned in when put in place ; the bottom edge is
concealed by the platform.
The main feature of this class of trims will be the
display of goods arranged upon the platform.
VARIETIES or DISPLAY FIXTURES.
There is an endless number of display fixtures adapted
for use in the bottom of the window or on the platform
^
Fig. 21.— BtriM ot Dtiplar Standi
especially suited for trims of this kind. The catalogues
01 the makers of metal display fixtures show a great
variety of display stands with metal frames and plate
l^lass shelves and display racks and stands of metal tub-
ing in many designs. The great trouble with fixtures of
this character is that their use leads to a more or less per-
manent or set arrangement of the window ; and conven-
tional and set display, no matter how fine it may be, lacks
the one great essential — novelty — without which, but lit-
tle, if any, advertising benefit is to be derived from the
show windows.
THE USE OF PLATE GLASS SHELVINa
The most useful thing of the sort is a few sets of
plate glass shelves — just the plain glass without supports
or fixtures — each set consisting of four pieces ranging
from 20 inches down to 6 inches in diameter. They may
be either round or square, of heavy plate with polished
edges. They are used for building up pyramids of bot-
. tied or package goods, especially the finer dressed toilet
articles and perfumes. It will be found advantageous to
have both a round and a square set for each window.
Pig. 2S. — Boms Hftde Stand
In home made fixtures the stand of steps shown in
Fig. 35 is of use in displaying a large quantity of a single
preparation in packages or bottles. For convenience in
storage and as permitting a wider range of use this is
best made in sections, each step consisting of a shallow
box, so that the boxes will rest inside each other when
taken down. The bottom box or step is shaped like the
bevel front platform on which it rests, but it is made 3 or
4 inches narrower in width than the platform, and suffi-
ciently short to show the same margin of platform at
each end. Making each step separate admits of using
any one or more steps at a time, and where the window
is wide enough to use a pyramid of six steps by using
only every other step a low, broad shelved pyramid is
formed upon which fountain syringes in boxes or other
wide goods may be arranged.
Fig, 26 is a variation of the
pyramid. In this case the
boxes forming the steps are
square and do not occupy the
whole platform.
The pyramids may be made
of old packing boxes and cov-
Flg. S6.— Prramld Window Plilform. Fig. 2T.— Round Box Show Btud. •
ered with stout manila paper to gfive them a smooth
appearance. Unless they be completely hidden by the
goods displayed upon them they should also be covered
with a fabric or crepe paper to match or comfdement the
back curtain and the platform covering. This may be
done by tacking the covering upon each box, or, after the
boxes are pyramided up, by draping the pile with suit^le
fabric.
Fig. 27 is a series of round boxes made by cutting
circles from i-inch pine and nailing to them stiff card-
board to form the rounded sides of the boxes. The whole
is then covered with stout manila paper, pasted on, to
make 3 solid box.
Compounds of Turpeatine with Phosphorus^
lodiae and Bromine. According to Hulot and Ra-
mond {Therapeutische Monatshefte, igoi) the addition
of 5 Gm. of finely cut white phosphorus to 300 Gm. of oil
of turpentine at 45 degrees C. in 24 hours, or at room tem-
perature there is formed in six days an amber colored,
transparent resin of pleasant odor, insoluble in water, but
easily soluble in alcohol, ether, etc. The compound is acid
in reaction, contains from 6.5 to 6.75 per cent, of phos-
phorus, and unites under development of heat with alka-
line bases into soluble salts, and with earthy bases into-
insoluble salts. It acts similarly to the other preparations
of phosphorus. If iodine is added to turpentine in small
quantities, finely divided, under constant stirring, a resin
like substance of greenish color and acid reaction is
formed. This compound has an aromatic odor, is in-
soluble in water, soluble in alcohol, ether, benzine, etc.,
and acts analogously to potassium iodide. The bromine
combination (Pharmaceutische Post, February 23, igcw)
must be made with great caution, and forms an amber like
resin, which is not caustic and has an acid reaction, A
guinea pig bore a dose of Gm. 4(1 drachm) of this prepa-
ration without trouble.
Masking the Odor of Creosote.— M. Legendre
states : Coffee, which has been employed to mask the odor
of certain drugs, finds a new application inthe case of creo-
sote. The author used a creosote and calcium phospho-
hydrochlorate solution of 6 parts in 1,000, which he mixed
with 100 parts of roast coffee, ground, and macerated for
from four to five days, thus obtaining a liquid which,
sweetened with 200 parts of syrup of tolu, gives a prq>-
aration which is easy to take. Each teaspoonful of thi.^
syrupy solution contains 7.5 Cg. of creosote.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
»73
DRUGGISTS' COURSE IN OPTICS
Cooii t icttfd by C* H* BfowUf ltt*D»t
PtMldent of tbm PhllAdelphU OpUcal OoUBge
7 his series of papers is designed to furnish information which
is required by druggists for the intelligent handling of a line
of optical goods. The first of the series appeared in our issue
for September 24^ 1900.
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF VISION* {Continued.)
EXPLANATION OF ACCOMMODATION.
IT is obvious that the effect might be produced in one
or two ways : by an alteration of the convexity or in-
tensity of either the cornea or crystalline lens, thus alter-
ing their refractive power ; or by chang^g the position of
•either the retina or lens, so that whether the object viewed
•be near or far, and the focal distance diminished or in-
creased, the focal point to which rays are converged may
always be at the place occupied by the retina. The
amount of either of these changes required in even the
widest range of vision is extremely small. It has been
calctdated that the difference between the focal distances
•of the images of an object at infinite distances and of one
as close as four inches is only about ^*'/iooo ^f 2m inch.
In considering this subject it is well to remember that
accommodation for distant vision is a passive condition,
requiring no effort on the part of the eye, while accom-
modation for near objects is the result of muscular effort.
This fact is, to some extent, made apparent by the nature
of the sensations accompanying the change. The eye
rests without fatigue for an indefinite time upon remote
objects, while for the examination of those close at hand
a certain effort is necessary, and if prolonged, it, after a
time, amounts to a sense of fatigue.
It may also be remarked in passing that a solution of
atropine (the active principle of belladonna) when applied
to the eye causes temporary paralysis of the sphincter
muscle of the iris and consequent dilation of the pupil,
and suspends more or less completely the power of ac-
•commodation for near objects, while in emmetropic eyes
distant vision remains undisturbed. Now it naturally
■follows that if accommodation for far and near objects
was in each case the result of muscular action, the atropine
that paralyzes one would also certainlv paralyze the
•other, in which case distant vision would be as much
blurred as near vision. Another point that might be
mentioned as corroborative proof in this direction is the
-diminution and loss of accommodative power that occurs
in advanced life, when the accommodation for near objects
T)ecomes more and more deficient, while distant vision is
but little, if any, affected.
It is now almost universally believed that the essen-
tial change upon which all the results of accommodation
are directly dependent is due to a varying shape of the
crystalline lens, its front surface becoming more or less
convex according to the distance of the object looked at.
The nearer the objects approach the more convex does
the front surface of the lens becohie, the back surface
scarcely changing its shape and having but little or no
share in the production of the effect required.
The accommodation of the eye for near objects is
therefore produced by an augmented refractive power of
the lens from its increased convexity or from the greater
Dulging.of its anterior face. This has the effect of in-
creasing the rapidity of the convergence of the rays pass-
■*ng through it, and consequently compensates for their
greater divergence before entering its substance. In the
ordinary condition of ocular repose, when the eye is di-
rected to distant objects, the rays coming from any point
of such objects arrive at the cornea in a nearly parallel
condition, and are then focused by the refractive media
of the eye on the retina, as is shown in the following
figure :
VISION FOR DISTANCE.
If now the eye be directed, to a near point and the
accommodation thus be called into play, the crystalline
lens increases its anterior convexity and by this means
the divergent rays proceeding from the near object are
ipore strongly refracted and are still brought to a focus
on the retina as before, as is shown in the following
figure:
VISION FOR NEAR OBJECTS.*
It thus becomes possible to fix alternately in distinct
vision objects at various distances in front of the eye.
THE MECHANISM OF ACCOMMODATION.
Of course, the crystalline lens has no inherent power
of its own to contract, and therefore its changes in shape
must be produced by some power from without; this
power is supplied by the ciliary muscle, although it was
formerly thought that the iris and the external ocular
muscles assisted in the change of the adjustment of the
eye.
This ciliary muscle that produces the change, on ac-
count of its function is called the muscle of accommodc^
tion, and the manner in which this muscle acts to produce
these changes is somewhat as follows :
The act of accommodation has been shown to depend
upon an increase in the convexity, and hence also in the
refractive power of the crystalline lens. The lens, which
has a certain innate elasticity, is kept partly flattened by
the action of the suspensory ligament on the capsule of
the lens; the ciliary muscle has such attachments that
when it contracts the tension of the ligament and of the
capsule is relaxed and diminished to a proportionate
degree; the pressure being thus removed, the lens then
tends to assume its naturally more convex form. On
the diminution or cessation of the action of the ciliary
muscle the lens returns in a corresponding degree to its
former flattened shape by virtue of the elasticity of its
suspensory ligament. Thus it appears that the eye is
usually and naturally focused for distant objects.
In connection with this increase of the convexity of
the lens in near vision there occurs a corresponding con-
traction of the pupil, dilation of the same taking place
when the attention is withdrawn from near objects and
fixed on those at a distance.
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Cream of Current Literature
A ■ammary of the Uading utldes In coBttmporary pharmaceutical periodicals.
Repertoire de Plurmade, March*
Apprenticeship in Pharmacy. By M. Mauseau. — The
essential features of this contribution are reserved for edi-
torial comment.
Are Old Wines Preferable for the Use of the Sick and
Convalescent f By Dr. Ed. Crouzel. — The author, in this
study, shows the diflferences which exist from a thera-
peutic point of view between old and new wines, con-
fining himself only to red wines of all sources. Every
one knows that in ripening wine deposits substances
which new wine holds in solution. The result of this
process is a series of chemical reactions which develop
and fortify the " bouquet " of the wine. Under the influ-
ence of oxygen on the one hand and of organic acids on the
other, there are formed in the ripening wine from a por-
tion of the alcohol a series of aldehyes, ethers and other
derivatives. Various carbon compounds derived from
the skin of the grapes also are altered, aild contribute to
the composition of the bouquet. The distinct odor and
taste of file wine are thus developed. Thus, old wines con-
taining a large quantity of the volatile organic substances
go to the head more easily, and the new wines do not ex-
cite the brain so rapidly, but stimulate the heart's action,
and act as tonics secondarily in virtue of their greater
amount of phosphates, tartrates, iron, etc. The physio-
logic or therapeutic value of a wine should be estimated
solely upon its contents of phosphates, tartrates, iron, tan-
nin, but the amount of alcohol and the composition of the
bouquet of the wine do not enter into this calculation. The
old wines cause congestion and irritation of the nervous
system and kidneys. The feeble resistance to wines
of persons habituated to drink moderate quantities
of new wines is a common observation, and proves these
statements. In the new wines, according to Carles, the
tannin moderates the absorption of alcohol by the digest-
ive tract. The potassium tartrate acts as a laxative as
well as a muscular tonic and the action of phosphoric
acid as a tonic is too well known to need comment. The
well assimilable iron of the coloring matter of wine is
also of value. During an illness or convalescence ordi-
nary wine should therefore be given, and the old wine
stored in the further recesses of the cellar should be re-
served to celebrate the patient's complete recovery. Old
wine also presents the serious disadvantage that it cannot
be given to persons suffering from certain diseases of the
stomach, such as hyperacidity, where the stomach is the
seat of excessive fermentation.
Preparation of Creosote Pills, By M. Legendre. —
In order to obtain creosote pills rapidly and of a size and
consistence which are convenient to the patient the author
recommends the following formula. Twenty pills are
composed, as follows :
Creosote 1.0
Caustic, lime, (from marble) 0.3
A drop of water should be added, and the mixture
rubbed until a pasty mass is formed. These pills, which
contain 0.5 Cg. of creosote, weight about 15 Cg. each;
they become hard in a few days, but they easily soften and
dissolve in water. It need not be feared, therefore, that
they will traverse the intestinal tract without dissolving.
In order to prevent the calcium paste from hardening 0.40
Gm. of almond soap are added to the mass while still wet,
and the pills then finished with any inert powder. If pills
of harder consistence are desired a little more calcium and
a little less soap should be used. The following formula
is for pills that are a little larger, but do not get hard :
Creosote 1.0
Caustic, Ume, (from marble) 0.20
\vater 1 drop
Almond soap 0.50
Inert powder, q.s., for 20 pills.
Archly fur Pharmazie» February*
Corydalis Alkaioids. By J. Gadamer. (Concluded.)
— ^An account of the chemical constitution of the alka-
loids of corydalis.
The Physical and Chemical Properties of Chloral
Hydrate and Their Utilization in Pharmaceutical Chem-
istry, By Richard Mauch. — ^The author investigated the
behavior of watery and alcoholic solutions of chloral hy-
drate toward other substances, and the possibility of util-
izing their properties in pharmaceutical analyses. He
used solutions in water in the strength of from 30 to 80
per cent., and 60 per cent, solutions in alcohol. Experi-
ments with alkaloids, which are nearly insoluble in water,
showed that these solutions dissolved nearly all the alka-
loids in relatively large proportions, and that all the salts
of the alkaloids were easily soluble in concentrated chloral
hydrate solutions. No new compound was formed, for
the alkaloids could be recovered in the same amounts
from the solutions of chloral, unless the solution was
heated on a water bath for from one to two hours, when
the alkaloids were found to be dissolved as formic salts,
the by-product of the reaction being chloroform. Inas-
much as all the alkaloidal reactions can be obtained with
ease with chloral solutions of the alkaloids, the author
recommends their application in toxicologic analysis. In
this way " ring tests " are made possible ; for it is easy to
pour a chloral solution upon sulphuric acid and watery
solutions upon chloral solution without mixing the liquids.
The glucosides do not dissolve so readily in chloral hy-
drate solutions as do the alkaloids, but the glucosidal
solutions do not show any chemical changes. The char-
acteristic reactions for the glucosides work very well in
concentrated 80 per cent, chloral hydrate solutions. The
author recommends, in view of the small bulk of alkaloidal
substances obtained after a toxicologic or pharmacologic
analysis, that the residue be dissolved in 75 per cent,
chloral solution, so that its volume may be increased suffi-
ciently to obtain the different reactions. He dissolves the
thoroughly purified residue on a watch glass with 75 per
cent, chloral hydrate, and keeps the solution in a small cyl-
inder. The residue on the watch glass is kept for deter-
mining the taste of the substances and for the general
alkaloidal reactions. This small remainder for this pur-
pose is dissolved in very dilute sulphuric acid and distrib-
uted over a number of watch glasses for the general alka-
loidal tests. The other alkaloidal reactions are obtained
with a few drops from the chloral solution in each case,
and by this method a much larger number of reactions
may be obtained than by using the dry residue. If it be
desired to recover the alkaloid from the chloral solutions
one should add dilute sulphuric acid to the solution, re-
move the chloral hydrate by shaking with ether, render
the remainder alkaline and recover the alkaloid by the ad-
dition of the proper solvent and shaking.
Experiments with many resins and balsams* showed
that they are soluble in chloral solutions of various
strengths. The remainder of the article is devoted to the
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
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consideration of the action of chloral solutions upon essen-
tial and fixed oils, fats, wax, hydrocarbons, rubber, etc.,
and is of less pharmaceutical importance. The chloral
solutions were found to be good solvents for most dyes,
and were observed to form insoluble compounds in water.
(To be continued.)
The Synthesis of Alpha and Gamma Oxyquinolines.
By Rudolf Camps. Third article.
On the Determination of Ethereal Oils in Spices. By
Dr. Carl Mann. — The author recommends the following
method, which has given him exact results : Twenty Gm.
of the powdered spice to be examined are mixed with
half the amount of pumice stone in pieces and distilled.
The distillate is condensed; mixed with 50 Cc. of rigo-
lene ; shaken, and enough rigolene added to make up the
original measure. Of this 25 Cc, corresponding to 10
Cc. of the spice, are removed by means of a pipette, evap-
orated in a weighing flask. The weight of ethereal oil
thus obtained is multiplied by 10, and gives the percentage
of it in the spice under investigation.
Phamucefftiicficr Pottt February.
Foreign Substances in Microscopical Preparations.
By Emil Senft. — ^I'he author calls attention to the fre-
quency with which the so-called "cork cells" occur in
certain microscopical preparations. Some time ago cer-
tain structures were found in sections from cancer tiunors
which have since been recognized as " cork cells," but
which had been declared to be the parasites of cancer by
their discoverer. The '* cork cells or, more accurately,
the sclerotized cells of cork are found in the interstices
of ordinary bottle corks which are popularly believed to
be produced by worms. They are very frequently present in
fluids contained in bottles stoppered with corks, and occur
as irregular or rounded structures of a pale reddish or
dark brown color, either isloated or in groups, and either
appear scaly or have a thick wall and dark brown con-
tents. These cells are very resistant to both acids and
alkalies, and when once seen under the microscope are not
easily mistaken.
Another very common foreign substance which may
be present in microscopical preparations is sealing wax
from the seals of bottles. The fragments of sealing wax
are of an irregular shape with sharp edges, transparent,
colorless in the cheaper grades, of a violet color in the
better grades. (February 23, 1902.)
The New Croatian Pharmacopctia. By Alois Kremel.
— The new Croatian Pharmacopoeia is printed in both
Latin and Croatian, The principles which were followed
in its compilation were as follows: (i) A strictly scien-
tific nomenclature was aimed at, and only the most com-
mon synonyms have been given ; (2) the formulae for the
preparations were principally given in the case of such
articles as were not always to be bought in the desirable
quality, or the examination of which was difficult, but the
preparation of which presented no special difficulties ; also
such preparations as were very changeable and decom-
posed easily; (3) the more powerful Galenical prepara-
tions were adjusted in their active value with those of
the majority of other pharmacopoeias. For example, the
narcotic tinctures are now prepared in the proportion of
1 : 10, instead of 1:5, as formerly ; (4) fluid extracts
were admitted for the first time and the extracta subspissa
were omitted; (5) the concentration of acids and other
sohitions and preparations were so adjusted that an even
percentage without fractions was adopted; (6) special
attention was given to the tests of identity and activity,
not only in the case of the poisonous, but in the other
Galenical preparations as well; (7) the volumetric solu-
tions were so readjusted that the number of cubic centi-
meters used, or a multiple thereof, indicated the percent-
age of the substance to b^ examined. (February 23,
1902.)
Pharmaceiftiicher Poit» March*
A New Suppository Press. — ^Although the prepara-
tion of suppositories by the cold process is indicated in
the interests of the integrity of certain changeable medic-
inal substances, the warm method is usually employed
whenever a large quantity of suppositories is to be pre-
pared. A new suppository machine has been invented by
Hans Jenny, the purpose of which is to prepare a large
number of suppositories by simple pressure. A single
compression produces ten exactly similar firm and shin-
ing suppositories of perfect shape. The apparatus con-
sists of a mold which separates into two parts or halves
and which is clamped into a support so that the openings
corresponding to the bases of the suppositories point ver-
tically upward. The powdered cacao butter is mixed
with the medicinal ingredients and is evenly distributed
into the ten openings of the piold. The suppositories are
then pressed by means of a horizontal bar of metal, which
slowly descends over the openings of the mold, when a
screw fitted with a handle is turned. The bar is provided
with ten steel cylinders exactly fitting into the openings
of the mold. . As the screw is turned by means of a lever
the ten dies are pressed into the matrix, compressing the
cacao butter mass, and as soon as the screw pressure
meets resistance the screw is reversed, the dies are re-
moved and the mold taken apart, revealing the perfectly
formed suppositories. (March 16, 1902.)
Parasites in Cassia Fistula. By Rudolf Klos. — ^Very
frequently, on breaking pieces of the fruit of Cassia fis-
tula, one fitids a delicate mold in which are embedded
empty or dried larval envelopes. The author found, on
examining a sample of fresh cassia fruit, that it was in-
fested with a number of white worms widi black, shining
heads which showed a very slight mobility. These worms
had penetrated through the walls of the fruit and had fed
upon the pulp and the seeds. Certain characteristics of
these worms showed that they were the larvae of a moth
and this was found to be true on cultivating the worm
under observation. The moths which developed were
found to be Trachilepidia Fructicassiella, Rag., a species
of moths indigenous in India, Egjrpt and Syria.
A Funnel for Sedimentation in Urine Analysis. By
Ferdinand Kryz. — ^This separator-funnel is provided with
a spherical dilatation of a capacity of 75 cubic centimeters,
leading into a tube one centimeter long, graduated to one-
twentieth of a cubic centimeter. The fluid to be separated
may be poured into the spherical portion of the apparatus
fitting into the glass neck at the upper part of the same.
Notes on New Remedies. By J. Mindes. — ^Among
the numerous so-called new remedies which have been
introduced within recent years there are many which do
not deserve this designation. The cause of the over-
production of new remedies is to be sought in the fact
that a number of physicians have been found who are
ready, in most cases for remuneration, to urge the em-
ployment of new remedies by singing their praises in the
medical journals. Usually such remedies are in great
demand at first, but after a short trial they are relegated
to the shelf as museum curiosities. Kobert, at a recent
meeting, very properly stated that physicians lack the
proper critcal attitude in comparing the old remedies with
the new ones. The principles established by Kobert in
judging the efficiency of new remedies will bear repetition
and are briefly as follows : ( i ) The employment of new
remedies which have not been sufficiently tested upon
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
animals is inhuman and against medical ethics ; (2) medi-
cal opinions as to the value of new remedies should never
be sent directly for advertising purposes to the manufac-
turers, and reprints of articles should only be furnished
to manufacturers on the condition that they be not sent
out to the lay public or to the lay press ; (3) as a physi-
cian gives rise to the suspicion of pursuing " financial "
medicine by the publication of opinions which are based
on a few and incomplete observations about a remedy
which has a varying or unknown composition, the medical
societies should take measures to prevent their members
from publishing such opinions ; (4) a State Institute for
the examination and testing of new drugs should be
founded in order to obtain more promptly and more re-
liably impartial opinions as to the value of such drugs.
If a remedy has not passed the test of this institute it
should be left alone by physicians; (5) the institute or
committee should not compel any one to have a new
remedy examined, but it should point out by publishing
experimental evidence that it is not enough to designate
a remedy as non-toxic, as efiicient in this or that disease,
but that it should be shown without doubt that the new
remedy excels its competitors in the trustworthiness of
its action, its relative harmlessness or at least its ease of
employment and low price.
The First Woman's Pharmacy. — In Holland, Russia,
the United States and other countries women have for
some years been admitted as assistants in pharmacies and
in rare cases they own drug stores. In Russia, where the
two hundredth anniversary of the foundation of the first
pharmacy was recently celebrated, women have for some
time past been prc^ninent in pharmacy. In June, 1901,
the first woman's pharmacy was opened in St. Petersburg,
It is situated on Nevski Prospect, the most aristocratic
street of the city, and only wtMnen are employed as phar-
macists in this establishment It serves at the same time
as a school for wcmien apprentices in pharmacy. The
manager is Miss Antonia Lesnievskaya, who is the first
woman in Russia to receive a concession for the establish-
ment of a new pharmacy. The pharmacy is fitted with
elegant fixtures, finished in white and gold, which cost
22,000 rubles. The age of the young ladies who are era-
ployed there varies from 16 to 26 years. The laboratory
is equipped according to the latest technical requirements
and a well furnished living room for the pharmacist in
charge is attached. The chief of the laboratory is a
woman and even the night bell is answered by women
pharmacists. The earnings of this pharmacy are not de-
voted to the private use of the owner, but to the founda-
tion of a school of pharmacy for women, which will proba-
bly be opened in 1902. In addition Miss Lesnievskaya
has also established a home for women pharmacists, where
young girls from the provinces who have come to the
capital to study may find board and lodging. (March
30, 1902.)
Phuiiuccutlcil Journal) February and Mardi.
Lachnanthes Tinctoria, Ell. By E. M. Holmes, F.L.S.
— ^This is a study of the Indian red root, otherwise known
as spirit weed. Its mode of growth is described and the
appearance of the whole plant is shown in illustrations,
cross sections of the flower, fruit and seeds being also
illustrated in the text. Lachnanthes was originally a
homCcpathic remedy introduced by Dr. Herring in 1852,
and was " proved " by Dr. Lippe, who gave an account
of the symptoms it produced in healthy individuals
{American Homteopathic Review, Vol. IV, p. 458), and
the symptoms so produced were taken as an indication of
its curative powers in cases where such symptoms were
produced by disease. It was first included as an allo-
pathic remedy, Mr. Holmes states, in Martindale's " Extn
Pharmacopceia," fourth edition, 1885, page 339. [Lach-
nanthes is described in " King's American Dispensatory,"
Vol. II, p. II, 12, where it is stated that the root has
been used for dyeing purposes, and among the Florida
Indians as a drug to produce a brilliancy of the eye, a
flushed and swollen face, a bold appearance and eloquent
speaking. The method of employing it is to make the
whole plant into a saturated tincture. Lachnanthes has
recently attracted considerable attention as a proposed
remedy for consumption, and Lloyd says that it has been
particularly recommended (by homceopaths) in pneu-
monia, nervous and typhus fevers, some diseases of the
brain and other morbid conditions where redness of the
cheeks and brilliancy of the eyes are accompanying symp-
toms, according to the homoeopathic principle. — ^Ed.]'
(February 8.)
Bee-keeping. By Samuel P. Frost.— This is the con-
clusion of the paper begun in a preceding issue. The
modem method of honey production and extraction is
described. (February 8.)
Gas-Washing Apparatus. By F. H. Alcock.— A new
form of apparatus for purifying such gases as SH„ wbtdi
combines a generator and wash bottle, is described. The
washing compartment consists of a glass, two bulbs,
siphon, safety funnel, with the thistle nead cut off an*
Oai Wublnf AppuattUL
the upper part of the tube bent round, so that by rubber
tubing the delivery pipe may be conveniently attached
when required for use, the different parts being shown
in the sketch. The siphon part is charged by suction-
with a suitable quantity of water (for washing) or
sulphuric acid (for drying), or sodium or potassiiun
hydrate solution (for absorption), or other solutions
ior purification of the gas generated. (February 8.)
Analytical Notes. By F. A. Upsher Smith.— In a
previous paper oa the solubility of certain chemical sub-
stances the author omitted reference to some observations
made in the course of his work, and these are recorded
here. The substances dealt with are lead acetate, am-
monium benzoate, potassium acetate, potassium citrate,
sodium arseniate and sodium nitrate in the cM-der named.
The author gives a method for the approximate valua-
tion of impurities in chemical substances. In his prtvious-
paper, which was prepared in collaboration with Pro-
fessor Greenish, it was recwnmended that in general'
qualitative testing 10 Cc. of solution containing 0.5 Gm..
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of the substance to be examined should be use/1 for each
test:
Haying adopted this plan, it only remains to keep ready
a series of solutions containing definite quantities of well-
known impurities. Thus, in testing for sulphates, if the addi-
tion of hydrochloric acid and barium chloride indicates their
presence, a definite quanti^ of the standard sulphate solution
Is made up to 10 Oc. and the same reagents added. A few trials
are sufficient to obtain a precipitate of as nearly as possible the
same depth as that in the first case. The strength and the
<iuantity of the sulphate solution being known, the approxi-
mate quantity of impurity present in the salt is easily calcu-
lated. It is convenient to make the standard solutions of such
« strength that each cubic centimeter represents ascertain per-
centage or decimal fractional percentage of impurity in the
substance. In the case of S0«", each Cc. might contain one
centigramme or milligramme of SO/'. Suppose 1 Oc. » 1 Ogm.
SO*". Then if 1 Oc. of this solution, made up to 10 Oc. with
distilled water, when treated with suitable reagents, gave the
same depth of turbidity as the 10 Oc. of solution containing
0.5 Gm. of the substance to be tested, when similarly treated
the approximate percentage of impurity is easily calculated.
Thus, 0.5 Gm. substance = 1 Oc. SOa" solution » 0.01 Gm. of
SO^'' as impurity.
0.01 X 100
Hence 100 Gm. substance contain g^ — «= 2 Gm. of
SOr. The substance therefore contains 2 per cent, of SO*".
(February 22.)
Interaction Between Magnesium Sulphate, Phenazone
and Sodium Salicylate. By W. J. Uglow Woolcock. —
The author has repeated the experiments made by P. J.
Gilmour to ascertain the cause and nature of the deposit
in a mixture of the aforenamed substances (see Ameri-
can Druggist for February 24, page 103), and confirms
the resuhs obtained by Mr. Gilmour. The nature of the
deposit was not definitely determined, though it seems
clear that it does not consist of salipyrine (antipyrine sali-
cylate), the crystals containing a definite percentage of
magnesium. (February 22.)
Pharmaceutical Education. By James Grier. — ^Ac-
cording to the author, British pharmacists are apathetic
toward the subject of pharmaceutical education, and he
attributes this apathy to the unremunerative character of
the calling. A new interest has been aroused in the sub-
ject by the present scarcity of apprentices. An appren-
ticeship of four years should be served, he thinks, and he
does not hesitate to say that a training in school or college
will not replace the benefits to be derived from an appren-
ticeship training. During the period of apprenticeship, a
course of study should be followed. Presuming that the
apprentice has passed his preliminary examination and
has been registered as an "apprentice or student," he
should, in his first year, being then fifteen years of age,
take the elementary stage of mechanics at a technical
school. In his second year, elementary inorganic chem-
istry (theoretical and practical), and the alternative phys-
ics course of the Science and Art Department. In his
third year, elementary botany and organic chemistry, and
in his fourth year, advanced organic and inorganic chem-
istry. Mr. Grier thinks the major examination has served
its day, though it is of educational value. It is only rea-
sonable that a man who has passed the legal qualifying
examination should be free to use the terms "pharma-
cist " and " pharmaceutical chemist," and call his shop a
** pharmacy," ( February 22. )
Notes on Medicinal Plants Cultivated in Great Britain.
By F. Ransom, F.C.S. — ^This is a continued paper, which
was read before the London Chemists' Assistants' Asso-
ciation. Aconite, belladonna, hyoscyamus and lettuce are
described in this installment, the descriptions being of such
a character as to make the information useful to pros-
pective growers; and the observations are based upon
practical experience.
The Preparation of Compressed Tablets. By an Or-
dinary Pharmacist, — This is the continuation of a paper
noted in the American Druggist for February 24, page
103. The various types of machines used in the manu-
facture of tablets are figured in the text, the prices and
names of manufacturers being appended. Among the
machines of American manufacture we note the Mulford
Tablet Machine, which is commended for accuracy of pro-
duction ; the Colton Tablet Machine, Neidlinger's Sterling
Machine, the Freck Machine and the Eureka. (Feb-
ruary 22.)
Solanum Chenopodinum, F. Mueller. By E. M.
Holmes, F.L.S. — ^The author has identified the specimen
of a plant, which is much used in the Gulf of Carpentaria
district of Australia, for dysentery, as Solanum Cheno-
podinum, F. Mueller. (March i.)
The Chemistry of Solanum Chenopodinum. By C,
Edward Sage, E.H.C. — The author succeeding in isolat*
ing an alkaloid, which he has determined to be identical
with solanine. (March i.)
Pharmacopoeia Revision Notes. By W. Lyon. — ^The
author criticises the official directions for making resin
ointment on the ground that they are not sufficiently ex-
plicit, and he suggests a modified procedure, as follows :
Reduce the resin to fine powder in a mortar, add the olive
oil, and triturate until the resin is thoroughly distributed, tak-
ing care that none remains adhering to the sides, this precau-
tion being essential to rapid solution. Now put in the lard,
mix thoroughly, and finally add the wax (in fine shreds). Trit-
urate again, and then place mortar in a suitable water bath.
Constant stirring accelerates solution, but it is not absolutely
necessary. The ointment should be continuously stirred while
cooUng.
The British Pharmacopoeia directs syrup of orange
fiower to be made by dissolving a specified amount of
sugar in a stated quantity of boiling distilled water, and
adding the orange fiower water after the sugar is dis-
solved — Cleaving it in doubt as to whether the orange
flower water is to be added to the hot solution of sugar, or
after the solution has cooled. He suggests the solution of
the sugar in the orange flower water and distilled water
in the cold, with the object of preventing any loss of
aroma. — ^He also recommends modifications of the official
processes of preparing the ointments of carbolic acid and
zincoleate. (March i.)
Liquid Extract of Coca. By W. Garsed. — ^The author
describes certain experiments made to determine the
amounts of total alkaloid in a series of specimens of
liquid extract of coca made according to the B. P. proc-
ess. Experiments were also conducted to determine the
alkaloidal strength of certain so-called '^miscible" ex-
tracts. These latter were found to be only about one-
fourth the strength of the B. P. preparations, and all of
the specimens examined varied considerably in strength
from one another. The only conclusion to be drawn from
the paper besides an argument against the use of miscible
extracts is that sufficient care is not always observed in
the extraction of the leaves. While the miscible extracts
yield a more elegant preparation when combined in aque-
ous mixture, it is only at the sacrifice of efficacy. (March
15.)
The Preservation of Solution of Mercuric Chloride.
By H. G. Greenish, F.I.C., and F. A. Upsher Smith. —
The investigation noted in this paper was made with a
view of determining what change, if any, takes place in
solution of mercuric chloride on keeping in glass bottles
according to the nature of the bottle. For the investiga-
tion bottles were procured of diflferent colors — ^viz. : ordi-
nary white, ordinary dark blue, actinic green and amber.
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The eflfects of the character of the water used, as well as
the influence of magnesium bicarbonate and of organic
matter, were noted, and the particulars given. The fol-
lowing conclusions are drawn by the authors from their
experiments :
(1) That Bolution of mercuric chloride in distilled water
will keep satisfactorily in white, green, or blue bottles for a
reasonable length of time if not exposed to direct sunlight,
(2) That even in direct sunlight it will keep, if protected by
the use of amber glass; we, therefore, recommend the use of
bottles made of such glass. (3) That the ordinary white glass
bottles, whether of English, German or French manufacture,
as sold to pharmacists, do not appreciably differ in their ac-
tion. (4) That the minute deposit gradually formed Is partly
or wholly mercurous chloride. (5) That mercuric chloride
with tap water gives a copious precipitate In blue, green, or
white glass bottles; the precipitate will not form, however, in
amber bottles or in darkness. (6) That in diffused light amber
bottles preserve the solution better than blue, green, or white
bottles. (7) That in strong light the amber glass alone is satis-
factory. (8) That strong light effects more decomposition
than diffused light, especially with tap water.
(March 15.)
Laboratory Notes. By George F. Merson, F.C.S. —
These notes consist of criticisms and suggestions regard-
ing the processes for the manufacture of certain galenical
preparations, official in both the B. P. C. and the British
Pharmacopoeia. They should prove useful to the Revi-
sion Committee of the Pharmacopoeia. (March 22.)
Is Tincture of Digitalis a Stable Preparation? By J.
Gordon Sharp, M.D. — ^The author comments upon the
suspicion which is attached to tincture of digitalis in re-
gard to its reliability, and he inquires the origin of it.
Judged by solubility of active bodies the tincture should,
he says, be a better preparation than the infusion, for the
infusion must contain chiefly digitalein and digitonin,
and only traces of digitalin and digitoxin. Digitonin has
no peculiar digitalis action at all, so that even the best in-
fusion only contains one of the three active principles —
viz.: digitalein. The tincture, on the other hand, con-
tains large proportions of digitalin and digitalein, with a
smaller but still an appreciable proportion of digitoxin
with traces of digitonin, the saponin-Iike glucoside. The
author is convinced that the tincture of digitalis does not
deserve its bad reputation. As to its keeping qualities, he
contends that it is a stable preparation and remains active
for a long period. It is assumed, of course, that the tinc-
ture has been made in the first instance from the leaves
that are active.
As a test of the activity of a given sample of digitalis
leaves he recommends the fermentation test. If a speci-
men of leaves is found to contain an active ferment
(every living tissue animal and vegetable containing a
ferment or enzyme), it is fair to conclude that the glu-
cosides of the leaf are likewise intact. He determines
the presence of the ferment by the action of the moist-
ened leaves on amygdalin, as follows : Dissolve 20 grains
of amygdalin in i fluid ounce of water at 90 degrees F.
Place in a wide-mouthed bottle in a moderate temperature
and set aside as a control specimen. In another bottle
dissolve a similar quantity of amygdalin under similar
conditions, and add to this specimen 60 grains of pow-
dered digitalis leaves. Shake up and set aside at a mod-
erate temperature. Examine both at the end of eight
hours. The plain amygdalin solution should show no
change, but the specimen to which the digitalis has been
added should have a bitter almond odor, and if a piece of
glass has a drop of nitrate of silver solution smeared
over it and then laid over the mouth of the bottle a white
film of silver cyanide should appear in five minutes, show-
ing the presence of hydrocyanic acid in the bottle. The
rationale of the process is that the ferment contained in
the plant has split up the glucoside amygdalin. The fore-
going is suggested as a rough method of determining the
presence of an active ferment in the leaf, and should be
followed by confirmatory tests. (March 22.)
The Stamp Act and Its Difficulties. By Leo Atkin-
son. — British pharmacists are in a restive state over the
activity of the Inland Revenue authorities, who have re-
cently given some apparently contradictory decisions in
regard to the wording of labels. The provisions of the
Stamp act do not appear to be very wdl understood by
the bulk of chemists and druggists, and the author's pur-
pose is to make some of the recent decisions of the Inland
Revenue authorities clear to the average pharmacist as a
guide for new cases as they arise. (March 22.)
Note on E.rtract of Liquorice. By D. D. Dott, F.I.C.,
F.R.S.E. — ^Referring to the statement by Attfield that
glycyrrhizin is almost wholly excluded from the extract
of liquorice of the British Pharmacopoeia by the process
of manufacture (cold water extraction), the author has
determined by experiment that this is not true, but that
the B. P. extract contains about 15 per cent, of glycyr-
rhizin, unless it has been removed by filtration. He also
refers to the indefiniteness which prevails as to the mean-
ing of the expression glycyrrhizin, and concludes that
glycyrrhizic acid is meant. In some works glcyrrhizin
is dismissed as " an uncrystallizible variety of sugar ob-
tained from liquorice root." Sohn's " Dictionary " de-
scribes it as the acid ammonium compound of glycyrrhizic
acid, and gives the formula C44Hj8NOig. Watts* " Dic-
tionary " gives the same formula for glycyrrhizic acid.
White & Humphrey, in " Pharmacopedia," state that the
root " contains about 7 per cent, or more of glycyrrhizin,
which appears to be a compound of glycyrrhizic acid with
ammonia." Mr. Dott says we may take it that all the
published percentages referred to glycyrrhizic acid in a
state of greater or less purity. (March 22.)
Materia Medica and Pharmacopedy. By John
Humphrey. — After commenting upon the somewhat re-
markable fact that no single word has yet secured general
acceptance as a substitute for the Latin term materia
medica, the author makes a plea for the use of three new
words in pharmaceutical literature — ^viz. : pharmacopedy,
phartnacopedics and pharmacopedic. He gives the fol-
lowing suggested definition of the new terms, and ex-
presses the hope that they will commend themselves to
pharmacists and come into general use :
Phar'ma-cop'e-dy (Gr. (jKLpfioKov and iralc ).— 1. The art of
conveying exact Information about drugs of vegetable, animal,
or mineral origin, and their preparations.
Ea. "The art of Imparting tnatruction or conveying Information
about drugs — using tLat term In its widest sense, as including all
medicinal substances of vegetable, animal or mineral origin — may fitly
be termed ' pharmacopedy.' " — White k Humphrey '* Pharmacopeala."
2. The sum of scientific Icnowledge concerning drugs and
their preparations.
Ex. "Pharmacopedy (materia medica). galenic pharmacy, prescrip-
tion reading and dispensing .are essentlallv shop subjects, based chiefly
upon a study of the Fharmacopcela." — Pharm. Joum., March 1. 1002
(p. 177). "From the point of view of phamnaoopedy the present im-
portation is of special interest." — B. M. Holmes, Pharm. Joum., March
22. 1902 (p. 240).
Phar'ma-co-ped'ics.— The scientific study of drugs and their
preparations.
Ex. '* Practical pharmacopedio9. as the scientific study of drugs
and medicinal preparations may fitly be termed." — Pharm. Joum.. !>«>
cember 28. 1001 (p. 730).
Phar'ma-co-ped'ic— Pertaining to the scientific study of
drugs and their preparations.
Ex. " The heavy crop of pharmacapedio research.** ** A raloable
addition to nharmacopedio literature.** — Pharm, Joum., December 2&
1001 (p. 730).
(March 29.)
Notes on Pharmacopoeia Revision. By A. C. Abra-
ham, F.C.S., F.I.C. — A series of notes, critical and other-
wise, on certain preparations of the Pharmacopoeia, de-
signed doubtless for the benefit of future revisers.
(March 29.)
AMERICAN- DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
79
Qvieries and Ansivers
We shall be glad, in this department, to respond to calls .for Informatioo on all pharmaceutic matters.
Urosine ; a Correction. C. Bischoff & Co., of 87
and 89 Park place, New York, call our attention to an
error in our description of Urosine in the list of New
Remedies printed in the American Druggist for April
28, page 220. It is there stated that the drug is a double
citrate of urotropine. This, we are advised, is an error,
since Urosine is distinctly a quinate of lithia. The proper-
ties of the drug are, however, those stated in the Ameri-
can Druggist and the dosage is also correct.
Indelible Oil Crayon. — O. F. J. asks us to give the
formula for manufacturing indelible oil crayons in vari-
ous colors to write on any smooth surface. The crayons
are intended to displace the marking pot and brush.
The nearest approach to preparations of this kind that
we know of are the pencils made at the Faber Pencil Works
in Germany for sketching on glass, porcelain, etc. We
quote below such formulas as have*been published for
the production of oily crayons of the character referred
to:
BLACK.
Lampblack 10 parts
White wax 40 parts
Tallow 10 parts
WHITE.
Zinc white 40 parts
White wax .' 20 pails
Tallow 10 parts
LIGHT BLUE.
Prussian blue .10 parts
White wax 20 parts
Tallow 10 parts
DARK BLUE.
Prussian blue 16 parts
Gum arabic 5 parts
Tallow 10 parts
YELLOW.
Chrome yellow 10 parts
Wax 20 parts
Tallow 10 parts
The colors are mixed with the fats in warmed vessels,
levigated with the same, and are then allowed to cool
until they have acquired the proper consistency for being
transferred to the presses. In these the mass is treated
and shaped similarly as the graphite in the presses for
Qrdinary pencils.
Red Color for Lamp Chimneys.— G. H. N.
writes : " Please print a formula for a compound to color
lamp chimneys red. We should prefer a dry preparation
for mixing as wanted."
We do not know of any simple powder that could be
used for the purpose mentioned. Powdered dragon's
blood lends itself readily to varnish purposes, but it is
difficult to make a colored varnish of this kind that will
not " run " under the action of heat, and where collodion
is used the coating is liable to explode or be set on fire.
The most satisfactory method of coloring lamp chimneys,
electric light globes, etc., is to dip them into a saturated
solution of alum or epsom salt, or ammonium chloride,
which has been previously colored red with cochineal or
logwood. The globe or lamp chimney is dipped into the
solution and held in a horizontal position while the crys-
tals are forming and the excess of the liquid is draining.
The surface of the glass must, of course, be perfectly free
from all grease before it is dipped into the solution.
Sticky Fly Papers.— E. I. O.— These consist of a
stout sheet of sized paper on which is spread varying mix-
tures of resin dissolved in boiled linseed oil. A formula
which ha^ attracted favorable notice is the following :
Resin gvl
Turpentine, Canada gum ji
Lard oil fl.jij
The resin and turpentine are melted together on a
water bath and while still warm the lard oil is added and
the whole thoroughly mixed. The mixture is spread upon
paper with a brush. The paper should be good strong
wrapping paper which has been previously sized by the
application of a thin coating of glue. The sticky com-
pound is put on before it has had time to cool.
Other formulas which have been published at diflfef-
ent times are the following :
II.
Resin 150 parts
Linseed oil 50 parts
Honey or beeswax 20 parts
III.
Jesin 100 parts
Rapeseed oil 50 parts
Crude turpentine 50 parts
Honey 10 parts
IV.
Hesin 100 parts
Venice turpentine 200 parts
v.
Boiled linseed oil gyl
Gum thus , . 9\4
Castor on !.'!!.".!!!!!! !§ij
Prepare like formula No. i.
VI.
Linseed oil, a convenient quantity. Boil the oil in an
iron kettle in the open air until it catches fire. Allow it to
burn until a drop removed from the kettle draws out in a
fine thread ; then allow to cool. The addition of a little
beeswax will assist in attracting the flies.
Syrupus Hypophosphitum Compositus, N. F.—
J..E. L. writes : " Would you kindly give the reason why
hypophosphorous acid is not used in the N. F. formula
for compound syrup of hypophosphites to dissolve the
calcium hypophosphite, or what objection there would
be to the use of hypophosphorous acid for this purpose ?
As the formula stands only a portion of the calcium hypo-
phosphite is held in solution, the remainder being in a
state of suspension, and the syrup has a constant tendency
to deposit and become cloudy."
It is true that the N. F. formula for compound syrup
of hypophosphites is unsatisfactory. The formula seems
to have been devised to meet the demand for a cloudy
synip and was intended to imitate a much advertised pro-
prietary preparation, but we must say that the N. F. syrup
represents neither good pharmacy nor a good imitation of
the advertised article ; for it has neither the density, color,
nor flocculent precipitate of the original. We do not
know why hypophosphorous acid is not used as a solvent
for the salts. The formula would be improved, in our
opinion, by the substitution of ferrous hypophosphite for
the ferric salt, the solution of the ferrous salt being made
by the interaction of calcium hypophosphite and ferrous
sulphate in water ; or the citric acid and citrate salt might
be omitted and sufficient hypophosphorous acid used in
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
their place to effect solution. Perhaps the best plan would
be to discard altogether this unscientific formula and
substitute for it a process providing for a solution of the
hypophosphites of lime, soda, potassium, iron, manganese,
quinine and strychnine, solution being effected with the
use of sufficient hypophosphorous acid, and the syrup com-
pleted by percolating loaf sugar with the solution of
hypophosphites so made. Made in this way the syrup
would be colorless and transparent.
Florida Water.— C. R. D. asks for details of the
process of making Florida water.
This perfumed toilet water is essentially American.
It is the favorite toilet perfume of both American conti-
xients ; one of the largest makers of Florida water in New
York once informed us that his firm shipped more of
their product to South America than was sold in North
America.
Many formulas for this perfume have been published,
most of them bad ; not that they do not yield a pleasant
perfume, but chiefly on account of the scent being unlike
the typical perfume of the true water, a great many speci-
mens resembling eau de Cologne more than Florida
water.
The originator of Florida water, whoever he might
be, in constructing his formula, seems to have taken the
citrus odors of eau de Cologne, blended them with the
lavender water of England and added the aromatics cloves
and cinnamon, using benzoin as a Axatif.
The following is a typical formula :
Oil bergamot Jlv
Oil lemon JiJ
Oil lavender, English Sss
Oil cloves 51
Oil cinnamon Sss
Tincture benzoin SI
Deodorized alcohol, snfflclent to make .' .OviJ
Distilled water 01
We do not offer this as the best formula of its kind,
but simply as one that is typical of this class of perfumed
waters. The turning out of a first-class product will re-
quire more or less experimentation, perhaps the changing
of the proportions of the ingredients named or the addi-
tion of others. The benzoin may be reduced in quantity
or omitted entirely, if it is desired to add more water, but
whether the amount of water called for in a formula is
reached or not, its addition to the alcoholic solution of
oils should stop just so soon as it produces an opalescence
in the liquid that fails to disappear on shaking; any fur-
ther addition will only result in precipitation and conse-
quent loss of oils.
Some of the ingredients often seeii in formulas and
the use of which are to be avoided, are musk, rose, rose
geranium, citronella, orris and the floral odors from
pomade washings or their synthetic equivalents. The
addition of these sometimes gives an odor that is posi-
tively disagreeable and invariably impart a cloying quality
or heaviness that effectively kills the refreshing odor that
should be a characteristic of a good Florida water. In
some formulas we find the benzoin replaced with storax
or Peru balsam. As is the case with eau de Cologne,
Florida water improves with age, and no formula should
be considered as thoroughly tested until its product has
been examined after standing at least three months, and
none should be marketed under a year old.
Gelatin MounUnt*
Gelatin 11
Alcohol MM
Water gllj
Oljcerln SIj
Carbolic acid m.x
Mix.
Book R<vi(«p$.
4
AifAUBi Chikica Qualitative Di Sostajtze Huterau Ei>
Oboaniche E Bicebce Tossicologiche. Ad U80 del Labor-
atorli dl Ghlmlca In Genere, e In partlcolare delle? Scuole
dl Farmacla. Del Dott P. E. Alessandrl. Seconda
Edlzlone, Intleramente rlfatta. Con 14 Inclslonl, numeroae
table, e 5 tavole cromolltografiche. Milan: Ulrlco Hoepll,
1901. Price, 5L ($1.00). A 12mo of 364 pages.
The aim of the author in arranging this manual of
qualitative analysis was to strike a medium between the
cumbersome works on the subject, which are never easily
consulted in the laboratory when one wants to refer to
a reaction, and the tables of qualitative analysis, which in
their brevity do not tell enough and leave many things
to the memory of the chemist. He has succeeded in doing
this, and, what is more, has given Italian students an
excellent manual for preparation for practical examina-
tions in analytical work. To those pharmacists who read
Italian the book will be of undoubted value whenever they
may be called upon to perform a qualitative analysis.
Maiojale Del Ghikico E Dell'Industbiaijs, Del Dott Luigi
Gabba, 3. a edlzidhe, 12mo, pages yl-457. Mllano: Ulrlco
Hoepll, edltore. 1902.
This is a handbook of data intended for the use of
chemists, students, manufacturers, etc. In general scope
it corresponds to the Pharmaceutischer Kalender (Berlin,
1902), or to Biedermann's Chemiker-Kalender, 1901.
A work of this kind requires a great amount of latx>r and
ingenuity of condensation on the part of the author, and
Dr. Gabba has succeeeded in compiling one of the most
practical and convenient helps to the chemist in his labora-
tory that we have seen. The Italian-speaking pharmacist
in this country should keep a copy of this book on his
dispensing counter for frequent reference.
The present third edition of the work hjas been revised
and enlarged, especially as regards some of the special
analytical processes.
Die Rohstoffe Des Pflanzenbeich*s. Veraueh elner
Technlschen Rohstofflehre des Pflanzenrelches. Yon Dr.
Julius Wlesner, o.5. Professor der Anatomle und Physio-
logic der Pflanzen an der Wiener Uniyersltat. Zweite,
umgearbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Llefe ningen 1-7,
Syo, pages, 1,113. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engleman, 1900-1902.
This work, of which the first volume, pp. 1-795, and
the first parts of the second volume are at hand, promises
to be one of those magnificent encyclopedic compendiums
for which Germany is justly famed. The task of editing
such a work cannot be realized except by one who knows
how great is the number of raw vegetable materials which
are now employed in chemical and technical industries.
The object of Wiesner's book is to give a complete treat-
ment of the morphologic and microchemic characteristics
of the vegetable materia medica. The book does not con-
cern itself with the further fate of the vegetable drugs
after they leave their native place and are ready for sale
to the drug jobber or the industrial or pharmaceutical
chemist, for this phase of the theme is a part of pharmacy
and chemical technology. The most interesting part of
the book, from the view-point of mere reading, is the
introduction, in which the editor gives a general survey
of the nature and scope of the science of raw stuffs.
The first volume opens with a consideration of the
gums. The physical and botanical characteristics of the
gums in general are first considered ; next their chemical
constitution and properties; the process of formation in
plants ; their concurrence in the vegetable kingdom, and
finally comes the consideration of special plants which
give gums. Under each division the author considers
such subjects as the geographical and topographical dis-
tribution of the plants from which the raw stuff under
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consideration is derived, the methods of cultivating these
plants, if any, employed by the natives or by planters ; the
methods of obtaining the gum from the trees, etc.; the
time of harvest ; the manner of gathering, the method of
purifying employed on the spot ; the different grades and
qualities of the raw product which are found in the mar-
ket ; the differences between these grades and the manner
of packing and marketing the product. In addition, under
each substance considered its special morphological,
chemical and microscopical characteristics are fully noted.
Such is the substance of the chapter on gums, and we
have given it merely as an illustration of the scope of
the bc^k, for the rest of the work is written on the same
plan.
To the pharmacist or the industrial chemist who wants
to know more than the Pharmacopoeia and Dispensatory
tell him on the subject of crude vegetable drugs, to the
writer and investigator on pharmacology, pharmacognosy,
etc., the present work offers a completeness of detail and
a fullness of treatment which he would seek in vain in
other treatises. The editor is therefore conferring an
essential benefit upon the science of pharmacognosy in
the compilation of this excellent work.
ABBETTSMETHODEN FDe OHOANISCB-OHBinSCHE ItABORATOBIXN.
Bin Handbach fQr Ghemlker, Medizlner, und Pharma-
zenten. Yon Prof. Dr. Lassar-Gohn, K5nig8berg 1. Pr.
Drltte, vollstftndlg umgeait)eltete nnd vermehrte Auglage.
AUemelner Tell, Specleller Tell Brster and Zwelter Absclm.
Hamburg und Leipzig, Le<»pold Voob, ltK)l-2. 8to, pages,
716.
The third edition of this well-known manual of tech-
nique for organic chemical laboratories has been enlarged
and revised to meet the requirements of a number of mod-
em chemical processes. The book has not as yet ap-
peared in its entirety, only three parts being before us
for review ; but the character of the work is sufficiently
well shown in these portions to judge the merits of the
whole. Lassar-Cohn's book is not a manual for the be-
ginner in practical organic chemistry, but for the ad-
vanced worker who desires a thorough and systematic
guide in the technique of the intricate and tedious proc-
esses of organic analysis and synthesis. As a reference
book it is invaluable to those engaged in research in this
special field, as well as to those who are working in in-
dustries connected with organic chemistry.
HaOEB'B PHABMACETTTISCH-TECHinSCHES MaNUAIiE. BocyklopiB-
dlsche Vorschriftensammlung fur Apotheker, Ohemlker,
Drogisten und verwandte Bemfszwelge, slebente Auflage
VoUstandig neu bearbeltet und heraussgegeben von Dr.
Wllhelm Arnold nnd Willy Wobbe. Bmst Gnenther's
Verlag in Leipzig nnd Berlin.*
With the laudable object of honoring the memory of
the late Dr. Herman Hager, a number of his friends and
admirers undertook the preparation of a complete revision
of his " Manuale." The result of this co-operative work
is now being placed before the public in twelve parts of
about one hundred pages each. The first fascicle has just
been published by Ernst Guenther, It begins with
" Abstracta " and extends to " Physiologische kochsal-
zoesung." The work contains many formulas which are
already classic, but it also contains a number which are
not so well known and which may prove serviceable to
those familiar with the German language, or even to those
who have only a smattering of this tongue. The price
of each part is fixed at 2 marks, about 40 cents.
^Hager's Pharmacentlco-technical Manual, an Bncydo-
psedic Collection of Formulas for Pharmacists, Drngglsls,
Chemists and Members of Allied Callings. Seventh edition.
Completely revised and edited by Dr. Wllhelm Arnold and
WlUy Wobbe, with the assistance of a large staff of co-editors.
BUSINESS BUILDING.
CoodwUd by U. G. Maniiliig*
Tke Department Editor zinll be pleased to criticise adveriisements,
suggest improvements^ and answer all questions coming
within the scope of this department.
UTILIZING CATCH PHRASES.
THERE are many instances of where a suitable catch
line, well drilled into people, has been of great value
in building business. The best catch line is one that fits
your business best, and the discovery of such a line is
apt to be due more to inspiration than to effort.
Pick the distinctive feature of your stock or business
methods and endeavor to express it in a breath.
If you can coin a phrase that expresses your central
business idea or emphasizes some feature that marks
your store alone, you can make good use of it. It puts
into condensed form an idea that will get hold of people
and influence them if persistently presented to them. One
fact about your business well lodged in the heads of peo-
ple is as good as a score that do not penetrate. You can
make people believe about what you like if you go about
it properly. If a man comes to you to-day and tells you
there will be a panic inside six months you will pay no
attention to him. If another comes to-morrow with the
same story he will get no attention, but you will idly won-
der what is getting into folks. The third man you will
argue the matter with. The fourth will get more of a
hearing and you will begin to see signs of disaster your-
self. By the time the tenth man has made the statement you
will be ready to tell folks the same story yourself. Pos-
sibly you yourself could not be influenced in such a man-
ner, but the conmion run of people are built that way, and
will believe whaf they are told often enough. That is why
an expressive catch phrase does good. It comes to stand
for you and your methods, and of necessity is remem-
bered when goods in your line are wanted. As ordinarily
used such a phrase is of little value because it is not prop-
erly hammered into people. Such a line should go on
letter heads, bill heads, stationery, envelopes ; should go
into every ad or circular, should be seen about the store,
should appear on labels. Put it on a sticker to attach to
goods and packages. Let people see it everywhere. If it
means what is says people are going to respond to it.
I recently made a suggestion to a man who has an
extra good and distinctive phrase of this character — one
suited to his business and no other. He had used it spas-
modically for some time, but made no special effort to
impress it on people. I advised him to use it as men-
tioned above and in addition to have a sticker about four
inches square made, printed in black with a red border,
and to have enough of these made to snow the town under
with them. Then paste them on sidewalks, telegraph
poles, dead walls and in every available space, having it
done in the night, so that it would strike people all at
once and as forcibly as possible. The results were in-
stantaneous and wholly satisfactory, while the cost was
small. Any one can readily see, I think, that had the
same amount of effort been put forth in haphazard fash-
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ion, a few stickers being put out from time to time, there
would have been little or no interest created. This same
method will be followed from month to month for some
time, using different method each time. If you can't coin
a phrase that will apply exclusively to your business,
something of a more general character like the following
can be used :
If you bought it at
ORBBN'S PHARMACY
Ton can depend upon it.
You get what yon ask for at
SMITH'S PHARMACY.
Yoa get best drugs and better
prices at
: BROWN'S DRUe STORE.
You get the best
for lees at
WHITE'S DRUG STOI^.
OBT IT AT
ORBBN'5 PHARMACY.
A3KD BAVC.
The store that always has it
GRAY'S
PHARMACY.
^ ^ ^
CRinaSM AND COMMENT*
AN OPEN SECRET.
I had a talk the other day with a man who has made a
phenomenal success in retail business by means of adver-
tising. He began four years ago with $2,500. In these
four years he has made $80,000. This was not in the
drug business — well, I guess not. In this talk in regard
to his advertising he made an observation something like
this : " While my own advertising has been better than
any other done in my town, and also more extensive, I
can see that all of the other vigorous advertisers in all
lines have made good gains ^Iso. It strikes me that this
is a proposition that can't fail if you go in heavily enough
and keep at it/'
He " struck thirteen," as Elbert Hubbard says, when
he made this observation. Thousands of intelligent ad-
vertisers fail and always will fail because they lack this
one potential element — ^nerve.
^ ^ ^
BROUGHT BUSINESS.
Editob BnaiiTBSS Buzlduto:
The Inclosed circular has proved Itself a very BucceBsfal
adyertlsement tor me. You may reproduce II if desired or
lose it for criticism and comment
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Mobbib Gbesnbteik.
This is a four-page folder, too large for reproduction
ibtlt very well constructed and neatly printed. The first
page htKTs the title only, " Plain Talk on Vital Ques-
tions." It gives a little talk on the methods under which
the business is conducted, refers to the prescription and
drug department and includes some matter that has ap-
peared in this department. It is hardly the kind of a
circular from which direct results could ordinarily be
expected, but should be of general value in acquainting
the public with the character of service rendered. Most
druggists miss it in not having some such piece of litera-
ture for continuous distribution from the store, something
that embodies a little " heart to heart " talk with custom-
ers. This circular was evidently put out in an envelope
and in order to arrest attention the figures " 191 " were
printed in large red letters on the envelope. These fig-
ures are the street number. Nothing else appeared on the
envelope. This is a good idea, quite sure to arouse
curiosity.
^ ^ ^
LETTER TO PHYSICIANS.
Editob Business Building:
Inclosed is a sample of "medical adyertlsing "^ for your
department I keep hammering at the medical fraternity at
monthly intervals, with splendid visible results.
Chicago. W. BODEMAIIN.
Mr. Bodemann's letter to the physicians is excellent
and it is easy to see why there should be results. It is
tactful, readable and newsy. The essential portion of it
is a bit of store news of which every druggist has an
abundance if he has the kind of a store that can appeal to
physicians.
The introductory portion of the letter is especially
clever and would be quite sure to interest the " medic "
and carry him into the business part of it. It is as fol-
lows :
Dear Doctob:
In his essay on " The Influence of the Discovery of America
on the Happiness of the Human Race/' published in 1787. the
Abb6 Genty said there was but one benefit likely to come
out of it— namely, the introduction of quinine into ESurope.
And most other writers on the subject agreed with him. In
the iQoumfnl chorus the only cheery note was therapeutical,
not political.
If the good Abb6 could crawl out of his grave to-day—
though he might still despise our politics, and small blame to
him— he would concede the tremendous advance America has
since made in medicine, surgery, pharmacy, and in other mat-
ters that largely promote the " Happiness of the Human Race."
Then follows a little talk on the superiority of the
S. & J. plasters, surgical specialties, etc^in which points
of excellence are brought out. Below the signature a list
of a dozen of the leading specialties is given.
Physicians are human and are to be influenced by the
same methods as common folks. Shop news of this char-
acter will always interest diem and persistence will always
land them.
^ ^ ^
Thompson's progress.
It is a satisfaction to get hold of as straightforward
advertising as that put out by Jno. T. Thompson, Alle-
gheny and Pittsburg. A late issue of his four-page
monthly circular, " The Thompsonian," is at Hand. It is
an evangel of progress and announces the opening of a
new store in Pittsburg. It is good advertising because it
IS business from start to finish. The first paragraph says :
" This little paper is published to tell you about Thomp^
son's Dnig Store, located at the comer of Centre avenue
and Kirkpatrick street."
He then proceeds to do what he says he will, tells
about the store, the changes made, the goods in it, and
adds a list of prices. It is well printed, readable, interest-
mg and convincing.
Effata«
Bmerlc Shulof, of Dlmhurst, N. Y., calls our attention to
two errors in a reprint from the Western Druggist, pubUshed
in our issue of April 14. on page 1«S, under the heading Thera-
peutic Suggestions for February. 1902. It is stated in the
third paragraph of the item that Syrupus Pini Strobi Oom-
positUB contains in each fluid drachm 1.32 grains of monhlne
sulphate. This should, of course, read 1-32 grain. In the
third paragraph the word "cocaine" appears as a misprint
for codeine. Readers will kindly make the necessary cor-
rections. ^
Advertising is a trade tonic that can be depended upon to
remove sluggish stocks if given in doses of the proper sice, at
the right intervals through the proper medlums.—Printers'
Ink.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
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*♦ AMERICAN DRUGGIST" RICE MEMORIAL.
List of
THE movement for the collection of firndB for the erection
of a suitable monument over the unmarked grave of the
4ate Dr, Charles Rice has gained great headway since it was
■first started by the Akebican Dbugoist, in its issue for Jan-
uary 13, 1902. Already several other drug Journals have
•opened subscriptions lists and the College of Pharmacy of the
-City of New York has appointed a committee to solicit con-
tributions for the fund being raised by the Board of Trustees
of the United States Pharmacopoeial Convention. This special
committee of the college is calling attention, through the vari-
ous pharmaceutical and medical journals, to its subscription
list and inviting contributions. All the sums subscribed, in-
cluding the Amebican Dbuogist fund, are to be turned over
eventually to the Board of Trustees of the United States Phar-
macopoeia, to be used in the erection of a suitable monument
The list of contributors to the Amebican Dbuogist Fund
to date is given below, and in this connection we again make
an appeal to the friends and admirers of the great genius who
sacrificed so much In the cause (tf medicine and pharmacy to
send a contribution, no matter how small, to the Amebican
Dbuggist Fund.
LIST OF CONTBIBUTOBS.
Amehican Dbuisgist Publishing Co $25.00
Amy, H. V., Cincinnati. 6.00
Balaer, Giutavus, New York 25.00
Breitenbach, Max, New York 25.00
Brnndage. A. H.. Brooklyn, N. Y 2.00
•Cannon. Dr. B. A., New York 1.00
••Caah,'^ New York 25.00
Dawson, John H., San Francisco, Cai 3.00
Dadd, R. M., Biilwaukee, Wis. . ^ 5.00
Dunn, J. A., Brooklyn, N. Y..«^ 1.50
Bbbltt, W. H., New York 2.00
Elliott. A E., New York 25.00
Falrchlld Bros. & Foster, New York 50.00
Fitch, Col. B. W., New York 3.00
Gane, Eustace U., Brooklyn, N. Y 2.00
Gerritty, D. J., Bellevue Hospital, New York; 5.00
Jones, J., Bellevue Hospital. New York 50
Kaemmerer, Wm. F., Columbus, 1.00
•J. K.," nW York 25.00
Koch, Prof. Julius A, PitUburg, Pa 10.00
Lakizi. H. Ay. Bellevue Hospital, New York 50
Lee, R. A, Brooklyn, N. x .50
Lehn & Fink, New York 10.00
liloyd, Prof. John Url, Cincinnati 25.00
McElhenie, T. D., Brooklyn. N. Y 1.00
Mclntyre, Wm., PhUadelphla 6.00
Mittlebacn, Wm.. Boonvllie, Mo 1.00
Moerk, F. X.. Philadelphia. Pa 5.00
Molwits, Ernst, New York 5.00
Patdi, Prof. B. L., Stoneham, Mass 5.00
Price, Dr. V. C, Chicago 25.00
Procter, Wallace, Philadelphia 1.00
guencer, W. J., New York 1.00
amsperger, Gustavus. New York 5.00
Reeder. Arthur J., New York 1.00
Robinson, Dr. W. J;^ New York 5.00
Sander, Dr. Enno, St. Louis 5.00
Sayre, A E., Newark, N. J 10.00
Seabury, George J.. New York 25.00
Seellg, G. W., Bellevue Hospital. New York 1.00
Slebrandts, D., Bellevue Hospital, New York 1.00
Sleker, F. A., New York 2.00
Simon. Dr. William, Baltimore, Md 10.00
Sprague, W. G.. Flushing. Mich 1.00
Steams, Frederick, it Co., Detroit. Mich 10.00
Stem. W. N., PhUadelphla 1.00
Stone, Oarenoi G., New York 2.00
Tobin, J. M., Narracansett Pier, R. 1 1.00
Todd, Judson B., Ithaca, N. Y 1.00
Wlckham, W. Hull, New York 5.00
WlcMrand, T. 8., Philadelphia 1.00
WUiIams, Seward W., Orange. N. J 2.00
Woetterstroem, T. D., Clnemnatl, 1.00
Zoeller, B. V., Ttoboro, N. C 6.00
Total $421.00
BZPRESSI05S BY CONTRIBUTORS.
Many of the contributions acknowledged In the foregoing
list were accompanied by letters, expressing the privilege and
pleasure felt by the writers in being permitted to pay a tribute
of respect to the memory of the departed. From such letters
we print the following extracts:
Fbrderick Steabns & Co.. Detboit: We hand you herewith our
check for $10 as a contribution to the Charles Rice Monument Fund.
We will increase our subscription willingly should there be difficulty
in raising the required sum. In view of Dr. Rice's service to the
whole profession it would seem that this memorial should be as repre-
sentative as possible, and for that reason a large number of small
donations would be preferabl«» to a few large ones.
There is no pharmacist In all America who has not been direct! v
benefited by the life and work of Charles Rice, and all should welcome
this opportunity to pay their tribute of respect to his precious memory.
Very truly yours,
F. Steabns & Co. (per J. W. Knoz).
RoBT. M. Dadd, Milwaukee, Wis. : Inclosed please find my check
for $5.00 to apply on the fund for the erection of a monument over
the grave of the late Dr. Charles Rice. I think the last resting place
of this faithful and able worker in the cause of pharmacy should at
least be honored with a shaft to his memory.
Very truly yours,
RoBT. M. Dadd.
M. J. Bbeitembach, New Yobk : I Inclose herewith my personal check
for S25.00 to be added to the funds for the erection of a memorial shaft
to the late Dr. Chas. Rice. I do not know of any contribution which
I have ever made toward a fund of the like nature which afforded me
so much pleasure in giving, and I might say a privilege, as this one.
During the years of my connection with the drug business I have
known of no one who was more deserving of a nttlng memorial of
this kind than Dr. Chas. Rice.
Yours very truly,
M. J. BBBITENBACa.
** Cash/' New Tobk : Inclosed find check for $25.00 for the Rice
Memorial. As I find men giving paltry sums who were indebted to Dr.
Rice for many gratuitous services which brought them hundreds of dol-
lars In money, not to speak of the reputation gotten for a knowledge
they did not possess, I wlU kindly request that my name be not pub-
licly mentioned.
Very respectfully,
Pbof. a. B. Pbescott, Ann Abbob, Mich. : I am very glad that the
Amebican Dbuooist has started a fund. I know very well of the
union of Dr. Rice with the work of the. Amebican Dbuogist^ and 1
have reason to remember it » with great respect.
Sincerely yours, ^
A. B. Pbescott.
Additional contributions will be gladly received and
acknowledged. Checks and money orders may be made pay-
able to the American Druggist Publishing Company. 02-68
West Broadway, New York.
THE PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE MEETING.
The New Gmtact Method for the Maaufacttire of
Sttlphttric Acid— The Htitory of and Cominef ce in
Cofiee— Recent Ptogftess m Pharmacy*
The last of the present series of pharmaceutical meetings
of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy was held Tuesday
May 20, Wallace Procter presiding.
Prof. S. P. Sadtler presented a paper on The New Contact
Method for the Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid, in which he
referred to the reactions involved in the lead chamber proc-
ess, and said that in this new process the reactions are fun-
damentally the same, the principal difference in the process
being that the gaseous carrier of oxygen is replaced by a solid
contact material, which by its catalytic action changes the
sulphur dioxide to the trioxide.
William B. Marshall, former Curator of the Philadelphia
Commercial Museums, gave an Interesting talk on Coffee; Its
History and Commerce, which was illustrated by a number
of specimens. During the course of his remarks the speaker
stated that while the original habitat of Arabian coffee ap-
pears to be Abyssinia, it is notable that the production of
coffee in America is far greater than that of Asia and Africa
combined.
Dr. A. W. Miller ^ave an instructive account of A Recent
Trip to the Madeira Islands, which he Illustrated by means of
photographs and specimens. The speaker said that Madeira
is famous as a health resort and that many visitors go there
every year. The climate is delightful for the most part, but
the one serious objection to it is the wind from the African
desert, which carries dust and sand, causing an entire sus-
pension of business at times.
M. I. Wilbert, In a paper entitled Quarterly Review of
Progress In Pharmacy, called attention to the literature on
carbolic acid, particularly that relating to its combination
with camphor.
A vote of thanks was tendered the speakers of the after-
noon, and also to Drueding Brothers for the presentation of
.a collection of chamois skins.
The chairman spoke of the success attending the present
series of pharmaceutical meetings, and thereupon a vote of
thanks was tendered the committee having them in charge
for their work.
Professor Prescott^s Portrait.
The portrait of Professor Prescott, paid for by subscriptions
of h\fi friends and admirers, will be presented to the Univer-
sity of Michigan on June 18. The formal presentation address
will be made by A. S. Parker, '79. The principal address of
the day. however, will be delivered by Prof. Edward Kremers,
of MndisoB.
i&4
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
AMBIGUITY IN THE PHARMACY LAW*
Recent Amendment to the New York State Phatmacy
Law Puts all Five Members of the Eastern Section
Out of Office— Attorney-General has the Matter
Under Advisement— Opinions of Those Interested-
Likely to be a Spirited Contest- Leaders Up the State
say Oatcry is Premature— The Apparent Ambigfuity
Would Have Been Straightened Out if New York
Qty Druggftfts Had Kept Quiet.
Developments during the past week or so have brought
about a very Interesting situation with regard to the amend-
ment to the State Pharmacy Law, passed at the last session of
the Legislature. It was known as the Hill amendment and
sought to extend the voting franchise in the election of mem-
bers to the State Board from the Eastern section of the State.
The wording of the amendment, however, is such that it has
been interpreted to be much more far-reaching than was
heretofore supposed. After the bill was signed by the Govern-
or and as the time for the June election approached, atten-
tion was directed to this new provision of the State law. It
was found to be quite ambiguous and apparently conflicted
with other sections of the law. Sidney Faber, secretary of
the State Board of Pharmacy, was accordingly instructed to
ask Attorney-General Davies for an opinion as to the scope
of the amendment The opinion, which was received recently,
says in substance that all five members of the Bastem Branch
of the State Board must be elected this June.
FIRST OPIMION or THB iLTTORNBT- GENERAL.
The Attorney-General says In part:
By Chapter 218 of the Laws of 1002 aald subdiTialon 4 waa amend-
ed BO aa to provide for the election of the membera of the State Board
for the Eaatem aection In the month of June in each year, at a place
and upon a date, In the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn, dealg-
"* The ^endment then provides : •* At the time and place so dealg-
nated In the boroui^ of Manhattan three members for aald section
shall be elected ... at the time and place designated as afore-
said in the borou^ of Brooklyn two members for said section shall be
It is therefore apparent that In order to comply with the new
amendment there must be elected each year from the Eastern section
flTe members of the State Board of Pharmacy. No other construction
can be placed upon the section, for It permits of none other.
It Is plainly In direct conflict with the terms and meaning of sub-
division 3, for the reason that under that subdivision the term of office
of the members of this board is to be five years, while under the amend-
ment the term of office of the members from the Bastem section can be
but one year. If viewed otherwise, and the term of office of those five
to be elected yearly from the Eastern section Is to be regarded as five
years, after the lapse of five years there would be upon the State Board
of Pharmacy representing the Eastern section alone twenty-five mem-
bers, and the provisions of subdivision 2, which directs that the board
shall consist of fifteen members, five from each section, would be of
course overridden. ^ . . ^ ^ ^ * -
We may regard aubdlvlslon 8, fixing the term of office for five years,
and providing for the election of one member each year, as modified
or repealed by aubdlvlslon 4, aa amended, so far aa subdivision 8 haa
any application to the election of members from the Eastern section
or their term of office. We may regard subdivision 3 as a general pro-
vision applicable as it stood alone generally to the election of members
from all of the sections, and their term of office, and therefore repealed
or modified by the enactment contained in the amended aubdivision 4,
so far as subdivision 8 relates to the Eastern section.
PRB8ENT OFFIOB HOLDERS ''IN THB HANDS OF THEIR FRIENDS.*'
The present members of the Eastern Branch are George
C. Diekman, B. O. Bigelow and Sidney Faber, of Manhattan,
and A. H. Bnindage and William Muir. of Brooklyn. The
members were not disposed to talk much about the new
turn in affairs. Some refused, when questioned, to discuss
the matter at all and would not say definitely whether they
would become candidates for re-election or not, or whether
they would accept a nomination. One member said he was
" in the hands of his friends;" another said it didn't matter
to him whether he was re-elected or not and so on. It is'
quite generally believed, however, that all of the five present
members will accept a nomination for re-election if it is
tendered. There is no doubt, too, that there will be other
nominations. The election, which will take place next month,
will be warmly contested, perhaps more so in Manhattan than
in Brooklyn, since some half dozen or more pharmaceutical
associations^ members, besides licensed members of the State
Association who reside In the district, will be entitled to vote
In Manhattan, whereas in Brooklyn there is only one incor-
porated society In addition to the State Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciation—namely, the Kings County— whose members will be
eligible to vote, ,
A BUNGLING PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
The Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association, it will be re-
membered, was the only body that opposed theamendmentto the-
State law in question. George H. Hitchcock, chairman of
the association's Committee on Legislation, who attended hear-
ings on the Hill bill at Albany in opposition to the measure,,
said to a representative of the American Druggist that the
fact that the amendment conflicted with the provision of the
existing law regarding the election of members of the Elastem
Branch was called to the attention of members of the Legis-
lature when the bill was being considered in committee, and
that the very point which the Attorney-General has now sus-
tained was made clear then, but that this objection evidently
did not carry much weight at that time. " It was a bungling
piece of legislation," said Mr. Hitchcock, "and that's about
all that can be said of it There is one point, however, that
I wish to speak about. I have heard it intimated that there
was some crooked work in connection with the passage of
the amendment, and that the flaw In the bill was purposely al-
lowed to stand. That is not so. I l)elieve that every mai>
who had anything to do with that measure and its passage, aa
well as all who were in any way connected with It, were per-
fectly honest and sincere in their efforts, and were not actu-
ated by any thought or desire of bringing about the present
state of affairs."
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAT GIVE OUT A DIFFERENT OPINION.
It is understood that the matter is not yet definitely settled*
as to whether all of the five members of the Eastern Branch
will have to be re-elected. Thomas Stoddart, president of the
State Pharmaceutical Association, who had the amendment
introduced, and Senator Hill, who Introduced It, have con-
ferred with the Attorney-General recently, and told him that
there was no intention by having the law amended to cause
an election of all members of this branch. The Attorney-
General Informed them that the opinion was written by one of
his assistants, and that he would reconsider It The wording
of the amendment however, is very explicit and it Is not
thought that the forthcoming opinion from the Attorney-Gen-
eral will differ materially from that already handed down.
William Muir, of the Kings County Pharmaceutical So-
ciety, and one of the meml)ers of the State Board for this
section, said that the conflicting feature of the Hill amend-
ment had been brought to the attention of Senator HIU while
the bill was pending, who expressed the opinion that the
measure was all right. Mr. Muir said that since Senator Hill
was a lawyer and qualified to speak on the legal aspect of
the matter, his assurance was taken that the amendment
was correctly drawn.
ymws OF UP state drugchsts*
Buffalo, May 23.— The leading Buffalo druggists are natu-
rally much interested in the question raised In regard to the
amendments to the Pharmacy Law. They agree, so far as
can be learned, that it was a mistake to raise any question
over the matter. Thomas St^dart and Dr. W. G. Gregory
are very emphatic as to that Had nothing been said there
would have been no difllculty. It Is agieed that there was
no Intent to do any one a wrong or to legislate any one out
of office, and there is no need of putting such a construction on
the law.
Senator Hill says that it was all on account of the haste
made necessary when it was found that the Governor would
not sign the bill when it called for the reprinting of the en-
tire act He admits that there is a wording that is unfortu-
nate, but does not believe that It will be allowed to set 'at
naught the evident intention of the framers of the amend-
ment. He has been in correspondence with the Attorney-
General on the matter for some days and promises to strigbten
it all out in good time. He is very emphatic that there was
no intent to legislate any one out of office.
PRESIDENT STODDART DISPLEASED.
President Thomas Stoddart, of the State Pharmaceutical
Association, is very severe toward the New York druggists
who have stirred up the muddle by the racket they made over
it He warned them when he was in New York lately to
keep quiet and there would be no difficulty. When he found
that his advice was not heeded he began to use the malls with
the same intent and he now declares that unless the New
York contingent gets down to a reasonable view of the situa-
tion there will be no election under the new law this year.
Dr. Gregory points to the fact that a still hunt would have
saved all the trouble, as the Legislature could be depended
on to straighten out any difficulty that might arise from an
adverse opinion from the Attorney-General. So the idea
among Buffalonlans appears to be to go on without question
and take care of the technicalities when tbey make their
appearance.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD
285
KINGS COUNTY SOQETY ELECTS OFHCERS*
Rtports Sttbmitted at tEe Annual Meeting: — Acthrity of
the Society in Legfislative Matteri— Growth in
Membefship— Old Officers Re-elected— A Year of
Pro^)erit7— The Value of Orfanizcd Effort
The annual election for officers to serve during the ensuing
year took place at the usual monthly meeting of the Kings
County Pharmaceutical Society, held on Tuesday, May 15, al
the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy, 329 Franklin avenue,
Brooklyn. Routine business was taken up first Applications
for membership were received from seven candidates, and
new members were elected as follows: A. Qoldberg, George
H. Grunbog, Bernhardt Handt, George A. Lewis, James Henry
Martin, Clarence D. Race, Edward M. Raeder and William
Deisendenger.
ANNUAL ADDRK88 OF THB PRESIDENT.
President Oscar C. Kleine, Jr., then submitted his annual
report Noting the fact that this was the second occasion
on which he had the honor of delivering a presidential ad-
dress to the Kings County Pharmaceutical Society, he si>oke
of the great usefulness of the Society to the druggists of the
borough, especially '* in this era of legislative activity." The
address reviewed the work of the Society in legislative and
other matters, and touching on affairs at Albany expressed
appreciation of the activity displayed by Wm. Mulr, the
chairman of the Committee on Legislation, in supporting good
legislation and opi)osing bad. He deprecated the paucity of
papers of pharmaceutical interest coming before the Society
during the past year, and praised the pharmaceutical press
for accurate reports of meetings and general interest in the
welfare of the Society. He referred with pride to the fact
that the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy was "admitted a
charter meml)er of the Conference of Teaching Faculties,
simply on our reputation (sic)." The address concluded with
an expression of thanks to the members for their loyal sup-
port in the past, and with a plea for similar support in the
future.
On motion of Dr. A. H. Brundage the address was received
and ordered spread on the minutes.
WORK OF THB LKOISLATIVB COMICITTBE.
The annual report of the Committee on Legislation was
submitted by Wm. Muir, chairman. In opening, he congrat*
ulated the members on the important part which the Society
had taken in promoting beneficial legrislation and in defeating
proposed legislation that would have been detrimental to the
interests of pharmacy in the State of New York. He then
recited the various steps leading to the introduction into the
Legislature of the amendment to the pharmacy law, giving
the right to vote for members of the Eastern Branch of the
State Board of Pharmacy to all licensed pharmacists who are
members of Incorporated local pharmaceutical societies, and
of the State Association. After this bill was introduced the
discovery was made that it contained a provision giving the
right to vote to any member of the State Pharmaceutical
Association residing in the Eastern section. Mr. Muir said
his committee objected strenuously to this clause and suc-
ceeded in having it amended so that only licensed pharmacists
could participate in the election of members of the board.
The bill as amended was passed by the Legislature, received
the signature of the Governor, and is now law. Mr. Muir
made no reference whatever to the fact that the amendment
Incorporated in the law practically legislates the members of
the Eastern Branch out of office, and that all five members
will have to stand for election in June if they desire to retain
their places on the board.
The various bills pertaining to pharmacy were then
enumerated and their merits or demerits pointed out, as the
case might be, with reference to their ultimate disposition.
The Nye bill, which proposed to permit physicians to register
as pharmacists without previous examination, died in com-
mittee. The Slater Pure Chemical bill received the approval
of the committee, which urged its adoption. It passed the
Legislature, but was vetoed by the Governor on the ground
of its unconstitutionality.
THE MARSHALL CORK BILL.
One of the most adroitly drawn bills which the committee
had to deal with was the Marshall Poison Cork bill, which
appeared to have been drawn in the Interest of the patentee
of a particular cork. Had this bill become a law every phar-
inaclBt would have been compelled to use the cork designated
by the bill for almost every kind of prescription. Influenced
by the representations of the committee, Senator Marshall,
the introducer, withdrew his bill.
ONE OF THB 8TRONOB8T FIGHTS PUT UP BY THE COMMITTKB
in favor of a bill was in connection with the measure in-
troduced by Senator Audett to amend the Penal Code so as
to permit the charging of soda fountains with liquid carbonic
acid gas in premises occupied wholly or in part as dwelling
houses. The amendment was opposed l)efore the Governor,
after it had been passed in the Legislature, by the New York
City Fire Department and the soda water companies. The
arguments of the Legislative Committee of the Kings Comity
Pharmaceutical Society prevailed, however, and the bill was
signed by the Governor, affording relief to the pharmacists
of the State.
THE IMPORTANCE OF OROANIZED EFFORT.
The report closed with the statement that in no year dur-
ing the history of the Kings County Pharmaceutical Society
had the importance of organized effort been so manifest as
during the year Just elosed. Due recognition was made of
the assistance rendered by others. *' The credit for the year's
successful campaign," the report went on to say, *' is not due
entirely to your committee. Without the earnest, active
assistance of several friends of pharmacy, both in the Senate
and Assembly, the results set forth could not have been
accomplished. Our thanks are due to many members of the
Legislature, but there are a few men who have been pre-
eminently our friends, and it would be unjust to close this
report without publicly thanking Senators Audett Hill, Coclu,
Fuller, McCabe and Marshall, and Assemblymen Fisher,
Rainey, Cotton, Ruehl, Costello, Prince and O'Malley, for
the many courtesies received at their hands and for the pains-
taking interest they demonstrated in our behalf. We re-
spectfully recommend, therefore, that formal letters of thanlu
be sent to the legislators herein named."
The report was signed by the full committee, consisting
of Wm. Muir, chairman; A. E. Hegeman, Thomas J. France,
Clarence O. Douden and Adrian Paradis.
On motion of Dr. Ray, the report was received and a stand-
ing vote of thanks passed to the committee.
In responding to the vote of thanks, Mr. Muir testified
again to the services rendered to the pharmacists of the
State by Senator Arthur J. Audett, of Brooklyn, who, he
said, was at all times ready to advance the best Interests of
pharmacy. Mr. Muir then submitted a formal resolution con-
veying the thanks of the Society to Senator Audett, which
was adopted.
SBORBTART'S ANNUAL RBPORT
The report of the secretary was next submitted by Fred
erick P. Tuthill, who announced that this was the third time
it had been his pleasure to present an annual report as secre-
tary. The past year, he said, had shown a remarkable growth
in membership and finances, being by far the greatest year
for both in the history of the Society. One hundred and nhie
new meral)ers had been elected during the year, while the
amount paid in for dues and initiations amounted to |962.
The report closed with the statement that " The Kings County
Pharmaceutical Society was the largest local incorporated
pharmaceutical Society in this countir."
" The members may well feel proud of this record." said
Secretary Tuthill, " and also for the good work done by the
Society through its committees. Is it not possible that more
and better work could be accomplished by larger attendance
at the meetings? We will soon be housed In our new build-
ing, where it is hoped our members will avail themselves of
the opportunities there presented for more interest in the
Society." On motion the report was received and ordered
spread on the minutes.
STATE OF THE TREASURY.
A lengthy detailed report, accompanied by supple-
mentary reports of accountants, was submitted by Dr. P.
W. Ray, treasurer. Not to be behindhand In stating his
length of service. Dr. Ray referred with pride to the fact that
this was his twelfth annual report The transactions of the
treasurer's office for the year, representing actual receipts
and disbursements for that period, left a balance of $399.28.
After adding funds in hand the net balance amounted to
$7,899.28. For the college, he reported total receipts of $17.-
445.14; this including the balance left over from the previous
year of $7,456.06. The college disbursements for the year
amounted $15,260.30. leaving a net balance of $2,184.84.
On motion the report was received and referred to the usual
committee.
Dr. William Schroeder, Jr., the chairman of the Journal
Committee, was asked to report what progress had been
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD
made toward establishing a Journal of the association. Dr.
Shroeder said that until yesterday he had been unaware of
the fact that he was chairman of the committee. He in-
formed the members that a Journal could be produced at a
cost of $1.50 a page, add that if some one could be found to
push the business end, and some other person be selected to
edit it, the Journal would pay for itself— providing a sufficient
number of advertisements could be secured.
On motion of Mr. Mulr, further consideration of the Journal
project was abandoned, the committee being discharged with
thanks.
THE BLECTION OF OFiflCEBS
to serve during the ensuing year was then taken up, with the
following result:
President, Oscar C. Kleine, Jr.; first vice-president, Walter
B. Averre; second vice-president, Edward G. Rave, M.D.; third
vice-president, Andrew E. Hegeman, Phar.D.; secretary, Fred-
erick P. Tuthill, B.S., Phar.D.; treasurer, Peter W. Ray.
M.D.
Elective Trustees: William Muir, Phar.D.; Clarence O.
Douden, Ph.O.; John H. Droge, M.D.; William J. Hackett,
Thos. J. France, William Bussenschutt, Adrian Paradis,
Ph.6.; Charles W. Klein, Henry S. Smith.
Censors: Wm. F. Maas, Ph.G., chairman; Henry E. Mc-
Intlre, BenJ. Rosenzweig, A.M., Ph.G.
Board of Trustees Committee of Supervision and Examin-
ation: William Muir, Phar.D., chairman; Adrian Paradis,
Ph.G.; Walter G. Averre, William J. Hackett, Frederick P.
Tuthill, B.S., Phar.D.
Librarian: William Schroeder, M.D.
Delegates were chosen to represent the association at the
meeting of the New York State Pharmaceutical Association
at Blmira in June, as follows: Albert H. Brundage, William
Muir and W. C. Anderson; to the A. Ph. A., W. 0. Anderson,
E. H. Bartley, F. P. Tuthill, A. P. Lohness and W. Bryan.
On motion of Mr. Muir, the same delegates were sent to the
New Jersey Association as represented the Kings County
Society in this association three years ago, at the time of the
well-known unpleasantness— namely, A. H. Brundage, W. C.
Anderson and F. P. Tuthill; W. C. Anderson was elected a
delegate to represent the Society at the annual meeting of the
National Association of Retail Druggists in Cleveland.
Schnlbbe, I. Sohval, M. Squirsky, Miss B. Wallach, M. WoUi-
son, P. Weber. J. Wallach.
Those who received certificates were: Charles P. Dowllng,
James McNamara, Theodore Failmezger, William Meister,.
Joseph A, McGarr, I. Shiwam. Louis Van Deinse.
BROOKLYN COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT.
Interesting: Exefcises Held In the Academy of Mtisic-
Prizes Awarded*
The commencement exercises of the Glass of 1902 of the
Brooklyn, Ck>llege of Pharmacy were held on Thursday even-
ing, May 15, in. the Academy of Music. The attendance was
unusually large and many were unable to gain admission. The
hall was beautifully decorated with flowers and the national
colors. A. J. Huether, the valedictorian of the class, was
presented a gold medal for having attained the highest per-
centage of any student ever g^raduated from the college, his
general average being over 98 per cent Miss Beriha Wallach
and Miss Emma Chess were awarded second and third prizes
respectively. Other prizes were given as follows: John R.
Hatten, the Bnmdage prize for highest average in pharmacy;
Barnett Miller, silver medal for highest average in the Junior
class; Abraham Rosen, alumni prize, a microscope.
The address to the graduating class was delivered by for-
mer Congressman Edmund H. Driggs. Besides music by the
orchestra, the entertainment features of the programme were
vocal selections by the Metropolitan Male Quartette, Miss
Maud Lambert and Nelson W. Doyle.
The doctors of pharmacy in the graduating class were F.
E. Niece. Frances Grant, P. Shapplro, I. Leaf and Qustave
Wolff. The graduates are: L. Averett, H, Bayllnson, A.
Becker, B. Bloch, H. Bookstauber, E. L. Boom. H. L. Bossong,
J. Bram, J. Q. Brown. I. Bernstein. J. J. Buckley. L. Burkard,
J. Bums. F. M. Byme. Miss E. Chess. A. H. CoUer, N. Criss,
H. Crolly. G. De Waltoif. J. Dunleif, J. Ehrenwald, I. Ellison.
H. Feeser, I. Friedman. A. E. Golding, J. H. Gutkin, A.
Herman. A. Hansen, H. J. Harkavy. J. R. Hatten, J. Herzen-
berg, B. Hofman. W. H. HoUings, F. Homecker. Charles
Homl, A. Huether M. Isaacs. A. Jersawitz, J. J. Kolb, W
Kmskal. G. A. Klein. Miss M. Krohn, W. Llndeman, S. LelferL
L. Manulkln, M. MIshkin. W. E. Mueller. S. Norman M
Patterson, F. Pearlsteln. E. Pobe, A. C. Rave, H. Rich, j!
Rabinowitz, A. Rosen, S. RosoflT, I. Rothman, A. H. Rowe*
B. Rosenhouse. M. Sookne. O. J. Stark, Jr., S. Stlle, W s'
Strawgate, Miss C. Segall. I. J. Selkowltz, G. P. Schmidt, f"
THE MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS' REGIS-
TRATION BUREAU.
Under the above title an association has been formed by
12 firms, with a view to preventing duplications in the selection
of names of a proprietary character. The objects of the bureau
are set forth in the following agreement, signed by the several
members of the bureau:
** For the purpose of Improving the method of advising each
other of adopted titles or coined names for preparations, there-
by affording each other better moral protection, we agree to
be one of the number of manufacturing chemists to constitute
a Bureau of Registration. It is the purpose of said Bureau
of Registration (1) to have the registrar publish a list of both
registered and unregistered titles (to be so designated in the
list), which are used by each concern interested; (2) to publish
in the Amebican Druooist such additional names as may af-
terward be submitted by members, said tities to be accom-
panied by the labels of the preparations.
"This association is to be known as the Manufacturing
Chemists' Registration Bureau, and its membership is to be
confined to manufacturing chemists. Each new member la to
be elected by a two-thirds majority vote of the members."
The present members of the association are: Hance Broth-
ers & White, Philadelphia; Eli Lilly & Co., Indianapolis; Wm.
S. Merrell Chemical Company, Cincinnati; H. K. Mulford Com-
pany, Philadelphia; Nelson, Baker & Co., Detroit; Parke, Davis-
& Co., Detroit; Searle & Hereth Company, Chicago; Sharp &
Dohme, Baltimore; Frederick Stearns & Co., Detroit;- H. K.
Wampole & Co., Philadelphia; Wm. R. Warner & Co., Phila-
delphia; Clinton E. Worden & Co., San Francisco; the regis-
trar being Caswell A. Mayo, editor of the Amebican Druooist.
A Hint to Mantifactursog: Pharmacists*
To THE Editor:
Sir.— I desire to present, through your columns, to the man-
ufacturing pharmacists and chemists of the United States, a
suggestion which, if adopted, will prove of benefit to them
and to the medical profession alike. This suggestion is that
they print and furnish to physicians a summary of the more
important data regarding their preparations of the same size
and shape as the index card in general use, 12.5 cm. z 7.5 cm.,
using, if necessary, both sides of the card. Several cards
might be furnished with each remedy, so as to enable the
physician to file one under the name of the remedy itself and
one under the names of the several diseases or conditions in
which it is indicated. For Instance, assuming that potassium
bromide were a proprietary remedy, one card should be fur-
nished with the heading Potassium Bromide, another with
the heading Bromide of Potassium, another with the heading
Smith, Jones & Co., manufacturers, and still others with such
headings as Sedative, Epilepsy, etc.
A large and rapidly growing number of physicians keep a
card Index Rerum and some keep besides a therapeutic card
index. The manufacturers who act upon this suggestion will
undoubtedly find that the information so furnished will be wel-
comed and utilized. J. Madison Tayxoil M.D.
Philadelphia, May 20.
The Tennessee Meetmgf*
The Tennessee State Druggists' Association will meet at
Ben Aqua Springs, on the CenterviUe branch of the N. C. &
St. L. R. R., on July 16 and 17. A splendid hotel rate has
been aecured of $1 per day. Prizes are offered as follows:
For the best paper on methods of advertising for the retail
pharmacist, $10; for the three best papers on any subject, $5
each; for the three best assortments of certain galenical prep-
arations made by members of the association, $10, $5 and
$2.60, respectively; for the best set of formulas for a cough
syrup, a liniment, a headache cure, and a blood purifier. Be-
sides these, numerous prizes will be given in guessing, and
athletic contests, etc. A complete programme may be obtained*
from the secretary of the association, R. W. Ylckera, Mur-
freesboro.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
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MANHATTAN PHARMACaSTS MEET*
Features of the Monthly Meetings — ^Members Stirred Up
About New Fire Department Regfulations — ^A G>o-
f ecence of Associations to Nomixiate Guididates for
Board of Pharmacy — Committee Appointments —
Large List of Applicants for Membership — New
York Medical Societies Qosed to Druggfists*
THE principal topics of discussion at tlie May meeting of
the Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association were the new
regulations adopted by the Fire Department of the City of
New York withdrawing the permission formerly accorded to
druggists to store certain articles classed by the department
as combustibles; and the filling next June of the three vacan-
cies on the Board of Pharmacy in Manhattan caused by the
Attomey-Generars interpretation of the Hill amendment to
the Pharmacy Law passed at the last session of the Legis-
lature.
If the Fire Department Is to have its own way the sale of
gasoline, benzine or naphtha In drug stores will not be allowed
after the permits now In force expire. The association took
no action to secure relief, but left the whole matter In the
hands of Its Committee on Trade Interests without instruc-
tions. As to the filling of vacancies on the Board of Phar-
macy the association will issue a call for a conference meeting
of all the associations in Manhattan, the Bronx and West-
chester, who are entitled to participate in the election, and at
this conference an endeavor will be made to reach an agree-
ment regarding candidates. This, however, will not prevent
the Independent nomination of candidates at the place of
election, which place will be designated by the Board of
Pharmacy.
The meeting, which was held at the College of Pharmacy,
115 West Sixty-eighth street, on Monday evening. May 19,
was opened by the newly elected president, Charles S. Brb,
with an effective little speech of thanks to the members for
the honor of election to the presidency. Being the leading
American organization In the city he considered the Manhat-
tan Association should have a membership of at least 500, and
he said he trusted that the members would spare no effort to
bring the membership up to this figure. Calling attention to
the activity of the association in the past, in conjunction with
sister associations, he expressed the hope that these friendly
relations would be maintained and extended. He mentioned
that be had been visited during the past week by various per-
sons asking for the appointment of a Committee on Confer-
ence with other associations to select candidates for election
to the Board of Pharmacy, and thought some action should be
taken in the matter. He then suggested a revision of the by-
laws. The annual dues were. In his opinion, too high, and
he recommended that they be reduced from $5 to $2. Presi-
dent Erb put forward these suggestions in a tentative way,
offering them as recommendations for the consideration of
the members. No action was taken on them at this meeting.
Regular business was then proceeded with, and Secretary
Swann read the minutes of the previous meeting, which were
adopted as read. George H. Hitchcock, treasurer, reported
the receipt of $42.50 in dues and disbursements of $5.00, leav-
ing a balance of $37.50 for the month. The report was
adopted.
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS.
Secretary Swann then announced the appointment of the
following committees and delegates by President Erb: Com-
mittee on Legislation: Felix Hirseman, 1168 Ogden avenue,
chairman; A. Bakst, R. R. Smith. Committee on Finance: A.
0. Searlee, 59 West Sixty-second street, chairman; C. O. Bige-
low, W. Falklner. Committee on Trade Interests: F. O. Col-
lins, 181 Third avenue, chairman; W. H. Porr, T. Latham.
Committee on Grievances: W. C. Alpers, 47 West Thirty-first
street, chairman; Oscar Goldman, W. E. Faber. Press Com-
mittee: J. M. Tobin, 103 West Forty-eighth street, chairman;
Chas. Wylle, G. E. J. Emelin. Committee on Entertainment:
Fred Borggreve, C. O. Gruber, F. N. Pond, R, Zimmerman,
P. Wlchelins, W. F. Rawlins, G. Klelnau, I. Lewln, J. H. Rog-
ers. Jos, Aquaro. Committee on Membership: F. W. Carpen-
ter, J. Welnstein, W. H. Ebbitt Delegates to Connecticut
Association: G. 0. Dlekman. H. A. Herold, L. F. W. Selfert
To New Jersey Association: W. C. Alpers, J. M. Tobin, J. H^
Rogers.- To New York State Association: C. O. Bigelow, B. R.
Dauscha, M. Mariamson, S. V. B. Swann.
THE SALE OF GASOLIMB AND NAPHTHA IN DBUG STORES.
Following this reports of various committees were called
for. The only committee having anything noteworthy to com-
municate was the Committee on Trade Interests, F. O. Col-
lins, chairman. The Fire Department of the City of New York
is making a determined effort to stop the sale of benzine, gaso-
line and naphtha in drug stores, and is refusing to renew per-
mits for the sale of these substances as they expire. A num-
ber of members recited their experiences with the depart-
ment in their efforts to secure permits. Sidney Faber said
he had made application for a permit for the storage of ben-
zine, gasoline and naphtha, and the permit had been returned
to him with the articles named stricken out. His application
for permission to keep a Quarter pound of phosphorus in stock
was disallowed, the quantity being reduced to one ounce.
He applied for permission to keep 50 pounds of potassium
chlorate, and the amount was reduced to 20 pounds. The
same ruling was made by the department on certain other
substances of an Inflammable or explosive nature.
W. H. Ebbitt inquired in regard to the effect the ruling of
the Fire Department would have on the sale of articles like
Sallade's Mosquito Cure, composed principally of benzine, and
Dawson's or Lubin's Benzine, and Mr. Collins informed him
that he had interrogated the officials of the Bureau of Com-
bustibles on this point, and had been Informed that the sale
of all such forms of benzine would be prohibited. After some
discussion the whole matter was referred back to the Commit-
tee on Trade Interests.
Chairman W. C. Alpers of the Committee on Grievances
was asked for a report, but stated that he had Just commenced
to grieve, and had nothing new to communicate as yet
The two candidates proposed for membership at the pre-
vious meeting were balloted for and elected. Their names-
are Charles A. Stechler, 1722 Bathgate avenue, and C. K.
Crowell, 1927 Washington avenue.
NEW YORK MEDICAL SOCIETIES CLOSED TO DRUGGISTS
W. C. Alpers reported, as chairman of the special committee
appointed at a previous meeting to arrange for representation
for the Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association in the Section
on Therapeutics of the New York County and State Medical
Societies, that nothing had been accomplished, as the societies
named made no provision for associate membership, their by-
laws requiring all members to be practicing physicians. He
said, however, that he would seek the Influence of the Ameri-
can Medical Association to bring about a revision of the rules
of the local societies at the meeting of the association in Sara-
toga next month.
Secretary Swann announced that he had in hand 45 appli-
cations for membership. The names were read and the appli-
cations referred to' the Committee on Membership.
A communication from the New York Retail Druggists'
Association was then read, asking for the privileges of the
floor for three delegates, and on motion of Mr. Searles the
courtesy was granted.
P. Diamond addressed the meeting as the delegate from
the New York Retail Druggists' Association. After calling
attention to the good work which had been accomplished
through conference work by the various associations, and re-
ferring to the liberal views held by the Manhattan Association Id
regard to the voting privileges and right of representation of
druggists on the State Board of Pharmacy, he led up to the state-
ment that the New York Retail Dnyfgists' Association had
held a special meeting last week and placed In nomination
for election to the Board of Pharmacy their president, Joseph
Welnstein. Mr. Diamond then said: " I am here to ask you to
Indorse our candidate, not simply because he is the president
of our association, but for the reason that he has always been
active in pharmaceutical matters. An additional reason for
asking your support is that Mr. Welnstein is a member of the
Manhattan Association. We ask the Manhattan Pharmaceu-
tical Association to hidorse his candidacy for election to the
Eastern Branch of the New York State Board of Pharmacy."
President Erb explained that it had not yet been deflnitely
settled that all five members of the board would require to
be re-elected. The Attorney-General was still considering the
legal bearing of the amendment passed at Albany, and might
render a different decision from that announced any day.
The decision as made public last week had not been drawn
up by the Attorney-General himself, but by one of his assist-
ants.
A. Bakst said the subject was one of the deepest impor-
tance to the druggists of New York, and whether one or more
officers of the board had to be elected he would move for the
AMERICAN DRyCGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
appointment of a Gooference Committee to meet wltb similar
committees from other asBoclatlons and decide upon candi-
dates. This was supported by Mr. Alpen, who thought It
would be well for the various aBSoclatlona to get together and
agree on candidates now rather than to start off with a fight.
George Klelnau was for naming a candidate at once at this
meeting, but he was not supported In this view, and Mr.
Bakst'a motion, as originally made, was adopted. In accord-
ance with this the Manhattan Association will appoint a Con-
ference Committee, which will Issue a call to the various asso-
ciations entitled to participate. The list of associations having
the right to vote for members of the Board of Pharmacy In-
cludes the Italian Pharmaceutical ABBOclatlon, the German
Apothecaries' Society, the Greater New York Pharmaceutical
Society, the New Xork Retail Druggists' Association, the
Westchester County Pharmaceutical Assoc latton, the Pharma-
ceutical Clerks' Auoctatlon, the Drag Clerks' Circle and the
Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association.
On motion of President Erb, the following resolution was
adopted, providing for the election to membership of all ap-
plicants proposed up to the nlgh> of next meeting, without
the usual delay of a month:
Ratolvvd, That the tbird Mctlon el article three be raaitendad on the
evening ot Jane 16 (the date of tbe r^nlar meeting) In ao far aa It n
latea to tbe Committee on Membenbtp. and tbat aaid compiUtee be Ici-
Btmcted and empowered ta report on all candidates who ahall have been
propoied up to and inclDdlDci aald meetlns.
On the suggestion of the president a light luncheon will be
served at the June meeting, the secretary being Instrncted to
send return postal cards to the members, on which they wlU
be asked to signify their Intentions tn regard to attending this
meeting. The meeting adjourned at 10.80.
Rubber Sttodries (o be Adruced*
Chicago. May 19.— Tbe price of rubber druggists' sundries
In the West wilt soon be advanced, according to members of
local labor unions, who have been showing a great deal of
activity lately. The talk of an advance was started by a
strike at the Morgan & Wright Works. The woman who are
employed In the manufacture of water bags, whirligig sprays,
bottle stoppers and numerous other sundries formed an
organization under the name of the ladles' Independent
Rubber Workers' Dnion. They got the support of union men
then, and after a strike were granted an increase of wages,
amounting to from 10 to 12^4 per cent. The regular day Is to
be ten hours long, and the women are to receive time and a
half for overtime and double time for Sunday work. The.
factory is so crowded with work tbat It has been running 16
boars a day, and the extra cost for overtime la expected to
make a considerable difference In the cost of the product
According to members of the union a 25 per cent advance
is to be looked for. but jobben are not ready to admit that
such a result Is likely to follow, The threat Is made that
other factories are likely to be effected also.
A Tasteful Voluine of Proceeding
Henry Dalley, vice-president and secretary of the firm of
Lasell, Dalley & Co., New York, has complied and edited the
" Proceedings at the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Manufac-
turing Perfumers' Association of tbe United States," an at-
tractive volume of some 208 pages, giving an accurate record
of the accomplishments and purposes of the association. Apart
from this the volume Is an unusually fine example of book-
making, both paper and type reflecting the utmost credit on
those responsible for its production; while the arrangement
of tbe subject matter makes reading a pleasure. The report
is made easy of reference by numerous cross heads in the
text, and the whole production has a flavor of originality about
it which places it In a class apart from the usual volume of
"Proceedings." The appendix to the volume contains a "Hat
of copyrighted, registered and trade-marked names of per-
fumers of the United St-ites," a list which will doubtless prove
of considerable value to the members of the association, as
questions of right and priority In the use of fanciful titles are
constantly cropping up. Mr. Dalley Is clearly to be congrat-
ulated on the excelleut taste wblcta he has displayed in the
compilation of the book.
It may not be generally known that Edward Yll, King of
England, enjoys the proud distinction of holding, among his
other titles, that of Chief of tbe Mohawk tribe of Indians. In
18R1, when the King, then the Prince of Wales, visited Canada,
this title was conferred upon him, and some of the Mohawks
to-day are exceedingly proud of what they term their patri-
otic connection with this king, emperor and chief.— From
Four Track News for March.
Tuoxis Mabbk. Ph C, F.C.S.
Thomas Mabeu, Ph.C, F.C.S., of Glasgow, Scotland, the
resident ScotUsh representative of Parke, Davie & Co.. arrived
In New York on tbe steamship Oceanic, on Wednesday, May 21,
and was the guest of honor at a dinner given in the New York
Yacht Club last Saturday evening, which was attended by a
number of gentlemen prominent in American pharmacy. Those
Invited to meet Ur. Maben were: Frof. Joseph P. Remington,
of Philadelphia; Profs. W. C. Anderson and B. H. Bartley.
of Brooklyn; EueUce H. Cane, of New York; Profs. Tlrgll
Coblentz, H. H. Rushy and George C. Dlekman, of New York;
B. J. Kennedy, editor of the Pharmaceutical Era; H. J.
Schnell, of the Druggists' Circular; Thomas J. Keenan, asso-
ciate editor of the Ahebican DsTioaisT; Dr. B. T. Whltmore,
of Parke. Davis & Co.; S. W. Falrchlld, New York; Col.
E. W. Fitch and F. M. Fisk, of Parke, Davis & Co., New York.
Wm. Muir. Brooklyn; Thomas F. Main, secretary of the
New York College of Pharmacy; Geo. Oregorlus, New York.
A number of toasts were responded to, Caswell A. Mayo,
editor of the Auekicak Dbhooisi, acting as toastmaster. The
guest of the evening, whose portrait adorns this page, is a
prominent member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great
Britain, having been for some years a member of the Board
of Examiners for Scotland. He Is a native of Hawick, and
served bis apprenticeship to the drug trade In that city. At
tbe close of his apprenticeship he entered the employ of Dou-
can Flockbart &. Co., of Edinburgh, the most prominent flrm
of pharmaceutical chemists in Scotland, if not In tbe British
Isles. After taking a course in Edinburgh University and
passing the major examination of the Pharmaceutical Society,
he started in business for himself In his native city of Hawick,
and commenced to contribute papers to the meetings of the
British Pharmaceutical Society, For some time he was a
teacher in connection with the Science and Arts Department of
South Kensington Museum. One of his flrat contributions to
pharmaceutical literature was a paper on the manufacture of
citrine ointment. He did considerable work on the chem-
istry of the fixed oils. It being largely through the merit of bis
researches on the couBtltutlon of the Indian oils that be re-
ceived the honor of appointment to the Board of Examiners
for Scotland. He has also served as local secretary for
Hawick of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and
was for a time principal of the West of Scotland College of
Pharmacy, In Glasgow,
lodiana Ptufmaeeutical Atsoditioo.
Tbe annual meeting of this association will be held at
Anderson on June 17. IS and 10. A new feature this year will
be to give the five traveling men brlnglug the greatest num-
ber of new memberB' applications to the meeting a large
order, which will probably amount to from three to five
thousand dollars, A larjie number of the prominent members
have agreed to brinn their want lists to the meeting in order
to swell the orders. The druggists of Anderson and, in fact,
all the gas belt, are working to make this meeting a great
success. All the drugarlsts of the State are invited to attend,
whether memtwrs or not
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SALE OF BENZINE PROHIBITED*
New Resfu!ations of the New York Bateau of Com-
bfsstiUes Bear Heavily Upon Retail Dmggfists.
As is fuUy brought out In the report of the meeting of the
Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association, printed elsewhere in
this issue, druggists are having no end of trouble over the
regulations of the fire department, or rather the Bureau of
Combustibles, goTeming the storage, sale and use of com-
bustible and explosive chemicals, etc. Department officials
have been at work for some time revising these rules, and
numerous conferences have been held between them and rep-
resentatives of the drug trade with a view to securii^g more
equitable regulations, which would at the same time fulfill
the requirements of ^e provisions in the city charter. It is
no exaggeration to say, however, that although the officials
claim to have prepared a set of amended regulations to comply
with the latest changes in the charter, there is still much con-
fusion as to the new regulations, to say nothing of certain
features which druggists contend are unfair and inconsistent
Their criticisms and complaints, it is only fair to state, are
made in the kindliest manner, for the department officials
have all along shown a willingness and desire to rectify mis-
takes and to extend to the trade generally as much leniency
as is consistent with the law and public welfare. There seem
to be a few features in particular that druggists are some-
what exercised over, and which do not appear to be clearly
understood, and in an effort to obtain some light on these
points a representative of the Amebican Druggist called on
the Inspector of Combustibles, George B. Murray, last week,
and also upon druggists who have been working to secure
certain changes in the regulations.
ALL PREPARATIONS OF BENZINE AFFECTED.
One ruling that has caused not a little uneasiness In the
trade relates to preparations, some of the ingredients of which
are benzine, gasoline, etc.. Mr. Murray was asked what rule
would be applied to such preparations. He replied that any
article containing 50 per cent or more of benzine, or any other
dangerous or combustible material, would be considered the
same as if it were all benzine, or whatever like material hap-
pened to predominate in the mixture or compound. This rul-
ing will, of course, have a very far-reaching effect if enforced,
since it is understood that drug stores vdll not be allowed to
carry any benzine, gasoline or naphtha on the premises. As
every druggist knows, the list of such preparations Is a long
one, and as most of them are familiar, it is unnecessary to
enumerate them here.
Inspector Murray declared that there would be no dis-
crimination against drug stores in the enforcement of the
regulations. The latter, he said, would apply to all stores or
places that handle or have been keeping combusttfole or dan-
gerous materials in stock. In fact, he said that the bureau
was disposed to be even more lenient with druggists than with
manufacturers, for the former are invariably more careful
in .the use and sale of the articles concerned than are manu-
facturers or concerns that deal in them more extensively than
do druggists.
DISCRIMIKATION CAUSED BT EXPIRATION OF PERMITS.
Another feature that has caused much discussion in the
trade is in connection with the expiration of permits. Those
which have been issued heretofore under the old regulations
do not expire on the same date. Consequently druggistis whose
licenses do not run out at the same time that their competitors'
do have an advantage in being able to keep and sell materials
which their competitors cannot do. The department officials
say that this is a matter over which they have no control; that
druggists must make the best of the situation until all of the
old permits expire. No new licenses, according to statements
made by the officials, will allow the presence of benzine, gaso-
line, naphtha, etc., in drug stores. It is understood, however,
that the department will be as lenient as possible with those
whose permits expire before others, but that after the first
of the year the practice will be uniform in this respect.
REGULATIONS A SOURCE OF PERPLEXITY.
F. O. Collins, chairman of the Committee on Trade Inter-
ests of the Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association, was also
seen. He reviewed the work already done by the committee
in its efforts to obtain changes in the regulations and told
of conferences that have been held. Druggists seemed to be
all at sea in the matter and the regulations have proven a
most perplexing problem. The committee are now endeavor-
ing to secure an increase in the amounts of various articles
that druggists are to be allowed to have on their premises*
The department's action in barring benzine and similar arti-
cles from drug stores, he understood, was based on a desire
to prevent accidents to the public generally from the use of
gasoline, benzine, etc., of which there have been a great many
lately, rather than because of the danger to the drug store
and adjoining property itself. In other words, he understood
that the department's policy was directed more against the
use of these dangerous liquids.
Inspector Murray was asked for a copy of the regulations-
which Uie bureau is now observing. The copy which he gave
to a representative of this Journal was amended, he said, ini
accordance with the latest changes in the Greater New York
Charter. The pamphlet, which is quite voluminous contalna
these regulations among others^ which at this time may be
of direct interest:
REGULATIONS AFFECTING DRUG STORES.
Permits for the keeping of ezploBlTe compoundB will be iMoed to
retail drug stores in same building with a notel. dwelling, lodging,
boarding or tenement house for the following limited quantities onlj :
4 doz. Nitrite of amyl pearls;
4 OS. Picric acid in glass-stoppered bottles;
16 OS. Collodion, not more than 8 os. to be in a container :
16 OS. Cantharidai collodion, not more than 8 oz. to be in a con-
tainer ; %
16 oz. Flexible collodion, not more than 8 oz. to be in a container ;
2 oz. Spirits of glonoin, one iier cent, solution, not more than 1 01.
to be in a container.
Where such store is not in a hotel, dwelling, lodging, boarding or
tenement house the permit may allow an Increased quantity, in accord-
ance with the oroyisions made for suitable storage.
No person, firm or corporation, without first procuring a permit or
license therefor, shall within the corporate limits of the city of New
York store, manufacture, keep for sale or keep for use In any art, trade
or manufacture —
Any inflammable gas : any
Crude petroleum, crude oil ;
Cymogene ;
RnigoTene ;
Gasoline, petroleum spirits;
Naphtha. Ilgroin ;
Benzine, benzollne;
Coal tar. containing Yolatile constituents ; • .
Benzene, benzol ;
Rosin spirits, pinoline; >
Shale naphtha ;
Camphene ;
Burning fluid;
Acetic ether ;
Ether;
Nitrous ether ;
In retail drug stores situated In a hotel, lodging, boarding or tene-
ment house said permits will be limited to—
16 gallons alcohol in glass or metal containers;
IB gallons wood alcohol in glass or metal containers ;
10 lbs. spirits of nitrous ether in glass or metal containers ;
1 lb. acetone in glass or metal containers.
1 lb. aldehyde in glass or metal containers ;
Permits for keeping the following substances in retail drug stores--
situated in a hotel, lodging, boarding or tenement house will be limited 1
to—
80 lbs. in all of sulphur ;
1 oz. phosphorus.
Permits for keeping said substances in buildings not a hotel, board;.-
ing, lodging or tenement house will be limited to-
ll lbs. of phosphorus, to be kept in vault or fireproof closet ;
110 lbs. of red phosphorus, to be kept In vault or fireproof closet ;
50 lbs. metallic magnesium ;
5 bbls. roll. 5 bbls. sublimed. 3 bbls. washed and 8 bbls. iNrectpt-
tated sulphur.
-Box Trust!
Now, A
The latest big merger (which is the polite term for what
is popularly known as a Trust) is the Paper Goods Oompany
of America, which is intended to consolidate all the folding
box manufacturers throughout the country. The authorized
capitalization of the new combination has been fixed at ^,-
000,000. Of this total ^,000.000 will consist of common stock,
$3,000,000 of preferred stock and $2,000,000 in first mortgage
bonds. The preferred shares will bear 7 per cent interest
Among the companies which are prominently mentioned as
likely to figure in the Folding Box Company are: Bochester
Folding Box Company. Bochester, N. Y.; Chicago Folding
Box Company. Chicago. 111.; Bobert Gair. Brooklyn, N. Y.;
Dayton Folding Box Company, Dayton, O.; Folding Box Com-
pany, South Bend, Ind.; AuU Brothers Paper Box Company,
Dayton, C; Stecker Lithographing Company, Bochester, N.
Y.; National Metal Edge Box Company, Philadelphia, Pa.;
National Folding Box & Paper Company, New York and New
Haven; Kinnard Mfg. Company, Dayton, O.; Munson & Co.,
New Haven, Conn.; Shroeder Mfg. Company, Chicago, 111.;
the Wickham Mfg. Company, Hartford, Conn., and the Dayton
Novelty Company.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
THE AMERICAN DRUGGIST AT THE PARIS
EXPOSITION.
Herewitli we print a ptaotograplifc reproduction of the
diploma awarding the grnnd prize of the UnfverBal Exposition
of 1900 at Farla to the AiiERirAN Dbuogist.
GREATER NEW YORK.
However pitaslug tliis recognition of the value of the
Ahebican Dkuouist. it Is not so gratlf^lug as are the numer-
ous frlendlj expressions of appreciation whkli reach us from
time to time from our regulnr aubacribers, for In the case of
the American DnuGQiB-r the ol<l adage that a prophet Is not
without honor save In hlg own country does not hold good.
Programme for Siate Meetin?
Secretary Judson B. Todd, of the New York State Phar-
maceutical Association, Is out with an official announcement
of the forthcoming twenty-fourtb annual meeting of the asso-
ciation, which will be held at City Hall. Elmlra, June 24, 25,
26 and 27. 1902. The headQuarters of the association will be
at the Rathbun Hotel, where special rates for persons attend-
ing the convention have been made of $2.50 to S5 per day.
Other prominent hotels are the Langwell, Delevan House and
Fraser House, with rates from *2 to S3 per day. The Com-
mittee on Entertainment consists of Wm. P. Colvin, chairman;
C. H. Calkins, treasurer; Edgar L. Mayo, secretary, and A.
S. Hamilton, The following In a summary of the entertain-
ment features: Tuesday afternoon. June 24. ladles' reception;
evening, president's reception and dancing. Wednesday after-
noon, trolley ride to Watkln's Glen; evening, trolley to Rorlck's
Glen, with entertainment. Thursday afternoon, trolley ride
to Elmlra State Reformatory; group picture; Inspection of
shops; special drill. Return by carriages to city, via Eldridge
Parle. Thursday evening, grand vaudeville entertainment In
Auditorium, provided by traveling men In attendance, to be
followed by dancing. Friday evening, annual banquet.
Elmlra Is about 285 miles from New Tork and 150 miles
from Buffalo, and la reached by the Brie Railroad, the D„ L.
& W., the Lebigh Valley and North Central roads. On account
of the large attendance which Is looked for. It behooves
every one who purposes attending the meeting to make Imme-
diate application for accommodations at the hotels.
An election to fill a vacancy on the Board of Pharmacy
of the Middle Section will take plftce on Thursday, June 26 at
J2 o'clock noon.
Uae of Quinftie on the Wane-
According to a Western traveling drug salesman the use of
quinine is growing gradually less, especially la Indiana. He
Kays:
" Where drug men used to sell 100 onnce cans of quinine
tbey now And a sale tor 2-^-ounce cans. In the last 10 years
there has been a decrease of 75 per cent In the use of quinine.
Along the Wabash bottoms, from ^'Incennes to Cairo, 10 years
ago a druggist would place an order for 600 ounces as quickly
IIS be would place an order for 100 ounces to-day. The people
around Egypt, III, used to eat quinine off the end of the
knife with about the same relish that they would eat a con-
fection. They actually liked the stuff. The big county ditches
In the State and their tributaries are doing away with malaria
and the use of quinine. There has beea a great change of price
In quinine also. Twenty years ago it sold at $2.70 an ounce,
and now It can be bought for 34 cen^."
A. U. Andrua, of A. U. Andrus A Co., haa returned
from a month's trip through the Middle West He reports
that he found husiness very fair and mannfacturen all busy.
There has been some talk In Jobbing drug circles dnrlng tlw
past week about closing stores on the Saturday following
Decoration Day. It Is not likely, however, that any of tbe
wholesalers will sus[»end business on that day.
Herbert B. Harding, manager of Humphrey's Homeopatble
Medicine Company, and who was recently elected president
of the Proprietary Association of America, sailed for Europe
on Thursday last He will visit Vienna, Berlin, Parts and
other dtles, and expects to return before the 4th of July.
Ex-Aldermen Lewis A. Cohn, of the Brownsville District,
Brooklyn, has been placed under bonds to appear at Special
SesBlons to answer on the charge of flIUng prescrtptfous and
Illegally acting as a licensed pharmacist The complaint was
made by Thomas E. Conway, Chief Inspector of the Eastern
Branch of the State Board of Pharmacy.
The Grape Capsule Company, of AUeutown, Pa., whose
New Xork office Is at 133 William street, elected Carl B. Franc
a director on May 12. Mr. Franc was until recently a member
of the arm of B. W. Phair & Co., 18 Piatt street. New York;
he sails for Europe shortly, and on his return next fall will
Join la the management of the Capsule Company.
J. C. Ellel, of the Lyman Ellel Drug Company, Mlnne^nlla,
who has been abroad for the last two months, was a passen-
ger on the steamship Minneapolis, of the Atlantic Transirart
Line, which arrived at this port last week. Mr. Elld's sense
of local pride, strong as ever, forbade him taking paasage on
a vessel bearing any other name. It Is reported that bis
friend, Daniel R. Noyes, sailed on the St Paul.
Hollls M. Baniea, the West Broadway pharmacist Is now
fairly installed In his new store, on West Broadway, between
Murray and Chambers streets. The store presents a hand-
some appearance, being very attractively fitted up, and well
lighted. It la much more commodious than the premises pre-
viously occupied by Mr. Barnes and he expects to do a largely
Increased business.
John M. Tobin, tbe well known member of tbe Msnhattan
Pharmaceutical Association, has left the city to take charge
of his summer business at Narragansett Pier, R. I. This will
he his twentieth season at Narragansett Pier. He conducts a
successful pharmacy there, employing two clerks to attend to
the large prescription trade of tbe cottagers. Tbe season last*
until October 1.
W. S. Branch, of Parker, South Dakota, is here for a few
days. He makes the visit to New Tork partly for pleasure
and partly In the Interest of his health, though he Is also a
delegate to the General Assembly. This Is Mr. Branch's first
visit to New Tork. and he Is enjoying the novelty of life In
a great city to the utmost. He dined with friends at tbe
Drug Club last Saturday.
Joseph Plant, of Lehn & Pink, sailed for Europe last week
on the Kaiser Wllbelm der Grosse, of tbe North German Lloyd
Line. Mr. Plaut Is accompanied by bis family, and expects
to be abroad about three months. This Is the first real
vacation he has taken In about 15 yeara. This present trip
which will be entirely for plesaure, will take In WUdnnen
Berlin and other places of Interest A large number of friends
were at the pier to bid Mr. Plaut and bis family bon voyage.
Ralph Brandreth. 41 years of age, son of Benjamin Bran-
dreth, who established the Brandreth Pill Company, applied
about six weeks ago for a $10,000 life Insurance policy and
the doctors In examining him found that while he was sound
physically, there were Indications that he was mentally un-
sound. His relatives were so Informed. Brandreth snbse-
Quently went to Bloomlngdale Asylum for treatment and is
there at the present time.
G. Vnughan Morgan, one of the proprietors of the London
Cbemlst and Druggist and The Ironmonger, is paying a brief
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Yisit to the United States, on busineBS connected with the
American office, which has now been maintained in this city
for some time past This is not Mr. Morgan's first visit to
the United States, he having passed through here some eight
years ago, on his way home to England after a trip round the
world.
Councilman Thomas Stoddart, of Buffalo, the president of
the New York State Pharmaceutical Association, paid a visit
to New York last week to consult with some of the local
leaders concerning the operation of the new amendment to the
Pharmacy Law. Mr. Stoddard deprecates the action of cer-
tain Individuals in New York who have seen fit to anticipate
the operation of the amendment, and prepare for a contest
over the election of members to the Eastern Branch of the
State Board of Pharmacy. The premature publication of the
decision of the Attorney-General has only served to muddle
matters, in his opinion.
There is a Jolly social organization of druggists and doctors
in the Eastern District of Brooklyn, who call themselves *' Ye
Jolly Eaters.*' Nearly all the members of the organization are
connected either with the Eastern District Hospital on the
medical or surgical staff, or the Board of Trustees. The entire
party, numbering 24, paid a visit to Little Hungary in New
York, the other day, and from there went to Chinatown, where
they enjoyed a visit to the chop suey houses and other resorts
which go to make up Chinatown. The second feast will be
next month, and then Little Italy, with its macaroni, will be
the objective point.
David O. Haynes, the publisher of the Pharmaceutical Bra,
was arrested on Saturday, May 10, on a charge of criminal
libel preferred by Elmer & Amend, the well-known wholesale
and retail druggists, of this city. The charge was based on
a publication in the Pharmaceutical Era for April 24, 1902, in
which Elmer &, Amend were branded as substituters. The
publication in question was a paid advertisement of the Antl-
kamnia Chemical Company, and Elmer & Amend allege that
the statements contained in it were wilfully and maliciously
false. Mr. Haynes was brought before Magistrate Mayo, who
held him for examination on Friday, May 16, afterward parol-
ing him in the custody of his counsel.
If there are any weary registered drug clerks In this town
who are looking for a long period of unbroken and beatific
rest, remarks the Evening Post, they should apply to Boston,
where they will learn something to their advantage. The fol-
lowing advertisement Is clipped from a Boston newspaper:
REGISTERED DRUG CLERK WANTED.—To sleep in store
for one year at least. References as to honesty and ability
from last employer reqnired.
At least one year! If the weary drug clerk wakes up at
the end of that time, here is a delicate but definite intimation
that he may go to sleep again. Rip Van Winkle, lucky, as
we are now informed that he was, certainly never had a
better opportunity than this.
WESTERN NEW YORK.
Boafd Elecdoa for the Westera Bniich--SaU8facftory Arrangcmcnii
for the Meeting of the State Assodatioa— Western Board Notes* ,
New Jency Board.
At the April examinations the following passed as regis-
tered pharmacists: B. A. Betts, Bayonne; C. P. Beach, Newark;
E. N. Gandow, New York; Emma Chess, New York; W. L.
Dannheimer, Hoboken; R. D. Garben, Perth Amboy; H. A.
Hotz. Newark; Raymond Hendrickson, Philadelphia, Pa.; J.
R. Laird, Jersey City; W. F. Murdy. New York; Louis Reich,
Newark; J. C. Roberts, Norristown, Pa.; G. C. Thomas, Lima,
Pa.; H. N. Webster, Newark; John Waldmann, New York.
The following passed as registered assistants: Joseph Bat-
tiato, Newark; Cornelius Carhart, Keyport; J. H. Holcombe,
Brldgeton; J. C. Prosch, Newark; M. J. Schutzman, Newark.
Developoients in the Syracttse Ctit Price War.
Sjrracuse, N. Y., May 23.— There have been few new de-
velopments in the cut-rate war which is waging at present
in Syracuse. Something having a curious bearing on the out-
breaJc is the advertisement in the principal paper of the early
opening of a " Patent Medicine Store," at 315 South Warren
street, with proprietaries for sale at all sorts of cut prices.
By the time the new store Is opened, however, prices will have
been so demoralized that the newcomer and arch-cutter will
find his occupation gone. It would be interesting, however
unprofitiible it might be, to know the real inside history of
the price war In Syracuse.
i^From our Regular Correspondent)
Buffalo, May 23.— The Erie County Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciation met on the 20th and fixed the date of the election of
the member of the Western Branch of the State Board of
Pharmacy at 2.30 p.m. on June 4, at the Bufl!alo College of
Pharmacy. It was arranged to send notices of the election to
all licensed drug stores In the section,' so that no eligible voter
should be neglected.
The retiring member of the board Is ex-President R. K.
Smither, but as he had announced that he was not a candi-
date for re-election, several other candidates haye appeared,
perhaps the most prominent being President Lockie and Sec-
retary Grove, of the Brie County Association. While It Is be-
lieved that Mr. Smither would relish a re-election he will not
ask for it, and though he will receive some votes, it Is not
thought that he can be chosen unless he will work for the
place.
A resolution was passed asking the members of the asso-
ciation not. to sign trading stamp contracts.
President Lockie was directed to appoint delegates to the
meeting of the State Association in Elmlra. June 24-27.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE STATE MUETUiO.
President Stoddart, of the State Pharmaceutical Associa-
tion, expresses himself as especially well pleased with the
preliminary arrangements made for the Elmira meeting. The
entertainment of the guests will be of the most elaborate de-
scription, including excursions to Watkins Glen and other
scenic resorts in the vicinity. A large attendance is expected.
The meeting of President Stoddart, Secretary Todd and Chair-*
man Lockie of the Executive Committee with the local com-
mittee was of the most cordial sort, and the best of results
should come from It.
STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY MEETS.
At the last examination held by the Western Branch of
the State Board of Pharmacy the following licenses were
issued: Pharmacists: C. A. Brown, B. C. Cofield and Merton
D. Linger, of Buffalo, and E. G. Hunton, of Salamanca. Drug-
gists: J. M. Schmitt, L. E. Winchester, W. J. TiUey and W.
H. McCoach, of Buffalo; Edward Loge and Jay D. Morton, of
Niagara Falls, and C. J. Niles, of Salamanca.
One candidate, whose standing was 84, was caught whis-
pering to another, and on being questioned by the examiner
tried to bluff the matter off, and was thrown out entirely.
He did not know the botanical name for pumpkin seed and
asked his neighbor about it. Whether the other man replied
** pepo," or whether he kept mum, is nol reported.
The inspector for the Western district is out in the " Prov-
inces" looking into the faces and the practices of the mem-
bers of the trade. Secretary Reimann takes an occasional
turn in the same line at odd times. So far the delinquents
in the district have paid eight fines of $25. The last to come
down was a druggist who made a trip to Florida, leaving
only a drug licensee in charge.
NEWS OF THE DISTRICT.
E. M. Rossiter has lately opened a new drug store in Broe-
toQ, making the second in that village.
E. H. Breckon, who bought the Tuerke drug store, at Black
Rock, Buffalo, sold it two days later to George Herrmann, for
some time clerk In the Darlington store on William street
Sipperell & White, of Breckenridge street and Ashland ave-
nue, Buffalo, have added drugs to their grocery establishment,
W. H. F. White having a license.
E. G. Hunton, lately graduated at the Buffalo College of
Pharmacy, and just granted a license in pharmacy, is the
manager of the store of J. C. Krleger In Salamanca.
George Reimann lately broke the druggists' bowling record
by a score in which he made six strikes running. The club
keeps up the Friday afternoon meetings all through May.
The drug firm of Smith & La Roque, Plattsburgh, have been
dissolved, the partnership having expired on March 11 last
The business will be continued by Dr. Joseph H. La Roque,
who assumes all liabilities of the firm. J. C. Smith, the for-
mer member of the firm, who died recently, was widely known
to the pharmacists of the State from his connection with the
State Board of Pharmacy.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Commcocemeot Week--Tht Almmii Binqtict— Blue Lawi Enforced
-"Liquor License Troobfcs— An Cd Firm RcUre.
(From our Regular Correspondent,)
Boston, May 22.— The annnal reception and dance of the
senior class of the Massachusetts College di Pharmacy was
Jlield at Pierce Hall in the evening of May 14. The affair was
matronlzed by Mrs. Scovllle. G. A.. Hull was floor manager,
.and his aides were John Burke, Fred. W. Bennett, John P.
Lyston, Victor B. Dion, Herman F. Hawthorne and Wilder
S., Macurda.
TBS CLiLSS EXEBC1SE8
-were held in the college building on the afternoon of May
15. Herman F. Hawthorne delivered an address of welcome.
The history of the class was told by Morris V. Paddock, and
the class oration delivered by Arthur P. Jenkins. James M.
:Sulllvan uttered the class prophecy, and the farewell address
was pronounced by Elwln F. Hatch. An intermission fol-
lowed and later came
THE GRADOATIVO KXEBCISE8.
The Rev. Irving T. Reese delivered the address. Then
Secretary William D. Wheeler called the roll, while President
William H. PuflTer conferred the degrees, as follows: Grad-
nates in Pharmacy: Herbert T. Blake, Bertram G. Cutler, Ber-
tram A. Dexheimer. Victor B. Dion, Charles C. Drake, John
H. Gardella, Herbert F. Gerald, Percy A. Hall, John J. Ham-
mers, Elwin F. Hatch, Herman F. Hawthorne, Arthur P.
Jenkins, Edward J. Kivlin, John P. Lyston, Wilder X. Ma-
curda, Stephen T. Marshall, Thomas F. Mayo, Mary Q. Phelan,
•Bertha Plnkham, James M. Sullivan, Mary A. F. Whitmarsh.
Pharmaceutical Chemists: Howard D. Brewer, Victor H.
Ohase, Arthur A. Jackson, Morris V. Paddock, Franklin H.
Stacey, Arthur B. Wood.
THE ALUMNI BANQUET.
In the evening the members of the Alumni Association
igave a complimentary banquet at Hotel Brunswick to the
•class of 1902. President C. T. Simpson sat at the head of the
table, and Prof. James O. Jordan acted as toastmaster. The
speakers were Hon. Joseph H. O'Neil, Hon. Robert O. Harris,
Thomas J. O'Brien. M.D., Prof. Charles F. Nixon, Amos R.
Tilden and Morris V. Paddock.
THE SUNDAY BILL
is Still on the ways, and we have been through two more Sab-
iMiths under the restrictions imposed by the blue law. Relief
and a definite settlement seems assured this week. Hub
•druggists have pretty^ generally observed the law during this
•closing spasm until last Sunday, when the bars were let down
with a vengeance, though in some districts business was done
cautiously.
The Evangelical Alliance, composed of ministers, is very
much on the side of the druggist at present, for it has asked
the Senate to limit. In the Interests of order, temperance and
civil righteousness, the sale of soda. Ice cream and confection-
•ery on the Lord's Day to drug stores.
Out in Newton Sunday business has been made especially
good for druggists, for the Aldermen refused to grant licenses
to common victuallers, who formerly kept open on the Sabbath.
THE SIXTH-OLASS LICENSE PROBLEM
is always active at this time of year, and Just now it is divid-
ing public attention with the blue law agitation.
Despite opposition the Committee on Public Health has re-
ported ought to pass, on the resolve to provide for an inves-
tigation and report by the State Board of Health as to the
production and free distribution of vaccine lymph, and also
as to the quality of lymph in. use during the past winter and
that at present In the market; the verdict was leave to wlth-
•draw, on the petition that patent medicines shall be com-
l>ounded only by registered physicians or pharmacists.
WEEKS ft POTTER RETIRE.
Two Important changes In firms In this city, long and well
known to the dru;; trade of New England, are about com-
pleted. The first is that of the Weeks & Potter Company,
who propose to retire from business. The concern give as a
reason " the increasing detail in the wholesale business," and
in addition the knowledge that their capital can be used to
better advantage elsewhere.
THE MASSACHUSETTS MEETING.
President Helnrltz Is working energetically to making the
coming M. S. P. A. meeting a great success. He is a thor-
ough believer In organization, and will throw his support to-
ward having the Bay State retain membership in the N. A
R. D. This subject Is likely to be warmly discussed at this
meeting. President Helnrltz recently addressed the druggists
of Worcester and Northampton.
NOTES.
F. S. Taft, Cambridge, Is a petitioner In bankruptcy. Lia-
bilities $1,532.03, no assets.
J. A. Bouchard, of Pawtucket, R. L, shot himself fataUy
in a hotel at Montreal on May 15.
W. H. McKenna has Just bought out Bacon & Co. at
Chateaugay. Mr. McKenna was formerly clerk for Bacon
& Co.
John G. Gadding, Ph.G., of Boston, treasurer of the M.
C. P., is serving upon a Jury In the civil session of the Supe-
rior Court W*llllam A. Chal^ln, Ph.G., > Is also a member of this
Jury.
The Vloletta Company were recently organized for the pur-
pose of manufacturing medicines, with $10,000 capital stock,
of which nothing Is paid In. President, George A. Foster, of
Lawrence; treasurer, James C. Chase, of Harwich.
Frank M. Pease, a veteran pharmacist, of Lee, Mass., aged
64, died May 14. Mr. Pease was bom In Granville, Mass. He
opened a drug store In Oman's Block In 1860. Mr. Pease was
president of the Massachusetts State Pharmaceutical Associa-
tion In 1885. He was several times elected president of the
I^ee Business Men's Association, and was also chief engineer
of the Lee fire district In 1896 he was elected master of
Evening Star Lodge, F. A. M.
How to Get On in Ph&rmaqr*
Some advice contained In an address to young lawyers, by
Walter S. Carter, a well known New York lawyer, has been
adapted by the Bulletin of Pharmacy to the case of young
pharmacists, as follows:
1. In selecting a location, keep away from large cities.
Settle in a town of moderate size where there are abundant
opportunities, but where there are not so many able and en-
ergetic men that you are prevented from rising above the sur-
face. Better be a large toad in a small puddle than a tadpole
in an ocean!
2. If you get a chance in a good ofilce [drug store], make
yourself indispensable— so useful that they simply cannot get
along without you. Is this dlflAcult you are asking? Oh no.
It Is easy. If the office opens at nine, get there at half-past
eight; If it closes at half-past five, stay until six; if there are
shirks on the staff— as there generally are— be swift to do their
work; make the cause of your firm your own, be instant In
season and out of season, neglect no possible opportunity, and
you can't escape success if you try.
8. After starting in business for yourself, have a hand-
somely equipped oflAce [store] as soon as you can possibly
afford it It makes a good impression on patrons, and it pro-
claims to everybody that business is done here, and that the
firm Is on the highroad to prosperity.
4. Extend your acquaintance as widely as possible. Get
to know everybody you can. And, if you are introduced to
a man, remember his name and everything about him; and
when you meet him next time, no matter whether it be in a
day or a year, if his name is Smith, call him Smith, and not
Brown, and manifest that knowledge of him and his business
which never falls to please any man.
5. Don't have any personal peculiarities— be an every-day,
sensible, level-headed human being. Don't wear long hair.
Don't part your name in the middle. Don't have any fopperies
of manner or opinion.
6. Remember always that the very best way to gain busi-
ness is to do that business which comes to you so well that
the public will gravitate to your ofllce because they can ,get
better service there than anywhere else.
Hoped to Strike the Ri^ht One
" Here are half a dozen prescriptions I would like to have
you fill as soon as you can," wheezed Rivers.
" I can see they are all for the cure of a cold," remarked the
druggist looking them over.
" It's this way," explained Rivers; " when I had the other
cold I tried all these. One of *em cured me, but I can't remem*
ber now which one It was."— Chicago Tribune.
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PENNSYLVANIA.
Prepatfliig for the A* Ph* A.— Ursring a Redostton In the Akohol
Tax^The Baaeball Beanu
{From our Reguiar Correspondent.)
Philadelphia, May 22.— The Committee of Arrangements
of the American Pharmaceutical Association are actively en-
gaged upon a plan for financing the coming meeting, which is
to be held in this city in September. It is the intention of the
committee to have an elaborate programme, as this will be
the Golden Jubilee of the association. Considerable progi:e88
has been made, and every member of the association has been
communicated with to find out their Intention as to attend-
ing the meeting. A great effort is being made to have a ban-
ner attendance, and it is desired that each member bring some
one with him. Wives, daughters, sons, relatives and sweet-
hearts are to be looked after, and at a later date a committee
to take care of the innocents will be appointed.
FOB REDUCTION IK ALCOHOL TAX.
The Committee on Legislation of the National Wholesale
Drug Association is getting ready to continue the fight to se-
cure a reduction of the internal revenue tax on distilled spirits,
and with this object in view, M. N. Kline, chairman of the
committee, has sent a communication to each member. The
repliea have been prompt, and in every case the committee
has been commended for the work, and what has been done
has been in accordance with their wishes. In the address to
the members the chairman of the committee points out that:
" With the present large surplus in the treasury it is be-
lieved by many of the manufacturers using alcohol in their
industries that this is a propitious time for reducing the tax
to 70 cents per gallon, and that if the matter is properly
taken up by the parties interested the desired reduction can
be secured."
DRUOOISTS PLAT BALL.
The success of the Druggist Bowling Club has infused new
sporting life into the veins of the wholesale and retail drug-
S^sts in this city. Now that the t)owling games are over for
the season a baseball club has been formed and every Tuesday
about 50 hard worked druggists hie themselves to Wynnewood,
where baseball, as it should be played, is performed. There
is considerable interest taken in the Tuesday outings, and it
is believed that before the season is over a larger ground
will have to be secured to accommodate the growing Hercules.
Home runs are too frequent, and a subscription is being taken
up to secure enough money to have the fence moved about 100
yards further back.
PHILADELPHIA.
A. C. Schofield, the Adonis of North Fifteenth street has
returned from a vacation to Atlantic City. Mr. Schofield has
recently enlarged his store at Fifteenth street and Susque-
hanna avenue.
On May 13 George W. Harris died from cancer of the
bowels. Mr. Harris has been ill for some time. He is well-
known in the vicinity of Twentieth and Christian streets,
where he has been in business for a long time. He was in his
seventy-first year.
R. B. Smith, who for upward of 25 years has been in the
employ of Hance Bros. & White, and for some years past has
been the manager for this house, has resigned his position
and will retiro from active business. He has been succeeded
by Mr. Nesbit.
The drug storo conducted by J. B. Moore at Thirteenth and
Lombard streets for many years has been sold to Harry
Swain. Mr. Swain has two stores, and this makes the third.
The others are at Second street and Snyder avenue and Fourth
and Wharton streets. Mr. Moore is one of the best known re-
tall druggists in this city, having, in former years, been a
frequent contributor to the pharmaceutical press. It is under-
stood that Mr. Moore intends to take life easy, and desires to
be free of all business cares.
A Philadelphia druggist has conceived the idea of flavoring
postage stamps to suit the taste of his customers. He keeps
the stamps in compartments which have been flavored in va-
rious ways, and when a customer asks for a stamp he in-
quires, "What flavor will you have; lemon, vanilla, winter-
Sreen or i)eppermint? " The customer usually looks mystified,
but Boon discovers that the stamps are really fiavored, and the
druggist, who does business in Darby, thinks he has hit upon
f^ way to increase his stamp business, which, it may be re-
marked, is the inconceivable part of the story.
OHIO.
Pnitmoi Bears Pharmacy Law Baacted— LegiaUtore Panes Many^
Meaaores Affectiiig Phannacy— The Mandabach Law.
{From our Regular Correspondent)
Cincinnati, May 22.— The Ohio General Assembly adjourned
May 12, after passing an unusually large number of measures
directly affecting the drug trade, wholesale and retail. One
of the last bills enacted into law, before the final adjourn-
ment, was a bill prepared by Prof. J. H. Beal, of Sclo, who is
now a member of the House of Representatives of the Ohio
Legislature, and hurriedly rushed through. The bill is care-
fully framed, and there is said to be no question but that it
will stand any legal test, though none is likely to be brought.
It provides that all applicants for certificates as pharmacists
or assistant pharmacists must be examined in chemistry, bot-
any, toxicology and theory and practice. It is one of the most
radical measures of the kind ever attempted in the State, and
is currently reputed to have been introduced at the instance
of physicians. The provisions of the new law will necessarily
make the regular State examinations much more severe and
it is altogether likely that the number of those who success-
fully pass will be materially smaller than in previous years.
THE K^XDABikCH LikW.
Druggists generally through the State are interested in
House bill No. 282, introduced in the State Legislature by
Representative Cannon, of Franklin County, and known as
the Mandabach law. It is entitled " A bill to prohibit the de-
livery or depositing of drugs, medicine antiseptics, disinfect-
ants and cosmetics, either for internal or external use, upon
the premises of another.'
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A GBBXAN'S IDEA OF TBB RESULTS OF THE WAR WITH SPADC.
B. J. Pardick, a well-known West End druggist, had an
amusing experience with a German firm. He recently broke
a portion of a very valuable microscope which had be^i be-
queathed him by a former German specialist, and sent it to
a big German manufacturing firm who make a specialty of
this sort of work. He expected that the repair work would
cost a very ]arge amount of money, and was much surprised
when he received the instrument complete, with a bill for
$1.10, with the accompanying letter:
Dbab Sib: Inclosed find microscope, which yon will find all right.
Alto bill. Realising that your country has juBt passed through a very
disastrous war, and believing that consequently money is not very
plentiful amonff the people of the United States, I will not ask vou to
remit at once, but to take jour time about it. xou may have 80 days
or longer in which to remit.
Druggist Pardick remittejl at <mce, with a letter disabusing
his correspondent of some of the ideas entertained in Ger-
many regarding the finances of the United States as a result
of the Spanish war.
CINCINNATI NEWS NOTES.
Oscar A. Hoffman, Wade street druggist, was married to
Millie Hoffman, of Bremen street. The maiden name of the
mothers of both bride and groom was Bauer, but they are
not related.
The differences that arose among the stockholders of the
Stein- Vogeler Wholesale Drug Company, led to a formal
court decree, changing the name of the old firm to the Alfred
Vogeler Drug Company. Under this name all the new con-
tracts will be made.
Secretary Greyer, of the State Board of Pharmacy, gives
warning that all grocers who sell rat, roach and other poisons
will hereafter be rigorously prosecuted. The penalty is $20
to $100 fine or imprisonment or both. Recently manufacturers
of the poisons have been dealing directly with grocers, and
the trade has greatly increased. The law provides that no
poisons must be sold except by a regular pharmacist, and that
a register must be kept.
Dressed in somber clothing, with white gloves and white
cravat. Druggist Charles Mossmeyer committed suicide by
swallowing sixty grains of morphine in his store, at the very
hour of the funeral of his dearest friend, Robert Mulligan.
Mossmeyer conducted a drug store in the Town Hall, a sub-
urb of Cincinnati, for many years, and was in charge of the
branch post office of the Cincinnati post office, which was es-
tablished in his store. He leaves a widow and three children,
and had conducted drug stores at different places in and about
Cincinnati for many years.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEJTICAL RECORD.
ILLINOIS*
A Dnsggltft in Pofilks— T!ie Big Druflf Cofporatlofr oo the Pacific
Coist— Rubber Sundry Workers' Wt^gtM Advanced*
(From ofir Regular Correspondent.)
Chicago, May 22.— Luman T. Hoy, who for three years baa
been secretary of the State Board of Pharmacy, and is con-
sequently acquainted with almost every druggist in Illinois,
is slated for an important political position. It is expected
that he will within a short time be elected chairman of the
Bepublican State Central Committee. Mr. Hoy's home is at
Woodstock, 111., and he was bom 52 years ago in McHenry
County. He entered the drug business when only 19 years
old and has remained in it in spite of his activity in politics.
He has held a number of town and city offices in addition to
his service with the State Board. He has been a member of
the State Committee several terms and has been chairman of
the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee. He 4s op-
posed at present by Governor Yates, who wants another man
made chairman of the State central body, but as Mr. Hoy
is backed by William C. Lorimer and Congressman Hopkins, it
is not thought that there will be any doubt about his election.
A. W. Ellington, of Los Angeles, whose store was merged
into the Sun Drug Company when that corporation was
formed six months ago, was one of the recent callers at the
store of Walter Gale, president of the Illinois Pharmaceutical
Association. Mr. Ellington reports that the novel organiza-
tion has proved successful thus far, that all the members are
pleased with the plan and that prospects for continued pros-
perity are excellent. The corporation consists of eight stores,
six in Los Angeles, one in Pasadena and one in Redlands.
At the time of organization the owner of each store turned
in his stock In return for which he received capital stock in the
new concern. Each was retained as the manager of his own store,
but all buying is done from the central office, where all receipts
are also turned In. Profits are then divided among the stock-
holders. The outcome of this plan has been awaited with
much interest In other cities and, according to Mr. Ellington's
report, the idea may be adopted elsewhere.
RUBBER SUNDRY WORKERS' WAGES ADVANCED.
Details are given elsewhere of an advance In the wages
of workers in the rubber sundries factories, which Indicate
the probability of an advance in prices.
CHICAGO NOTES.
Charles H. Bauer has succeeded G. H. Perrin & Co.. at
Oalesburg, lU.
R. J. Sarasy has disposed of his store at Janesvllle, Wis.,
to W. M. Pfennig.
C. C. Cook, at Chicago avenue and Pine street, has sold
out to P. P. Yergin.
0. L. Clancy has disposed of his store at Wrlghtwood ave-
nue and North Clark street to J. C. Behnke.
W. B. Katzenberg has opened a new store at Forty-fourth
and Halsted streets.
Fanster's drug store, at Marlon, Ind., was badly damaged
by natural gas explosions recently. All the windows in the
vicinity were blown out and a number of persons were injured.
Carl Weeks has been obliged, by ill health, to dispose of
his store, at Centervllle, Iowa. The store is now owned by A.
J. Weller, formerly of Sigoumey, Iowa.
William T. Winters, clerk in Stuart's Pharmacy on Dear-
bom street, is a member of the class which has Just grad-
uated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons.
• Charles Klein, of Denver, is in the city. George L. Smith,
president of the Smith Drug Company, of Sheridan, Wyo., is
also here.
J. Cratg Long, who has had a retail store at Howard Lake,
Minn., for more than 25 years, has retired. The store is now
owned by his son and son-in-law; under the name of Kiessel
A Long.
The Kennedy-Suffel Drug Company are about to embark In
the wholesale drug business at Green Bay. The members of
the firm are: J. T. Kennedy, president; H. H. Williams, vice-
president, and Frank H. Suffel, secretary and treasurer.
The L. A. Becker Company, manufacturers of Twentieth
Century fixtures and fountains, have Just placed an apparatus
in the D. E. Prall pharmacy, of Saginaw, said to be the most
expensive fomitain in the State of Michigan. Mr. Prall Is
thoroughly up to date and is president of the pharmaceutlCBl
association.
The home of the Twentieth Century Soda Fountain manu-
facturers has been moved from 96-98 Franklin street to a
large double store, almost directly across the way, at No. 87
and 89, where the office will hereafter be located. This con-
cern, under the management of L. A. Becker, have made rapid
strides in their line. Although they started in business only four
years ago their fountains and fixtures are now to be seen In
nearly every State and Territory from coast to coast, which
reflects great credit on the management
Dtuggkts and Politics.
In the course of an extremely interesting address delivered
In the Grand Opera House before the graduating class of the
Chicago College of Pharmacy, April 24, Albert B. Bbert gave
druggists the following advice in regard to politics and or-
ganization:
"I would advise druggists to take an intelligent interest
in public affairs, to inform themselves upon such matters and
to cultivate the power of expressing ideas. There is no reason
why the druggist should not hold his own in discussion with
the lawyer, the doctor and the 'squire. As his powers develop
the respect of his neighbors will increase always, providing,
however, that he possesses tact enough to know when not to
talk. We are not a nation of shopkeepers so much as a nation
of politicians. Sometimes a new man in a communlly will
achieve a greater measure of success than older residents.
The new man puts his best foot forward and if he keeps it
there will be likely to prosper. His virtues are where all men
may see them; his faults he can safely hide away, if he will.
The faults and limitations of the natives are known and a
wide acquaintance Is not always a certificate of success.
" While the druggist is ^broadening his general intelligence
in public affairs, he is at the same time in training for the
local business of his town, county or State pharmaceutical
association. Men are wanted to organize such associaticms
wherever possible; the abler the man who organizes each as-
sociation the better will be the results. The work is already
well begun, but I am sure that no druggist having the interest
of the profession at heart will be satisfied until all the drug-
gists In the land are members of some organization tributary
to the National Association of Retail Druggists. This organi-
zation, while a babe in years, is already a giant in stature.
It moves deliberately, but insinuatingly, resistlessly. It has
accomplished more for the commercial benefit of the drug
store than any association which preceded it It asks your
support, your help, your ent)iusiastic co-operation. It promises
you no miracles, but can guarantee a Just and fair measure
of benefit as a reward for your efforts. It is an organization
of the druggists, for the druggrists, and by the druggists.
" The problems with the solution of which the trade is en-
gaged are Important and difficult They are worthy the
best thought of all the members of the pharmaceutical pro-
fession. It seems almost a truism to urge that it is only by
means of organization, local, State or National, that this best
Intelligence can be put to use, for as Bacon said: ' In multi-
tude of counsel there is much wisdom.'
** The spirit of the age is organization. We see capital or-
ganizing by the hundreds of millions of dollars; we note the
tendency; we tremble when we contemplate the vast power
of capital so organized and equipped with legal sanction. But
If we stand amazed at the potential strength of ten men with
a capital of a million or even a hundred million dollars each*
what shall be our sentiments if some day we shall see an or-
ganization of 40.000 men with perhaps a working capital of
from $1,000 to $10,000 each? The ten men will surely die;
their affairs may fall Into Incompetent hands; their wealth
may be dissipated, or at best, may not last beyond the third
generation of their descendants. Their power passes with
their lives; but the power of the 40,000 increases as the or-
ganization and sub-organizations perfect themselves; It in-
creases with every new member; It opens new fields and
guards the old ones; Its members keep step vrith the melody
of their times; and it lives on, with no third or fourth genera-
tion of incompetents to dissipate the results of former In-
dustry."
Bfttth Wisdom*
" Why call it toothbrush ? You should say * teethbrush,'
unless you happen to have but one tooth."
" Nonsense; one does not say * bootsbrush.* **
" No, because he brushes but one boot at a time."
" But how about a hairbrush? '*
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'She Drug and Chemical Market
The prices quoted in this report are those current In the wholesale market, and higher prices are paid for retail lots.
The quality of goods frequently necessitates a wide range of prices.
Condition of Trade.
New York, May 24, 1902.
THE movement of trade in the several departments of
drugs, chemicals and pharmaceuticals continues of
iair average volume, the demand coming mostly from the
interior dealers and being devoid of speculative features.
Disappointment is expressed by most dealers at the lack
of demand for seasonable goods, but it is felt generally
that buyers will be content at least for some time to come
to purchase only such lines and quantities as current
necessity suggests. Regarding prices the feeling is of a
rather firm character, and, aside from a sharp decline in
caffeine, there has been no really important change in
values. Most of the changes noted below are in sellers'
favor.
Codeine is Irregular and unsettled, and we hear of some
sales a shade below our prices, though quotations are
nominally unchanged on the basis of $3.50 to $3.70, as to
quantity.
Lower.
Caffeine,
Balsam Peru,
Opium,
Calendula flowers,
Mexican sarsaparilla.
Quinine,
Codeine sulph..
Jalap root.
Rape seed,
Serpentaria root,
Cinchonldine sulphate.
HIGHER.
Cod liver oil.
Caraway seed,
Buchu leaves.
Wax, Japaji,
Poppy sped,
Qum arable.
Worm seed,
Arrowroot, St. Vincent,
Oil bay.
Oil lemongrass,
Simaruba bark,
Lycopodium,
Elder flowers.
Wahoo bark,
Ginger root.
DRUGS.
Acetanilid continues to offer at 19c to 20c, at which range
the steady consuming demand is met.
Arnica flowers are finding a steady outlet into consumption
at nominally unchanged quotations. Reports from primary
markets indicate that the present stocks are low in all quar-
ters, and the new crop will not be ready before July.
Balsams.— Copaiba, Central American, continues held from
importers' hands at 36c to 38c. but in a jobbing way up to
40c is named, as to quality and quantity. " Peru has dropped
a notch or two, owing to competition among holders, and there
are sellers now at $1.25. Tolu is fairly steady with the sales
at 27c to 30o, as to quality and quantity.
Barks.— Cascara sagrada, new crop, has sold well in the
Interval, and we also hear of several transactions in old bark,
within the range of quotations. Cherry has been in demand
and quotations are well maintained at the range of 10c to
15c, as to quality and quantity. Simaruba is in light supply,
and for the small available stock holders ask 20c.
Buchu leaves, short, continue to advance. Sales are re-
ported at 26c, but 24c will yet buy in a small way. Spot
supplies of desirable grades are steadily diminishing in vol-
ume, and holders are reluctant sellers of prime grades.
Calendula flowers are lower in the face of a limited de-
mand, and while 38c to 40c is generally named, we hear of
some sales at a shade under this, or say 36c.
Cantharides is without new feature of interest, either as
regards price or demand, sales of Russian and Chinese being
made at 60c to 72c, and 42%c to 45c.
Caffeine has been reduced 50c per lb. by the agents of
foreign manufacturers, and $3.25 is now named on lots of 100
lbs. Domestic makers have followed suit, and quotations are
now uniform on the basis of $3.25 to $3.50, according to
quantity.
Cinchonldine sulphate is offered more freely, and values are
barely steady at 24c to 25e.
Cod liver oil, Norwegian, is maintained in flrm position, and
efforts to negotiate large sales at a concession from quoted
prices have not been successful, holders being influenced by
the markedly flrm position of the article at primary sources.
While sales of single barrel lots have been made at $30, this
below the equivalent of the lay down cost, and an advance Is
generally asked on this quotation, up to $33 being named for
choice brands.
Colocynth apples are in moderate consumptive demand, but
stocks are not urged in excess of trade requirements, foreign
markets being reported very flrm; Spanish quoted at 15c to
17c, and prime Trieste at 40c to 45c.
Cuttleflsh bone is in improved position and flrmer In sym-
pathy with the foreign markets, but competition among local
dealers serves to depress values and quotations are unchanged
at 20c to 21c for prime Trieste, 75c to 80c for Jeweler's large,
and 45c to 47c for small.
Damlana leaves are in limited supply, but important in-
quiry is yet lacking and prices do not vary from 15c to 17c.
Elder flowers are scarce and wanted, and higher prices are
generally named, lie being asked for broken lots, and 9c by
the bale.
Ergot continues dull and neglected, but prices, despite the
lack of important demand, are fairly flrm on the basis of 39c'
to 42c for Russian, and 40c to 44c for Spanish.
Formaldehyde continues in good demand and dealers are
experiencing some difficulty In delivering supplies. A slight
advance is asked on lots for immediate delivery, 15^ being
named.
Juniper berries are only moderately active, but holders are
unwilling to meet buyers below the point of 8c to 3%c
Lycopodium has sold ratlier freely during the interval for
early delivery, and prices are generally flrmer, though quota-
tions are nominally unchanged at the range of 52c for or-
dinary and 53c to 54c for Pollitz.
Menthol has not changed materially since our last. Im-
portant inquiry is withheld, and the market Is quiet and fea-
tureless at $3.80 to $3.85.
Morphine is in improved demand, though prices are as yet
uninfluenced and manufacturers' quotations do not vary from
$1.95 to $2.05, as to quantity.
Opium has been only In moderate demand since our last,
and competition on a dull market has served to further weaken
values, $2.80 being now quoted for cases, while $2.82^ to $2.85
is named for broken lots. In a jobbing way moderate quan-
tities of powder are taken at the range of $3.60 to $3.65, as to
quantity.
Quinine does not improve, and the weaker tendency hither-
to noted remains characteristic of the market. Values, how-
ever, show no further change, and manufacturers continue to
quote on the old basis of 28c for bulk, while from second
hands the quotation is 25^ to 27^, as to brand and quantity.
It is intimated in some quarters that the ruling quotations
might be shaded on an order for a round lot, but holders gen-
erally appear to make little effort to urge the distribution by
price concessions, and the market is consequently flat and un-
interesting.
Tonka beans are quiet but steady at previous prices. We
hear of small sales of Angostura at 75c for new and 70c for
old.
Vanilla beans are held at full recent values and there is a
fair Jobbing movement with medium grades of Bourbon given
the preference. Quoted, $5.75 to $6.25 for cut Mexican and
$2 to $6 for Bourbon.
Wax, Japan, Is very flrm under the influence of diminishing
supplies, and holders now quote at an advance to 8c to 8^c.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
CHEMICALS
Acetate of lime has been in brisk demand for both export
and home consumption, and values are well sustained at the
range of 90c to 95c for brown, and $1.30 to $1.35 for gray, as
to quantity.
Alum is held by the manufacturers at $1.75 to $1.80 for
lump, and $1.80 to $1.85 for ground, as to quality and quantity,
and a fair inquiry is being experienced.
Arsenic, white, remains quiet but steady at 3%c to 3%c.
The tone of the market is firm.
Blue vitriol is steady, and manufacturers are booking or-
ders for carload lots at 4%c to 4%. The distribution is not
being rushed, and Jobbing lots are held at 4%c to 5c.
Carbolic acid is seasonably active, but the current trans-
actions do not exceed Jobbing proportions, with prices main-
tained steadily at the range of IGc to 19c for crystals In
drums, and 22c to 23c for 1-lb. bottles.
Chlorate of potash continues in demand and steady, with
sales from second hands at 8c to 8^.
Citric acid is in rather better demand, and values continue
firm on the basis of 33c to 33V6c for domestic, as to quantity.
Oxalic acid is finding a good consuming outlet, and there is
a fair Jobbing movement at current quotations, or say, 4%c
to 4%c for German, and 4%c to 5%c for English,. as to quality
and quantity.
Quicksilver is moderately active In a Jobbing way, with
dealers quoting the old range of 64%c to 65c, as to quantity.
Sal ammoniac is moving into better position, and prices for
lump are steadily maintained at the recent advance of 9^c
to 9%c, as to quanUty. '
Sugar of lead does not vary from 8c to 8%c for white, and
6c to 6%c for brown crystals; current transactions are, how-
ever, chiefly in the way of Jobbing quantities.
Tartaric acid has been actively inquired for, but the busi-
ness passing is chiefly of a Jobbing order, and the market is
devoid of new features of Interest, quotations being well
maintained at our figures.
ESSENTIAL OILS.
Anise has not changed from $1.10 to $1.25. at which range
the trade is purchasing in a Jobbing way only.
Bay is scarce and holders now ask $2.75 to $3. though the
demand momentarily is wholly of a Jobbing character.
Bergamot shows an upward tendency in sympathy with
the position of the oil at primary sources, but $1.75 to $1.80
will yet buy.
Caraway is firmer and higher in sympathy with the seed,
and some holders refuse to shade $1.35, though others are
accepting $1.25, or possibly less.
Lemon and orange are firmly maintained in view of stronger
reports from primary markets, but there is little to note in the
way of business, and values are unchanged from 70c to 80c for
the former, and $1.35 to $1.50 for the latter.
Lemongrass is firmer owning to scarcity, and quotations
have been advanced to $2 to $2.10, as to quantity and quality.
Peppermint is steady and in moderate request, with the
sales at $1.70 to $1.80 for bulk, and $1.95 to $2.10 for H. G. H
' in bottles.
Wlntergreen is maintained in firm position, and some hold-
ers in the country name up to $1.50.
Wormseed continues in light supply, and the market is firm
at $1.10 to $1.25, as to quality and quantity.
GUMS.
Aloes, Cape, have been in better demand, and values show
an upward tendency in view of anticipated scarcity, and only
small lots are offering at the inside price of 8c. Curacao is
also in demand and developing more firmness, but the call
has not been sufficiently large to influence prices.
Arabic is moving Into a stronger position and holders are
not willing sellers at present prices, though competition has
had a slightly unsettling effect upon the market.
Camphor continues in good seasonable demand and flrm at
refiners' quotations, or say, 57c to 57%c for bulk, and 57i^c
to 58c for cases; Japanese in tablets and slabs held at 62c to
'64c.
Chicle is firmer, and we hear of several large transactlonff
within the range of 32c to 35c.
Guaiac is maintained at 20c to 22c, wltli a moderate trade
in a Jobbing way.
Myrrh continues in demand, and sales are making within
the range of 16c to 30c, as to quality and quantity.
Senegal is held at full recent limits, but the demand is of
a limited character; sales at 10c to 24c for picked, as to grade
and quantity.
Tragacanth of the various grades is passing out in moder-
ate quantities within the range of 30c to 70c for Aleppo, and
&c to 80c for Turkey.
ROOTS.
Althea, cut, continues scarce, and prices are maintained at
23c to 25c, as to quality and quantity.
»
Arrow, St. Vincent, is decidedly stronger, owing to recent
catastrophes and holders have advanced quotations to 8c ta
10c for barrels, and 9^ to lie for cans, though the demand Is
hardly above the normal.
Ginger, Jamaica, is scarce and held at the full previous
range of ll^c to 13c for bleached, and 10c to 12c for un-
bleached.
Gentian is scarce, and for the limited available supply 4c
is asked.
Golden seal Is moving into firmer position, and everything
procurable at 50c seems to have been taken up, so that 52e
is now the inside quotation, a sale of 1,000 bbls. at the
Inside figure being reported.
Jalap is slow of sale and quotations are barely steady at
the range of 9c to OV^c.
Jasmine, yellow, is in limited supply, and the market is
sustained at an advance to 3%c to 4c.
Senega is quiet, but the market is firmly maintained at
the range of 54c to 56c for Western, and 55c to 57%c for
Southern.
Serpentaria has eased off a trlfie, in the face of continued
light demand and increased supplies, and sales are making at
the rate of 40c to 42c.
M'jiL<»>«:
Canary remains quiet, but the market appears flrm at un-
changed prices, though interesting developments are looked
for.
Caraway, Dutch, is maintained in flrm position under the
Influence of unfavorable crop reports from the growing dis-
tricts in Holland, and holders now ask 5%c to 6%c, as to qual-
ity and quantity.
Celery is in reduced supply and flrmer in sympathy witli
foreign markets, quoted 7%c to 8c.
Coriander does not change from 2%c to 3c for unbleached,,
and 3V^c to 3%c for bleached, and trading is wholly in the way
of Jobbing quantiti^.
Poppy is held with more flrmness in view of anticipated
scarcity, and though 6%c will yet buy in some quarters, 7c
Is more generally quoted.
Kape, German, is weaker and values have eased off a trifle.
3%c being now quoted inside.
Wormseed, both domestic and Turkish, is scarce and tend-
ing upward; quotations have already been advanced to the
basis of 9%c to 10c for both varieties.
Soluble Chocolate*
Druggists should carefully read the advertisement of J^
H. Barker & Co., of 93 Bedford avenue, Brooklyn, and avali
themselves of the offer made therein. Barker fountain choco-
late has now a wide sale and is growing steadily in popularity.
Some of the largest retail drug stores in New York City use
it to the exclusion of all others.
When the season of the year when lime Juice is in steady^
demand is rapidly approaching, we take pleasure in inviting-
the attention of our readers to the advertisement of Evans^
& Sons, Limited, which appears in this issue. Montserrat
Lime Juice, by all known tests, is the best article of the kind
imported Into this country. Druggists have found that not
only can they sell It readily at the soda fountain, but that there-
is very little difficulty about developing a family trade for it
by the dozen.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
W. H. Batos,
AdTertlitug nip«rt, Detroit
W. H. Eatos, of Detroit, started oat alzteen years aco to
learn the drug buBtnese, and after serving thirteen years In
tbe retail buBlnem, during four of wbich be carried on adver-
tising work, be went on the road as a traveling advertiser
and has made a very close atody of the subject. Druggists
who have taken up his system of advertising are very enthn-
slastlc, and Mr. Eaton Informs us that he has never yet heard
from any person who has tried bis syBtera who la not thor-
-oughly satlstted with it Mr, Eaton baa hundreds of cats
which he uses in the advertielng of bis patrons witbont any
charge for them, and gives as good service to the country
-drugglBt as to the city man. Be will tx pleased to correspond
with all druggists who wish to Improve their methods of ad-
vertising.
HINTS TO BUYERS
Syrup of Figs advertising matter will be sent free to all
who apply to the California Pig Syrup Company, at San
Frandaco, or Ijonlsvllle.
Saccessful Pharmacy is the title of an interesting and sug-
gestive brochure published by R, T. Bower, Petoskey, Mloh.
The price Is f 1 per copy.
Whoever Is a good fisherman should have a try at Shake-
speare's casting prises. Write William Shakespeare. Jr.,
Kftlamazoo, Mich., for particulars.
Tou havm't all the data you need for an Intelligent deci-
«lon If you ffil) to get a quotation from Hance Brothers &
White, of Philadelphia, for that private formula you are figur-
ing on having put up.
The "Cllngfast" rubber cot made by the Huron Rubber
Company, Cleveland, Ohio, seems to be flual solution of the
several problems involved In making a satisfactory finger cot
Write tbem for quotations.
Coke's Dandruff Cure Is fairly entitled to be classed as a
specific. It not only cures dandruff, but It makes money for
tbe druggists who sell It. Write A. R, Bremer Company, Chi-
cago, for advertising matter.
Uruguay Beef Extract, Imported from South America, Is
supplied by Lehn & Fink, New York, In attractive packages
at a figure that gives a fair margin of profit to the retailer.
Write them for literature on tbe Bubject, mentioning tbe
AUEBICAIT Dbuooist.
Five big Belling specialties for the soda counter are placed
before the trade this year b.v the Duroy & Haines Company,
Sandusky. Ohio. They are Kola Cherry, Malted Strawberry,
Golf, Soda Claret and Champagne Soda. Write them for free
samples of each, mentioning tbe Amebicab DanoGisT.
-X two-pint shelf bottle for Falrchlld's Essence of PepBlne
can be obtained tree of charge by ordering two pints of Fair-
child's Essence of Pepslne from his wholesnter. Only one of
The trade-mark rights of Burroughs, Wellcome ft Co., Lon-
don, England, In tbe arbitrarily coined words of Tabloid, Solold,
Hazellne, Saxin. Enule and Valule. are fully protected under
tbe laws of both Creat Britain and the United States, and
the owners give fair warning that they propose to guard their
rights to the fullest possible extent.
Clarke Bros., Peoria, 111., make and bottle a very pure old
Juniper Qln, under their own same, especially for family and
medicinal use. The fact that they put their own name on It
Is of Itself a guarantee of Its purity. Write tbem for quota-
tions on this and other pure caae goods intended particularly
for sale through the drug trade.
Seger & Gross, of 42 West Sixty-seventh street, advertise
in this Issue part of their line of artistic and at tbe same
time inexpensive drug store Interiors. This house enjoy ao
excellent reputation by reason of some of their local work,
which leaves nothing to be desired In the way of convenience
and beauty. Catalogues and other information will be fur-
nished on application.
The sales of Coca-Cola are very much larger than ever be-
fore, amounting for tbe month of April to about 85,000 galloni.
This will be 35 per cent greater than for the same month last
year. The present capacity of tbe makers Is taxed almost
to the limit, but up to the present time they have succeeded
In filling orders promptly. Our readers should make sure of
supplies by ordering well In advance.
Tbe menncst drink on earth Is a glass of poor chocolate;
but a glass of Hance Brothers & White's " Koko " Is a bever-
age " fit for the gods." That's because it Is made expressly
for use with Ice cold soda water. " FIze BIzz " (a book sent
free for the asking) tells about Koko and tbe other H. B. & W.
soda goods, as well as H. B. ft W. pharmaceutlcais, which, by
the way. are as good as H. B. & W. soda goods, which is say-
ing a great deal.
Any one can buy a handsome soda fountain who is willing
to spend a couple of thousand dollars for one. but It Is only
the knowing ones who realize the fact that the Acorn Brass
Works, Chicago. IlL. can furnish for from (16 to (50 a foun-
tain that Is In proportion to Its cost the best money-maker a
dingglst cao find. They are Just the thing for small stores.
Write the makers for Illustrated descriptive list mentioning
the Ambbicah DnuoaiST.
The very extensive and unusually clever advertising of
the Dentacura Company, of Newark, N. J., together vrith the
undoubted value of their product, has resulted in a large and
very ready sale, from which the druggists derive the chief
benefit. Tbe sale of Dentacura extends to all parte of tbe
world and wherever It Is Introduced It seems to t>ecome pop-
ular. Any druggist who falls to carry this article In stock is
shutting himself out from the benefit which might otherwise
be his.
Ascage, which la made in four forms— namely, granulated,
powdered, cake and liquid. Is an Improved kind of soap, which
offers tbe druggist a very excellent opportunity to make cus-
tomers and to make money at the same time. The soap Is
so satisfactory that whoever uses it wants it again. It Is
Bold through only established agencies, and druggists are thus
ensured a good price upon It Write to the mannCacturers,
George A. Schmidt Company, 405 North avenue. Chicago, for
full particulars, mentioning tbe Ahebicah Dbdooist.
The demand for tbe dmg mill made by A. W. Straub &
Co., of ST87 Filbert street Philadelphia, has been quite re-
markable as a result of Judicious advertising. Not only has
the sale at home been lai^e, but tbe demand abroad has been
much larger than could be foreseen. The strong point about
this mill Is that It Is a really good mill which will grind
almost anything, and Is so cheap that no druggtBt can afford
to be wlthou> it. Printed matter and other informatiou re-
quired win be furnished upon application to the firm.
Armour & Co. are now advertising extensively to the medi-
cal profession their Nutrient Wine of Beef Peptone. This
preparation Is a palatable and highly nutritions predlgested
food made from fresh, raw, lean beef and a sound sherry wine,
and contains In an abaorbable form the entire digeetlble sub-
stance of Ihe beef. Nutrient Wine differs from beef. Iron and
wine and such products, which are only stimulants. Nutrient
Wine is a food that will maintain a patient's strength during
critical Illness and until solid materials may be eaten and
appropriated. Nutrient Wine Is put up In pint bottles and Is
for sale only by tbe drug trade.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
GUY OSBORN TALKS.
OU-fuhloaed Profadona'tiiii in tiie Drag Trade GMng Place to
Modefa CommetcUBui— A Gilt Pertle and Mortar, a Couple
of Sbaw Bottln, a Small Stock of Hitcdlaoeoui Drtigi, and an
Air of Vitdom, Not Sufficient Nowvbyi.
Gny Oebom, Lead of the enterprtBlng firm of Osbom-Gol-
weil CompaDy, New tork, wae recently interviewed by one
of our reporteta:
" My lifetime as a Balesman on the road, added to my re-
cent experience as a manufacturer. Las convinced me tliat
the modem euccessfnl druggist baB radically departed from
the well-worn path ot old time pharmacy. To make any kind
ol a BuccesB at all be has had to become less professional and
more commerclali and the more completely Le Las realized tha
oecesBlty of this tLe more emphatic has been his bnslnesB
Buceess.
" The time was. and wltliln my own personal recollection,
when the drugglat got along chiefly with a brave exterior of
gilt pestle and mortar and window show bottles, a more or
lesB conrlncln); Interior of miscellaneous drugs and a large air
of wisdom. The drugglat who attempted to do business along
such lines nowadays— and there are a few of these elderly
barnacles still surviving— would starve to death. The drug-
gist must be thoroaghly educated to his profession as a mat-
tar of course, but he must also be a sound enough buBlnese
men to make bis store attractive to the public and to buy bts
goods In the moBt economical manner.
" Our Louse have been manufacturing a line of products ot
the bigbest grade, very attractively packaged and sold at a
price which saves the druggist all of the cost of the drnmmer.
We reach blm through the medium of drug Journal advertls-
lug, and send him on application sample cartons, labels, etc.,
together with price-lists and other Information. He Is thus
able to see exactly what the good^ are like before Le places
bis orders. It would be Impossible for him to produce these
goods himself, equally displayed and packaged, at twice the
money. I realize that this Is not a novel proposition, except In
one particular. But In that one particular Is Involved the
essence of the Idea of modem commercialism. He not only
buys fine goods handsomely displayed, but buys them econom-
ically.
"A druggist's line of bis own preparations Is commonly
his chief source of profit, and this profit depends, of course,
on what the goods have cost him.
" I base my belief as to this growing spirit of commercial-
ism upon the fact that druggists have given us so qnlck and
material a response to our approaches. The Amxbioait Druo-
oisT. which has seen our laboratory and Is familiar with our
methods, Is In a position to asBure Its readers of the bona
fides of our work. There Is nothing that is shipped from our
laboratory that could be Improved upon pharmacentically,
chemically or artistlcal^. Our own proSts are necessarily
small, but the aggregate of business done seems certain to
fully warrant the course we have adopted. We feel some
pride In the motto of our house, ' Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Your Money Back If Wanted." "
True Insect Powder.
We have much pleasure In recommending readers
who are In the market for this season's supply
of Insect powder to McCormIck & Co., of 44 South
Charles Btreet, Baltimore. This house have made a
specialty of Insect powder for a number of years, buy-
ing the flowers In the home market, through their own agents,
and grinding them In their own mills In Baltimore. By re-
ferring to their advertisement, which appears In this Issue,
their list of brands, packages and prices will be found. It
cannot he too strongly Insisted upon that the sophistication
of Insect powder has now reached a Bbameful stage, and that
If druggists really deelre to obtain pure goods they should
be very careful where they buy them. One experience with
McCormIck & Co. will probably be sufficient to eatabllsb the
fact that this Baltimore house are to be Implicitly trusted.
Don't ** Boost" One Brand of CtB:ari; Boost All.
No surer way can be found to Increase cigar sales tban by
putting In one or more of the coin o[»erating machines, man-
ufactured by the Mills Novelty Company, the largest manu-
facturers In the world of coin operating machinery. One of
these machines standing on a cigar case will take np but
little room, and will Immediately begin to do busineea. In
addition to the cigar counter machines, they also are having
marked success with their peanut vending machine, which
can be placed outside tbe store and which 1b Its own salesman,
requiring no care other than the filling of the machine when
empty. The customer deposits the coin, the machine does the
rest. No trouble, no care. These machines are fully tpiar-
anteed as to workmanship and will not get out of order. A.
complete catalogue of coin operating machines will be KDt on
request by the Mills Novelty Company, 11 to 23 South Jeffer-
son Btreet, Chicago.
A Cteaa Desk Pad for Clean People.
A flexible " ever clean " desk pad.- which Is Illustrated
herewith, has a perfect, smooth writing surface In imitation
of wood, either oak.
cherry or mahogany, as
desired, and has on It
an Interest computing
table, a table of postal
rates and an l£-incb
measure. It Is flexible,
water proof, and can be
rolled up and will lie
absolutely flat od the
desk. One of these pads
lasts a life time. It U
neater and more eco-
nomical than blotters.
Samples will be fur-
nished by mall at fl for
the 12 X 18 size, (1.60 for the 18 x 25 Inch size, and $2 for
the larger size, measuring 20 x 30 laches. Ttals la one of tbe
valuable office specialties made by the Meyercord-Batterman
Company, 206 Eaet Kinzle street, Chicago. Write them for
full particulars, mentioning the Akericah Dboooist.
An Addiiiooal Source of Incmie for Druggists.
The Ingenious plan by which W. F. Young succeeds In send-
ing business to the drug store Is worthy of careful considera-
tion on all Lands. Any druggist, wLetber in tbe city or
country, can readily make a list of persons In his neigh-
borhood or toiiiislilp who own horses. Livery stable keepers.
farmers, draymen, grocers, private Individuals, stock breed-
ers, are all available for this purpose. A very few minutes of
tbe druggist's time will provide Mr. Young with the Informa-
tion which win result In business for the drugglsfc Mr.
Young mails a copy of his celebrated book " How to Take
Care of the Horse," bearing a prominent display of the drag-
glKt's name, to every name on the Hat. As the book contains
a great number of formulee for ailments to which the horse Is
subjet't, the result Is that the owners naturally come to the
4rug store to have them flUed. Any druggist who Is not dear
In hia luind as to Just what this Is and how It will work Is
Invited to Bddress Mr. Young for a copy of the boob.
60 Per Cent. Profit on Paint Specialties.
By advertising In the leading monthly magasines, reaching
3.000,000 readers a month, a demand Is being created for
.\d-el-lte paint specialties, pre-
pared by Adams ft Eltlng, Chi-
cago, 111., who are now offering
a special proposition to tLe dmg
trade to introduce their goods.
Tbey offer to send sample
case of S4 articles or packages,
consisting of. Ad-el-lte tinted
enamels, bicycle enamels, bath-
tub enamels, floor finishes and
other specialties, all in small and
attractive cans or containers, for
$25. TblsretallsfornotlessthaD
$36.50. If orders are received
within 30 days they will give a
discount on above of 10 per cent. In addition to the paint
specialties, to the druggist who is handling a general paint
line, they will offer special Inducements on white lead, mixed
paints, oUa, varnlsLes and wood finishing specialties. The
apeclaltlea can be used around the house by any one, and no
painter Is required If directions are followed. Drop a postal
to-day to Adams & Elting, 16B West Washington Boulevard.
Chicago, and full particulars of this ofiler will be mailed
you, together with lH>oklets, color cards, etc.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST
and PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO. JUNE 9. 1902.
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A. R. RLUOTT. Preoldent.
CASWELL A. MAYO, Ph.a Editor.
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Ohloaffo Office, 8U Bandolpfa Street.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Editobials:
The American Pharmaceutical Association 290
Work on the Pharmacopoeia, The Goyemment ts. the Indl-
yldnal 800
OBIQINAL COMMUNICATIOIia :
The Collapsible Tube, by W. A. Dawson 801, 802
DBuoaiars' Coubbi zn Opticb :
The Fliyslology of VlBlon, continued 808
DBPABTICSIVT OV STOBB MA2tiaaMXNT :
The Show Window, continued 804. 806
An Amerlean Druggist's Prescription Counter 806
Quams akd Anbwbbb :
Chocolate and Quinine Mixture, Almond Cream, Sodium Oly-
cerophoaphate in Powder, Violet Water, Paste for Labels,
Violet Talcum Powder 806
BUSIXBBB ifuiLOINO 807
OpposTainTns pob B2u>obt Tbadb:
Hie West Coast of Mexico, by Louis Kalrer, U. 8. Consul at
Masatlan, Mexico 808
The United States Leads the World as an Exporter. The Drug
BuBlneaa in Belgium 800. 810
NaWB ov TBM Dbuo. Wobld 811-826
Umsw OF THS Wholbbali Dbuo Mabkbt 826-828
RULES FOR HANDLINQ POISONS.
We desire to call attention prominently to the topic selected
^or dlscnsslon In the fifth question of our series of Subscrib-
ers' Discussions. This relates to Rules which Should be
Observed in the Handlhig of Poisons in the different de-
partments of the pharmacy, and should bring out a valuable
uid interesting series of papers. The subscriber who sends
in the answer which is deemed the best submitted in the
contest by the editor and his advisers will be awarded a
prize of $10. The contest closes on July 16. 1002, and manu-
■cripts must be in our hands before the close of business on
that date.
THE AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL
ASSCX3ATION*
AS the time approaches for the semicentennial meet-
ing of the American Pharmaceutical Association,
which will take place in Philadelphia during the week
beginning September 9, evidences multiply that the gath-
ering will be the most notable in the history of pharmacy
which has ever occurred in this country. Each particu-
lar section gives evidence of great activity on the part of
its officers, and from every quarter of the United States
we learn of growing interest in the meeting and of prom-
ises of large attendance. Already the number who have
signified their intention of attending the meeting has
risen near the thousand mark, and the hospitable phar-
macists of the Quaker City send out constant reminders
to the members of the calling all over the United States
that no number of visitors, however large, can dismay
them, that ample accommodation and ample entertain-
ment will be provided for all, and that all who attend the
meeting will undoubtedly carry away with them memo-
nes which will serve as delightful reminiscences for the
remainder of their lives.
The Committee upon Exhibit announce that they have
made provision for the exhibition of rare, curious and
interesting relics relating to pharmacy which will serve
to illustrate the advances in the calling during the past
50 years. All manufacturers, pharmacists and colleges
are invited to lend any relics or material which they may
have which would add to the interest of such an exhibit^
and the inquiries and responses which have already been
received indicate that the purposes of the committee will
be carried out in a most interesting and instructive man-
ner.
Our readers, and more particularly those whose busi-
ness experience covers a long period of time, are re-
quested to correspond with the secretary of the Commit-
tee of Practical Pharmacy, William Kaemmerer, of
Columbus, Ohio, who is endeavoring to collate complete
data concerning the changes which have taken place in
pharmacy during the past half century, while the Section
on Education and Legislation is actively engaged in pre-
paring a risumi of the history of pharmaceutical educa-
tion and legislation during the lifetime of the association.
Nor is the local Entertainment Committee idle, for
there come rumors of plans which bode well for the en-
tertainment features of the meeting; and, in fact, with
such a plethora of good things, both intellectual and phys-
ical, as the various officers propose to spread before the
visitors, there will probably be no time left to indulge in
that habit which is popularly supposed to be the prin-
cipal occupation of the residents of the Quaker City —
namely, sleep.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
Two special prizes are ofiFered this year in addition to
regular association prizes for papers. These are the
Enno Sander prize of $50 for the best paper on practical
pharmacy and a special prize of a $5 gold piece offered
by Lewis C. Hopp, of Qeveland, chairman of the Com-
mittee on Membership, for the best ten reasons why drug-
gists should join the American Association. This last
prize contest closes on June 20, by which time the lists,
signed by a pseudonym, should be in the hands of Mr.
Hopp.
WORK ON T HE PH ARMACOPOEIA.
ON a narrow strip of bare, white sand reaching out into
the Atlantic Ocean, south of Atlantic City, are dot-
ted a number of cottages at irregular intervals, all of
which are occupied as summer residences only. The
oldest of these cottages, covered with dark, stained shin-
gles, and looking straight out to the East, was built some
nineteen years ago by Prof. Joseph P. Remington. Back
of this cottage stands a nondescript two-story structure,
which is now the central point of activity in the prepara-
tion of the Pharmacopoeia of 1900. The upper floor is a
combined pharmaceutical laboratory and reference li-
brary, rows of glistening percolators, carefully and
methodically labeled, filling one side of the building,
while an interesting assortment of reference works on
pharmacy and allied topics, in various languages, fill all
the other spaces left unoccupied by the windows. Here,
aided by an amanuensis and by assistants from the col-
lege. Professor Remington is busily engaged, as chairman
of the Committee of Revision, in gathering up the stray
ends of pharmacopceial work which is being carried on
in private laboratories and in public institutions all over
the United States.
The pharmacists who impatiently await the appear-
ance of the volume have but little conception of the un-
mense amoimt of careful experiment, scientific research
and painstaking clerical work involved in the prepara-
tion of the United States Pharmacopoeia. The task is
carried on mainly along the lines so admirably laid out
by the late lamented chairman. Dr. Charles Rice, save
that latterly there has been a more frequent recourse to
t3rpe in the circulation of queries and of proposals. The
study which occupies the upper floor of the building is
devoted mainly to Professor Remington's own researches
as a member of the Subcommittee on Galenicals. The
lower floor, originally intended as a billiard room, has
been almost wholly given over to filing cases and other
paraphernalia connected with the clerical duties of the
chairmanship. Each department of the work has its own
special niche in the room, and the dispatch of communica-
tions to the 25 members of the committee, the receipt and
tabulation of their replies and the drafting of their con-
clusions go forward with the regularity and system
of the oflice of a chartered accountant. Occasionally,
however, there does come a drag in the shape of some
member who refuses to be convinced by a majority opin-
ion or who demands more time to carry further some
individual research. It is not possible within the limits
imposed in this column to take up, in a descriptive man-
ner, the interesting work being carried on in this isolated
house upon the Jersey sands, but any one who has the
opportunity which was afforded the members of the New
Jersey Pharmaceutical Association recently to catch a
glimpse of the machinery of the revision work, cannot
but be impressed with the sagacity and foresight which
planned the methods used, and the energy, the tmselfish
devotion and the ability displayed in carrying out those
plans.
Each member of the committee, working busily and
intelligently along his own particular line of thought and
study, is kept in touch through this exchange with the
work and the opinion of all the others, and, dthough the
members are scattered from Massachusetts to Missouri
and from Illinois to Georgia, they are kept in close intel-
lectual touch with each other, and are enabled to ccl-
laborate almost as effectively as if they were all housed
under one roof. To the average busy pharmacist, all or
nearly all of whose time is devoted to labors which are in-
tended to bring back direct financial returns, this spec-
tacle of 25 specialists laboring without stint of time or
intellectual effort for the good of the cause of pharmacy
and not for any hope of direct material ^in will prove
a helpful lesson in altruism, and the nobility of purpose
of these laborers in the catise of science has undoubtedly
been a potent factor in keeping the Pharmacopoeia of the
United States at the head of the list of pharmacopoeias
of the world.
THE GOVERNMENT VS. THE INDIVIDUAL.
CONTRARY to the expectations of those interested, the
Public Health Committee of the Massachusetts Leg-
islature has favorably reported the measure providing
for the manufacture of vaccine virus and antitoxin by the
State of Massachusetts. This is evidence of a growing
tendency toward paternalism in our Government which
cannot but be objectionable to all who have a true com-
prehension of the underlying principles of a republican
form of government. Were it impossible for the State
to secure an adequate and reliable supply of antitoxin
and virus at a reasonable cost there would be some excuse
for this move upon the part of the State audiorities. It
was the existence of these conditions, if we remember
aright, which led to the undertaking of the manufacture
of antitoxin by the Board of Health in the City of New
York, but if those conditions existed at that time they
have since passed away, for there is now no difficulty in
obtaining an adequate supply of reliable antitoxin at a
reasonable cost. In fact, the probabilities are that the
antitoxin will cost the State more to produce in its own
laboratory than if purchased in the open market. As to
the manufacture of vaccine virus, there seems to be even
less excuse for this step than there is in the case of anti-
toxin, for whatever is known in regard to the method of
preparation of vaccine virus has been developed through
the experience of private firms engaged in its manufac-
ture on a mercantile scale.
It is high time that this interference of the Govern-
ment with the rights of the person by entering into com-
petition with the individual in commercial pursuits should
cease. No pharmacist objects to permitting the authori-
ties to manufacture as much as may be required for
gratuitous distribution, but all do object, and object
strenuously, to allowing the credit, the funds and em-
ployees of the city to be utilized for purely commercial
purposes.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
THE COLLAPSIBLE TUBE.
Its Uie* in Pharmacy as a CoDtamer for Specialtiea and
pMacriptions— The Varied Uses to Which it is Pwt.
Si W. A. D^WBON,
Pig. a — Cbrlst;'* Tobo FUIm, (or Uat at the PreacrlptloD Counter.
ciency and economy in protecting its contents from at-
mospheric action and it delivers the last particle of
contents in as fresh and clean a condition as the first.
APPARATUS USED IN FHXING TUBES.
The English house of Thos. Christy & Co., who are
large makers of tubes and of tube preparations, have lately
put upon the market the small apparatus shown in F^ 3
for filling single tubes at the prescription counter. The
material to be contained in the collapsible tube is scraped
from the spatula into the section of tube attached to the
stand ; the collapsible tube is then slipped over this sec-
THE wider use to which the collapsible tube obtains
as a container for pharmaceutical and other special-
ties in Great Britain and on the Continent of Europe, as
compared with its use in this country, is perhaps ac-
counted for by the fact that Great Britain is the home
of tin, and the British artificer from the most ancient
times has been possessed of a cunning handicraft in
working in tin and its ccMnmercial alloys, pewter and
Britannia metal.
THE ANTIQUITY OF TIN.
The British trade in tin began so many centuries ago
that its origin is almost lost in the mists of antiquity.
Certain it is that it was this same soft white metal that
tempted the Tynan trader beyond the Pillars of Her-
cules into the boisterous waters of the Atlantic to trade
for the metal so necessary to the ancient world for its
weapons and instruments of bronze.
COMPOSITION OF THE COLLAPSIBLE TUBE.
The ordinary collapsible tube of commerce is spun from
what is called " composite metal," two thin sheets of pure
itin inclosing a sheet of lead. The cheapest
quality of tube is made of lead alloyed with
a small portion of tin to give it brightness.
The best quality of tubes are of pure blodc
tin throughout, and it is tubes of this kind
that should be used in prescription work.
The application of a drop of strong nitric
acid quickly shows whether a tube is of tin,
composite metal or lead. The acid leaves a
white spot if the tube is pure tin; on com-
posite metal the spot turns black as the acid
eats through the tin coating, and it becomes
black at once on lead. This acid is also used
in testing tin foil, which is made in the same
Fia. L— The manner and of the same materials as the
Coiiiiprtbi. tubes, viz., tin, composite metal and lead.
For ointments, pastes, jellies, creams and
similar preparations there is no better container to be
found than the collapsible tube. Aside from the sightli-
ness of the package, it possesses the advantages of effi-
r
D^
rtc 4. — simple Device for Filling Taboe «t tlie PceacrlptiDD Oci<ut«r.
tional tube, and the contents pressed into the collapsible
tube with a wooden piston tl^t fits closely the sectional
tube.
A STILL SIMPLER DEVICE
which has been used by the writer for many years in
filling single tubes at the prescription counter is shown
in Fig. 4. This consists of a tube, A, into which the
ointment is transferred from the spatula, and a scraper,
B, by which the ointtnent is scraped from the tube A into
the collapsible tube. In practice the ointment contained
in the tube A is pressed as far as it will go into the col-
lapsible tube, which latter is held in the left hand; the
scraper B is then placed in position in the tube A, as
shown in the cut, and held close against the bottom of
the collapsible tube with the thumb and focefinger of
the left hand, the tube A being withdrawn from the col-
lapsible tube with the thumb and finger of the right
hand. The contents are further shaken down into the
tube by tapping it against the counter, the open end of
the tube being sealed by creasing it with the edge of a
spatula and folding it over two or three times. The
whole operation takes no more time than it takes to fill
an ointment pot of equal size. The tube A and scraper
can be made of tin or sheet aluminum, and one for each
size of tube used must be provided. Some of those made
by the writer were cut with a pair of shears from speci-
men business cards printed on thin sheet aluminum.
WIRZ'S TUBE PRESS.
For filling tubes in quantity the tube press shown in
Fig. 2 is us«l. This machine works on the same prin-
ciple as the sausage stuffer
in use in most butcher
shops. Wherever conve-
nient it is advisable to fill
the tubes by placing them
upside down m boxes and
pouring the material into
the open end of the tube;
an ordinary tin coffee pot
I makes a convenient vessel
for filling the tubes in this
way. Nearly all ointment
prq)arations may be filled
into tubes by pouring
while warm, since there
Fi». a— Win'e Tnbe pwit. are few oinments but what
can be heated and kept
sufficicntiy fluid, and still cool enough to obviate separa-
tion of the ingredients by further cooling. Even U. S. P.
cold cream may be poured into tubes while it is in the
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semi-duid condition, which is reached just before it sets,
without danger of its separating.
USES OF THE CX)LLAPSIBLE TUBE.
The subjoined list of preparations is compiled from
the catalogues of several English houses which make
a specialty of supplying pharmacists with tube prepara-
tions, either proprietaries of their own or from private
formulas. The list, it is hoped, may be useful in sug-
gesting to pharmacists some specialty that it might pay
to put up in tubes :
Boot creams and polishes In all
colors.
Cold cream.
Cblllle paste: an opodeldoc con-
taining capsicum, nsed as a
mblfacient
Capsicum yasellne.
Com cream, a thick, liquid plas-
ter.
CrAme ylolet, for the skin.
Cucumber-glycerin Jelly.
Olycerln-honey jelly.
Wltchhasel cream.
Cajuput jelly, for toothache.
Lanolin toilet cream.
Layender jelly, for use after shay-
ing.
Carbolic toothache jelly.
Lip salye.
Pomade Hongrolse.
Shaylng creams.
Sayona cream, toilet soft soap.
Soap bark cream, gloye and clothes
cleaner.
Medicinal soft soaps, as formalin,
thymol and carbolic soaps, etc
Tooth pastes, as areca nut, anti-
septic, camphorated, carbolic,
cherry, wlntergreen, ylolet. rose.
Petrolatum and Its preparations.
Library paste: (he tube is far
ahead of the old mucilage bottle
or paste pot in conyenience. In
cleanliness and In economy of
time and paste.
Wool-fat cream.
Parma-ylolet cream.
Salicylic corn salye.
Pile salye : put up In long pointed
tubes, from which the salye is
Injected Into the rectum.
Glycerin suppository : this Is glyc-
erin suppository mass put up
in long pointed tubes same as
the pile salye.
FOR TOOTH PASTES.
Any tooth powder that does not contain borax, sodium
carbonate, or bicarbonate, or magnesium carbonate may
be made into a paste suitable for putting up in tubes, by
massing the powder with an excipient composed of a
2 per cent, solution of gelatin in oiie part of glycerin and
three parts of water. The mass should be mixed to the
consistence of an electuary in a large mortar, a paste be-
ing made of such a density that when the pestle is held
up the mass will just drip from it but retain its shape
in the mortar nearly as it has fallen from the pestle, with-
out running or spreading.
Powders containing much soap are prone to cake in
the tubes, and it is therefore inadvisable to use more than
5 per cent, of powdered Castile soap in a tube paste, and
where soap is an ingredient to any considerable amount,
the mass should be made of a softer consistency than
usual, so that it will not harden on standing. With a
little experience one soon learns just the right consistency
to make the mass so that it will work wdl in the press
and keep well in the tube.
PRESERVATIVES FOR GELATIN COMPOUNDS.
In preparations containing much gelatin it will be
found advisable to add some preservative to prevent pos-
sible spoiling, if there is not already sufficient alcohol,
glycerin or other preservative in the compound. As
honey or cane sugar is prone to ferment even in a sealed
tube if kept for a long period, where a sweetening of
this character is called for in a formula a solution of
saccharin should be used.
A FILLING PRESS
is necessary for packing tooth pastes into tubes. Such
presses can be obtained from the tube makers, and when
purchasing a press a connecting tube to fit each size of
collapsible tube to be used should also be ordered, a hard
rubber connecting tube being best for the purpose. In
practice the press with a connecting tube of the right
size attached to its spout is filled with the paste and the
collapsible tubes slipped over the end of the connecting
tube one by one ; the crank of the press, is then turned
until the collapsible tube is two-thirds full, when the tube
is slipped off and stood upside down in racks or boxes
provided for the purpose. When the batch of paste has
been filled into the tubes they are sealed by folding the
bottom of the tube over two or three times with a special
pair of pliers fitted with a T-shaped nose that is designed
for the purpose, and the caps of the collapsible tubes arc
then screwed on. The batch of filled tubes is now ready
for labeling.
THE LABELING OF THE TUBES.
The labels should be of such a size as to lap over
at the ends to allow of their being pasted over one an-
other, paper being pasted to paper, since otherwise they
would be liable to fall off the smooth tin surface when
dry. For toilet preparations like tooth pastes the label
should be ornate in design and embossed in gold and
colors, as a fine label goes far in making sales of such
preparations. Some tube preparations of French manu-
facture that the writer has seen have been put up in
specially made tubes, the surface of Which were litho-
graphed in colors directly on the tube, the decorative
effect of the design being enhanced by embossing the
metal in high relief.
THE SEALING OF THE TUBES.
In sealing the bottom of the tubes it is always best
to make a triple fold to insure against subsequent leak-
age, with loss from soiling of labels as well as the boxes
in which the tubes are packed. Some preparations, tooth
pastes particularly, are liable to swell slightly on long
keeping from temperature changes and evolution of gases,
so that there is at times a considerable internal pressure
exerted upon the walls of the tube, a pressure which may
become great enough to force the bottom fold open.^ It
is well known, too, that many users of tube preparations
are given to pressing the middle of the tube instead of
the tettom in expelling the contents, and this brings con-
siderable pressure against the bottom fold, often sufficient
to force it open if the bottom has been folded over only
once or twice. When, as sometimes happens, the paste
becomes caked in the mouth of the tube, pinching the
middle of the tube will almost always force the bottom
fold open and cause the tube to squirt backward, unless
it is sealed exceptionally tight.
DISPLAYING THE TUBES.
Most American tube specialties are inclosed in folding
paper boxes as an outside wrapper. When packed in
this way the individuality of the container is lost and
the outer appearance of the package much the same as
that of a hundred similar preparations on the shelf. It
is better to leave the tubes unwrapped and have each
dozen packed in a step display box, similar to the boxes
used for displaying soda mints, or a twisted wire dis-
play rack for standing on the counter will assist sales of
the article. The tu^s should, of course, be provided
with handsome and striking labels. Makers of tube
preparations should endeavor to have both package and
display box so ornamental and striking in appearance
that the retailer will set them on the show case, instead
of consigning them to a shelf, where they would be lost
amid a hundred other similar preparations.
A WELL DRESSED PACKAGE,
a striking name or a good counter display stand has
made the fortune of many a specialty manufacturer.
Much of the great success of Bromo Seltzer may be at-
tributed to the little twisted wire display stand, with its
pretty celluloid sign, reading, " Bromo Seltzer cures all
headaches, loc.," which its makers sent out early in its
career, and which was displayed upon the show case^
in thousands of drug stores all over the land. The writer
knows of one such display stand out of which more
than one hundred gross of the lo-cent size have been
sold.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
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DRUGGISTS' COURSE IN OPTICS
Gond tided by C H. Brown* VLIX9
Prpflldeot of the Philadelphia Optical CbUexe
This series 0/ papers is designed to furnish in/armaHon which
is required by druggists for the intelligent handling of a line
of optical goods. The first of the series appeared in our issue
for September 24^ igoo.
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF VISION. {Continued,)
ACCOMMODATION is an involuntary act, and when
we look at near objects it occurs almost without
our consciousness, and yet it is none the less the effect
of muscular effort; hence the relief that often follows
from looking up and away from near work, and this is
especially grateful to fatigued and sensitive eyes.
When the ciliary muscle has contracted as much as it
can, and the lens assumed the greatest convexity pos-
sible, then the maximum amount of accommodation is
in force and the eye is adjusted for its near point. In
every eye there is a limit to the power of accommodation
— that is, there is a limit to the convexity which the lens
is capable of assuming, and when this limit is reached
a closer approximation of the object necessarily destroys
the accuracy of its image. This is evidenced in the case
of a book which is brought nearer and nearer to the eye,
until at last the type becomes indistinct and cannot be
brought into focus by any effort of accommodation, how-
ever strong.
DETERMINATION OF NEAR POINT.
The near point of distinct vision is usually determined
by placing in the patient's hand the small test type, and
noting the closest point at which it is possible for him
to read it with each eye separately.
A more accurate and scientific test for determining
the near point is as follows : Two small holes not more
than a line apart are pricked in a card with a pin, and it
is important that their distance from each other should
not exceed the diameter of the pupil. The card is held
close in front of the eye and a small needle viewed
through the pin holes. At a moderate distance it can be
clearly focused, but when brought nearer than a certain
point the needle appears blurred and sometimes double.
The point where the needle ceases to appear clear and
single is the near point. Its distance from the eye can, of
course, be readily measured. In ordinary normal eyes
during the early or middle periods of life accommodation
fails and vision becomes indistinct when the object is
placed nearer than five or six inches from the eye. Be-
tween the limits of five inches and indefinite distance the
amount of accommodation required varies with the dis-
tance, but not by any means in simple proportion to the
variation of the distance. For instance, the change of
accommodation necessary to clearly see objects situated
respectively at six and twelve inches is much greater than
that required for the respective distances of twelve inches
and twenty-four inches. The farther the object is situated
from the eye the less difference is produced in the ap-
preciable divergence of the rays proceeding from it by
any additional increase of distance, and consequently less
variation is required in the refractive condition of the
^ye to preserve the accuracy of the image.
It has been generally found that no very sensible
effort of accommodation is required for objects situated
at any distance beyond twenty feet from the observer,
while within this distance the amount of accommodation
necessary to preserve distinct vision increases rapidly as
the object approaches the eye.
An eye which is capable of accommodating for dis-
tinct vision throughout the whole range included between
five inches and infinite distance is in this respc'ct a normal
eye and is said to be emmetropic.
THE RANGE OF ACCOMMODATION.
When the muscle of accommodation has relaxed to its
utmost, and the lens assumed the least convexity pos-
sible, then the minimum amount of accommodation is in
force and the eye is adjusted for its far point. In this
condition the eye is said to be in a state of repose. In
the emmetropic eye the far point is situated at infinity,
but for practical purposes in determining the accommo-
dation we measure it in inches by noting the farthest dis-
tance at which it is possible for the person to read the
small test type with each eye separately.
The distance between the near point and the far point
is called the range of accommodation.
EFFECT OF AGE UPON ACCOMMODATION.
As age advances the elasticity of the lens diminishes,
the muscle of accommodation loses power, the range of
accommodation is restricted, and the near point naturally
and gradually recedes from the eye. Observation shows
that these changes commence at a very early ag:e, even
in childhood. Infants often examine minute objects at
very short distances in a manner which would be quite
impracticable for the adult eye. As the changes men-
tioned above continue to increase the time arrives, be-
tween the ages of forty and fifty years, when the in-
capacity of accommodation for near objects begins to
interfere with the ordinary occupations of life; when
this occurs the eye is said to be presbyopic. The vision
is still perfect for distance, but it can no longer adapt it-
self for the examination of objects close at hand. The
remedy for this (as will be fully explained when we come
to presbyopia) is a convex lens in the form of spectacles,
to supply the deficiency in the convexity of the lens of the
eye.
The following table gives the range of accommoda-
tion at different ages :
Years. Range. Years. .Range.
15 12. D.' 60 2.50 D.
30 7. D. 70 0. D.
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of Calliandra Houstoni, Bcnth. ; Feullca Houstoni,
L'Her. ; Anneslea Houstoni, Swet. ; a small shrub belong-
ing to the natural order Leguminosae, which grows m
Mexico, Senegal and Gambia. The plant contains tan-
nin, oils, a soluble resin, a glucoside, calliandrine and an
alkaloid. (Formulaire des Medicaments Nouveaux, 1902,
page 200.) In physiological effects, it is a bitter of the
first order, and an efficient febrifuge. In Mexico, Morales
and Labato have obtained good results with it in malarial
fevers, which are very common in that country. In
France, Valude successfully used it in fevers of all sorts,
including malaria, typhoid, epidemic influenza, tubercu-
losis, etc. In Algeria, Dr. Crespin prescribes panbotano
in the form of a decoction, and administers at the same
time carbonic acid and opium in order to avoid the nausea.
In 20 cases of quotidian intermittent fever he had 20 cures.
Dinan, in a Paris thesis, speaks of the antimalarial action
of panbotano as very rapid, and adds that this plant may
well be employed as a preventive against malaria. The
drug is used in the form of a tincture, or of a decoction.
Valude recommends a decoction containing 70 Gm. (2
ounces and 2j4 drachms) of the bark, to be taken at one
dose.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
STORE MANAGEMENT.
Conducted by "V* A* DawMMu
In addiiioH to publishing a series of articles covering the commer-
cial side of pharmacy, the editor of this department will en-
deavor to discuss^ criticise, advise and give informoHon on
any question pertaining to the business management of the
drug store propounded by readers of the American Druggist.
This feature of the department is intended to constitute a busi-
ness query column for the readers of thi American Druggist,
and all queries regarding business matters addressed to it will
be freely answered,
THE SHOW WINDOW. {Continued.)
THE odd shaped stand of window shelves shown in
Fig. 28 is the outcome of a clever suggestion ap-
pearing in a recent issue of the Chemist and Druggist.
Each step of the stand consists of six boxes about four
inches high and of the shapes shown in A- A, B-B, C-C ;
'' D " shows the six boxes arranged to form one step of
the stand, the stand consisting of from four to six such
steps of diminishing sizes, as shown by the stand figured
in the preceding number on page 272.
By rearranging the units, or boxes, forming each
step of the stand, a great variety of shapes may be
formed ; " Y " and " Z " are outlines of two of the shapes
that may be thus made, but the variety of outline to be
obtained by rearranging and leaving out units is prac-
tically without end.
Fig. 28. — Units In Stand of Window SbelTes.
The boxes are easily made from old packing box
boards, the tops being made from thin boards and the
straight sides of heavier wood. It is best to use both top
and bottom boards on the boxes — that is, to build them
solid and not open at the bottom, as in constructing the
stand shown in Fig. 25 in the preceding number ; bottom
boards arc necessary on " B-B " and " C-C " in order to
retain the curved fronts in shape. These curved fronts
are best and easiest made of cardboard by tacking the
cardboard in place on the fronts of the boxes. The wood
on the other three sides of the boxes gives sufficient stabil-
ity to the structure.
The front of the boxes B-B is a double curve, the
long side of the box being of exactly the same length
as the long side of C-C, and the short side of the same
length as A-A. The front of C-C is the fourth part of
a circle, the long side of the box being the same measure
as the long side of B-B, and the short side the same as
the short side of B-B, and also the same as the length
of A-A.
In width the boxes B-B should be just twice as wide
as C-C. The boxes A-A may be of any desired width,,
being made wide or narrow, as may be found most suit-
able for the size of the window or other space in which
they are to be used. A stand of this kind is excellent for
a counter display when it is not in use in the window.
A window platform built after the manner of Fig. 29
is occasionally useful for forming the background for a
flat display. This platform is in effect a false bottom
for the window ; it serves to tip up the window floor at
Fig. 29. — Design for Window Platform.
an angle and bring the goods displayed into greater
prominence. It should be the full size of the window
floor.
By making the slanting sides in two pieces and fasten-
ing them together with dowels as indicated by A and B-
in the sketch, thie platform can be set at either of two-
angles.
If it is desired to break up the flat effect of such a
trim, level spaces upon which goods may be stood can be
arranged by using wooden blocks cut like " C " and " D.'*
These blocks are held securely without danger of slipping^
down the inclined surface of the platform by driving four
small wire finishing nails securely into the bottom of the
blocks and then filing off the protruding nails to a sharp-
point about a quarter or a half inch in length. The blocks
may be placed anywhere on the slanting platform, a slight
pressure driving the points into the platform and holding^
the block securely in place.
This slanting platform is well adapted for displaying
goods in shallow boxes, as bulb and fountain syringes, or
for displaying one's own specialties. Take Our Own
Cough Cure, for instance, or any other preparation in
a small, bright colored carton, and with the slanting plat-
form covered with a dark fabric, the cartons may be made
to arrest the attention of the passer-by by arranging them
in a pattern against the dark background, or they may
be formed into letters, words and sentences, as " It Cures-
Colds," " This Is It," or any sentence of a few words that
will show up clearly and attract attention by its oddity.
With own specialties it will be best to use empty cartons
and fasten them in place with a small spot of glue on the
back. With the smaller packages containing pills, troches
or com salves, some very fancy designs may be worked
out; while for covering the platform, plain, one color
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fabrics or paper should be used ; cartridge paper, crepe
paper, cw silkoline are suitable for the purpose; with
the last two it will be necessary to first cover the plat-
form with plain manila paper.
with three shelves in each closet. The drawers are
eighteen inches long and of varying depth.
" The sides and ends I had filled and varnished, the
top filled with wax. It adds a good deal to the appear-
Flg. 80.— Cnrrefl Uoe AriugBment ot DijplBy.
In arranging goods upon a flat platform or <in the
floor of the window it is advisable to get away from the
conventional arrangement of straight lines or serried
rows, like a regiment of soldiers on dress parade ; avoid,
on the other hand, setting out the goods in what those
who have confused ideas of art call " artistic confusion."
A much better effect is achieved by arranging the
goods in some such manner as in the diagram shown in
Fig. 30. The arrangement here illustrated is from a
recent window display of talcum powder by the writer,
consisting of three gross boxes, in oval paper, decorated
in dark blue and gold. In the center of the platform a
pyramid of the boxes was built up with the aid of rotmd
glass plates, the scroll work was then formed with lines
of the boxes set close together, the figures being drawn
with the boxes of talcum powder. Where one has not a
good ^e for drawing, a sketch of the arrangement should
be made on a small piece of paper, copying the figure
from any design that may seem suitable, and afterward
lightly sketching on the covering of the platform in an en-
larged form to assist the trimmer in working out the
design in the window. Fig. 31 is an arrangement used
in making a display of a sarsaparilla blood medicine.
Exterior Vleir ol Prescrlptton Counter or W. H. French. WoreeetM, H. X.
ancc of the store and I have had many cc»npliments on
it. It weighs 600 to 650 pounds and the cost was about
twenty-five dollars.
Fig. SI.— Nonl
for DIapla; o( PropHeUilea.
InleHof View o( Preeerlptlon ConnterofW.
I. French, Wotceiter, H. I.
In making platform displays of this nature they
should always be badced up with a large and well lettered
show card hung at the back of the window, the center
of the card being on a level with the eye. The show card
gives a finishing touch to the window display, and with-
out it the window has a vacant look, since all of the dis-
play is below the level of the eye.
Am Amtriean Dmgglit PfMcripttOo Counter.
A New York State pharmacist sends us photographs,
front and rear views, of a prescription counter Siat he
has had built from the sketch given in these columns on
November 11, 1901.
Our correspondent writes : " It is eight feet long,
three feet wide and three high. Three closets in front
" I find the slides very convenient"
Twenty-five dollars seems a remarkably low price for
such a piece of furniture.
Method! of Compouodtog Cod lAvtt CtL
I.
Cod liver oil 100 Ora.
Saccbarin 0.4 Qnt
Acetic etbet. 2.0 Qm.
Peppermint all B H.
II.
Cod liver oil 240 Om.
DlrtlUea water ISB Om.
BodlDm eirbonate. 0.0 Qm,
BacalTptst oil 0.T6 Qm.
STntp, to t>ro<l<ice 4G0 Om.
III.
Cod IlTBT oil 240Gm,
Peptone 180 Gm.
anfar 80 Om,
Wlnurgieen oU 3BH.
Wtter, to prodna 4800m,
IV.
Cod liver oil ISO Om.
CalclDin taTdropboaphlte 8 Odl
Sodium hTpopboephlte l.B Om.
OljcerlD 3S Om
Dlitllled water 2B Om.
Ifnellase of acacia HSJ^Qn,
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
Qxieries and Ansivers
We shall be ffled. In this department, to respond to calla for information on all pharmaceutic matters.
Chocolate and Quinine Mixture.— W. A. —
The chocolate syrup used in making quinine and choco-
late mixtures should be a rich, heavy syrup, and should
be made alkaline by the addition of Liquor potass^, U.
S. P. The latter helps mask the bitter taste of the qui-
nine. A good chocolate soda syrup answers admirably
for the purpose when made alkaline by the addition of 2
drachms of potassa solution to each pint of syrup. The
quinine is preferably mixed with the syrup by shaking
them together in a capacious bottle. If mixed in a mor-
tar care should be used not to break the crystals, as where
the quinine is in a finely divided state, it's bitter taste is
liable to develop in spite of the alkali. It is best not to
use a greater proportion of quinine than 2 grains to each
drachm of syrup. In taking it the mixture should be
taken in the mouth from a spoon, and the dose quickly
washed down with a swallow of water. If held in the
mouth or mixed with water the bitterness of the quinine
quickly develops.
Almond Cream.— F. J. S.— The following, from
" Pharmaceutical Formulas," makes a good almond
lotion :
Almonds, blanched 1 ounce
Rose water 4 ounces
Beat the almonds to a paste and add the rose water ;
strain, heat to boiling point, and add :
White wax 1 ounce
Almond oU 2 ounces
White castile soap 1 ounce
Mix thoroughly and add :
Solution of boric acid, saturated 2 ounces
Extract violet % ounce
Glycerin 1 ounce
Mix.
Sodium Glycerophosphate in Powder ? —
M. T. G. — ^We know of no way of obtaining, by chemical
means, sodium glycerophosphate in dry powder for filling
into capsules, and can only suggest using some absorbent
for drying up the salt, so that it can be packed in the cap-
sules. Magnesia, starch, powdered tragacanth or talc,
are some of the materials that might be tried for this
purpose.
Violet Water. ~ F. J. S. — ^We have given numer-
ous formulas for violet water in previous issues of the
American Druggist. See the issues for December 10
and 24, 1900. In modern practice ionone spirit is largelv
used in their manufacture. The ionone is blended with
rose and the finished " water " colored to the correct
greenish tint with especial coloring used for perfumes.
Paste for Labels — J. M. G. — Dextrin alone un-
der proper manipulation yields the best type of an ad-
hesive paste. The following process of preparing such
a paste was devised by a contributor to this journal, who
made numerous experiments leading up tt> the finished
formula :
White dextrin ozs. 8
Water heated to abou^ 160 degrees F fl. ozs. 12%
Oil wintergreen drops 3
Oil cloves drops 3
Dissolve the dextrin in hot water by stirring. When
cool incorporate the oils, stirring briskly until a smooth
white cream results. Pour the paste into suitable ves-
sels, glass wide-mouth bottles or porcelain jars; then
cork and place in a cool place for two or three weeks to
allow the paste to congeal and ripen. The ripening proc-
ess can be expedited by placing the jars containing the
paste in a cooling chamber at a temperature of 40 or 45
degrees.
An excellent paste may be made from a mixture 9
parts of wheat flour with i of white dextrin. In making
this paste mix the dry powders, add sufficient cold water
to make a thin paste or batter. Pour this into an equal
quantity of boiling water in a water bath and boil until
thick, stirring frequently. If boiled too long it will get
thin again. Remove from the fire and when cold add a
preservative, either 10 drops of oil of clove, i drachm of
nitric acid, or i drachm of solution of formaldehyde to
the pint of paste. For fuller details in the manufacture
of pastes of this description consult the American Drug-
gist for June 10, 1898, while formulas for other varieties
of pastes will be found in our issue for November 26,
1900, page 308.
Violet Talcum Powder.— F. J. S.— This may be
made by perfuming the sailcylated powder of talctun, N.
F. with violet extract ; or, as the salicylic acid is not al-
ways desirable in a toilet powder, the basis of the powder
may be mad^ with i or 2 parts of boric acid to 8 or 9
parts of powdered talc, and perfuming with violet extract
or ionone solution. The powdered talc used should be
of the finest quality obtainable; light and in impalpable
powder. The perfume is triturated first with part of the
talc, the rest of the talc and boric acid then added and the
whole sifted through a fine sieve several times. It is im-
possible to get it through a sieve finer than 60 mesh, un-
less a sifting machine is used. The good qualities of the
finished powder depend in a large degree upon its fine-
ness ; therefore a machine sifted powder will always seem
of much better quality than a hand sifted one. This is
equally true of tooth or face powders.
The better grades of face powders are made with a
basis of chalk, with a small quantity of bismuth sub-
carbonate or subnitrate to give them greater " body," or
covering power. The chalk used is a fine grade of pre-
cipitated chalk obtainable of the importers of perfumers'
supplies.
A typical formula is:
Bismuth subcarbonate 1 part
Precipitated chalk parts
Perfume with an ounce of any desired extract to each
pound of the powder. The cheaper powder may be made
by replacing the bismuth with zinc oxide. The latter
should be either Hubbick's or a French oxide of good
quality.
Moss on the North Side of Trees?
Every schoolboy who respects himself knows that all the
story books of patiifinders and Indian scouts agree In saying
that the moss grows on the north side of trees and that
Indians thread their way through the trackless forest by
remembering this rule. Eveiy observant man of mature age
knows by experience that the rule I9 chiefly exceptions. It
has remained for Prof. Henry Kraemer, of Philadelphia, to
give statistics on the point Of the trees he examined the
moss was on the west side in 10 per cent, on the northwest
side in 10 per cent., on the north side in 10 per cent, on the
northeast side in 20 per cent., on the east side in 85 per cent
and on the southeast side in 15 per cent
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BUSINESS BUILDING.
Coodttdid by U. G. fiSannlng*
The Department Editor will he pleased to criticise advertisements,
Muggest improvements, and ansiver all questions coming
within the scope of this department.
WHILE HE SLEEPS.
AT the approach of hot weather the man who knows
nothing about advertising proves it by discontinuing
his ads until fall trade opens up. This is not as widely
done as formerly, but is still the method of thousands of
druggists. It is one of the old errors that persist in de- .
fiance of all reason and experience. The man who knows
what advertising really is and upon what its effectiveness
depends would just as soon shut his shop three months
in the year as allow his advertising to lapse for that
period.
The man who drops out in this sort of fashion is
beyond all reason and argument. He feels that the man
who advises him otherwise has some sort of desigps on
him. The few dollars he is to save (?) during the dull
season look to him like clear gain. No use trying to stop
him, the better plan is to take some customers away from
him while he sleeps.
People may not buy very freely during the hot
months, but they stay alive, they continue to read, to
receive impressions and to be influenced by external
things the same as before.
The advertiser who drops out of sight for two or
three months gives people that time to forget him. If
his competitor knows his business he will seize the oppor-
tunity to get hold of the people that the other man is los-
ing hold of. In advertising you are gripping or losing
your grip on people every day or hour. If you let go
a week you lose something. If another man keeps at it
while you quit, he will gain part of what you lose. There
is a principle here as fixed as the law of gravitation. You
can defy it if you wish, or disregard it if you don't believe
it exists, but it will go on operating just the same.
If you ever feel inclined to waste opportunity in this
fashion during dull seasons go to the bank, get a nice,
crisp fifty dollar bill and light your cigar with it, but
keep your advertising going. There is no man who has
a retail business worth saving and worth pushing who
cannot better afford to burn the fifty dollars than to do
the other thing.
Jl Ji Jl
CRITIC3SM AND COMMENT*
A SODA PAMPHLET.
The Ferris & Ferris Company. Franklinville, N. Y.,
send in one of the most ambitious soda water booklets I
have seen for some'time. It is about 3^ x 8 inches in
size and consists of 12 pages and cover, 16. pages in all.
The covex is red, printed in two colors ; the inside paper
green, printed in green. The quality of the paper used,
a cheap cover grade, detracts from the job, but this is
the only thing I see to find fault about. It is not possible
to say whether the saving on the paper was a real saying
or not, but I believe the slightly increased expense of
good paper would have been justified. The title of the
booklet is " The Story of a Soda," the sub-title " Being
a Short Description of the way we make Ours." The
booklet begins with the following excellent preface :
PREFACE.
In offering you this little booklet we assume tliat
you are among those discriminating ones who buy
where they can buy best, and that yon have a right
to know all that Is worth knowing concerning that
for which yon part with your money.
The within pages describe the little details that
go to make our soda water what It is— takes yon
behind the scenes, and is Intended to show yon how
necessary it Is to look well to the little tilings in
order to dispense good soda.
^hen follows little chapters on The Fountain, The
Soda, The Glass, The Flavor, The Mixing, The Cream,
The Finished Product, with little talks on the various
flavors, etc. A couple of these chapters will give a good
idea of the remainder.
CHAPTER I. — ^THE FOUNTAIN.
That part of a soda water apparatus which the public
know is like the frosting on a cake. It may cover a multitude
of errors, or it may be a pleasing attribute of better things
yet to come. •
In the soda business one must look underneath for the
litUe detaUs.
The fountain must b^ kept clean. It must be scalded, and
wiped and polished. It must be uncoupled, and the pipes re-
moved and scalded out
This must be looked to often, as a dirty, ill kept fountain
is an open confession of professional incapability.
We look to these matters the first in the spring, the last
thing in the faU, and all the time in between.
'* Never let up " is the motto we employ around our
fountain.
Having cleaned the fountain let us try the soda.
CHAPTER III. — ^THE GLASS.
We dispense our soda in thin glasses. Not alone because
thin glass is more dainty and artistic^ but because it is im-
possible to serve a perfectly cold drink in a thick glass. Many
a soda has been spoiled by drawing it in a thick glass that
retained enough heat to take the edge off an otherwise pleas-
ant beverage.
We also make it a rule to give each customer a dean
glass.
We mean by that, a glass that has been washed In clean
soap and water, wiped dry, and polished on a clean towel. <
Not one that has been merely ** rinsed " in a tub of more or
less filthy water.
This little detail we find worth all that it costs,. and more,
too, because it is a good way to let people know that we are
trying to keep clean.
The booklet closes with the following remarks and an
oflFer of
FREE SODA. ^
We always keep the best things to the last, and if you
have waded through the preceding pages you now come to
your reward. You will find inclosed a coupon good for a
glass of soda if taken before the 15th of June. This is in
order to get you to come early, so that you may Judge for
yourself and tell others. We believe in the efficiency of a
satisfied customer. We feel if we can get your unbiased
opinion that you will be a valuable advertisement. If we
did not think so this book never would have been printed.
Having a good thing is not enough; people must know it
Come and taste, it will cost you nothing. If you find that
we have been telling the truth, we know that we wlU.see you
again.
This booklet is to be particularly commended as a
piece of bold and effective advertising, because Franklin-
ville is a small town of less than 2,000 inhabitants, and
while it may be a large trade center, few dealers in a
town of the size would feel justified in getting out so
adequate a booklet on a minor branch of the business.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
Opportunities for Export Trade
(Wriittn Sot t\t American Drugtitt )
THE WEST COAST OF MEXICO.
Bt Louis Kaigbr,
IT. 8. CoDHul at HbzbcIad, Siexlco.
I ebsll be glad to assist the Auebicau Obttooibt in its
effortB to Increase the trade of American mannfactorerB witb
the west coast of Mexico, which, I regret to say, has been
almost entirely Ignored by our manufacturers, who have left
almost the entire business of the coast In the hands of the
German, French and Spanish exporters. Of the »40.000,000
(Mexican money) worth of goods which are annually brought
Into this port, hardly 20 per cent comes from the United
States, which certainly makes a very poor showing for our
exporters, when tbe figures, by reason of our situation, should
be reversed. Our manufacturers do not seem to realize that
commercial conditions in Mexico are Improving rapidly, and
that In a very few years the mineral oulpnt of this Republic
will surprise the world.
The State of Slnaloa Is the sixth latest State of the Be-
publlc, having 937,030 square kilometers, with Mazatlau aa
goods at attractive prices there will be but little dlfflcnity Is
establishing a good business here. The best time of tbe yeai
to visit Mexico Is between November and June.
I have received a copy of the Amebicak DnnaoisT, and
It will assist me greatly In calling the attention of the drug-
gists of Mexico to the drug bualaeea of the United States.
The AuEHiCAir Dbdooist will supply a great need here — vis:
To let the Mexican merchant know that our mannfactoren
want their trade and want It badly, and that our exporter!
will meet them more than half way In order to obtain tbeir
good will and business.
Very few drugs and chemicals are Imported from ttae
United States to this part of Mexico. Among tbe few good*
that are being Imported are soda water accesories, perfnmea,
rubber goods, patent medicines, such as Scott's Emnlaion,
Wampole's. Ayer's, Jayne's and Bristol's preparatlona and
sugar coated pills, etc., some of the latter being manufac-
tured by the proprietors here in Mexico.
A very limited business Is done In paints and vamlahes.
It Is of importance for American exporters to beat In mind
that the majority of all drags and goods pertaining to that
line come from Europe, where they have learned the fact
The Wbolksale Dbud Hcidbk i
L. B. Canhobbia a Co.. Maz&tlan, West Coast i
' Ubxico
tbe largest and richest commercial port of the west coast, and
yet tbe State has only one Inhabitant to the square mile. The
land Is very fertile, and wben Irrigated, will raise two to
three crops per annum. We also have some of tbe finest tim-
ber to be found anywhere, wblle some of tbe richest mines
In Mexico are located near Hazatlan. The principal reason
that Slnaloa does not make a better showing is that there are
only 40 miles of railroad In the whole State, running from
Altata (a seaport town) to Culiacan, the capital of the State.
The prospects for the construction In the near future of
a railroad connecting Mazatlan with the United States Is very
promising at the present time and such a road will not only
do wonders In increasing our commerce with our northern
neighbors, but will likewise affect all of ttae Industries of
the whole west coast of Mexico.
THE MKBCHANTS Ot MEXICO
are, as a rule, good business men, taavlng smple capital for
ttaeir commercial requirements, and such thmgs as business
failures on this coast, are almost unknovrn.
Recently I had tbe pleasure of meeting tbe very able rep-
resentatives of two targe American houses from tbe Hast
Both of these gentlemen did a handsome and profitable busi-
ness, and ttae Ice being now broken they will, on their next
visit to Masatlan, undoubtedly do much better. Tbe same
can also be said regarding some of the traveling men from
San Francisco houses, who expressed their surprise at ttae
amount of business ttaey were able to do here.
American manufacturers must not be afraid of tbe eZ'
pense incurred by sending their best agents here, who sbonld
by all means be able to speak Spanish. If tbey have the right
tbat to secure foreign trade tbey must cater to the cuatoma
and requirements of their buyers.
Prices must be reduced to the smallest possible margin of
profit in order to secure a foothold. Commercial politeness
and courteous behavior, which are necessities here In doing
business with the natives, are not given sufficient attention
by our exporters. It costs very little to observe these points,
but they have a far reaching effect In this country. There
Is also much complaint about the unnecessary heavy and
careless packing. Shipments for export shonld be packed by
experts. The cases or packages should be numbered and sU
old marks must be obliterated. Custom bouse regulations for
Mexico must be well imderstood and strictly carried ont, as
the custom offlclala are quick to impose a fine for any error
or omission In tbe bill of lading or Invoice.
Iict our exporters display as mnch energy In trying to se-
cure the trade of Mexico as they do in obtaining btulnesa at
home, and, with the fixed determination that America most
tie counted on In the division of the trade between EFnrope
and Mexico, I am certain they will succeed.
One of the gravest evils is the system of extending losK
credits between wholesale houses and retailers, the usual
terms being 6 to 12 months, with Interest at about 10 per
cent per annum after maturity. Cash sales are very rare,
with the exception of where one wholesale bouse purchases
of another for the account of a cuatomer. Bncb tnuiBact](»is
are always promptly settled on tbe first day of tbe following
month.
In my opinion, one of tbe twit methods to capture tbe
bnalness of this part of Mexico would be to have an agracr
and depot here, representing large manotactarera at pstent
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
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medldnes and drnggUta' londrleB, u well u Oraga, b«canM
It reqalrea a verr large luTestment of capital to cany a good
aaaortment of tbeee gooda od band, and la coaaeqaeiice of
whlcli, stocks of most of tbe American goods are Very small,
and Frencb and German goods, with agents and depots
here, are snbstltuted for American goods.
Monterey, Tamplco and Uie city of Mexico hare such
American depots, bat it reqalres more time and expense to
get these goods from either place, on acconnt of the want of
railroad facilities, than it would from New York.
The business of the west coast of Mexico Is well worth
lighting for, and all yon have to do, gentlemen of the export-
ing guild, is to put forth the necessary energy conpled with
iDtelllgence and the trade is ours.
THE UNITED STATES LEADS THE WORLD
AS AN EXPORTER.
The United States maintains Its position at the head of the
world's exporting nations, despite the temporary reduction In
tbe value of exports due to the shortage In com available for
exportation. The export Bgures for the nine months ending
with March, as shown by the report of the Treasury Bureau
of Statistics, indicate a drop of 9B6,e8I,9&7 In the total value
of exports. When It Is considered, however, that the value of
corn exported fell, owing to the shortage In the com supply,
$02,000,000 below that for the corresponding period of last
year, and that cotton, owing solely to a decrease In price, (ell
$12,000,000 below the exports of the same period of l&st year,
tbe entire decrease Is more than accounted for. Com exports
fell from 146,000,000 hnshels In tbe nine months of the fiscal
year 1601 to 24.000,000 bushels In the nine months of 1902.
Cotton exports Increased 844,000,000 ponnds, but, owing to re-
duced prices, fell $12,000,000 In the total value exported.
These two Items— due In the case of com to the shortage at
home caused by the drought of last year, and In cotton to tbe
reduced prices In the markets of the world— more than account
for the reduction of $S9,000,000 In the total exports.
Notwithstanding the redaction of $69,000,000 In exports, the
grand total of domestic exports from the United States ex-
ceeds that of any other country. The figures of domestic ex-
ports for the nine months ending with March are: From tbe
United States, $1,062,432,108; United Kingdom, $1,010,466,487.
The fact that the commercial and fiscal years of the various
countries differ in dates of termlnatiou renders a comparison
by parallel years dlfHcuIt, but the Bureau of Statistics In Its
statement of exports of varioos countries gives the monthly
average of each- during tbe year or tbe portion of tbe year
which Its latest figures cover. By this process it Is practicable
to show tbe relation of the various countries in tbe supply
wblch tbey fnmlsh to the markets of the world. This analysis
shows that the average monttily exportation of domestic mer-
chandise from tbe United States exceeds tha.t of any other
oation. that tbe United Kingdom stands second, Qermany
third. France fourth, Netherlands fifth, and British India sixth
Id the list of exporting nations. On the other hand, the list
of Importing nations shows that the United Kingdom stands
first Germany second. France third, the United States fourth.
- Netherlands fifth, and Belgium sixth In the relative demands
upon the markets of the world.
One especially marked characteristic of tbe commerce of
tbe United States, in comparison with that of other countries,
is Its Isrge excess of exports over Imports. Of tbe 30 coun-
tries whose average monthly Imports and exports are abown
by the Bureau of StatistlcB, only 12 show an excess of exports
over Imports. These 12 countries are Argentliia, Brazil, Bnl-
garla, Canada. Chile, Egypt, British India, Mexico, Russia.
Umguay and the United States. Tbe average monthly excess
of exports over imports In the case of India amounts to about
$9,000,000 and Russia alao about $9,000,000; while that of the
entire list of coantrtes which show an excess of exports over
Imports (exclusive of the United States) amounts to but
$38,000,000 per month, while from the United States alone tbe
excess of exports over imports Is $42,637,127 per month.
THE DRUG BUSE^reSS AND TRADE OUTLOOK
n^ BELGIUM.
IN our investigations of poaalble openings for American trade
In foreign countries, we have collected some Interesting
Information relating to tbe prospects for tbe development
of commerce in American dmgs, chemicals and pbarmacentl-
.cal vpeclaitles In Belgium, and the particulars presented
herewith will doubtless have a special interest for American
manufacturers who desire to capture business in this port
of the world.
The drug business In Belgium is regulated by law as In
other countries, and pharmacists are divided into two classes,
according to their quallflcatlonE and the nature of the business
transacted. Thus there are first, ptiarmacies proper, where
a prescription department Is the main source of Income, and
second, general drug stores, having no prescription depart-
ment The first named class of stores are conducted by
" pharmaclens," who must be graduates In pharmacy. In
addition to prescription compounding, tbey sell a few simple
dmgs and galenicals, but very rarely dmgglsts' sundries, and
side lines are unknown. Tbe candidate tor a diploma as
pharmacist must have a thorough preliminary education, In-
cluding six years at least in the study of the " Humanlt6e."
which means Latin. Greek, mathematics, sciences, and phi-
losophy, as taught In the Atbenfies. which correspond to the
high school or university preparatory school. He must then
take at the university his course of two years in science, and
finally tbe course of two years In the school of pharmacy, an-
nexed to ttie medical department of the university.
After graduation, before he Is allowed to establish an In-
dependent bnalness. he must serve one year as clerh in a pre-
scription pharmacy. Graduates of American colleges of ptiar-
Thk Gnqlibh Pbabmaot, Brcsbzls,
GO-OS Boe Coudenberg (Mantagne de ta Ctear). CoDdacted b; Cb-
Delacta ((rom Savory A Moore), Chcmtst to ttie Klag and to the
Bngilib and Amerlcaa BmbBMlet.
macy, as well as all other foreign pharmacists, may be ad-
mitted to practice their profession In Belgium after compliance
with the requirements of law. Tbey must first satisfy the
minister of public Instruction that their diplomas are au-
thentic and that they have the right to practice pharmacy in
tbeir respective countries; they must prove their good moral
standing and explain the reason of their desiro to establish
themselves In Belgium. After these preliminaries the minister
submits all the documents to tbe duly constituted Jury; tlila
body examines them and determines whether the candidate
has passed through a course of Instruction eOUivalent to that
required by Belgian law; It may, in Its Judgment submit him
to a supplementary examination. Tbe report of this Jury is
finally made to the minister, who decides upon the request of
the candidate in accordance therewith.
The " droguistes," who form the second class, are only per-
mitted to sell uncompounded drugs or chemicals and proprie-
tary articles sold In tlie original bottles or packages. They
may sell poisons only at wholesale for manufacturing pnt^
poses. In some Instances a pharmaclen wUI combine tbe
business of tbe drogulete. and one of tbe most enterprising
and Bucceasfui firms of this kind Is Ch. Delacre & Cle. in Bnw-
sels. whose retail establishment is shown In the accompany-
ing Illustrations, one showing an Interior view of tbe phai^
macy proper, and the other a general view of the exterior rf
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD
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latest available year $429,461,000, were distributed as follows:
Into British territory. 9157,575,000; French territory, |»2,004.-
000; Turkish territory, $77,787,000; Portuguese territory, $20,-
796,000; German territory, $8,336,000, and into the Congo Free
Slate, $4,722,000. Of this importation of $429,461,000, about
5 per cent was furnished by the United States, the total for
1901 being $25,542,6ia Our total exports to Africa have
grown from $6,377,842 in 1895, to $18*594,424 in 1899, and $25,-
542,618 in 1901. This rapid increase is largely due to the
fact that orders sent to the United States for mining machin-
ery and other supplies so much in .deo^And in South Africa
aie promptly filled with goods of the latest pattern and most
acceptable character.
Africa occupies fourth place in the list of the grand
divisions of the world in its consuming power in relation to
International commerce, the imports of the grand divisions,
according to the latest available figures, being as follows
Burope, $8,800,000,000; North America, $1,300,000,000; Asia
$900,000,000; Africa $430,000,000; South America, $375,000,
000, and Oceania. $325,000,000. Of this total of $11,630,000,
000, the United States supplies 5 per cent in the case of
Africa, 10 per cent, of the imports of South America, 10 per
cent of those of Asia and Oceania, 14 per cent of the im-
ports of Europe, and 40 per cent of th^ imports of Norlh
America, exclusive of the United States.
When responsible government is given the new colonies
—the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony— like that of Gape
Colony and Natal, the Boer of the veldt will become more
progressive than heretofore and civilization will be advanced
among them more than there ever would have been under
their former government The producers and manufacturers
of the United States will again find a good market there. We
were pleased over our advance in exports to South Africa from
$9,000,000 to $20,000,000 per annum, but we will now do even
better. To rehabilitate the Boer farms, to restock the shops
whose stocks have been exhausted, and provide for the new
ones that must be opened, and the railroads, telegraphs, water,
gas and electric plants that are already planned, will require
American goods.
NEWS AND NOTES OF THE N. A. R D^
Blany New Atixilianes Formed — ^Woaderful Growth
m South and West — Dt. Jayne & Son Stand by
the N* A« R D.— Welcome Contfilnstions Received*
Office of the Secretary, Chicago, May 22.— The following are
the names of the auxiliaries which have been organized since
the date of the last list of new organizations reported to the
pharmaceutical press, together with the names of the principal
cities included in the organizations and the names of the
officers elected:
Arkansas.— An association affiliated with the N. A. R. D.
was recently formed at Little Rock and the following officers
were elected: J. F. Dowdy, president; O. J. Humphrey, vice-
president; M. A. Durst, secretary; Mr. Thomas, treasurer. '
The association at Hot Springs has just been organized
and the officers elected are as follows: Martin A. Eisele, presi-
dent; W, S. Sorrel, vice-president; F. J. Mobbs, secretary; A.
C. Jennings, treasurer.
The Pine Bluff auxiliary, just formed, is officered as fol-
lows: D. J. Mills, president; D. E. Vallient vice-president;
Lloyd B. Goon, secretary; J. H. Mann, treasurer.
The officers of the Ft. Smith organization are W. O. Cald-
well, president; John H. Camrahan, secretary and treasurer.
The above is a complete list of the auxiliaries formed in
this State through the efforts of Organizer Chapman.
Florida.— Tampa: This association practically covers the
whole of Southern Florida, including Key West The officers
are as follows: N. Woolrldge, president; G. B. Allen, vice-pres-
ident; Roy Cotter, secretary; W. S. Oppenheimer, treasurer.
Osceola, Orange and Lake counties have also been organized
(Orlando): L. P. Lawrence, president; S. B. Aulyman, vice-
president; P. W. Butler, secretary; J. N. McBlroy, treasurer.
Organizer Schodde, who has been working in Florida, will
go next to Georgia.
Indiana,— -Floyd County (New Albany): Ollie L, Owen, pres-
ident; Earnest Conner, secretary; .Tohn A. Zlegelbauer, treas-
urer. Organizer Bottume perfected this while in the neighbor-
hood of Louisville.
Indian Territory.— Wagoner: N. W. Santee, president; B. B.
Bmith. secretary: F. R. Gnltean, treasurer.
Muskogee: N. F. Hancock, president; R. L. Hart, vice-
president; Lee Wilson, secretary; Ben Bstes, treasurer.
There are four or five other cities In the Territory to be
organized, and when that work is completed Organizer Chap-
man will work In Oklahoma.
Kentucky.— In this State Daviess County and Hopkins
County have recently been organized. The former Includes
the dty of Owensboro. Officers were elected as follows:
Charles F. Gillln, president; N. P. McCheeney, vice-president;
Thomas B. Tindall, secretary and treasurer. Hopkins County
includes the city of MadisonvlUe, and the organization In this
county is officered as follows: James B. Ross, president; B. L.
Bailey, vice-president; B. L. Long, secretary; T. G. Bowman,
treasurer.
Organizer Bottume spent some time In Louisville and ac-
complished considerable work. A number of the articles on
the "excepted list" were restored to schedule prices.
Louisiana.— The Ouachita Parish Association, Including the
city of Monroe, was recently organized, and the officers elected
are T. O. Brewer, president; F. B. Buckingham, vice-president;
W. E. Allen, secretary and treasurer.
New York.— Chemung County (Blmira): This association
was recently formed through the efforts of Organizer Bottume
and officers were elected. E. L. Mayo is president and C.
H. Calkins Is secretary and treasurer.
Mr. Bottume has started work again In the Bmplre State,
having. done some work in Warsaw, Waverly and Blnghamton.
Pennsylvania.— Lawrence County (New Castle): John G.
Wallace, president; George W. Glutton, secre^ry; J. B. Bar-
teaux, treasurer.
Crawford County (Meadvllle): F. K. Basterwood, president;
J. George Heckman, secretary; G. W. Rhodes, treasurer.
Venango County (Oil City): B. J. Griffith, president; James
Riesenman, secretary; Dr. McCarthy, treasurer.
Butler County (Butler): C, N. Boyd, president; J. F. Balph,
secretary; J. C. Harvey, treasurer.
The above organizations were effected by Organizer Hoff-
man. He is gradually advancing toward the center of the
State, organizing every county he comes to. Organizer Vin-
cent has spent four weeks in Philadelphia. Besides adding
some new members to the N. A. B. D. he has done effective
work in calling on members in the Interests of the association.
He spent a week working in Lancaster County.
Dr. Jayne & Son, of Philadelphia, have withdrawn the
agency for their remedies from a well-known house on the Pa-
cific Ck>ast which was working against the Interests of the
N. A. R. D. In their letter Dr. Jayne & Son call the firm's
attention to the fact that ever since the organization of the
National Association the policy of the house has been in sym-
pathy with it They say: " From the foundation of said asso-
ciation we have been In sympathy with Its efforts to remedbr
the evil of cut prices in proprieti^ preparations and have to
the extent of our ability aided It in its endeavors to accom*
plish this end. In view of this fact you will appreciate that
we cannot be represented by a house that the association pulK
licly states is pursuing a course In opposition to its aim and
purpose and by its business methods tending to defeat the
object for which it is striving. We sincerely hope that you
\iill see the desirability of adjusting at an early date the dif-
ferences which are at present existing, for until this is accom-
plished we shall be under the disagreeable necessity of refus-
ing you further consignments cf our medicines, as well as
taking measures to close the existing account Such an end-
ing of our pleasant business relations would be greatly depre-
cated on our part, and we presume would prove equally un-
pleasant to yourselves."
Welcome contributions to the funds of the N. A. R. D. have
recently been received from Chas. Coonley, J. L. Billman, of
the Preble County (Ohio) Association, and W. R. Cramer, of
Chicago. Mr. Coonley says that he wants to see a closer or-
ganization of tho retail druggists of the United States and be-
lieves that the power of the National Association in regulating
trade abuses and influencing legislation from Congress and
from the le^slatures of the several States is beyond the con-
ception of the most sanguine members. He expresses the
hope that members will awake to the powers they have. Mr.
Billman says that he has full faith in the ability of the asso-
ciation to win the fight for better times and better trade con-
ditions, and is not discouraged even if at times progress seems
to bo slow. Mr. Cramer recognizes the meritorious work of
the N. A. R. D., and compliments the officers for their enthu-
siasm and bravery in sticking to their posts through good and
bad conditions and in the face of a shortage of funds. All
contributions are welcome, and are thrice welcome when they
are accompanied by encouraging letters like the ones men-
tioned above. A contribution of $200 from the Illinois Phar-
maceutical Association is recorded in another column.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
COMPUMENTARY DINNER TO MR. MABEN*
^ The American
^ the Keynote of Speeches.
Thomas Maben, Ph.O., F.O.S., of Glasgow, Scotland, was
the guest of honor al a complimentary dinner given by local
pharmaclsta at the New York Yacht Club on Saturday even-
ing, May 24. The affair was the outcome of the suggestion
made In the Amebican Dbugoist for May 12, and It was
participated In by a number of gentlemen prominently Identified
with pharmacy In this city and vicinity. The list of guests
Included Prof. Joseph P. Remington, of Philadelphia; Profs.
H. H. Busby and Virgil Goblentz. of New York; Profs. W.
C. Anderson and B. H. Bartley, of Brooklyn; Samuel W.
FalrchUd and Ool. B. W. Fitch, of New York; F. M. Flsk, of
London, Bngland; Bustace H. Gane and Dr. B. T. Whitmore,
of New York; Dr. Wm. Mulr, of Brooklyn; B. J. Kennedy,
editor of the Pharmaceutical Bra; Caswell A. Mayo and
Thomas J. Keenan, editors of the Amkbicait Dbugoist, and
Thomas Maben. The guests sat down to the following ex-
cellent
MENtJ.
Fresh Caviar. ^,, ^ _
Amontilado Dry.
Little Neck Clama. _ ^ ^
Haat Saateme.
Chicken Gambo with Saaaafras Pith.
Long Island Klngflah.
Quartered Tomatoes.
Roast Backs of Spring Lamb.
New Green Peas. New Potatoes.
Pommery Sec
Asparagus, Sance Hollandaise.
BqvLBb Chicken.
Lettuce and Gru)e Fruit
Vanilla Ice Cream and Strawberries.
: Petit fours.
Boqnefort Cheese au Madeira.
^* < Tbasted Cracksrs.
Cafd Noir. Liqueurs.
The first toast responded to was "The President of the
United States," proposed by Ool. B. W. Fitch. Beside each
plate was a neatly printed toast list containing the following
LIST OF TOASTS.
Toast: " The President of the United States;" the toast-
master, " Our Guest;" Mr. Thomas Maben, " America's Oon-
tributtons to Pharmacy;" Prof J Joseph P. Bemlngton, " Phar-
macy's Debt to Scotland;" Mr. Samuel W. FalrchUd, "In-
ternational Relations;" Prof. B. H. Bartiey, " What Medicine
Owes to Pharmacy;" Mr. Bustace H. Gane, " The American
Invasion;" Prof. Virgil Goblentz, " The Brotherhood of Ohem-
istry;" Dr. Wm. Mulr, "The Benefits of Getting Together;"
Mr. F. M. Flsk, " American Pharmaceuticals Abroad;" Prof.
W. 0. Anderson, "Our Country;" Mr. Thomas J. Keenan,
"The Pharmaceutical Press."
Prof. H. H. Rusby followed Mr. FalrchUd with a response
to the toast "Our Materia Medlca CoUectlons." His name
did not appear on the printed list of toasts, as he had not ex-
pected to be able tp attend.
Caawell A. Mayo, who discharged the exacting func-
tions of toastmaster, then proposed the first formal toast, " Our
Guest," and introduced Mr. Maben, making a complimentary
reference to his various contributions to the literature of
pharmacy, and his services to the calling in his various official
capacities as a member of the Board of Bxamlners of the
British Pharmaceutical Society, principal of the West of
Scotland College of Pharmacy, etc.
"ambbioa's contributioks to pharmacy."
In rising to respond, Mr. Maben, who seemed to be deeply
moved by the warmth of his reception, first thanked the
toastmaster for his very flattering introduction, and said that
it was the first time hi his life that he had been placed in a
position where he was the target for so much fiattery and
flo many expressions of good will. It would be a red letter
day in his career, and the memory of it would always be
cherished. Taking a retrospective glance at his 82 years*
connection with pharmacy, he found it difficult to find any-
thing in the story of his life that could give excuse for the
eulogies which had been showered upon him, and he could
har^ take them literally, but feltthatthehonormusthavecome
from the special clroumstances In which he was placed. He
said he regretted that he was not one of those after-dlaner
orators, whom one naturally associated with America and
Americans.
Regarding America's contributions to pharmacy, he said
that the United States had taught the old country a great
deal. America was far ahead of the mother country in the
matter of pharmaceutical education. He had had the pleas-
ure the day before of inspecting the buUdlng and equipment
of the New York College of Pharmacy, and was struck witii
the romarkable facilities possessed by the Institution. The
only school in Great Britain to comparo with it was the School
of Pharmacy of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain;
but notwithstanding the amount of money which was ex-
pended on the London School of Pharmacy, it could not com-
pare in equipment with the College of Pharmacy of the City
of New York. Another of the debts of Great Britain to
America consisted of the literature of pharmacy. There was
no book on pharmacy to compare with Remington's " Practice
of Pharmacy." There was, however, one department in con-
nection with the School of Pharmacy of the Pharmaceutical
Society of Great Britain, which was unsurpassed any-
where, in his opinion, and that was the Museum of Materia
Medlca. The excellence of that museum was largely doe to
Mr. B. M. Holmes, who had a world-wide reputation, and
who had devoted his entire energies to the development of
the institution. Mr. Maben said he had within the last two
days seen the collections of Indigenous products in the new
museum in New York, and also In the new Botanical Museum,
both of which were magnificent buildings, and he had no
doubt that by and by one of these would possess just such a
collection as had been got together by the perseverance of
Mr. Holmes. Mr. Maben concluded by expressing how great
an honor he felt it to meet men so distinguished in the ranks
of pharmacy In America as those who were present on this
occasion, men whose names were known throughout the
world.
the position of the BRITISH PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIKTY.
Responding to the toast, " Pharmacy's Debt to Scotland,"
Professor Remington said that one of the best and latest con-
tributions to pharmacy was the "honored guest himself."
He cited the names of several prominent pharmaceutical and
chemical manufacturing houses In Scotland, whose names are
familiar to American pharmacists. He instanced in this way
the firm of Duncan, Flockhart & Co., of Bdlnburgh, who
made the first chloroform produced in Scotland, which was
used by Dr. Simpson In his early experiments with anaesthetics,
and the firm of T. & H. Smith & Co., famous for the manu-
facture of alkaloids. He was glad to know that Mr. Maben
had given some attention to the fixed oils. This was a sub-
ject In which research Is greatly needed, and he, for one, would
like to get Mr. Maben on the Committee on Revision of the
Pharmacopoeia, for It was a fact that we knew more about
the constitution of the volatile oils than of the fixed oils.
Adverting to one of Mr. Maben's references to the backward
condition of pharmaceutical affairs in Great Britain, Pro-
fessor Remington said affairs there differed greatly from
those existing here. Where the Pharmaceutical Society of
Great Britain had probably made their greatest mistake was
In becoming identified with legislation. When the society
said, " We propose to examine everybody who wants a license
to practice pharmacy in this country," they endangered their
position as a teaching body and became pre-eminently a Board
of Bxamlners, without being able at the same time to compel
students to come to London to attend their schooL So that
instead of concentrating upon educational work, and with
their distinguished faculty making the school of the Phar-
maceutical Society, situated in the heart of the great city of
London, the greatest school ha the world, their energies were
diverted in other directions. It is true that this policy was
in a measure forced upon them by the passage of the phar-
macy act, which made them an examining body.
Professor Remington then touched upon some of the higher
achievements in pharmacy and referred to the contributions
of pharmacists to the literature of their craft, the pharma-
cists who, with true scientific spirit, give what they know to
their fellows through the medium of pharmaceutical Journals.
Good pharmaceutical journals are numerous nowadays, and
give much space to practical pharmacy. Professor Reming-
ton here paid a very graceful compliment to the Akxbican
Dritooist. One of the most interesting and valuable features
of this journal, said he, was Its Cream of Current Literature,
where is given a conspectus of the articles appearing in con-
temporary Journals, under the name of the particular journal
abstracted In this way. " The American Druggist," he added,
" gives credit where credit Is due, and has made it impossible
to ever revive the old idea, once so prevalent among phar-
maceutical journals, of stealing from various sources and
giving no credit"
Professor Remington closed an interesting speech with a
well told anecdote concerning some experiences of Mr. Kline,
of Philadelphia, and himself at the meethig of the British
Pharmaceutical Conference, held In Glasgow, Scotland, a
few years ago.
Mr. FalrchUd expressed the great pleasure he felt in being
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
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able to testify to his respect for Mr. Maben. Speaking of tbe
benefits to the entire world from the Increasing Intercourse
of nations, he referred to the unTelllng of the statue of
Bochambeau and the recent ylslt of Prince Henry of Prussia.
The visits of people of different nationalities undoubtedly
tended, tbe speaker said, to maintain the peace of the world.
The toastmaster here called upon Prof. H. H. Rusby, of
the New Tork College of Pharmacy, to tell the assembled
guests what was being done In New York to establish a
museum of materia medlca to compare with the museum In
Bloomsbury Square, London.
Professor Rusby testified to his great regard for English
scientists, and to the regret he felt that It was sometimes
necessary to differ from them. In regard to the museum of
the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, he said, we have
nothing to compare with It In this country. It .was not so
much the fact that they had a great collection, but that every
llem In the collection Is described accurately and thoroughly
authenticated. Mr. Holmes, curator of the museum, was the
greatest authority of his kind In the world, and when you
read that a certain bark has been deposited In the so^dety's
museum and note a few lines of description, you may be
sure that that bark has been thoroughly studied and Its source
determined beyond a doubt If we have any hope of getting
anything Uke the museum of the Pharmaceutlciu Society we
ihust depend upon the noble generosity of wealthy people.
We owe a debt of gratitude to Bngland which we can never
properly discharge. Professor Rusby talked In this vein for
some time, and fairly showered eulogies on Mr. Holmes In
c<Kinectlon with his work In the museum of the British Phar-
maceutical Society.
Prof. B. H. Bartley, In speaking to the toast " What Medi-
cine Owes to Pharmacy," emphasized the debt we owe to
manufacturing pharmacists for putting at the service of the
physician medicines assayed and standardized In palatable
form.
B. H. Gane, who was down to speak on "The American
Invasion," did not stick closely to his text, as he said he felt
the subject was a delicate one. He was proud to meet the
guest of the evening, whom he knew when he (Mr. Gane) was
a student at Bloomsbury Square some years ago. Mr. Maben
was looked upon as a leader In pharmacy then, and he has
since maintained his position. He considered that Bngland
was getting out of the rut Into which It had sunk and was
adopting new and more progressive methods as a result of
the American invasion.
Prof. Virgil Goblentz extended a cordial welcome to Mr.
Biaben on behalf of the New York Section of the Society of
Chemical Industry. The Society of Ohemlcal Industry, which
is a British institution, had done a great deal to wake up the
American Chemical Society, which up to the time of the ad-
vent of the Society of Chemical Industry was the sleepiest
society that ever existed. He closed with an appreciation of
the debt we owe to American manufacturing pharmacists for
the introduction of elegant pharmaceuticals, contrasting the
articles here with the antiquated Ideas which still hold sway
in Germany.
Dr. William Mulr said he was pleased and proud to be
present and participate in doing honor to a compatriot In
his remarks, he said he could not quite agree with Professor
Remington in the latter's reference to the injury done to
pharmaceutical associations by efforts to control legislation.
AMBRIOAN PHARlCACEnTIOALS ABBOAD.
F. M. Flsk, who is at the head of the London house of
Parke, Davis & Co., said that American pharmaceutical prod-
ucts have made considerable advancement in the markets of
the old world, and into the calculations of the old world dis-
pensing pharmacists. Many of the products of reliable and
well known American producers are now appreciated by the
progressive section of the British dispensing chemists, not
only on account of their elegance, but on account of their in-
herent merit. "This improved condition," said Mr. Flsk,
" has been neither quickly, easily nor cheaply brought about
The old world pharmacist is conservative, as you know, as
he will himself tell you with pride. Hence it takes years of
diligent honest effort to convince him that old and known
methods and preparations should be superseded. Great cau-
tion characterizes his every business move. Nevertheless,
standardized fluid extracts, sugar and gelatin coated pills,
chocolate coated tablets, soluble hypodermic tablets, empty
and gelatin capsules, etc., are slowly but surely making their
way from America into Burope.
"It goes without saying that local manufacturers in the
British Isles, Germany, Austria and France are not slow in
their efforts to secure a share, at least of any trade that may
arise for these American so-called products of elegant phar-
macy. Hence the American seeker for foreign pharmaceutical
trade has not only to create the demand, but he must also be
able to compete with the output of local laboratories, and
under conditions, so far as cost of production is concerned,
very much to his disadvantage.
. " It may not be inappropriate for me to mention that
Messrs. Parke, Davis & Co. and Messrs. Fairchlld Bros, ft
Foster are the two firms who have been most successful in
Buropean markets. They enjoy the confidence of both phy-
sicians and chemists. Messrs. Parke, Davis & Op. have met
with conspicuous success in the introduction of their biological
products, particularly their Antidiphtherltic Serum, their
product being the only one bearing double certification— l.e.,
their own and that of the laboratorieff of the Royal Colleges
of Physicians and Surgeons, Bngland, as to antitoxin potency,
freedom from micro-organisms, etc."
Prof. W. C. Anderson delivered a patriotic addreiss in re-
sponse to the toast " Our Country."
The toast "The Pharmaceutical Press," was responded to by
Thomas J. Keenan, associate editor of the Ahebican Dbugoist,
who defined pharmaceutical journalism as a study of compara-
tive pharmaceutical activities— scientific, technical, and of later
years political. He said it sometimes was the misfortune of
the editors of the more militant of the drug journals in their
criticism of principles which they deemed to be wrong to
hurt individuals, but it was an injustice to them to deem
such criticisms to be inspired by personal malice.
The Ezhilrft at the American Phannaceutical Asso-
ciatjon*
The American Pharmaceutical Association will hold its
Semi-Centennial meeting at Philadelphia the week beginning
September 9, 1902, and the Committee on Bxhibit have issued
a circular appeal to the members. Arrangements are being
made for a large exhibit of chemical and pharmaceutical prep-
arations, and it is hoped to Include in this collection much of a
scientiflc and practical character that may be of interest to
pharmacists. Not only will large and small manufacturers
be Invited to aid in making this feature intensely interesting,
but the colleges will also contribute their share. Many pro-
gressive retailers also will bring forward matters of Interest
for exhibition.
The exhibit will be shown on the ground fioor of Hor-
ticultural Hall, directly opposite the entrance to Hotel Walton,
which has been selected as general headquarters for the
meeting.
A diagram showing the arrangement of tables as well
as size and price of space forms part of the circular
and the committee say: " Should you care to make an
exhibit on this occasion, we would be glad to have you in-
dicate what space or spaces will suit you best and let us
have your reply at the earliest possible moment Should the
space you select be already assigned to some bne else, we
will so inform you, in order that you may make another se-
lection. As soon as satisfactory space has been assigned, we
will ask you to send check, so that the committee may have
in advance sufficient funds to carry on the work without un-
necessary embarrassment"
Provision has been made for an exhibit of rare, cmrious
and Interesting relics that relate to pharmacy, and which will
serve to illustrate in a way the advance made in the profes-
sion during the last 60 years or more.
All manufacturers, pharmacists and colleges are invited to
loan what they may have that would properly add to the in-
terest of such a collection. All having anything which would
be of Interest are invited to communicate with this commit-
tee, giving description of items. The members of the com-
mittee are: Joseph P. Remington, Philadelphia; William L.
Clilfe, Philadelphia; Thomas Y. Wooten, Chicago; H. L.
Meredith, Hagerstown, Md., and Thomas P. Cook, chairman.
New York,
Dollar Prize*
Lewis 0. Hopp, chairman of the Committee on Member-
ship, offers a prize of a $5 gold piece to the druggist giving
the best ten reasons why a druggist should be a member of
the American Pharmaceutical Association. Contestants
should write ten reasons on a slip of paper, sign with a
pseudonym, place same in a plain envelope, Inclose in an
envelope and send to Lewis 0. Hopp, 256 Buclld avenue,
Cleveland, Ohio, before June 20. The president of the asso-
ciation. Dr. H. M. Whelpley, has kindly consented to act as
judge in deciding this contest
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
only, In the place of Clarence O. BIgelow. whose term explrea
next January. It le tUa action of tbe board tbat has arooaed
no end of couiiucnt and crltldsm. The official notice of the
election lolloira:
BtArm BoiBD OF Phabhaci or tbb Stati or Niw Yoke,
Chaubb £L Duhmb. Da. Feed, HorruAXM.
Two Eminent Americans.
The accompanying en^raTlnK la reproduced from a bohtc-
nlr postal card which reached the editor from Qermany a
few days ago. The gentlemen, whose portraits are here
shown, are both of them well known to pharmacists generally.
Dr. Fred Hoffmann, who now makes his residence In Berlin,
Oermany, was for many years the editor, of the Pharma-
centlcal Review, of New York, when Ibat periodical bore the
name Phannacentlsche Rundschau, and he Is also widely and
favorably known as the author of a hand hook on chemical
analysis known as " Examination of Medicinal Chemicals."
Charles B. Dohme Is a former president of. tbe American
Pharmacentlcal Association, and a member of the widely
known firm of Sharp & Dohme, of Baltimore. The postal
card bore the following message:
™™ uu • __ Wiesbaden. May 17. 1902.
"The undersigned, who met in Berlin recently and spent
some very plessant hours together, recalling many pleasant
reminiscences of mutual friends and of former gatherings
at the annual meetings of the American Pharmaceutical As-
BoclaUon, send you their attached photos herewith, together
with heartiest greethigs. They both hope to meet you In Phil-
adelphia next September.
" F. HotTmaun.
" Charles B. Dohme."
THE BOARD ELECTION HUDDLE.
One Man Only to Be Voted For— What the Members
Say— Mr. Weinstein CritlciKs the Board— Will the
Election Be Legal?
It le a long time since retail pharmacists of this city and
section were so stirred up over a matter as they are at present
over the coming election of the SUte Board of Pharmacy for
the Eastern Branch. When the controversy arose as to the
exact meaning and scope of the Hill amendment to the State
Pharmacy law, passed at Albany last winter, Attorney-Gen-
eral Davies, It will be recalled, was asked to render an opinion
on the new provision. His opinion was that all of the present
five members of the Eastern Branch had been legislated out of
office and that five members would have to be elected thin
month three from Manhattan and two from Brooklyn Bor-
ough This view coincided with the opinion shared, and still
entertained, by a very large number of local druggists, and it
was sopposed that the matter had been settled definitely, at
least for this year. . . ___
The State Board may have received another opinion from
the Attorney-Qeneral after conferences between him and rep-
resentatives of ftsfioclHted phannacistn: but at any rate the
t>oard on May 29, despite the published opinion of Mr. Davlea
to the contrnrv. decided to hold an election for one member
Forsaaat to BobdlrUlon « ot Chapttr 318 of tHe Law* of looa,
notice Is hmbi gtven thtt su aleetlon !■ to be aeld on ToMdar. Jaaa
IT, ISOa, St a.80 P.M., In tbe Mew terk College of Pharmaej. for th*
poipMe of alKtlSB a member ot tbe Btate Board of Fhumac;, Butera
Brueh thereof In place of Mr. Clarence 0. Blcelow. vhoae term of
oOce will e>pli* In Janoarr next.
' All lleeaatd pbataiaeltts or licensed droggUta resldliif In the oooa-
ties of New Yoi* ■oi) Weateheater. who are members ot the Kew Toih
State Phannaeentleal Aiaodatlon. or who art members ot pharmaceatl-
eal associations dnly IneoiiKtrated is asld conntlea aad wUcb ratairt
tbair members to be llcenaed iibarmaciets or llcenaed dniBclstB, an
entitled to vote at soeh election, provided sucb pereona be cltlMDs oi
tbe State of Mew York. _
By directloa ot tbe PiesMent of the State Board of Pbarmacy.
SiDMSY, Fabbb. 8«cr«tary.
When aeen by a representative of tbe Amkbicait Dbdogut,
Secretary Faber was not disposed to dlscnss the matter. He
would not say positively that the board had received further
advice from the Attorney-General. "The matter has been
very carefully considered," be said, "and the call for this
election was ordered by President Hyde." Mr. Faber-
added that the hours for Uie election would be from 2.30 until
o'clock p.m., and called attention to the deciaton of the
board that, since the election Is to be for a State official, only
cltUens would be allowed to vote. He frankly stated that tbe
law as it stands is a very mixed np affair, which will probably
have to be straightened out at the next session of the Leglsla-
tore.
An Interesting feature of the board's call for this election
la that that part of the amendment extending the voting fran-
chise has been recognized and complied with, thereby carrying
out the real Intent and purpose of tbe new provision. There
are those, however, who qnesUon the legality of tne boaraa
procedure In not complying with tiie other provision, which
requires the Issuance of a call for an election of all five man-
Joseph Welnatetn. of the New Tork Retail Druggista' Abbo-
daUon, who has been nominated as a candidate for the Eiast-
ero Branch, expressed some very decided opinions to a repre-
sentative of this Journal. Mr. Welnsteln was nominated be-
fore the Attorney- General rendered his opinion. The wording
of the amendment, he said, was unfortunate; but It Is, never-
theless, the law until it is changed. Be and hta asaodates
firmly believe an election of only one member will be held Il-
legal, and rather than run the risk of having such an election
so construed by the courts. It would hsve been fsr better to
have proceeded In compliance with the amendment aa It Is.
correcting the manifest mistake at the next Legislature, The
election of one member would, he feared, result in uqdeelrable
complications. He criticised the ruling of the board as to the
reqnlrement of citizenship, saying that no stich rule was ob-
served Ht tbe first election of the State Board memt)ers. If
enforced now. the first election was In his opinion illegal, since
many voted then who were not citizens. Mr. Welnsteln de-
clared that there seemed to be a great deal of politics In the
whole controversy, which he deplored. Fnrthermore. [t would
be a physlcsl impossibility, he thought, for all those who will
probably go to the New York College on the 17th to vote with-
in the hours fixed by the board.
A conference of various local pharmaceutical associations
was held on Thursday of last week at the New York College
of Pharmacy, to agree. If possible, on a candidate for the
coming election. Right associations were represented— namely,
the Manhattan Association, ibe German Association. Altimnl
Association. New York Retail Druggists' Association. Greater
New York Association. Italian Association, Drng Clerks' Cir-
cle, and the Westchester Assoclstlon. One of the representa-
tives said after the conference that nothing was accomplished
and that no agreement was reached. The Manhattan and
German associations, he said, wanted Mr. Bigelow as the
candidate, while the Retail Drugglsls' Association strongly
supported Mr. Welnsteln.
The Election in the Middle Branch of the New York
Board.
Tbe election of a member for the middle branch of tbe
New York State Board of Pharmacy will be held at the an-
nual meeting of the State Association at Elmlra, Tborsday.
June 28, at noon. All licensed pharmacists and druggists
residing In the middle section are entitled to vote.
The middle branch of the board has two Inapecton at
work, and have secured evidence against 16 or 20 druggislS'
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
SIS
who were violating the Pharmacy law. Two druggists in
Syracuse have paid fines of $25 each for failure to renew
their store licenses, and cases against several in Elmira and
Binghamton will bhortly be brought to trial. One general
store keeper in Broome Ck)unty has paid a fine of $25 for sell-
ing drugs and poisons without a permit, and cases against
several more are pending.
At the examination held last mouth at Albany and Roches-
ter 89 were examined and the following 16 passed, 15 as phar-
macists and one as druggist
Pharmacists: Fred. A. Peck, Ooxsackie; Olinton D. Turner,
Utica; Walter W. Janser, Albany; O. A. Partridge, Troy; Fred.
W. Sauer, Herkimer; Georgianna R. Blade, Saratoga; Edwin
F. Stewart, Oswego; Wm. A. Burton, Lowell, Mass*; Winifred
M. Miller, Boonville; Myatt B. Goring, Wapphiger Falls;
James T. O'Sullivan, Troy; Mary Oarroll, Rochester; Louis
* Lang, Rochester; Bdward O. Tracy, Waverly; George J.
Kysor, Homellsville.
Druggist: John B. Osborne. Au Sable Forks.
THE ILLINOIS ASSCX3ATION.
Twenty-thffd Anotsal Meeting at Jacksonville — Har-
mony an4 Good Feeling Qufactcfize the Meeting-
Prize Essays Presented — ^Entertainment Liberally
Pfovided— Money for the N. A* R* D.
Chicago, June 2.— The twenty-third annual convention of
the Illinois Pharmaceutical Association, which took place at
Jacksonville, was so harmonious and successful that all who
attended it came away in excellent humor, not only because
of the progress made, but also because of the enjoyable fea-
tures connected with their visit One of the most important
features was the hearty indorsement given the N. A. R. D.
for its good work throughout the State. The warmest praise
was given to the officiate for their work, and the watchword
of all was " organization.'*
New .officers were elected as follows: President, H. Swan-
nell. Champaign; first vice-president, Thomas Knoebel, East
St Louis; second vice-president Herman Fry, Chicago; third
vice-president R. A. Kuechler, Jacksonville; secretary, R. N.
Dodds, Springfield; treasurer, George C. Bartels, Camp Point
The following names were recommended to Gtovemor
Yates; out of the list he will select one to serve on the State
Board of Pharmacy: Albert E. Ebert Chicago; Franz Thomas,
Cairo; W. M. Benton, Peoria; B. H. Sohrbeck, Moline; J. J.
Shreve, Jacksonville.
The mayor of Jacksonville welcomed the delegates, who
represented all sections of the State. H. Swannell then re-
sponded. During the reading of President Gale's annual re-
port Mr. Bodemann arose and said he had been delegated
as chairman of a certain committee to present the outgoing
president with a souvenir. Mr. Gale opened the box which
was presented to him and found that it contained a mega-
phone, of which he made good use later In conducting the
convention.
Following this came the secretary's, report and that of the
treasurer, then came the reading of the prize essays; one by
Th. Knoebel and one by W. Bodemann. In the afternoon
the delegates listened to the report of the Committee on
Trades Interests, after which some 15 subjects, such as rela-
tions of druggists to doctors, relations with jobbers, with
nurses, the sale of cocaine, early closing, clerks and the liquor
traffic, were discussed. W. K. Forsyth, chairman of the Com-
mittee on the New Constitution, read his draft and with
a few changes it was approved. Luman T. Hoy read the
report of the State Board for 1901.
The entertainments provided by the local druggists proved
most acceptable to the visitors. These included visits to the
asylums for the deaf and dumb, the blind and the Insane. An
interesting sight was witnessed in the asylum for the blind,
where some of the Inmates played In an orchestra and others
sang for the benefit of the visitors. It was also shown that
a blind man can take shorthand reports and run a typewriter.
There were about 160 at the banquet which was highly en-
joyable.
During the course of the business meeting Thomas V.
Wooten read an exhaustive report on the work of the N. A.
R. D. A motion was carried to have copies of the address
made and sent to all manufacturers, jobbers, proprietors
of stores and associations. As had been expected the cocaine
matter came up. A motion was carried to recommend to the
Incoming Committee on Legislation that It try to get the in-
coming law governing the sale of cocaine transferred to the
pharmacy law, to the end that the enforcement of the measure
should be in the hands of the State Board of Pharmacy. The
same committee was authorized to prepare a bill providing
that no one should, under penal^, sell cocaine to any person when
notified that such person is addicted to its use. The delesatea
voted 1201 dues to the N. A. R. D.
THE NEV JERSEY PHARMACEUTICAL
ASSCX3ATION.
Relations Rc-esUblished with Sister Organiza-
tions— Moving to Confer with Physicians through
State Medix;al Society— The Standard of the New
Jersey Board of Pharmacy— A Stsccessful Meeting,
Well Attended*
THE thirty-second annual meeting of the New Jersey Phar-
maceutical Association was convened by the president
.., l^^f Poulke. of Jersey City, at the Ilesworth Hotel!
Atlantic City, at ten o'clock on the morning of Tuesday. June
4. After an invocation of the Divine blessing by the Rev. Dr
Yeatman, the president announced the unavoidable absence of
the secretary, Frank O. Stutzlen. of Elizabeth, who had been
called to his home on the preceding evening by a telegram
announcing the death of his father-in-law. Acting upon a
suggestion made by the secretary before his departure David
Strauss, of Elizabeth, was made secretary pro tem. * Mayor
T. P. Stoy welcomed the pharmacists to the hospltalltes of the
city by the sea, and was eloquently responded to by Jv W
Cole, of Jersey City. Prof. Herman J. Lohmann, the first
vice-president, of Jersey City, taking the chair. President
Foulke. present, read his annual address.
TUB PBR8IDEKT*8 ADDBfcSS.
President Foulke opened his address with a reference to
the routine duties of his office. He regretted the fact that
the appointment of delegates to sister associations had to be
made so hurriedly, as this often led to the appointment of
men who could not attend the meeting, with the result that
the New Jersey Pharmaceutical Association was frequently
not represented. After duly considering the strained relations
existing between the New Jersey Association and that of the
State of New York, and in view of the resolution on the sub-
ject passed at the Trenton meeting, the president had ap-
pointed as a delegate to the New York State meeting B A
Sayre, of Newark, who bad been received with the utmost
courtesy and cordiality. In the hurry of preparing the pro-
ceedings for publication Mr. Sayre*s name had been omitted
though he had been duly appointed delegate. The president
was glad to announce that friendly relations between the
Kings County Pharmaceutical Association and the New Jer-
sey State Pharmaceutical Association were again fully re-
stored. He himself attended the annual meeting of the Penn-
sylvania Pharmaceutical Association, which had been held
at Harvey's Lake, June 18 to 20 inclusive, and was very cor-
dially received. He commented on the orderly and easy man-
ner in which their business was conducted, which, he said
was in striking contrast with some of our meetings." thouirh
this may be accounted for by the fact that they were not hur-
ried for time, having more business sessions.
President Foulke recommended that the County Commit-
t€«s of the New Jersey State Association be continued, and
that steps be taken by which the commercial side should re-
ceive more attention, which could be accomplished either by
creating a commercial section or setting aside one session of
the meeting for the consideration of the practical phase of
pharmacy.
The president' called attention to a communication received
from the secretary of the American Medical Association in
regard to the creation of a section on Materia Medica Phar-
macy and Therapeutics. In which pharmacists are to be repre-
sented. He spoke of the strained relations existing between
the New Jersey Medical Association and themselves but was
somewhat encouraged since he had had an interview with the
president of that association. He trusted that the recommen-
dation of the American Medical Association that a section be
created in which pharmacists may take part will be favorably
received by the New Jersey Medical Association, as this mav
bring about closer relations. ^
Personal attendance at the examinations of the board he
said, convinced him that the examinations were fairly con-
ducted, and that students should be well able to answer anv
of the questions asked. He was favorably impressed with
the applicants, who seemed to have thoroughly prepared
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themselyes for the examination. He spoke of the credit due
the board for having raised the standard of pharmacy to the
high position now occupied in New Jersey, and that he
thought the time had come when applications for registration
should only be considered from graduates in pharmacy, from
colleges where a preliminary education and a practical knowl-
edge in pharmacy is required for, graduation.
In regard to the National Association of Retail Druggists,
President Foulke announced that excellent' work had been
done, and that many pharmacists had been benefited by it,
especially in the Western and Southern States, where phar-
macists appear to be better organized. For some reason, he
said, the promise held forth by the N. A. R. D. has not been
fulfilled in this section, and some local associations that had
affiliated with the National Association have withdrawn from
membership. The president spoke very earnestly about the
advantages to the commercial Interests of pharmacists to be
derived by a national association. He brought forth the work
done by the association for the repeal of the stamp tax. He
spoke of the good work done by the officers and active mem-
bers of the N. A. R. D. toward bettering the commercial con-
dition of pharmacy in this country, and recommended that
the New Jersey Pharmaceutical Association continue to give
its moral support to the undertaking.
As an example of the value of organization, he called atten-
tion to one of the prhicipal cities of the State, which had suf-
fered heavy loss by fire during the past winter. The drug
trade was at one time in a very demoralized condition, but
for some time previous to the disaster was most progressive^
and this has already assisted them to recover from the loss
which at one time seemed quite discouraging.
The president then referred to the death of the late Presi-
dent McKinley, and commented on the sympathy displayed
by the pharmacists of our country, many of whom closed
their places of business during the hours of the funeral serv-
ice, something which is unprecedented in the annals of the
trade.
The hours of drug clerks was then touched upon, the presi-
dent advocating fewer hours. He said that a clerk who is
compelled to work from 12 to 15 hours per day is hardly in a
condition to be responsible for the careful dispensing of medi-
cines. In one of our IVestem States, President Foulke found
that one-fourth of the drug clerks worked 12 hours and 16.95
per cent work 15 hours. Only 7.96 per cent, work under 10
hours a day. Of 289 clerks reported, only 41 are free on Sun-
day, 161 work every Sunday and 87 every other Sunday. He
recommended that the County Committee and local associa-
tions consider this matter.
President Foulke then spoke of the scarcity of good phar-
macists as clerks, and asked if it were possibly due to the fact
that many are using pharmacy as a stepping stone to the more
honored and better paying profession of physician, or are they
seeking more lucrative fields of work ? With this scarcity
will come an advance in wages, which, together with the in-
crease of capital now necessary to carry on a successful busi-
ness, will discourage many from engaging in pharmacy; con-
sequently there will be fewer pharmacies, and one store con-
ducted by two competent pharmacists will be better than two
with but one registered man.
In commenting on the standards of pharmacy. President
Foulke said: ** In view of the high standard to which phar-
macy has been raised mainly for public safety, should we not
ask something In return from the public? Impress upon the pub-
lic the desirability of patronizing the drug store in their neigh-
borhood rather than the distant department store; in fact,
tliey should make every effort to support the pharmacy in
view of the many favors the public expects from druggists; for
instance, in emergency cases, cashing of checks and in many
other ways. Bxplain to the public that pharmacy is in a
way a profession which its members have to be especially
ediici^ted for. Try to persuade the press to discontinue pub-
lishing matter giving the impression that the profits of phar-
macists are enormous, and give the little comer apothecary
a chance to recover from the effects of their Jokes."
President Foulke, in the course of his address, referred
with feeling to the loss which pharmacy has sustained in the
death of Dr. Charles Rice, of New York, and suggested that
the association take some action in recognition of his services
to the calling. • ^ ^
The address, which was listened to with interest and re-
ceived with applause, was referred to a committee, composed
of B. T. N. Stein, of Jersey City; W. T. Brown, of Madison,
and George S. Campbell, of Milbum.
Prof. Joseph P. Remington, of Philadelphia, being called
upon, spoke as a resident of Jersey, he having been one of
the pioneers of Longport, at the southern extremity of the is-
land upon which Atlantic City is situated, where he built a
summer home 19 years ago. Professor Remington said that
he was glad to welcome the members for this section of the
State, and that he was proud of the men who took an interest
in their State, their ci^ and their calling, for it was througb
men of this kind that all real progress was made,
G. W. Parlsen, of Perth Amboy, spoke as a delegate from
the American Pharmaceutical Association, urging the mem-
bers to attend the semicentennial meeting of tiie aasociation,
which will be held in Philadelphia during September. George
M. Beringer supported Mr. Parlsen in his appeal to the mem-
bers, and told of the many excellent features, both Intellectual
and social, which Would be spread before the members at
the Philadelphia meeting.
James C. Field, of Somerville, submitted his report as
treasurer, showing that the total receipts for the society for
the year amounted to $3,105.54, Including a balance carried
forward from the preceding year of $2,503.46. The expenses
of the year have been $632.65, leaving a balance of $2,472.89:
The report was referred to the Executive Committee for audit-
ing*
The report of the secretary of the Board of Pharmacy waa
read by that officer. Henry O. Jorden, of Bridgeport, and
showed that the board had been very active and successful in
its efforts to enforce the pharmacy law during the past year.
Ten cases of illegal registration have been carried into court
by the board, success being met with in each case. The board
examined 285 applicants, of which 88 were successfuL Ref-
erence having been made to the absence of any financial state-
ment, Mr. White, of Jersey City, explained that under the
law that went Into effect at the first of the year the board
accounted to the State and not to the association for the funds
collected by it, and that since the board had become officially
a portion of the State government It was necessary for its
financial statement to be made in accordance with the custom
of the other State departments, in which the fiscal year closed
with October 31. A statement up to October 81 will be pre-
sented at the next meeting of the State Association. Pro-
fessor Remington commended the work of the board, and
especially its activity in prosecuting illegal practitioners of
pharmacy, in warm terms.
Professor Lohmann, as chairman of the Bxecutive Com-
mittee, reported progress, and submitted 21 applications for
membership, including that of Mrs. A. M. Griffin, the first
woman to apply for membership in this associatiop. Mrs.
Griffin was accorded the honor of election to membership by
a rising vote, and the remaining 20 applicants were admitted
to membership, the secretary being instructed to cast one
ballot in their favor.
The president here announced the names of the Nominat-
ing Committee as follows: J. C. Gallagher, of Jersey City; A-
Schurr, of Newark; G. H. White, of Jersey City; Charles
Wuensch, of Newark, and G. H. Horning, of Bllzabeth. B.
A. Say re, of Newark; David Strauss, of Elizabeth, and Charles
Holzhauer, of Newark, were named as the Publication Com-
mittee, and W. C. Alpers. of New York; C. A. Bye, of Lakewood,
and S. D. Woolley, of Ocean Grove, were appointed a com-
mittee on the place of meeting.
President William O. Kuebler, of the New Jersey College
of Pharmacy, presented a communication to the effect that
since the subscriptions to the association scholarship in the
college had failed to reach the sum necessary to defray the
expenses of a student, the college had decided .to maintain
the scholarship dedicated to the association free of all fees,
thus establishing a unique precedent. J. C. Gallagher moved
that the association accept the generous offer on the part of
the college and formally adopt the scholarship proposed.
This scholarship will be awarded annually by competitive
examination.
YISITINQ DELEQATE8 HAVE THE FLOOR.
B. A. Sayre, H. O. Ryerson and William O. Kuebler were
named as a Committee on Credentials to report at a la^er ses-
sion. Upon the invitation of the chair, W. C. Alpers spoke
as a delegate from the Manhattan Pharmaceutical Associa-
tion and from the New York State Pharmaceutical Associa-
tion. He referred to the strained relations which had existed
between the two State associations and which had been
spoken of by the president as being wholly a thing of the
past.
Prof. Clement B. Lowe extended fraternal greethigs from
the Pennsylvania Association to his fellow pharmacists of
New Jersey, and it being necessary for him to leave early, he
read a paper embracing a series of miscellaneous notes on
the practice of pharmacy, which was listened to with atten-
tion and referred to the Committee on Publication. Dr. Frank
O'Reilly, of Newark, spoke on behalf of the medical profes-
sion, commenting on the close relations existing between the
two callings.
On motion of Mr. Sayre the meeting adjourned till eight
o'clock Instead of till three, as had been originally planned hi
the programme.
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The president opened the session on Thursday morning by
calling for the report of the special committee on the revision
of the constitution and by-laws, and the association took up
that part of the amendments relating to the election of a
local section. Much discussion followed and finally section
7, of article 7, was adopted as a whole, the remainder of the
recommendations being laid over, and the secretary was
directed to have them printed in next year's proceedings and
also separately, with the committee's reasons why the pro-
posed amendments should become part of the constitution.
The section adopted reads as follows:
Section 7.— (New) It shall be the duty of the local secretary
to select a number of pharmacists from his city or vicinity
who shall form the Local Committee, and whose chairman he
shall be. This committee shall arrange all details of the annual
meeting of the association, and render a detailed account of
all receipts and expenditures to the Executive Committee, in
time that the Executive Committee can audit the same and
report at the last session to the association.
The report of the committee on president's address was
then taken up and the following recommendations were
adopted:
That the work on the county and local organizations
be continued, that the committee provide in the programme
of future meetings for papers, etc., on trade Interests, and
that suitable resolutions be adopted relative to the death of
the late Dr. Charles Rice, who was an honorary member
of the association.
O. M. Berhiger then presented a draft of Rice memorial
resolutions, which were adopted and ordered engrossed, the
engrossed copy to be presented to the New Tork College of
Pharmacy. The place of next meeting was left to the Execu-
tive Committee, with the recommendation that Lake Hopat-
cong be chosen if suitable arrangements could be made.
The Executive Committee reported that it had found the
accounts pf the secretary and of the treasurer, presented at
the first session, to be correct. The committee on names to
be sent to the Governor, from which to appoint a member of
the Board of Pharmacy, reported the following names: G.
H. White, of Jersey City (the retiring member); David Strauss,
of Elizabeth, and Geo. M. Berlnger, of Camden.
Mr. Berlnger declined, stating that he could not possibly
accept the position, and the name of H. H. Deakyne, of At-
lantic City, was substituted.
The Committee on Nomination reported, J. C. Gallagher,
the chairman, stating that it had two reports, a majority and
minorty, to make. Both were the same with the exception
of the nomination for president. After much discussion both
reports were received and balloting ordered.
The nominee of the majority report was L. L. Staehle, of
Newark; the minority named H. J. Lohmann, of Jersey City.
The president appointed C. A. Bye, of Lakewood, and Albert
Schurr, of Newark, tellers. Thirty-eight votes were cast, Mr.
Lohmann receiving 26 and Mr. Staehle 12, whereupon Mr.
Lohmann was declared elected.
The secretary was then instructed to cast one ballot for
election of the remaining nominees, whose names appeared on
both tickets, as follows: Vice-presidents, George P. Campbell,
Milbum, and William F. Ridgway, Atlantic City; secretary,
Frank C. Stqtzlen, Elizabeth; treasurer, Joseph C. Field,
Somerville; local secretary, W. T. Brown, Madison. Members
of the Executive (Committee: Henry P. Thorn, of Medford,
and George T. Fitzgeorge, of Trenton.
The installation of officers followed, after which Jacob
Stein, of Reading, Pa., a delegate from the Pennsylvania
Pharmaceutical Association, made a short address. After pass-
ing resolutions thanking the hotel management, the local
press, the dty officials, the retiring officers and the secretary
pro tern., David Strauss, of Elizabeth, the association ad-
journed.
THB SMTEBTAINMENTS.
An artistically printed folder set forth the various and
ample amusements which had been provided for the mem-
bers and visitors, which began with progressive euchre on
Tuesday evening. Wednesday afternoon was devoted to a
trip to Longport by trolley, a sail across the bay in sail boats
to Somers Point, returning by rail through the country. After
the adjournment of the business session on Wednesday even-
ing, the members were treated to a Night In Bohemia in the
Palm Garden of the Ilesworth, while a promenade concert and
dance on Thursday evening concluded the formal entertain-
ments.
The Sottthern Wholesale Druggists^ Associatfoo.
The annual meeting of the Southern Wholesale Druggists'
Association was held in New Orleans during the week ending
May 10, when D. D. Phillips, of Nashville, was re-elected pres-
ident and H. H. Sinnige secretary. Considerable business of
importance to the members was transacted. It was decided to
divide the association into two divisions, one to be known aa
the New Orleans division and the other as the Birmingham
division. The first will include the territory of Louisiana,.
Mississippi and Southern Alabama. The Birmingham dlvi-
sipn includes Alabama, Tennessee and portions of Georgia ter-
ritory. The two subdivisions will come together at the annual
conventions which are held in May. Birmingham was chosen
as the place of meeting for the next annual convention, to be
held the second Wednesday In May.
Wholesale Druggists of the Sotilh Atlantic States*!
The initial meeting of wholesale druggists, composing tbe^
Wholesale Druggists' Association of the South Atlantic States,
was held in Columbia, S. C, on April 23. The following firms
were represented: Augusta Drug Company, Augusta, Ga.; J.
B. Davenport & Co., Augusta, Ga.; Solomons Co., Savannah,
Ga.; Burwell & Dunn Co., Charlotte, N. C; Jno. M. Scott &
Co., Charlotte, N. C; Goldsboro Drug Co., Goldsboro, N. C;
W. H. King Drug Co., Raleigh, N. C; Geer Drug Co., Charles^
ton, S. C; Murray Drug Co., Columbia, S. C; Crutchfield-Tolk*
son Co., Spartanburg, S. C; L. Richardson Drug Co., Green»^
boro, N. C. Atlanta, Macon and Jacksonville are also con-
nected with the organization.
F. E. Holliday, of Philadelphia, representing the National
Association of Retail Druggists, was present
At the meeting the following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, Dr. W. J. Murray, Columbia; vice-president, T. A. Solo*
mons, Savannah, Ga.; secretary and treasurer, Jno. M. Scott,
Charlotte, N. C. The association decided to hold its next
meeting in Columbia on June 18 next.
Prof. A. B. Prescott, of the School of Pharmacy of the
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, is an honorary member
of the British Pharmaceutical Conference, an association
similar to our American Pharmaceutical Association.
The Alabama
The twenty-first annual meeting of the Alabama Pharma<»
ceutical Association was held at Birmingham on May 7 and
8. The opening session was called to order by the president,
Thomas W. Peagler, of Greenville, in the Commercial Club of
Alabama, where the convention was welcomed to the city by
a representative of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen in a
speech overflowing with compliments to the visiting drug^
gists and extending to them the freedom of the city. W. B.
Bingham, of Tuscaloosa, «ecretary of the association, respond-v
ed in behalf of the visitors. At the session in the afternoon
reports were submitted by the various officers, and President
Peagler made the usual presidential address, reviewing the
work of the year. Secretary Brigham in his report showed
that the association was now on a firmer footing than ever
before and prepared to wield a greater infiuence and make it-
self felt all over the State by advancing and protecting the
Interests of the members. The report of Treasurer F. F. Ra-
venscrof t showed the orgaplzation to be out of debt and with
a small surplus in the treasury. The reports were referred
to the usual committees. In the evening a banquet was given
at the Hillman Hotel which was attended by upward of a
hundred members and their friends, when toasts wen drunk
to the success of the organization and to Birmingham and its
future greatness. J. L. Parker acted as toastmaster, and dis-
charged the onerous duties of this position with tact and
grace, his introductions being humorous and apt. The speak-
ers included T. W. Peagler, retiring president; Richard Stick-
ney, L. A. Brigham, W. C. Cross, Secretary W. B. Brigham,
and G. B. McVay.
The morning session on Thursday was held in the Blks*
Hall instead of the Comm^cial Club rooms, and at this meet^
ing officers were elected for the ensuing year, as follows: Pres«
Ident, L. S. Brigham, of Montgomery; vice-president, W. S.
Bauer, of Mobile; second vice-president, R. T. Wood, of Dade-
ville; secretary, W. E. Brigham, of Tuscaloosa, and treasurer,
F. F. Ravenscroft, of Union Springs. The Bxecutive Commit-
tee elected was W. A. Collier, of Tuscaloosa; F. Y. Hunter, of
Montgomery, and E. K. Austin, of Birmingham. Delegates
were elected to the meeting of the National Association of
Retail Druggists as follows: Richard Stickner, of Anniston;
W. A. Collier, of Tuscaloosa; R. F. Lovelady, of Pratt City;
J. D. Sutton, of Mobile; F. F. Ravenscroft, of Union Springs.
A motion was adopted giving the Executive Committee power
to name the time and place of the next annual meeting. Be-
fore adjournment announcement was made by P. O. Oandidns,
of Mobile, the chairman of the State Board of Phamiacy» that
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in the future the board would require evidence of two years'
practical experience in a drug store from every applicant for
registration as a pharmacist in the State of Alabama.
GR.EATCR. NEW YOR.K.
The South Carolina Association.
The twenty-sixth annual convention of the South Carolina
State Pharmaceutical Association was held at Charleston,
May 21 and 22, and was largely attended. The meeting was
called to order by the president, O. Y. Owings, who welcomed
the members and introduced several gentlemen who addressed
the gathering. The convention was brought to a close with
a dinner. The officers elected for the ensuing year are as fol-
lows: President, Julian A. Barbot, of Charleston; first vice-
president, W. H. Zeigler, of- Charleston; second vice-president,
O. A. Matthews, of Georgetown; secretary and treasurer.
Prank M. Smith, of Charleston. The association will hold its
semi-annual meeting at Sumter, November 19, 1002.
The
The annual meeting of the Louisiana State Pharmaceutical
Association was held at the New Orleans College of Pharmacy
May 7, S. The opening session was called to order by Presi-
dent Walter Taylor, who delivered his annual address. Much
of thtft was taken up with a review of the work of the Na-
tional Association of Retail Druggists. The N. A. R. D. has
organized a number of successful local associations in Louisi-
ana. The report of Treasurer George S. Brown showed that
the treasury was in a healthy condition, the receipts exceeding
the disbursements. Various other routine business was trans-
acted, and at the second day's session the following officers
were elected: President, P. L. Vaillon, Jr., of Whitecastle; first
% Ice-president, Alfred Levy; second vice-president, Adam
Wirth; corresponding secretary, Mr. Sbisa; recording secre-
tary, W. P. Duplantis; treasurer, George S. Brown; Executive
Committee, W. T. Taylor, F. C. Godbold, Mr. Sauvinet, A.
Wirth and A. Levy. The association is making a vigorous
effort to secure an amendment to the pharmacy law, and a
committee has been appointed to urge favorable action before
the coming session of the Legislature on a new law defining
who shall be eligible for registration upon examination and
providing for penalties .for adulteration and substitution.
The Kansas State Association*
The Kansas State Pharmaceutical Association met at
Wichita May 27, 28, and elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: President, J. W. Cookson, of Kingman; first
vice-president, M. S. Ingalls, of Hallstead; second vice-presi-
dent, G. Gehring, of Wichita; secretary, E. B, Lair, of Topeka;
assistant secretary. Miss Dora Fisher, of Leavenworth; treas-
urer, W. L. Henrion, of Wichita; librarian, L. E. Sayre, of
Lawrence. The Executive Committee is comiwsed of W. S.
Amos, of Atchison; George Seitz, of Ellswortli; Frank D. Lov-
ett, of Madison; A. R. Holzsichuler, of Junction City, and Carl
Bpgie, of Manhattan.
The Texas Assoitf^tion*
The Texas State Pharmaceuticiil Association held their an-
nual meeting in Dallas April 23-26, and elected the following
officers: President, E. B. Eberle, of Dallas; vice-presidents, J.
P. Hayter, of Decatur; C. E. Craycroft, of Sherman; Miss Vir-
ginia Brooks, of Waelder; secretary-treasurer, R. H. Walker,
of Gonzales; assistant secretary, R. N. Knight, of Waco. The
Executive Committee is composed of the principal officers.
The city of Waco was selected as the next place of meeting.
The Oklahoma Association*
The Oklahoma Pharmaceutical Association met at Enid
May 14 and elected officers for the ensuing year as follows:
President, J. C. Burton, of Stroud; first vice-president, J. F.
Seyforth, Oklahoma City; second vice-president, A. B. Clark,
Watonga; secretary, F. M. Weaver, Oklahoma; assistant secre-
tary, F. Dinkier, Hennessey; treasurer, John Wand, Oklahoma
City.
The A. M. Todd Company, Limited, have been formed to
succeed to the essential oil business of A. M. Todd^ Kalamazoo,
Mich. The officers of the company are: President, Albert M.
Todd; vice-president, William A. Todd; secretary and treas-
urer, Albert I. Todd.
The many friends of Henry Fluegel, Second avenue, be-
tween Sixty-ninth and Seventieth streets, tender him their
condolence for the loss of his father, who was buried with
Grand Army honors on the 1st inst He was a veteran of the
battle of Gettysburg.
John Hurley, the well known Little Falls (N. Y.) drug-
gist, was among those noticed in' attendance at the Joint
meeting of the Society of Chemical Industry, American Chem-
ical Society, Yerein Deutscher Chemiker and Chemists' Club
in New York on Friday, May 23.
The many friends of O. J. Griffin, assistant secretary of the
college of pharmacy, will regret to learn that on June 1, just
as he was leaving the residence of Professor Coblentz, in
Mount Vernon, he fell and broke his leg. The fracture turned
out to be a bad one, and he had to be treated where he was, his
condition being such that it was impossible for him to be
moved for some days.
Herbert Griffin, of Peekskill, and George Wray, of Yonkers,
have formed a company under the name of the Griffin- Wray
Drug Company, and have opened a very attractive drag store
on Broadway, Yonkers, in an excellent location. The fixtures
are of white and gold and the new store starts out under very
favorable auspices, as Mr. Wray has a great many friends
in Yonkers. upon whose patronage he can count.
Wm. C. Alpers, of New York and Saratoga Springs, will
read a paper at the annual meeting of the American Medical
Association in Saratoga Springs on June 12. The title of his
paper is " Prescription Repetition and Its Dangers." It will
be presented to the association through the Section on Materia
Medica and Therapeutics, of which C. S. N. Hallberg, of
Chicago, is the secretary. The paper will give the views of
a retail pharmacist on this question of so much importance to
both pharmacists and physicians.
Much interest centers in the election of officers of the New York
State Pharmaceutical Association for the ensuing year, which
will take place at the coming convention in Elminu Associated
pharmacists of this city seem to agree to support the follow-
ing ticket: For president, Thomas Stoddart, of Buffalo;
for vice-president, William C. Anderson, of Brooklyn; for sec-
retary, S. V. B. Swann, of Manhattan. Mr. Stoddart has been
president of the organization during the past year and has filled
the office very satisfactorily, so much so that his friends have
started a boom for his re-election. There was some talk of
Mr. Anderson for president, but it is understood that his name
has been withdrawn in favor of Mr. Stoddart Mr. Swan is
secretary of the Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association.
Prof. G. A. Ferguson, of the New York College of Pharmacy,
has been appointed Inspector of Drugs for the Indian Ware-
house in this city. He formerly occupied that position, but for
some time past practically all of the drugs, medicines, etc.,
which the Government has been in the habit of purchasing for
the Indians, together with other supplies, have been bought
from Western and other firms and delivered in Chicago. At
the recent opening of bids in Chicago, however. New York
houses succeeded in securing contracts for supplying a large
part of the drugs, surgical instruments, etc., called for. This
fact has again necessitated the appointment of an inspector
to examine the goods when delivered at the local warehouse
on Wooster street The successful houses and the articles
they received contracts for were: Seabury & Johnson, surgi-
cal dress goods, etc.; Fred. Haslam, surgical instruments;
Abram L. Hirsh, 2,825 pounds chloride linme, 1,470 pounds
pure glycerin, soda, potash, borax, raw linseed oil, sulphur,
disinfectants and miscellaneous medicines.
At a meeting of the trustees of the Brooklyn College of
Pharmacy, held at the college on Tuesday, May 27, William
C. Anderson, professor of pharmacy, was elected Dean of the
Faculty. Ellas H. Bartley, formerly dean, resigned the chair
of organic chemistry, and will probably be elected professor
emeritus in chemistry. The most friendly relations existed
between Dr. Bartley and the faculty, but his failing health
has made It imperative for him to cut down his responsibili-
ties. His chair will be filled by Prof. Daniel C. Mangan. On
Thursday evening a Joint meeting of the Committee on Su-
pervision and Examination with the faculty of the Brooklyn
College was held at the college to approve the prospectus for
the coming year. Professor Anderson asked for an adjourn-
ment at 11 o'clock and then invited all present upstairs, where
he surprised them with an elaborate supper. The rest of the
evening was spent in a most enjoyable manner. Speeches
were made by Messrs. Anderson, Oscar C. Kline and William
Muir, all of them commenting on the very cordial and bar-
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monioos relations existing between the yarions dei»artinent8
of the college and agreeing that the snccess of the institution
was due in a great degree to this fact and io the active co-
operation of those connected with the college in all its nnder-
taklngs.
Stat^ Senator Henry Marshall, from the borough beyond
the big bridge, labored hard for an entire day recently, and
finally evolved this conundrum, which is given in a recent
issue of the New Tork Times:
What is the difference between a druggist and a farm
laborer ?
One is a pharmacist, the other is a farm assist-ant
A gentleman on whom the conundrum was inflicted called
at an uptown drug store Tuesday evening, and in a moment
of hilarity propounded the question to the apothecary to
whom he intrusted a prescription to be filled. After a' slight
mental struggle the apothecary " gave it up,'' and when told
the answer laughed, as in duty bound, most heartily. A few
minutes later the prescription was filled and the price thereof
announced as 05 cents.
** Thanks," said the gentleman, **I can understand the
5 cents, but what is the 90 cents for ? "
*' Oh ! " blandly replied the druggist, " that is the difference
between the pharmacist and the farm assistant"
WESTERN NEW YORK.
Registered by the New York BoafcL
Following is a list of those who passed the New York
State Board of Pharmacy examination for the degrte of
licensed pharmacist, held at the Brooklyn College on May 21:
Giuseppe Baculo, Ellas Barbari, Max J. Block, John J.
Buckley, Julius Bram, Qerald De Waltoff, Albert Ford, H.
P. Fordham, Sigmund Gardner, Harry Greenbaum, Frank
Hafferberg, Abraham Herman, Henry A. Hotwet, Luigi
Janucelli, Guido Lagomaggiore, Joseph Landes, Max Leman,
Sam. A. Lewin, Minnie B. McAvoy, Fred Meyer, Samuel
Norman, Ghas. E. Poba, Albert 0. Bava, Eli Bosenstein, David
Schott, Leo 'Schwartz, Charlotte Segall, Isaac Shiwam, Wm.
S. Strawgate, Christopher Supple, Julius Tietze, Chas. 0.
Treat, Anton Yeprowsky, Carl Wippermann, Wm. Wisendan-
ger. Max Wollison.
The Drug Qtib Book*
The constitution and by-laws of the Drug Trade Club, of
New York, together with a list of the officers and members,
has Just been published in attractive form. A glance through
the pages gives evidence of the remarkable success of t£e
club and also shows that comparatively few of the original
members who organised It In 1884 still remain upon Its active
list The club appears to have become the possessor of armorial
bearings, the first public appearance of which is made, we be-
lieve, on the cover of the red morocco booklet They may be
described in the language of heraldry as a caduceus, or bear-
ing entwined a serpent proper, the whole between two sprigs
of pyrethrum, in chevron, flowered and leaved, or motto:
Drug Trade Club, New York. We felicitate the club upon
its new acquisition, and trust that it may be able to live up
to its coat of arms, as, indeed, it gives every promise of doing.
The New York State Meeting.
Blmira will be the scene on June 24, 25, 26 and 27 of one
of the most successful meetings in the history of the New
York State Pharmaceutical Association, if the anticipations
of the officers are realized. The entertainment programme
published on page 290 of our last issue shows that there will
be no lack of entertainment A reduced rate of fare will be
made on the certificate plan. To obtain this it is necessary,
when purchasing a ticket to Elmira, to ask for a receipt on
an association certificate. When this receipt is vised by the
secretary at Blmira, a return ticket can be purchased at one-
third the full fare. No reduction can be obtained unless the
certificate is obtained when the ticket to Elmira is purchased.
Cards are out announcing the marriage of Miss Ruth,
daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Charles Frederick Weller, of
Omaha, Neb., to J. Percy Fleischel, of Canon City, Col., for
Wednesday evening, June 25. Miss Weller is known to a
great many of our readers, having been for some years past
a regular attendant on the meetings of the National Whole-
sale Druggists' Association.
BusincM Good Despite the Cutter— An Artbtlc Anpouncen&ent of
' the Buffalo College-- Ritulls of the Elcciion.
{Frtnn our Regular Correspondent.)
Buffalo, June 5.— The drug trade in Buffalo is generally
good, in spite of some lingering traces of the late cut-price
war. Members of the retail trade are telling each other in
confidence how many " good days " they have had of late,
which is always a sure sign of improved conditions. It is
found that the price cutters are not so fierce all the time as
they are by spells and at least one of the leading transgressors
has witiidrawn his cut and gone back to the association scale.
The best posted retail druggists meet the cuts by going out
of the proprietary articles for the most part that are used in
this way for advertising. This throws the trade nearly all
on the cutters and they get tired very soon of selling a matter
of half a dozen gross a week of something that has cost several
cents a bottle more than it brings. Add to this the difficulty
of getting a supply and the business can be made of account
only as in the case of all bargain day goods that the depart-
ment stores throw out as advertisements. So the Buffalo re-
tail druggist is not so much frightened over the cutting as he
was. By sticking to prescriptions, perfumes, etc., which are
not so easily cut there is still profit in the business.
DR. OROVe SUCCEEDS HR SMITIIER
Dr. S. A. Grove, secretary of the Brie County Pharmaceuti-
cal Association, was elected a member of the State Board of
Pharmacy at the annual election to-day for a tnember to
succeed Mr. Smither, whose term expired. Dr. Qrove got 67
of the 120 votes on first ballot
THE COLLEOE ADNOUNCEIIKMT.
The new announcement of the Buffalo College of Pharmacy
is out thus early, and in an elegant pictorial volume, as all
good publications are nowadays. The portraits of the entire
graduating class are given and there are numerous laboratory
and other scenes. All that the University of Buffalo needs is
a good friend who will endow It with a few millions. The
management has lately passed a resolution providing that
the three departments of medicine, pharmacy and dentistry
shall hereafter hold their commencements at the same time.
DR. ORBQORT'S NEW FIXTURES.
The Genesee pharmacy of Dr. W. G. Gregory, the Buffalo
member of the State Board of Pharmacy, Is Just emerging
from the throes of a reconstruction, which has lasted several
weeks. The improvement includes an elegant new front that
stands out further on the street than the old one did, and a
fine onyx fountain, built to order, with special appliances and
conveniences. The completed establishment will not be sur-
passed by anything else in that line in Buffalo, either in posi-
tion or completeness.
BUFFALO NEWS NOTES.
It Is noted that the Buffalo drug clerks are not changing
about as they used to. At one time, especially in tne early
days of the college of pharmacy, there was a great amount
of shifting from one store to another, but the effect was not
conductive to the improvement of either store or clerk and it
has been pretty generally stopped.
Buffalo druggists are saying that the disposition of the
cut-price store, as lately made by the Horlich Malted Milk
Company, is a good sample of what can be done in the trade
generally if it is taken up properly. At the suggestion of
R. K. Smither, the people most interested in the sale of this
article got together, fixed up a price and so far have stuck to
it with prospect of going on indefinitely. It was simply a
business proposition, entered on in a business way.
The Pharmacal Drug Company, who some time ago begaii
preparations for starting a wholesale store in connection with
their manufacturing plant at North Division and Washington
streets. Buffalo,. are opening the store at 219-221, on the other
side of the latter street, in the same block, and are engaged
in setting up their goods. They are originally a Canadian corpora-
tion, having a store in Toronto with a branch in Montreal. With
an American charter and a capital of $80,000, they will enter
the exclusively wholesale trade, but without giving up their
manufactures, which are. said to embrace 600 articles and
compounds to be found in drug stores. It will be several days
before the store is ready for business. William Murchison, of
Buffalo, who is also interested in the Canadian company, is
president The company have several traveling men, who will
now add samples of the goods to be jobbed to the manufac-
tures already carried. Nothing will be sold at retail.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
MASSACHUSETTS-
PENNSYLVANIA-
of tfie College— Still Acthre at £
tfie Board— Tile Bkie Law Dead*
{From our Regular Oorreipondmt,)
Boston, June 4.— The annual meeting of the Massachusetts
•College of Pharmacy was held at the college building on
June 2. Much routine business was transacted and the fol-
lowing trustees were elected to serve for terms of three years:
LinyiUe H. Smith, Ph-O., Boston; Charles A. BIOTer, PIlO.,
<3ambridge, and Charles B. Bardwell, Ph.O., Holyoke. A
meeting of the trustees will be held in a few days for organi-
sation.
HON. OOBaAK D. .GILMA.N CELEBRATES.
On May 20 Hon. Gorham D. Oilman observed his eightieth
i)irthday at his residence in Newton. For 40 years he has been
identified with Boston's wholesale trade as a member of the
firm of Oilman Bros. Besides this Mr. Oilman has been
active in public affairs. He has served as City Counselor and
Alderman and has been a member of the Legislature and
Senate. He also served as Hawaiian Consul for seven years,
and is a recognized authority on affairs relating to those
islands. He is a member of the O. A. B., a Mason and an
Odd Fellow. He is a prominent member of the Boston Drug-
gists' Association, and has represented that organization for
many years in the State and Boston Boards of Trade. He
received many callers on the day in question, and many mes-
sages by post and telegraph.
THE BOABD OF PBARtfACY
held (our examinations during May and granted certificates
to the following candidates: Albert F. Hale, Somerville;
IBdward P. Bigelow, Blackstone; William H. Walsh, Boston;
Alfred Davidson, Cambridge; Bertha Pinkham, Portland,
Maine; Eugene Verrier, Waterbury, Conn.: Herbert T. Blake,
New Bedford; John M. Donoghue, Haverhill; Leon T. Foster,
Bxeter, N. H.; Addison H. Hastings, Hinsdale; Luden J.
licvesque, Holyoke; Wilder X. Macurda, Boston, and James
M. Sullivan, Fall River. Miss Pinkham and Messrs. Blake,
Macurda and Sullivan were recently graduated from the M.
C. P.
THE BLUB LAW DEiiD.
The so-called blue law of this State is now dead, and it left
very few mourners. Oreat expedition was displayed in the
final handling of the bill— i.e., the usual red tape was omitted,
for the House concurred in the Senate amendments, and the
Oovemor attached his signature to the measure, all In one day.
The first Sunday after the bill became a law there was a
hot wave and druggists reaped substantial benefits. The
-trade has much reason to be pleased at the outcome. The
bill, as finally adopted, left out newsdealers. Scituate has
had six weeks of blue law enforcement, but there also the
•bars were let down as soon as this measure became a law.
HOLYOKE CLERKS ORGANIZE.
The drug clerks of Holyoke have an association officered
-as follows: President, Thomas Connor; vice-president,
Joseph Campagna; treasurer; Thomas Ash; recording secre-
tary, William Herbert; financial secretary, Joseph Herbert
The druggists of Holyoke have Just granted the clerks a time
•schedule, which calls for a minimum of 66 working hours each
week, and a maximum of 72 hours. The clerks are to have
a half day and evening each week and are to be given every
-other Sunday or its equivalent, also half of every legal holi-
day.
BAY STATE ITEMS.
Frank W. Simard, Clinton, is a petitioner in bankruptcy,
liiabillties, $4,878.60; no assets.
Oray Laboratory, for manufacturing chemicals and pro-
prietary articles; capital, $1,000,000; nothing paid in; president,
Bmest L. Chaney, Kittery; treasurer, William P. Henlin, Kit-
tery.
Oeorge A. Waters, clerking at Thompson's store, comer of
West Seventh and B streets, South Boston, paid a fine of $5
for selling soda water on the Lord's day. This offense was
committed on the Sunday preceding the repeal of the blue
law.
The following concerns were recently incorporated at
Augrusta, Maine: Bed Cross Sanitary Company, for manu-
facturing disinfectants and embalming fluid; capital, $50,000;
viothing paid in; president, Charles Bennison, Winthrop; treas-
oirer, Thomas B. Wales, Jr., Wellesley Hills.
Effects of AntfiracHe Goal Strike— Preparing for tfie A. Flu A.—
A Reoofd Bfeaking Attendance Antldpated— John Wj^ Put
Owner of tiie Phllacfclphia Record.
{From our Regular Correipondeni.)
•
Philadelphia, June 5.— The strike of the anthracite coal
miners has caused severe loss to the wholesale drug houses in
this city. The wholesale druggists here have for a number
of years done a large business in the towns in the hard coal
region, but since the strike began, a little over three weeks ago,
there has been a big falling off in orders and it is believed that
the business will drop almost to nothing. Besides this, re-
mittances are behind hand and the outlook is not at all oi-
couraging. The drug business outside of the coal regions la
keeping up and there has been, since the first of the year, a
steady increase in orders from all over the country. Inroads
have been made in the far South and some of the firms have
established regular branches in Dixie land.
PREPARING FOR THE A. PH. A.
The annual meeting of the American Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciation, which is to be held tn this city in September, promises
to eclipse all-others. While it is only a little over two weeks
since the notices were sent out to the members, asking their
to state whether they would be on hand, so far over 600 replies
have been received and that many have signified their inten-
tion of coming. With this many so early in hand it is believed
that there will be over 800 present and it will be the largest
convention that has been held for years. The Bntertaimnent
Committee is anxious to know how many will be here, as an
elaborate programme is to be prepared and the money for en-
tertaining the visitors has been promised.
WHAT BECOMES OF THE DRUG CLEREST
The question used to be asked, " What becomes of all the
pins ? " but the practical question now is what becomes of all
the drug clerks ? The colleges are all grinding them out
faster than ever, and still there is a dearth of them. Few die,
but many resign, and there seems to be no one to take their
places. One wholesale house in this city have the names of
over 30 druggists who want clerks, and are unable to furnish
any.
A DRUGGIST PUBLISHER.
John Wyeth, president of the John Wyeth & Brother cor-
poration, manufacturers of drugs, etc., is one of the syndicate
that has secured the Philadelphia Record. When this paper
was put up for sale there was active bidding for it, and it was
not sold until the amount to be paid over, which includes in-
terest on the bonds, etc., was over $3,000,000. For some time
the names of the syndicate were kept quiet and it was some-
what of a surprise to learn that Mr. Wyeth was one of the
owners. In politics Mr. Wyeth has always been a pronounced
Democrat and a consistent advocate of free trade. He was for
years a close friend of Samuel J. Randall, and, despite the
fact that his firm profited largely by the high duty on quinine,
Mr. Wyeth was a leader In the active agitation that resulted in
the removal of that tariff. Mr. Wyeth's father, Francis
Wyeth, was one of the earliest Democratic editors in the
Cumberland Valley. When a young man, Mr. Wyeth spent
a number of years in prospecting through the Southwest for
the early Pacific railroads, in which the late Thomas A. Scott
was interested.
LOST COUNT AFTER 47 RUKS.
A game of so-called- baseball was played at Wynnewood
on May 20 between two nines composed of druggists and drug
salesmen. The opposing nines were styled the Lambs and
Shearers, and at the end of the second inning the score stood
47 to 4 in favor of the Shearers. After that innhig the score
keeper became tired and thirsty, and relinquished his Job.
He was discovered at the end of the game (fourth inning)
asleep beside a keg of thirst stop. The features of the game
were Apple's kicking, Elston's coaching and Conard's big feet
Time of game, 6 hours and 17 minutes. Umpires, both clubs.
Attendance, 20. The perpetrators were Blston, Webb, Harts^
Apple, Steinmets, J. B. Reynolds, Haupt, ShuU, Townsend,
Remington, Jr., Hendrickson, WiUetts, Hahn, Manlove, Conard,
F. H. Eberly, Lambert, Davis, Marsden and Finley.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
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QUAKER CITY ITEiyiS.
Mr. Wisler has sold his store at Fifteenth and Onmberland
streets to Mr. Holt
Mahlon N. Kline has returned from a trip to Lake Mohonk,
where he has been attending the International Arbitration
Oonference.
D. J. Widener, the genial druggist at Twelfth and Jeffer-
son streets, has purchased the property where his store is
located, and has in contemplation some elaborte alterations.
D. H. Boss, the treasurer of the Philadelphia Drug Com-
pany, and the owner of the store at Almond and Norris streets,
will sail for Burope, together with his family, in the early
part of July.
Qeo. B. Bvans has opened his new store at 1012 Market
street, and It may be truthfully said that " it is a thing of
beauty." The store so far ha? been crowded day and night,
and it is generaUy conceded that it will soon be his leading
store.
Geo. D. Feidt has about completed his alterations at his
new store at 538 Arch street, and he now has one of the most
complete and best equipped establishments in the coimtry.
Mr. Feidt is one of the youngest and most unassuming men tn
the drug business, and he is also one of the most energetic
and farseeing gentlemen engaged in the mercantile business
of this ci^.
The Pennsylvania BoafcL
The examinations by the State Pharmaceutical Examining
Board of applicants for certificates qualifying them to sell and
put up drugs which was held in Pittsburg and Harrisburg last
April was not as successful as some other examinations, as
many of the applicants failed to qualify. Four hundred and
ninety-nine applicants presented themselves for examination.
Of this number 108 were examined for registered qualified as-
sistant pharmacists' certificates and 261 for registered phar-
macists' certificates. One hundred and thirty-one succeeded
in passing as regular qualified assistant pharmacists and 104
as registered pharmacists. The following are the successful
ones:
George C. Venn, Glen Osbom: Wray E. Wlnnetts, Wasblnston: J.
8. Miller, Barnsbon ; John Schmidt, Jr., McKeeeport ; Thomas Barthol.
omne, Oakmond : George F. Zltsman, Monaca ; F. B. Oglewee, Home-
stead : Earl H. Park. Marine Centre ; C. G. Dixon, New Castle ; Clyde
W. Fletcher, Erie, Pa. : T. Clyde Cochran, Apollo ; Thomas lu Jons,
Taylor: James G. Teepie, Monongahela; J. K. Lewis, Bollyar: A H.
Fisk, liOuis B. Jones, William u Snow, Buffalo. N. Y. ; Herbert G.
Wright. Skaneateles Falls, N. Y. ; Charles A. Bender, Batayia, N. Y. :
Miles Callers, Monessen; Chas. li. Wilson, McKeesport; Legrand M.
Durham, Corry ; Louis A. Jamison, Butler : Charles Debon, Charles W.
Cowan. Homestead; Blbo G. Hunton, Salamanca: Fred. B. Charles,
MnnhaJl ; Walter T. Sanford, Condersport ; Robert C. Young. Braddock ;
Louis E. Sutler. B. E. Campbell, James S. Gleghorn, Philip A. Ley,
Fred. R. Suess, Edward N. Sfpp, of Allegheny ; Fred. w. Ertman, W. S.
Dickson, Fred. J. Blumenshine, Thomas J. Gurton, Arthur W. Porter,
Frank C. Shilling John C Cameron. R. C. Culhane, Edward J. Aul,
Bertram Burry, John N. Rectenwald, James A. Bailjf, of Pittsburg;
William I. Siegfried, Harrisburg; C. B. Kyle, Middletown: Tolbert
Prowell. Steelton; Albert P. Shenkle, Phoenlzrllle ; Harry R. Grore,
Alexandria; John K. Clemer, Lansdale: James B. Bryant. Bast
Stroudsburg; Chas. S. Bres, MlllTllle; Morris W. Fox. Bethlehem;
Frank Ames, Cornr ; William H. Fegler, New York: James W. Mader,
Shenandoah; M. J. A. Simmons. Dubois; George w. Rhodes, Camden,
N. J. ; Hios. J. Crawford. Camden, N. J. ; (George C. Thomas,
Lima; M. B. Goring. Wapplnger Falls; George E. Holsteln,
Lebanon; D. J. Harbaugh, Hayerford; Edward J. FoehL Lan-
caster; Elmer O. Prosser, Hellerstown; H. W. Scott, Waynes-
boro; Clarence A. Trout, Glen Rock; Fred. A. Martin, Atlantic
City; Charles Mackey, Clarence Croft. Chambersburg ; William J.
Downs, Coaldale; Frank W. Kimmel, Altoona; G. C. Jones, Scranton:
Howard R. Flagler, Stroudsburg ; H. H. Jones. Norrlstown ; Herbert O.
Baer, Wheellng,_w. Va. ; Thomas G. Jacoby. George A. Seldes, Dayid
Burton. Edwin w. Robinson, Dayld W. Rensaur, L Steyen Relce. Simon
Marcus, Herman A. Bell, Oscar L. Metaler. D. S. Rhone, John H. Stet-
ler, Arthur W. Post, William B. Hlbbs. John X. Douglass. T. A. Bgan.
Charles T. Buchert. Charles L. Zimmerman. Francis J. Kaiker, Flor-
ence L. Trlst, Nathaniel O. Rank, William P. Murphy, Alexander Rol-
land. Jr., Maurice H. Roeder, Chas. W. Bahl. all of Philadelphia.
Registered as qualified assistant pharmacists — ^J. K. Moore. John
A. Klucher, Harrlsbura: George A. Betts. Derry Station j J. Harry
Bone, Steelton ; Elmer n. Lenhardt. MlllersylUe : Sol. C. Self. Northum-
berland ; Harry Keoshaw. Upland ; Howard Stonesefer, Llttlestown ;
William D. LI tngow. Coaldale ; Harry A. Puden, West Plttstown : Wal-
ter H. Pfell. J. B. Ranck. A. Mlltop Scheffer, Lancaster; Charles D.
Bols Miller, MlllersylUe; Albert M. Grlffeth, Oaonts : James P. Van-
dyke, Sanbury ; Harry A. Baum, Shippensburg : John H. Pearl, Modes ;
A. R Gllflllan, Brldesburg: Samuel Gamble, Edward Sweeney, M. W.
Brackman. York ; Merle Arnold. Dlllsburg ; John S. Auerman, Hatboro :
Freman G. Llthgow. Dubois; William B. Boemer. Phllipsburg; Boyd
S. Bregey, Mlffllntown ; George W. Schrefler, Bellefonte ; Vincent D. P.
2ninn, Lansford ; A. K. Fletcher, Camden, N. J. ; Lescher W. Kloti,
llentown; Daniel Gallen. Forrest City; Arthur Mlllhouser, Wilkes-
Bwre: Cyrus W. Dayis, Conemaugh: E. H. Kloman, Warrenton ; Wil-
liam H. Fahr, Lebanon; J. P. Snyder, William G. Glbbs. niomss J.
Thomson, Roy L. Miller. Edward woodland, Maurice H. Cohon, B. M.
Wolfe. Joseph W. Harner. Busrene Cox, Bugene D. Crouse, Howard A.
Feacher, Edward M. Lauther. William F. Kelley, Slrant W. King, Katli-
arin J. Mosson, Dora G. Gerson. Alexsnder w. Herman. Horace T.
Dayls, Bdward F. Menger. John C. Joos, Daniel T. Dayis. John 8. Bbar-
ly, James R. Mocaiter, M. R. Long, B. E. Lee. all ox Philadelphia;
Ward C. McLean, Cambridge Springs; G. G. P. Swader, TitusyiUa;
Joseph A. Ames. Madeira ; Mitchell w. Johnston. Newhayen; James U
McAnles, New Castle; John 8. Lock, Mahonlngton; George Bartholo-
mew, Oakmond; George E. Kettle, Ford City: Charles G. Reed. Irwin;
Emerson L. Auck, Jennette: John A. Weber, Renfrew; Fred. W.
Herche. Parker's Landing; Cmarles A. Schmitt, Homestead; WUliam
H. Martin, Sharon; Minor G. Dinmaway, Fairchance; Ed. w. Werle,
Allegheny; J. F. Osbom, Sharonj O. G. Lewis, Washington; Louis L.
McCarthy, Oil City j Harry B. Werts, Johnstown ; Lester A. Fehlman,
OU City; Jesse C. StiUeg. Hope Church ; WUliam K. Clutton, SUpperj
Rock ; Harry G. Riddle, Tarentum ; W. M. Needham, Bast Liyerpool,
Ohio; J. M. Hasexi. Negley, Ohio; R. O. Schuets, Erie: Walter B.
Goorie, PayettcL Idaho ; Elisabeth R. Brown, Kittanning ; O. M. Kinlta-
kie. Homestead ; John A. Golden. Duquesne; William Work, Beayer
Falls; William W. Espey, Mahonlngton; James A. Welsh, Coaltown;
WUUam A. Dalrymple, Mt. Vernon, Ohio ; Martin W. Rlsenman, Frank,
lin ; Robert W. Nerylne, Braddock ; Harrj C. Wolf, Belleyue ; Bdward
Gott, WoodylUe ; John M. Richards. Mc&eesport ; James EyanStMor-
Eintown; Frank D. Russel, McKee*^ Rocks; Meryin A. Hunt, w. R.
cCutcheon, Cornelius; William P. SuUlyan, Moss J. Cramer, Dayid
N. Robin, Henry Cohen. William R. Bell. Mary B. Atkinson, J. Berton.
Culen ; Robert W. Cwlkllnski, Theo. A. Starsynsml, Adam B. Fqeyyogel.
Raymond C. Hleber, Henry 8. Tigdoor, George R. Benjamin, winfleld
8. Smith. George A. Leyy, Joseph Calabrese. John F. Qraboskl, W. A.
H. Monnlck. Lou A. Woodyard, James 8. Sheridan, all of Pittsburg;
Thos. W. Steele. Charles G. Fischer, Arthur C. Newman, Harry Hlrsh,
Joseph G. Dehner, 8. B. Bums, all of Allegheny, Pa.
The next meeting of the board will be held at Wllliamsport,
Thursday, July 17.
OHIO-
A Wholoale Druggist as a Night Clefk— A Hurry Call for Anti-
toadn Fined— Ohio^ Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio Jobbers Mcet«
{From our Regular Oarrespondent.)
Olnclnnatl, June 5.— Albert Yogeler, head of the wholesale
drug house of Albert Vogeler & Ck)., formerly the Steln-Yogeler
Co., recently was awakened at 2 o'clock in the morning by the
violent ringing of the telephone in his residence, and found
that the person at the other end of the wire was a retail drug-
gist in the city, who told him that a child's life was in Jeop-
ardy and he needed some antitoxin at once. Mr. Yogeler
hastily called a cab and within a few minutes was on the way
at breakneck speed to his place of business, several miles
distant On arriving he found that the porter, In his anxiety
to make everything in the store secure, had turned off the elec-
tric power current, and after struggling through the dark over
boxes and obstructions Mr. Yogeler finally found and lighted
a lantern. He rushed to the third floor, where the case con-
taining the antitoxin was placed, but found the case locked.
He had no key, but smashed the door of the case. A moment
later, with the fluid in his hand, he rushed to the waiting cab
and raced to the doctor's office. Just flfty-three minutes had
been consumed, the prescription had been filled, and the next
day it developed that the child's life had been saved.
THE O K. I. ASSOCIATION OF JOBBERS If BET. •
The Wholesale Druggists' Bxchange, composed of dealers
In Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, known as the " O. K. I.,^ held
a business session and banquet at the St. Nicholas Hotel In
Cincinnati last week. These sessions are held every four
months. Dealers were present from Louisville, Indianapolis,.
Toledo, Columbus, Cleveland and other cities of the three
States. Hale, Justls & Co. and Lloyd Bros, were the Cincin-
nati representatives. Considerable important business was
transacted, but the session was. an executive one and no de-
tails were given out. Mr. Hale said: " These meetings of the-
wholesale drug companies of the Middle States are slmply-
for the purpose of keeping In touch, as body or organization,
with the affairs of the trade."
MINOR NETS NOTES*
•
Otto Katz, a druggist at Liberty and Yine streets, was mar-
ried to Miss Flora Hlnderberger, Rev. Blsenlohr performing
the ceremony. It was a home wedding, only the relatives and*
near friends of the bride and groom attending.
The National Chemical Company has received papers of
incorporation from the Secretary of State, and a big plant will*
at once be established at Winton Place, a suburb of Cincin-
nati. The amount of the capital stock is $150,000 and the in-
corporators are Hf . B. Farrln, Y. L. Bmerson, B. M. Barbour,
Chester F. Kern and Edwards Ritchie, the latter the attorney
for the new corporation. They will manufacture various-
chemical products, but the plans of the new company have not
yet been fully outlined for publication. A handsome new
brick and stone factory building, representing a first outlay
of $50,000, win be constructed. The process of distilling from
sawdust and shavings is by a newly discovered secret process'
to which one of the Incorporators has the exclusive rights.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
MICHIGAN.
ILLINOIS-
Drug Trade Prominent at Qvk Function— Death in Gousrh Syrapi
—A Dinner and a Diamond.
(From our Regular Owrespondrnt.)
Detroit, June 5.— The Detroit wholesale drug trade was well
represented on the Entertainment Committee of the Michigan
Olub during the annual banquet last week, when Secretary of the
Navy Moody and noted Congressmen came to give weight and
brilliancy to the function. Alanson S. Brooks, of the Michigan
Drug Company, was chairman of the committee, while F. K.
Stearns and James E. Davis were of the number who helped
entertain the distinguished guests. The committee was non-
partisan and included many men of prominence in the city.
DANGER IN COUQU SYRCPS.
Cough syrups containing opium in dangerous quantities,
which were brought to the attention of Food Commissioner
Snow, of Michigan, and Secretary Baker, of the State Board
of Health, by Health Officer Guy L. Kiefer, of Detroit, are
passed up by the two State officials. The death of little four-
year-old Guy Dynes was the cause of the action of the local
health officer. The demise was said to have been a direct
result of the use of a well known cough syrup containing
opium. An analysis by the local board showed an alarming
quantity of the drug. Commissioner Snow says it is out of
his Jurisdiction. Secretary Baker states that he can do nothing.
A DINNER AND A DIAMOND FOR A DRUGGISTS* SUNDRY MAN.
A banquet and a diamond ring were tendered William H.
Anderson, for ten years sundry clerk with the Michigan Drug
Company, and their predecessors, before he left to accept the
same position with the Alfred Vogeler Company, the largest
wholesale drug house in Cincinnati. The ring was presented
at a farewell at Anderson's home, attended by 50 employees
of the Michigan Drug Company. Henry E. Perry made the
presentation speech. The banquet was tendered at the Russell
House by 11 of Anderson's close associates in the firm he
was leaving.
mCHIGAN MATTERS.
The Law and Order League of Lansing proposes to prosecute
druggists who sell liquor unlawfully. It has a case under
consideration which is due to cause talk when the complaint is
made.
Since February 1 the Michigan Chemical Works, of Bay
City, have paid the Government $525,425.65 In revenue. They
manufacture alcohol from refuse molasses from the sugar
factories.
Jackson citizens have organized the Re-Cu-Pia Remedy
Company, with a capital of $5,000, all paid in. The company
wUl sell several remedies. H. H. Neesley Is president, and
Dr. G. C. Young is manager.
A sick child was the means of causing the quarantining
of a whole circus at Climax, recently. The doctor who was
called said the little one had smallpox, and the State Board
of Health sustained the diagnosis.
Doctors from eight counties of the State will gather at the
fiftieth semiannual meeting of the Northeastern Medical So-
ciety in Mount Clemens, the last week in July. There are about
100 members of the organization. The Physicians' Protective
Association, of Mount Clemens, will entertain the delegates.
B. J. Duff, engineer of the United Alkali Company, of
Liverpool, Bngland, is at present visiting the North American
Chemical Works, at Bay City, the parent company's plant.
He says the American plant will be pushed to its fullest capac-
ity, and characterizes the statement that a mammoth factory
would be erected on the River Rouge, Detroit, as a mistake.
Druggist E. J. Shepherd, of Adrian, noticed smoke oozing
from the floor under his feet, while filling a prescription. He
opened the cellar door, but closed it in a hurry when the
smoke choked him and drove him back. After the fire depart-
ment got through it was found that the electric light wires
had generated a blaze under the stairway, where they were
bunched. Loss is estimated from $500 to $1,200. Prompt
work by the fire laddies saved a disastrous fire.
Aoothcr Big Telephone Company in the FieU—The Stole BSeeting
—Registcfcd by the Stote Baud.
The Board of Supervisors of San Francisco, have enacted
an ordinance restricting the hours of required labor for drug
clerks to the total of 138 in every two weeks.
{From our Regular Correspondent,)
Chicago, June 5.— A report of the proceedings at the State
meeting will be found in another column. Many from this
city attended and enjoyed the outing immensely.
The United Telegraph, Telephone & Electric Company
wants the Chicago City Council to grant it the privilege of
laying and maintaining telephone wires in all sections of the
city. The ofllclals of the company announce that they intend
to enter into active competition with the Bell Company. If
the plaQs are carried out there will be three big telephone
companies operating in the city, and druggists certainly ought
to be benefited in some manner.
THE STA.TE BOARD
held examinations at Springfield, May 26, 27 and 2a The ex-
aminers said it was the best class on record and that 85 per
cent, of the applicants passed. Following is a list of the
successful candidates:
Registered pharmacIstB — A C. Clancy, A. Jackson, A. Kepert, P.
Krleger. H. A. Munsterman, J. J. Sorensen. F. W. Btahl, I. B. Grace,
R. R. Vaumpaur, all of Chicago; A. M. Barker, SparU; J. P. Bedcer.
Freeburg; H. Blu. Danyllle; J. J. Brlnkerhoff, Mlnooka; R. B. Dor-
land, Peoria; C. L Dnff, Clay City; O. Glblan, Urbana; J. F. Hen-
'drlcks, Ludlow ; O. B. Humma, Metropolis ; A. B. King, Bast St. Ix>iiis :
J. H. Lambert, Kankakee : A. P. Meriweattaer. Shlpman ; H. G. HlUer.
Bloomlngton: E. C. Paul, Alton; J. R. Powers, JerseyrUle; N. E.
Prince, Enfield ; T. C. Shewmaker, Rldgway ; G. H. Steingoetter. Belle-
ville ; H. A. Suggitt. Boda ; F. W. Tate. Greenville ; F. F. Gorrey,
Cairo ; C. A. Uzlell, Venice ; C. J. Felmer, Pekln ; T. S. WhlUey, El-
dorado.
Assistant pharmacists — C. B. Bourne, W. J. Clark, R. F. Curry L.
Feldsher, A. R. Rlets. of Chicaso : C. Atterbery, Oakford ; J. W. Balllle.
Bfllngham ; B. B. Chapman, Mattoon j O. B. Carter, Ipavia ; O. P.
Cissell, Toulon; H. J. Eckert, East St. Louis; L. D. Fern, Tannell
Ferry: T. A. Gollck. Chainpalgn ; J. H. Hartman, Forreston: A. T.
Kammerer, Springfleld ; S. B. Kerr, Roodhonse : M. Knewats. Jr^ Ba«t
St. Louis ; C. wTXone, Golconda : P. Mercer, Liberty ; F. D. M. Monroe.
Eakt St. Louis; C. w. Moyer, Shannon; W. Mdfabb. Hardin; F. A.
Nester, East St. Louis : P. C. Reed, Lincoln ; W. R. Ross, Champaign ;
C. W. Towse, Bast St. Louis; R. F. Valentine. Granite City; C. B.
Walker. Qulncy; J. F. Wallace. Decatur.
CHICAGO NEWS NOTES.
Fred L. Gamp, at Galesburg, 111., surprised his creditors
by suddenly disposing of his store and filing a petition in
bankruptcy, with practically no assets. Meyers Bros., of Bt
Louis, are the heaviest creditors.
Adolph Umenhofer, for several years with Herman Fry,
has purchased from Albert W. Shults the store at 269 Webster
avenue. He took possession June 2. Mr. Shults will retire
from the drug business and take a much needed rest
K. A. Butkiewicz, 581 Milwaukee avenue, has been fined
for renewing the certificate of Edward Gzemlewski, who died
in 18d8. He appealed the case and was defeated by the board's
representative, Mr. W. Bodemann, before Judge Holdom.
Alderman Gharles G. Foucek, who has a drug store at
586 Genter avenue, is reported to be the heir to an $8,000,000
estate in Bngland. The matter is being looked up by lawyers.
Mr. Foucek says that if he gets the $8,000,000 he will first
buy everything he wants and will then see that Chicago
charitable institutions get all the money they need.
Gharles Campbell, a registered pharmacist 24 years old,
was found dead in bed at 91 Dearborn avenue. May 27. It
is supposed that he had been dead two or three days. A
morphine bottle was found on the table at the head of his
bed. His mother lives at Clark's Mills, Wis., and his wife at
509 West Lake street
The teamsters' request for more wages met with a prompt
response from several wholesale druggists, who promptiy
granted an advance and thus prevented any trouble similar
to that at the stock yards. The teamsters for Lord, Owen
& Go. went out on strike for a short time, however, and
for something like a day there was difficulty in delivering
goods.
The Searle & Hereth Company have sent out an obituary
notice announcing the death of their A. P. Gano, who died
suddenly in Kansas City of apoplexy, on the 20th ult Mr.
Gano has been on their pay roll for ten years, and this is the
first death of an employee that the firm have been to the painful
duty to announce for 14 years. Mr. Gano was a man thor-
oughly respected by all, as he was upright and honorable,
and he will be greatly missed.
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'^he Drug and Chemical Market
The prices quoted in this report are those current in the wholesale market, and higher prices are paid for retail lots.
The quality of goods frequently necessitates a wide range of prices.
Condition of Trade.
New York, June 7, 1902.
THE usual summer dullness has settled upon the mar-
ket, and interesting developments have been the ex-
ception. Codliver oil is attracting the most attention at
the moment, though opium has shared to some extent by
an advance on strong cable advices from Smyrna. The
general tone of the market is fairly steady, notwithstand-
ing the dullness of trade, and we have few important
price fluctuations to record.
HIGHER.
GodUver oil.
Opium.
Menthol.
Golden seal root.
Oil spearmint.
Manna, small flake.
Celery seed.
LOWER.
Balsam toln.
Oil of cassia.
Valerian root, Belgian.
Oxalic acid.
Balsam Peru.
Saffron.
DRUGS.
Alcohol, grain, is being offered in some quarters at a reduc-
tion from previous prices, but the principal producers have
announced no change in values, $2.45 to $2.51 being named
as to quantity and seller, less the usual rebate.
Arnica flowers are less actively inquired for, but prices
are nominally unchanged, sales being reported at 9c to 9%c.
Bal8am8.-~Copaiba, Central American, is reported in good
consuming demand, and values are steadily maintained at the
range of 36c to 39c, whUe Para is quoted at 45c to 50c. Peru
is lower in the face of a limited demand and competition
among holders, and recent sales were at $1.20 to $1.80. Tolu
is neglected at the moment, and quotations are lower at 26c
to 29c, as to quality and quantity. Fir, Canada, is passing out
in only a moderate jobbing way, and values are a shade lower,
or, say, $8.50 to $8.60; Oregon is also fractionally lower, and
sales at 65c to 75c, as to quality and quantity.
Balm of Gilead buds of the new crop are beginning to
arrive, and we hear of sales at a slight decline from previooa
prices, or, say, 82c.
Barks.— There are few features of special interest to re-
port Elm is held with more firmness, in consequence of
scarcity, but quotations show no actual change. Oascara
sagrada has sold well in a jobbing way during the interval,
though we hear of no large sales; values are well sustained
at the range of 4%c to 7c, as to quality and quantity. Sima-
ruba continues scarce, and holders now ask 28c to 25c for the
small available supply. Wahoo, bark of root is in light sup-
ply, and holders now ask 18c to 20c.
Buchu leaves, short, are in improved position, and firmer,
under the influence of steadily diminishing supplies; some
holders have advanced their inside quotations to 26c, though
a shkde less will yet buy.
Cacao butter is firm in sympathy with the London market,
though values are not quotably higher, sales of bulk being at
80c to 31c, and of cakes in 12-lb. boxes at 35c to 88c.
Cinchonidine sulphate continues very quiet, and quotations
are largely nominal at 24c to 25c. .
Coca leaves, Truxillo, are in good demand, and firm at 20c,
though this figure could be shaded for inferior grades.
Cocaine is a trifle irregular and unsettled, and it is rumored
that manufacturers' quotations are being shaded in some
quarters, though $4 to $4.20 remain the general asking figures.
Cod liver oil, Norwegian, is meeting with continued better
inquiry, and as a result the market has developed a firmer
tone, and prices are showing a hardening tendency. While
sales have been made during the interval at $32, it is doubt-
ful if any oil could be obtained now below $34.
Colchicine is scarce and wanted, and for the small available
supplies $50 per ounce has been named.
Cubeb berries remain quiet, but the market is steady and
quotations are maintained at 10c to lie for whole, and 13c to
16c for powdered.
Cuttlefish* bone. Jeweler's small, is higher and firmer, 48c
to 45c being now quoted. It Is reported that the catch this
year has been very light
Digitalin has advanced in value, owing to the small and
concentrated stock, and sales have been made recently at $10
per ounce.
Ergot is dull and neglected, and the quotations of the mar-
ket are largely nominal at 89c to 40c for German, and 40c to
42c for Spanish.
Glycerin is maintained in firm position, and the tendency is
upward, in sympathy with conditions abroad, though 14Vic
to 15c is yet named for C.P. in bulk.
Isinglass, American, is held with more firmness, and the
tendency is decidedly upward; sales are making within the
range of 60c to 65c.
Juniper berries are inquired for and a fair business is re-
ported on orders from the consuming trade within the range
of 3c to 3%c, as to quality and quantity.
Lycopodium Is in good seasonable demand, and values are
firmly maintained on the basis of 52c for ordinary, and 58c
to 54c for PoUitz.
Manna, small flake, is held with more firmness, and some
holders have advanced their quotation to 40c, though limited
quantities are still obtainable at a shade less, say 88c.
Menthol is held with considerable firmness, in view of
strong advices from primary sources. Importers have ad-
vanced their ideas to $4, which was the popular quotation at
the close.
Opium is selUng in a retail way only. The market has r^
covered from its previous weakness, and we have to note a
fractional advance; though $2.85 is quoted for case lots, it is
conceded that an order at $2.8214 would not be turned down.
Powdered is held and selling in a small way at $8.60 to $8.66,
as to test and quantity.
Quinine is without new or interesting feature, either as
regards prices or demand. For stock in second-hand 26^ to
27c is paid for German, and 26c to 26^ for Java. The de-
mand has dropped off almost entirely, and there is a com-
plete absence of features of speculative interest
Strychnine is meeting with less attention, though the mar-
ket appears steady on the basis of 80c to 95c for eights, ac-
cording to quantity. Commenting on the strychnine situa-
tion abroad the Chemist and Druggist says: " Both the British
and German markets have reduced their prices as the result
of competition, and now quote B. P. crystals in bulk at Is 8d
per oz. net, and powder at Is 7d net Salts have also been
reduced, and for hydrochloride (B. P.) Is 7d is quoted."
Sugar of milk Is passing out freely into channels of con-
sumption largely on contract orders at previous prices, or,
say, 13c to 14c, as to quantity.
r
Tonka beans continue held at 70c to 75c for Angostura,
and 27^ to 80c for Para. The demand is limited, however,
to small Jobbing quantities.
Vanila beans are meeting with satisfiictory inquiry at un-
changed prices, or, say, $6.50 to $11.00 for whole Mexican,
$4.00 to $6.00 for cut There is a good demand for Bourbon,
which is met at $2.50 to $6.75.
CHEMICALS.
Arsenic is in firm position; white English offers in a limited
way at 3%c to 3%c on spot and at 8^c for future delivery.
Red is passing out into channels of consumption at 7c to T^c,
as to quality and quantity.
Benzoic acid, artificial, continues to reflect the influence
of competition among holders, and it is believed that the inside
quotation of 36c can be shaded by buyers of round lots. True
from gum Benjamin is meeting with less attention, though
the market appears steady on the basis of 7c to 7Hc per ounce.
Blue vitriol has been in improved demand, and prices are
well maintahied at 4%c to 5c for jobbing parcels.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
Carbolic add has been In Improved seasonable demand, and
the ondertone is steady with quotations on the previous basis,
or, say, 16c to 19c for bulk hi drums, and 22c to 28c in 1-lb.
bottles.
Ohlorate of potash is held steadily and selling In moderate
quantities at 8c to 8^, as to malce and seller.
Oitric acid has been in better demand at 88c to 88^ for
American, and barrels and kegs, respectively, with current
requirement met at this figure.
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Oxalic acid is held and selling at 4%c to 4*^0 for German,
and 4%c to {H4c for Bnglish, as to quall^ and quantity. The
demand is limited to small quantities.
Saltpeter shows no important variation; quoted, 4%c to 5J4c
for refined, as to grade and quantity.
Tartaric acid is meeting with the usual seasonable demand
with the sales at 27c to 27%c for crystals, and 279ic to 28c
for powdered.
ESSENTIAL OILS.
Anise has been taken less liberally since our hist, and the
inside quotation of $1.10 could probably be shaded on a firm
bid.
Caraway is firmer in sympathy with the seed, and up to
$1.36 is now named, though we hear of some oil, possibly of
inferior grade, offering at $1.10.
Cassia is attracting more attention and values are advancing
in the London market, but without as yet affecting this
market, where sales are making in a small jobbing way only
at the range of OOc to eSc.
Clove is working into stronger position, and 57%c to 00c
is named with considerable firmness.
Cubeb is jobbings quite actively within the range of 57%c
Peppermint is firmer under the infiuence of reports from
growhig districts, indicating unfavorable weather conditions
for the new crop. Bulk in Wayne County is held at $L70 to
11.80, and the spot price is unchanged at $1.80 to $1.00.
Sassafras is well suslained at previous values, but only a
moderate distributive trade is reported.
Spearmint is scarce and in demand, and most holders have
advanced their quotations to the basis of $1.40 to $1.60.
GUiyiS.
Aloes, of the various grades, are firmer, and values are
tending upward on account of expected scarcity. Cape is
now quoted at 8c inside, while Curacao and Socotrine are held
and selUng at 8%c to 4c and 18c to 20c respectively.
Benzoin, Sumatra, has improved in position, owing to a
better Jobbhig inquiry, and holders decUne to shade 28c to
86c as to quality and quantity.
Camphor is more freely inquired for, but there has been
no change in refiners' quotations, the current bushiess being
done at 67c to 67%c as to quantity.
Chicle continues in good statistical position, and hirge sales
are reported at 88c, though 82c to 86c is generaUy named as
the range.
Gamboge is quiet and easy under the hifiuence of corre-
sponding conditions in the foreign market, though prices are
as yet quotably unchanged.
Ouaiac is meeting with moderate attention, with numerous
jobbing sales reported at 20c to 80c as to quality and quantity.
Myrrh is held at 12c to 16c for slftlngs, 17c to 20c for sorts,
and i»c to 80c f or select, and a moderate business In jobbine
quantities is reported of the various grades.
Tiragacanth appears well suslained at previous values, with
a fair distributive trade. Aleppo is cabled higher abroad, but
prices here are as yet unaffected, being quoted 29c to 80c for
Aleppo, and 36c to 90c for Turkey.
ROOTS,
Althea, cut, has been Jn improved request since our last,
though no especially large transactions have come to the sur-
face; Jobbing sales are reported only at 28c to 26c for cut. and
16c to 16c for whole.
Gentian has improved in demand during the hitervaL and
the tone of the market is steady at 4c to 4^c.
Qolden seal remainds quiet but firm at 62c to 68c, the tnside
for spring dug roots.
Ipecac, Rio, is held and selling in a moderate jobbhig way
at the range of $2.60 to $2.66; Carthagena is slow of sale at
$1.20 to $1.26.
Jalap remains quiet with the offerings at 9c to 9^; most of
the business passing is for export account
Parelra brava is scarce and wanted, and lie is now named
as an inside quotation.
SarsapariUa, Mexican, is in better supply and easier, with
holders quoting 6^ to e%c.
Senega is meeting with a moderate consuming inquiry at
previous prices, or, say, 60c to 62c as to quality and quantity.
Stillingia is firmer, and most holders now name 414c to
4%c as acceptable.
Valerian, Belgian, has weakened in the interval, and offers
at 6c.
M K L< »>:
Caraway is in better demand, and the market has de-
veloped a stronger tone at the recent advance to 6c to 6V&C.
Celery is in Improved position, and holders now ask an
advance over previous prices, 7%c to 8c being named, as to
quantity and seller.
Canary, Smyrna, is in fair Jobbing request, and a firmer
feeling prevails among holders; Sicily is also firmer, with some
holders quoting up to 8c and 4c
Hemp, Russian, is in diminished supply, but the demand
at the moment is of a limited character, and is being met at *
8c to 8^.
Mustard attracts little notice, with the offerings at 4c to
4^c for yellow California, 6c to 6^ for English, and 3c to
8^ for German. Calif omhi brown is quoted at 8%c to 4|4c
and foreign at 7^ to 8c.
Poppy is held with more firmness in view of strong reports
from primary sources, and 6%c to 7c was the quotation at the
dose.
Rape is in improved position owing to scarcity, and for the
small available supply of German 8%c to 3%c is named.
THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROAD
John Paul Jones, the genial New York State representatlTe
of Sharp & Dohme, is a literary genius, whose brightly worded
announcements to the trade have an originality all their owb.
His latest surpasses any previous effort, reading thus:
I Hate Two Saints' Names,
but nobody ever accuses me of being a saint I have the
lucky charms, though, and you will have luck by sending me a
mall order to Buckingham Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., May 15 te
22. Yours later on,
John Paul JoNxa.
"He Still Pays It"
Buffalo.— Business in the drug distributing line appears to
be good and the list of traveling salesmen is long. Among
those who began the perfect month of June in Buffalo was
W. D. Shattuck, who sells rubber goods for Parker, Steams
& Sutton.
W. R. Suddaby, a name and a face that we do not
every day, was with us about the beginning of the month, look-
ing after the interests of the Upjohn Pill & Qranule C!ompany,
of Kalamazoo, Mich.
Greorge Lueders & Co. send over the Buffalo territory as
usual Bdward V. KlUeen, who still knows how to dispose of
a big lot of essential oils and general drugs.
F. L. Washboume, who also is in the line of essential oils
and similar specialties for the New York house of W. J. Bush
& Co., of London, spent' a few days at the opening of June
distributing his goods where they were most needed.
A. Frankenberg, the sponge purveyor, who makes the Buf-
falo round occasionally, was in the city not long ago in the
interest of the goods of the National Sponge & Chamois
Company.
W. D. Brenn, one of the salesmen who are always welcome,
was over the Buffalo territory late in May and appears to
have made a successful trip of it
Schieffelin & Co., who have more than one man on the road
for this district, send us this time L. D. Worden, who spent
a profitable season here late in May.
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WiUlam Bodden, with a long list of good things. Including
<»ilfl, gelatins and the like, which he sells for James P. Smith
•& Go., left a goodly lot of them here on his late visit.
Boston.— B. J. Ijams has been stocking the stores here
«t>onts with essential oils. He carries the grip for Gewge
iLeuders, New York City.
A. H. Haines has visited the trade of this city within a
<ew days. He sends orders to Walter Ware, Philadelphia.
A M. Stone was around recently, and consequently the
trade is well stocked with the goods of the Upjohn Pill Ck>m-
IMuiy, for whom he travels.
Mr. Leeburger has for a specialty essential oils. He was
about town not long ago in the interest of his firm, Leebmrger
Bros., of New York.
Budolph Wlrth has been sending more orders to New Yoik
for B. Fougera & Go.
Philadelphia.—Charles Seither, who was formerly connected
with the late house of Bullock & Crenshaw, has secured the
Philadelphia agency for the firm of Antoine Chiris, the well
Imown perfume supply house. Mr. Seither is well known
to the trade here and thoroughly understands the oil busi-
ness, and we predict great success for him.
Austin Smith has severed his connection with the Miller
Drug Ck>mpany, and will take a needed rest before re-engag-
ing in business.
Mr. Starkey, who has for years been connected with Bobert
Shoemaker & Co., of this city, has secured a position with
Geo. Kelly & Co., of Pittsburg, and will leave here for that
•dly about June 1.
J. Haines, of the Duroy & Haines Company, of Sandusky,
Ohio, was recently in this city and called on some of his
friends among the trade.
Col. James M. Whitecar, of the Smith, Kline & French Com-
pany, is the chairman of the Citizens' Committee of the
Twenty-eighth Ward, which is making a thorough investiga-
tion of the charges of bribery alleged against school directors
in his ward. All who are acquainted with the colonel know
the investigation wiU be thorough in all details, and with
strict justice to all concerned.
Cincinnati.— Thomas D. Armel, one of the best traveling
emissaries of the Stein-Vogeler Company, has been tempo-
rarily off the road by reason of an unusually severe attack of
the grip.
J. E. Ballard, who has looked after the interests of John
Wyeth & Bro. for too many years to be specific, was married
last month to a charming Ohio girl. Miss Bvelyn Woods JaclE,
of Chillicothe, and his Cincinnati friends are prepared to give
blm a warm greeting on his next trip to boom elixirs.
Dr. Percy Latham, traveling representative of extensive
New York drug interests, has been a guest of the Grand Hotel
for several days. "The drug business is imusually dull for
this season of the year,*' he said, " and I do not know how to
account for this fact The public, I presume, has but a faint
idea of the many homely articles coming under the head of
drug sundries which are sold by the big wholesale drug
houses. It is no uncommon thing for representatives like my-
self to sell five carloads of moth balls to one Jobbing house.
One of these Cincinnati jobbing houses has frequently ordered
two carload lots of moth balls from me at one time."
John Rossitter, representing Powers & Weightman, of Phil-
adelphia, has been singing the praises of their products to
the local trade during the past week.
L. R. Dromberger has been burdening the mails with orders
firom Cincinnati for the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, of St
Louis, as a result of his labors In the Cincinnati trade vine-
yards.
Clinton Browning, one of Benton, Myers & Co.'s tourists
from Cleveland, has found his stay in Cincinnati a most
profitable one.
Jake Blitz, for Blwood Lee, of Conshohocken, Pa., has been
ffenewing old acquaintances tn the Cincinnati wholesale trade.
F. N. Pike, representing Sharp & Dohme, of Baltimore, has
found better results on the present trip than for several sea-
sons back.
Chicago.— Ouy B. Kinney, representing the importing de-
liartment of Parke, Davis & Co., made a successful trip to
Milwaukee and St Paul during the last week of May. This
territory was recently covered by Charles L. Gleeson, who is
now manager of the gum department at 92 Maiden lane^ New
York. This is a well merited move up the ladder for Mr. Glee-
son.
Porter B. Fitzgerald, manager of the sales department of
Morrisson, Plummer & Co., represented his house at the Jack-
sonville convention.
A. B. Bremer, of the company bearing his name, has Just
returned from a successful trip to New York, where he spent
two weeks with his Bastem managers and agents. He Is now
introducing a new product which will be Icnown as Coke's
antiseptic cream foam, which will revolutionize shaving.
Those on the inside predict colossal sales for the new product
Fred. L. Cook, who covers the State of Wisconsin for the
house of Sharp & Dohme, was at the Chicago office May 81
for a conference with his chief, Charles B. Matthews.
A. G. Showers, who represents Morrisson, Plummer & Co. in
Nabraska and Iowa, has gone to California with his wife. W.
G. Taylor, the West Coast representative for the same firm,
has just left on his trip West
HINTS TO BUYERS
Don't forget that B. B. Bead & Son, of Baltimore, make
a most complete line of labels, calendars, easel cards, etc
When you want alcohol that is an acknowledged standard,
call for Webb's alcohoL
When you or your family or friends want anything in dry
goods, you can get it at Heam's, West Fourteenth street New
York.
The A. H. Andrews Company, of Chicago, make a very
complete line of steel, copper plated, wire stools, chairs and
tables.
Bemember that A. H. Wlrz, of Philadelphia, manufac-
tures all kinds of bottle steppers for cork and screw neck liquid
and powder bottles.
Pharmacists who know the value of accuracy will appre-
ciate the Torsion Balance Scale. Send for their catalogue, re-
ferring to this publication.
The forty-third session of the Chicago College of Pharmacy
begins September 28, 1902. Get partlcuUrs from W. B. Day,
actuary, 466 State street Chicago.
When ordering Lanoline and Adeps Lanae, insist on re-
ceiving the original and reliable product handled by Victor
Koechl & Co., New York, the sole agents.
Those who contemplate taking a course in pharmacy or
allied studies will find it to their advantage* to consult the
courses offered by the Albany College of Pharmacy.
In ordering of your jobber specify " P. & W.," Powers &
Weightman, the well known and reliable manufacturing chem-
ists of Philadelphia.
«
All your advertising for 92 per month" is an offer cer-
tainly worth considering at least Write to the M. P. Gould
Company, Bennett Building, New York, for details.
Write to the Chicago Wire Chair Company, or their New
York representative, C. B. Beardsley, 136 Liberty street, for
prices and catalogue before you invest in wire furniture.
A thorough pharmaceutical education is offered at the
Northwestern University, Chicago. Dr. Oscar Oldberg, 2421
Dearborn street will give further information on request
When traveling from Chicago to Indianapolis, Cincinnati,
Louisville, and all points South and Southeast, go via the Big
Four Boute. Try it once and you will prefer it afterward.
Have you consulted Allen & Hanburys' special announce-
ments in the Amxbioan Dbtjggist ? If not it will be to your
advantage to do so, especially their ** progressive dietary."
The Dawes Mfg. Company, of Pittsburg, Pa., have a new
set of shop bottles. Send for their catalogue and particulars
of their st>ec!al drive. Sample bottles sent for 25 cents In
stamps.
Don't fall to read the list of articles that Fries Bros., of
02 Beade street New York, will send, express paid In the
United States, on receipt of |9.80. Write to them for list of
specialties.
Quality is always guaranteed when pharmacists spedty
products manufactured by the Mallinckrodt Chemical Worioi.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
Chemicals should be bought in the manufacturers' original
packages.
Ever since it was placed on the market, the " M. 0. W.
Morphine " has shared the popularity of the other producte of
the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works. It's success is the beat
recommendation to all druggists to handle it.
Besides offering a thorough and practical training in phar-
macy, the Buffalo College of Pharmacy states that there are
160 drug stores in that city in which to seek employment dur-
ing the course.
Sticky fly paper will be In active demand from now on.
The Tanglefoot sealed sticky fly paper has the recommenda-
tion that it catches the disease germs that flies carry with
them. It sells readily and yields a good proflt
The Giant Chemical Company announce that each package
of their A-Corn Salve will hereafter contain one dossen A-Com
Salve free, besides the two dozen In the package, thus giving
♦he retailer three dozen for the price of two.
Rowe's " No Thump " tumbler washer is an ingenious de-
vice which saves many dollars' worth of glasses during the
soda season. Address L. L. Rowe, 28 Portland street, Boston,
or ask for this washer when buying your fountain.
The Illinois Medical College has opened a summer school
with a regular graduating course in pharmacy. Write to the
secretary, W. C. Sanford, 182-184 Washington boulevard, Chi-
cago, for particulars.
The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, founded in 1821,
will begin its eighty-first annual course of lectures and Ib-
struction next fall. The Registrar is W. Nelson Stein, 146
North Tenth street.
The New York Pharmaceutical Association, of Tonkers,
are prepared to help the retail druggist. Send for their cir-
cular, " A Square Deal," which tells how to get valuable ad-
vertising at their expense.
Write to Schleffelin & Co., of New York, for their revised
pharmaceutical and chemical list You should have it in
your store. It will interest you also to consult their special
announcements in the Amebican Dbuooist.
Stallman & Fulton, 30 Piatt street New York, are the sole
agents for the United States and Canada for Mosophen, An-
tinosin and Budoxine. Write to them when you wish these
preparations, mentioning the Amxbican DBuaaiST.
The A. P. W. Paper Company, of Albany, N. Y., are creat-
ing a demand for their A. P. W. brand of toilet paper by of-
fering one year's supply for one dollar. Write to them for
printed matter, mentioning Amebicak Dbuooist.
W. F. Young, of Springfield, Mass., wants a list of 60 to
100 owners of horses in your vicinity. He will mall to them
copies of his booklet " How to Take Care of Horsea," with
your imprint This will help your prescription trade.
If you wish to stock up with various rubber goods, or are
not entirely satisfied with your present source of supplies in
this line, it would proflt you to communicate with the Mattson
Rubber Company, 241 Greenwich street New York Cl^.
The Marvel whirling spray vaginal syringe has not been
on the market very long, but it is having a very extensive
sale and the demand is increasing. Window displays of this
article result in heavy sales as a rule. Order of your jobber
or direct from the Marvel Company, New York.
John Wyeth & Bro., of Philadelphia, quote their pepsin,
which is guaranteed full proteolytic strength, at 30 cents in
ounce vials, and $3.50 in pound bottles. Their granular pepsin
is claimed to be unequaled for preparing solutions. When
ordering specify " Wyeth."
One of the most effective and deservedly the most popular
treatment for pneumonia, pleurisy, bronchitis and all such
complaints is Antiphlogistine, prepared by the Denver Chem-
ical Company, of 461-453 Washington street. New York City,
It is a good seller, is reliable and ought always to be in stock.
G. W. Meredith & Co., distillers, of Bast Liverpool, Ohio,
call particular attention to their Diamond Club Rye and Pure
Malt whiskeys. They are recognized and prescribed generally
by the medical profession, and should be in your stock. Your
jobber has them or can get them for you.
Runkel Brothers declare that any druggist can make the
most delicious syrup for 40 cents a gallon by using their es-
sence of (powdered) chocolate; 5-pound cans, 40 cents per
pound: also in 10 and 25 pound cans. Get their prices and
samples.
There is nothing that adds more to a store's appearance
and helps materially to sell the goods than neat and attract-
ive show cases. When you want a new one, don't fail to
send to John Phillips & Co., Limited, of Detroit Mich., for
a catalogue of their ** Silent Salesman " cases.
It is perhaps already known quite generally that the Blgin
Milklne Company, of Elgin, 111., won the suit brought by Hor-
lick's Food Company to prevent the Elgin Company frmn
using the words Malted Milk. The dispute is, therefore, set-
tled. You need not hesitate to handle Meadows' Malted Milk.
The Douglas Mfg. Company, of New York, are advertising
its " New Skin " preparation very extensively, and all drug-
gists should be supplied to meet the demand they are creating.
The article has proven a fast seller. Order of your Jobber, and
if he can't supply you, send direct to the company at 107
Fulton street
A big demand is being created for Agurln, the nonirrltant
diul*etic, and for Saloquinine, a tasteless and improved qui-
nine. You will have calls for them and should keep supplied.
Write for literature to Farbenfabrihen of Elberfeld Com-
pany, 40 Stone street New York. Please mention Amxbigah
Dbtjgoibt.
All druggists should bear it in mind that the M. J. Breiten-
bach Company, proprietors of Gude's " Pepto-Mangan," have
won in their action against a Massachusetts flrm for simulat-
ing their terra cotta colored wrapper and package. Being a
trade-mark article it is held to be their exclusive property. So
to get the genuine article be sure it is Breitenbach's.
It's a good paying policy to handle standard remedies that
always give satisfa^on to your customers. The C. I. Hood
Company's sarsapariUa, pills, tooth powder and medicated
soap are well recommended. The company will send attractive
advertising free upon request also will print a good card for
your business on all books or pamphlets. Kindly mention
Amebican Dbuooist in writing to them at Lowell, Mass.
If you are looking for an interesting and at the same time
very instructive illustrated magazine of travel, send for " The
Four-Track News," published monthly by the Passenger De-
partment of the New York Central & Hudcfon River Railroad.
The magaalne is cheap— only in price. It will be sent free to
any address for a year on receipt of 50 cents. Address Geo.
H. Daniels, general passenger agent Grand Central Station,
New York.
Borden's Condensed Milk Company needs no introduction,
but druggists should bear in mind especially that the flrm puts
up an excellent " Peerless Brand " of evaporated cream that ia
Just the thing for use in soda fountains. Its flavor is delicious
and will no doubt add greatly to any druggist's soda water
trade. Ask your Jobber for it or send direct to 71 Hudaoii
street New York, mentioning this Journal.
The M. Winter Lumber Company, of Sheboygan, Wis.,
manufacturers of store flxtures, claim that they " lead where
others cannot follow." They certainly have the latest practical
and correct designs, at the right prices, and their flxtures aO
have a high grade finish. They also save you quite an item
in freight by their Knade knock-down system of drug fixtures.
Send 25 cents In stamps for their catalogue, kindly referring
to the Amxbican Dbuooist.
One of the characteristics that especially recommends Up-
John's pills Is that they are most easily penetrated by solvents*
and since they can always be reduced to a powder with very
slight pressure, they therefore afford the greatest opportunity
for solution and digestion. Obviously a hard piU, with In-
grredlents cemented together, cannot possibly be so efilcacious.
The Upjohn plUa are becoming more and more popular, so
don't fall to have a supply on hand. They are made by the
Upjohn Pill & Granule Company, 48 Vesey street New YoriL
To Save the
of a Hat.
A useful novelty and one that will sell at sight during the
summer montlis, if properly displayed on tibie sundry counter,
is Hat Bleach, which is manufactured
by the Hat Bleach Company, of
Xenia, Ohio. By its use the price of
a new hat may often be saved, for
it makes soiled head covering as good
as new, cleaning and bleaching the
straw perfectly. It Is easily applied*
put up in 10 and 25 cent attractive packages, and should prove
a money winner. Mention the Amebican Dbctogist when you
write.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS*
Complata Indax to Tol. XL wltb tbU Nambar.
Kditobial :
For the Business Side. Seeking to Amend the Raines Law. . . 827
The State Associations and the N. A. R. D 828
OuB Subbcbibbbs' Discussions :
FiBST Pbizb Papbb. — Methods Leading to Close Buying, by H.
F. Ruhl 823
Second Pbizb Papeb. — Borrow at Current Rates and Discount
Bills, by John W. Ballard 831
Thxbd Pbize Pafeb. — Good Buying an Art In Itself, by Myron
Puff '. , 332
Depabtment of Stobb Manaqembnt :
The Show Window, continued 334
Dbuooxsts' Coubsb in Optics:
The Physiology of Vision, continued 835
Crmam of Cubbbnt Litbbatubb !
The Energy of Assimilation In Plants, Quantitative Deter-
mination of Sugar In Diabetic Urines, The Naphta Sub-
stances as Poisons for Fish. Animals and Bacteria; The
Assay of Oil of Mustard 336
Phosphomannitlc Acid and Phosphomannitates, Tlie Prepara-
tion of Fowler's Solution, The Preparation of Suppositories
with Extract of Kramerla, The Chemical and Toxlcological
Detection of Mercury 837
QUEBIES AND AN8WEB8 :
Heltzogene Apparatus. State Board Examination Papers, Labels
for Shelf Bottles, " Peroxide of Silicates " 838
Syrup of Kola, The Number of Registered Pharmacists In
Great Britain and the United States, Dealers In Camel Hair
Pencils 339
Book Notbs:
Eberle's Soda Water Formulary, Webster's International Dic-
tionary, Lloyd's Study in Pharmacy 830
Business Building: .
Keep on Calling 840
Association Meetings :
The American Medical Association, The Massachusetts Asso-
ciation 341
The Missouri Association. The Connecticut Association, Hie
Colorado Association, The Delaware Association 842
News of the Dbug World 348-354
AS will be evident after a perusal of the prize papers
printed elsewhere in this number, the confident
anticipations which were entertained by us regarding the
value of the contributions which would be submitted in
the contest for the best answers to the fourth question in
our Subscribers' Discussions have been amply realized.
Nearly all of the manuscripts received in competition
for the three prizes are of a high order of merit, and
the task of deciding as to which were entitled to rank as
first, second and third best, respectively, was no light one.
The award has been made, however, and the prize win-
ners are named and the successful essays printed on an-
other page.
* The general topic for discussion was stated in the
question, What rules should be followed in buying
goods? In calling for answers to this question it was
sought, on the one hand, to elicit information regarding
the class of goods which it is found best to purchase in
large bulk, and, on the other, regarding goods which it is
wisest to buy in small lots, together with suggestions
bearing on the study of market reports, methods leading
to close buying, the putting up of goods for sale in a re-
tail way, etc.
The general topic has been fairly well covered by our
contributors, and our readers will agree with us that the
result of the competition is a distinct acquisition to the
literature of the business side of pharmacy ; for the pa-
pers contain a number of practical suggestions and hints
which can be suitably applied to the greater improve-
ment • of store management, especially in pharmacies
where systems similar to those described are not carried
out. We shall not attempt to add anything to the discus-
sion here, but let the papers speak for themselves.
The date on or before which we must receive answers
to our fifth question (What rules should be observed
in the handling of poisons?) is July 15, 1902. We hope
to be able to publish a large number of interesting papers
on this important topic. '
THE
THE indications are that excise matters will come in for
the largest share of attention among the subjects
to be discussed at the forthcoming annual meeting of the •
New York State Pharmaceutical Association. Druggists
throughout the State are greatly dissatisfied with the
operation of the excise law, as it pertains to the drug
trade, and a vigorous effort will be made to induce the
State Association to agree upon some amendment of the
law which will be calculated to afford needed relief.
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It is a matter in which the up State members are more
deeply concerned than members from the metropolitan
district, the reason for which becomes apparent when the
character of the business transacted in country pharmacies
is contrasted with that of pharmacies in the larger cities.
In the country districts the pharmacy is the place first con-
sidered as a source of liquors for medicinal purposes, and
the respectable citizen who has occasion to use liquor for
himself or any member of his family on the advice of a
physician has a natural repugnance to making purchases
of this kind in a barroom or groggery, often his only al-
ternative where his druggist is debarred by the oppres-
sively high store license tax from selling liquor by the
bottle.
The American Druggist has never looked with favor
upon the sale of liquor by pharmacists, but has frequently
emphasized the evil of the traffic. It is useless, however,
to ignore existing conditions, and if a public demand ex-
ists for the sale of bottled liquors for medicinal purposes
by pharmacists, this demand should be met, and the con-
ditions surrounding such sales should be made to bear
as lightly upon pharmacists as is consistent with a proper
subordination of this part of the business to its more legiti-
mate features. As has always been insisted upon in these
columns, the temptation to make a * feature " of liquor
sales should be made an impossibility.
It is in something like this spirit that the members
of the Syracuse Druggists* Association have approached
the subject. The druggists of Syracuse, in common with
the druggists of others of the smaller cities and towns in
the interior of the State, have no desire to turn their phar-
macies into liquor stores, but they believe they are en-
titled to supply a certain demand for bottled liquors, pre-
sumably purchased for medicinal purposes, which they
are prevented from doing by the prohibitively high store
license tax. So an amendment to the Liquor Tax law of
the State will be presented by the Syracuse delegates to
the Elmira meeting of the New York State Pharmaceu-
tical Association for ratification by the meeting. The
proposed amendment reads :
Amend Section II of Chapter 112 of the laws of 1806, by
adding a new subdivision, which will provide for a modified
store-keeper's license that shall be issued to licensed phar-
macists only, by the provisions of which alcohol and liquors
may be sold without a physician's prescription, in quantities
not to exceed 32 ounces, no part of which shall be drunk on
the premises. The fees for such' licenses to be as follows:
In cities or places which by the last census showed a popu-
lation of 5,CXK) or more, $100; less than 5,000 and more than
1,200, $75; and all other places, $50.
The chief objection to this proposed amendment will,
we think, be found to lie in the limit of quantity to be
sold. The quantity proposed is too high, and if the mem-
bers from Syracuse hope to get the support of the State
Association they will have to modify their views. To
place the limit at 32 ounces is to invite the active
opposition of the organized liquor dealers, who
could effectively insist that sales of the quantity*
designated would bring the liquor within the reach
of users of liquor as a beverage; and the intentions
of the franicrs of the amendment would be defeated. A
quantity limit of 12 ounces would, in our opinion, come
nearer to receiving the support of those interested than
that named in the proposed amendment, which in its
remaining features is, we think, entitled to support.
It should not be forgotten, in considering this matter,
that the Department of Excise have had under considera-
tion for some time the introduction into the Legislature
of an amendment to the Liquor Tax law, having for its
object the repeal of the section which permits druggists
to sell liquor upon prescriptions only, upon the payment of
a nominal license fee. Having this in mind it is surely
incumbent upon the State Association to take some action
in the premises. It is to be hoped that their deliberations
will result in the framing of an amendment that will meet
the views of legislators, pharmacists and the liquor inter-
ests alike.
STAND BY THE N. A. R. D.
MANY of the State Associations have given evidence
of their continued support of the National Associa-
tion of Retail Druggists, and it is to be hoped that the
good example set by the associations of Massachusetts,
Missouri and Kansas will be followed by numerous oth-
ers. Even the State Association of New Jersey, the first
of the State Associations to break away from the N. A.
R. D., had the good grace at this year's meeting to adopt
resolutions pledging its moral support to the N. A. R. D.
While it is true that in some localities the ex-
pected results have not been attained, and the local feeling
of disappointment has been made manifest in the with-
drawal of some local bodies, such as the Manhattan Phar-
maceutical Association, from affiliation with the national
body, this discontent is in almost every instance pure-
ly local in its character, and we do not think that there is
a single State in which, taking the State as a whole, there
has not been sufficient good accomplished by the N, A.
R.,D., either directly or indirectly, to give ample warrant
for a continuation of the support, both moral and material,
of the National Association by the State organization. *
When the comparatively insignificant per capita tax
required for membership in the N. A. R. D. is compared
with the good and the possibilities for good in the organ-
ization, we fail to see how any thoughtful body of phar-
macists can do otherwise than give the national organiza-
tion the heartiest and most enthusiastic support. The
opponents of the N. A. R. D. are the avowed exponents
of selfishness as opposed to altruism. The arguments
advanced against supporting the X. A. R. D., if carried to
their logical conclusion, would do away with all organiza-
tion of every sort and would even destroy the basis of
society itself. From such unreasoning selfishness no
progress is to be looked for, and we trust that no other
State Association will fall under its blight.
FOREIGN NUMBER.
The next miiiiber of the American DuraoisT, out on July
14, will be our monthly Foreijrn Number, containing an illus-
trated Spanisli supplement, for circulation- among the prin-
eii)al buyers in Spain, Chile. Peru. CDlombia and Bolivia.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
3*9
Our Subscribers' Discussions.
COMPETiTfONS ON PRACTICAL QUESTiONS.
y^UESTIONS for discussion in this department are announced at intervals of about a months
tj the dates depending on the nature of the answer de^nanded to the question pending. The
^^_ time allowed for manuscripts sent in answer to the fourth question: ^^ What rules
should be followed in buying goods ? * ' expired on Tuesday^ May 27. Three prizes of $10^
$6 and $4 respectively uere offered in this contest^ and the committee to whom the contri-
butions discussing the question were referred have awarded the prizes as follows : First prize^
H, F. Ruhl, Mannheim^ Pa, ; second prize, J. W. Ballard, Daventort, la. ; third prize, Myron
Puff^ Brooklyn^ N, Y. The prize papers are printed below and some of the especially inter-
esting and valuable papers from other participants in the discussion will appear in early
issues, according as the pressure on our space permits.
The fifth question in the series was announced in tlie American Druggist for May 26,
It is this:
Whdl ^Us Should Be Observed in the Handling of Poisons ?
Whoever among our subscribers answers the above qutstion in the manner most satisfac-
tory to the editor and his advisers will receive a prize of $10, No importance whatever
will be attached to literary style, but the award will be based solely on tJie value of the
substance of the answer. We shall publish the substance of such of the answers as seem to
us most likely to prove interesting to our readers^ and we reserve the right to publish any
of the answers as original communications.
Answers to the fifth question of the series are to be received not later than July 15,
igo2. They should be addressed to The Editor, the American Druggist, 62-68 West Broad-
way, New York,
Only subscribers to the American Druggist and their clerks or assistants will be
entitled to compete. This prize will not be awarded to any one person more than once
within one year. Every answer must be accompanied by the writer's full name and address^
both of which we must be at liberty to publish, *
flKSC PWZe PJIP£K-
Methods Leading to Qose Buyiog«
By H. p. Ruhl,
Mumbelm, Pa.
NEXT in importance to his pharmaceutical training is
the pharmacist's ability to purchase wisely. Per-
haps in no part of his routine work is the exercise of judg-
ment and tact so necessary as in the matter of buying
goods.
At what season of the year can goods be bought most
cheaply? How much of any one article should be
bought ? These questions become less difficult after one
has been in business for a year or two, provided some
good system has been carefully followed.
two methods of pricing goods
present themselves — viz.: the marking of prices on the
goods or their containers, or in a price book. The first
method, while perhaps not quite so thorough as might
be desired, appeals most strongly to us because it obviates
the necessity of extensive search in a book, the price be-
ing plainly displayed on the package or on the shop con-
tainer. This means a great saving of time, the salesman
being enabled at once to tell the price of a single ounce, a
34 pound, Yi pound or i pound, as may be desired. An-
other advantage is that it works for uniformity, all sales-
men charging equal prices.
A price label which has been found useful by the
writer is shown below :
Cost
n lfc«. 5/7/^0?. S., K.dbF CO.
R
1
SP
los
3
2ot
4 OS
8m
8
lib
8
—
5
In this table R. P. stands for retail price, and S. P.,
special price. As will be noticed, some of the spaces in
the second line are left blank. The two to the left may
be used for quantities less than i ounce, as i drachm, %,
or y2 ounce; while the spaces to the right can be used
for 10 or 25 pounds, or for quart, gallon, etc.
In size these labels need not be over i inch deep and
3 inches wide. They are intended for pasting on the
sides of drawers, inside the lids of herb cans and on the
back near the bottom of shop bottles. Say, for example,
that 25 pounds of powdered alum is received, costing
5 cents a pound. The cost is marked with lead pencil on
the label in the top space above the i pound mark. In the
blank space preceding this is written 25 lb., 5/7/^02, S.,
K. & F. Co. Thus a record is made that on May 7,
1902, 25 pounds of the salt were purchased from Smith,
Kline & French Company at 5 cents a pound. A memo-
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
randum can also be made in the blank space to the right
of the cost price as to where the reserve stock is kept in
the store. When the time comes to again order powdered
alum the label on the shop bottle or container will be a
g^ide as to how much should be ordered, for, unless spe-
cial circumstances dictate otherwise, the quantity ordered
should not be in excess of that previously purchased.
HOW IT SIMPLIFIES ORDERING.
As has been remarked, after a definite system has been
followed for some time the question of good buying be-
comes less difficult. Where a record has been kept of
the quantity sold the previous season one can buy more
advantageously, as a general thing, by placing the order
before the season opens. Take whale oil soap, moth balls,
Paris green, slug shot, as examples. By placing the order
two or three months before the season opens (to be
shipped on a certain date) a better price will generally be
obtained. When competition is close this will be a point
gained. Of course, no two seasons' sales will be exactly
alike, but one will seldom go far wrong. If no such
record is kept there is always the danger of ordering too
much, and in this way tying up capital in stock unsold
at the end of the season. On the other hand, if too little
is ordered, the smaller lot ordered later to finish the sea-
son will cost more and curtail the profits.
Take garden seeds (when sold in bulk) as another
example. The stock of seeds laid in in the first order of
the season is carefully marked in a catalogue or order
sheet. Additional quantities ordered later on are also
carefully noted. When the order is to be made up for
the next season's supply reference need only be had to the
record of the previous season and there will be no doubt
as to how much to order. Besides obtaining the better
price, another advantage is gained — i.e., it will not be
found necessary to order later and run the risk of not
getting some of the vai;ieties upon which there may have
been a run. This would mean a point gained over com-
petitors who have not followed such a system.
BUYING IN QUANTITY LOTS.
Using the record on the price label here suggested, the
purchase of staple drugs like sodium bicarbonate, rosin,
flowers of sulphur, potassium nitrate, etc., will be most
economically and advantageously confined to original
* packages. It will pay to buy these drugs in the large
way, if the demand seems to justify doing so. It should
be remembered that it is often possible to sell to small
dealers at a fair margin of profit.
Ferrous sulphate, sodium sulphate and drugs of simi-
lar character, which deteriorate on keeping, are best
bought only in sucli quantities as will be likely to be sold
in the course of a few months ; for loss in weight by ef-
florescence will soon counterbalance any saving at the
quantity price. Even Epsom salt, if kept for any length
of time in a warm, dry atmosphere, loses its crystalline
appearance, if it does not lose greatly in weight.
COMPETING WITH GROCERY STORES.
Sometimes) however, it is well to make exceptions.
Sal or washing soda is one of them. The writer used
to buy this in lo to 15 pound lots, paying about 3J^ cents
a pound and retailing it afterward at 5 cents a pound. As
might be expected, the sales were not large. Taking a
more liberal view of the matter, a keg of 150 pounds was
ordered at a price equivalent to i i-io cents a pound. A
small folder, measuring 2^ x 3 inches, for inclosure im
other packages, was used to announce that the price was
reduced to S cents for 2 pounds, and the result of the
move was that nearly all of that keg was sold during the
fall months. This was no price cut in reality, as mbst
of the grocers were selling sal soda at the lower price
quoted.
The pharmacist is often charged with making fabulous
profits. An explanation of the charge may lie in the fact
that he buys household drugs in small quantities and of
necessity charges more than the neighboring grocer or
hardware dealer, who buys in quantity lots. If the phar-
macist will buy equally liberally it will afford him the
opportunity to do a little special advertising and add to
his income and his profits. It takes comparatively little
advertising to get people to prefer to buy these chemicals
from the pharmacist, provided the matter is tactfully pre-
sented and the prices offer an inducement.
GOODS WHICH SHOULD BE BOUGHT WITH DISCRETION.
Deliquescent chemicals, like potassiimi acetate, po-
tassa and potassium hypophosphite, should be bought in-
small quantities, say J4 pound lots. To guard against
loss by deliquescence the writer has made it a practice
to keep these chemicals in the original containers. When
a quantity is used the cork is carefully replaced ahd sealed
by laying bits of paraffin wax around the edge of the cork
and then melting the wax with the gentle flame of a blow
pipe. This takes a little time, but the saving amply com-
pensates for the trouble.
With all due respect to a large number of conscien-
tious salesmen, yet it is well for the buyer to be wary of
the man whose sole aim is to sell goods. It may sound
big to buy rubber goods " by the gross " or " to get on
the jobbing list," but a good plan when buying rubber
goods, toilet soaps, perfumes and similar sundries is not
to buy in too large quantities, even if they are offered at
a specially low price. When one's capital is limited this
is important. Money turned often, e^'en on a smallei
. margin of profit, leaves one free 10 take advantage of
the newer things offered. Besides, rubber goods, if kept
too long, lose their elasticity and will be a disappointment
to the customer. " Small profits and quick returns " is
sometimes a safe motto to follow.
HERE LET THE BUYER BEWARE.
Another thing to guard against is the fluent and
affable salesman who is introducing a new proprietary
preparation. It may not be an altogether new remedy,
though new in the section in which the salesman happens
at the time to be working. He may offer to place an ad-
vertisement in the local newspaper bearing your name,
give you a liberal supply of circulars and hangers, the
exclusive sale, etc., etc., for a small ( ?) order ** to get the
goods started." It is his business to get your consent
before he will tell you how " small " the order is to be. .
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD
F. RcHL, OP Hamshkik, Pa.
WlancT of tbe flrat prlie.
J. W. Ballard, of Davempobt, Ia.
Winner of tbe •ecoDd prise.
Mtbon Puff, of Ebooklth, N
. winner ol tbe tbird priie.
iW« Winturs
Subscribers' Discussion No. 4.
"He will magnify the advantage you will have over a com-
petitor who cannot buy goods if you buy them.
There are a few questions it will pay any pharmacist
'to ask himself before giving such a salesman an order.
( I ) Is the advertising matter offered of a nature that will
influence people to buy? (2) Knowing ray trade, would
^people buy a remedy such as the one offered? (3) Is the
salesman sincere about " getting the goods started " or
-is be trying to load me up ? (4) Is there any real advan-
tage m having my name appear at the bottom of such an
■advertisement? (5) Am I not better off to let my com-
petitor take advantage of this introductory offer? The
writer knows of a pharmacist who regrets having ac-
cepted an introcluctor>' offer, the amount involved being
■only $8.00. What seemed like a reasonable offer was
something like the following: 3 dozen of a 25 cent rem-
edy, I dozen of a 50 cent remedy ; i dozen of the 25 cent
remedy free; 1-6 doien of the 50 cent remedy free; 40
iree samples of the 50 cent remedy stamped ready to mail ;
40 free samples unstamped to be given away in the store ;
50 free samples of the 25 cent remedy to be given away
in the store ; 500 free samples of the 25 cent remedy to be
■distributed from door to door, the manufacturers to pay
for the distributing, express paid ; the druggist to have
■exclusive sale and five months in which to pay.
The result was : After six months only four packages
of the 25 cent and two packages of the 50 cent remedy
were sold. This seemed like a fair offer, yet when the
matter was looked into the fact was revealed that the
advertising matter was at fault. The printing was poor.
The advertising matter accompanying the samples was
■only a small, one-page circular. The advertisement was
poorly written. The use of hackneyed phrases with little
or no argument as to why the remedy should be taken, or
why it was better than other remedies of a similar charac-
ter. It was easy to comprehend how the remedy failed
to sell.
closing remarks.
Every pharmacist should keep himself well posted oa
market prices. The market reports of the American
Druggist are perhaps as complete and reliable as any
published. With these fortnightly reports at hand, one
need not go far wrong on prices. The writer has been
observing some rules like the following:
Watch the market for drugs the prices of which will
be likely to advance. If such drugs are needed soon, buy
before the advance.
Do not buy large quantities of a drug when the mar-
ket is unsettled or when prices are high, except there are
good reasons for believing that prices will remain un-
changed.
Never buy drugs with a view to speculating.
seeono PRise PJIP6R.
Bonow at Curtent Rate* and Diicount Bills.
By Johm W. Ballard,
DaTeoport, Ia.
IMPORTANCE OF THE WANT BOOK.
IN the matter of buying goods, first, a very close watch
should be kept on stock, so that one is not " just out "
of some staple article when called for. We advertise,
dress our windows, sell stamps, give free use of directory
and telephone, all of which is lost if, when the customer
is worked up to the point of purchasing, we do not have
the desired article. Not only is that particular sale lost,
but also the customer who is " turned down " a few times
with a " just out " answer. Keep up your stock and you
will soon hear one neighbor advising another : " Well, go
to Blank's. If any one in town has it he will be the one."
Wants should not be left to the memory,but to a want
book kept in a convenient place, and all the working force
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trained to use it. A little practice will do it ; then when-
ever a sale is made a glance will show whether stock is
low or the last bottle is just sold ; if so, place the name of
the article in the want book at once.
READ THE MARKET REPORTS.
Good buying implies that merchandise should be se-
cured at the lowest prices. To do this we should know
how the market stands on the various items wanted. A
watch and study of trade reports must be made, and a
knowledge be acquired of how goods are put up for the
market, what constitutes an original package and what
advance is made for a lesser quantity.
Buyers there are who, whether a high or low price is
made them, make it a practice to offer a less price; not
that they are so'well posted in prices, but in common par-
lance they always " jew " on the price. This is not good
buying. If the buyer asks for a better price he should
have a reason for it, either in the quantity, spot cash, or
a better price made in some other market. This habit of
always '* jewing down " begets one a bad reputation and
one may be sure that some salesman will learn this pe-
culiarity and deem it fair to beat one at his own tricks.
BUY FOR CASH.
The best way to buy goods at a low price is to buy
for cash. If one has the required funds it will need no
argument to show him the profit, but if he has not the
required funds it will be profitable to borrow at current
rates and discount bills. The following illustrations will
show this :
On merchandise on which thirty days is given the
usual discount is i per cent, for cash in ten days. Let us
suppose that a bill of $500.00 is purchased on these terms.
On the tenth day we borrow at the bank $495.00 for
twenty days. Then this transaction would show profit as
follows :
Cash discount on bills $5.00
Interest on $495, at 6 per cent., 20 days 1.65
In favor of cash discount $.3.35
This transaction repeated for each month in the year will
show a gain for the year of $40.20.
Again on sundry drug orders the usual terms are
sixty days* time, or lyi per cent, on ten days' time. For
comparison take the same amount :
Cash discount on $500. at 1^4 per-cent $7.50
Interest on $492.50 for 1 month 20 days 3.12
In favor of cash discount $4.38
This repeated each month in the year will show a gain
for the year of $52.56.
Some of the few articles handled by druggists are
allowed larger cash discounts, such as optical goods and
articles of stationery, which give pro rata a better show-
ing than the above.
AS TO BUYING IN QUANTITY LOTS.
The matter of quantity of goods to be purchased at a
time must depend on how rapidly such goods can be sold.
Many articles are now sold on the rebate plan, and the
purchase of certain quantities of these entitles the buyer
to quantity discounts. The best quantity discount now is
seldom above 10 per cent. If this amount can be sold in
one year it would be safe to purchase that amount, as the
apparent difference between the interest and the discount
is 4 per cent. In one way it is more than this, as a certain
amount has to be on hand anyway, say a two months'
supply, equaling one-sixth part. On the other hand, there
is the matter of danger of fire loss, soiling of wrappers,
deterioration, which diminishes the profit. No certain
rule, therefore, can be given to apply to all goods for all
localities. Each item must be figured for each locality.
But this general rule would apply, that it would be
safe to purchase a year's stock to get a 10 per cent, dis-
count.
A SAFE RULE ON PROPRIETARIES.
Another safe rule, and one that should always be lived
up to, is to purchase new articles in the smallest pjossible
quantities, especially proprietary goods. Attractive in-
ducements are held out by salesmen whointroduce these
goods, advertising in newspapers, by circulars, show
cards, and discount for quantity ; but no one can foretell
the result of such advertising, even if these promises are
kept. It is better to spend a little money on extra freight
than to have a larger amount in goods on your shelves,
which in many cases are there to stay. This is also true
of the many synthetic remedies; while some have de-
veloped a large sale, others, and the larger majority, have
already become ** has beens."
HOW NOT TO BUY.
Some firms, especially patent medicine houses, and
more especially those with a new, unknown and before
unheard of compound, sell goods and make out their or-
ders on printed forms on which is printed not only a
regular order form, but certain conditions which are
often in fine print and on the back of the order, and ask
the purchaser to sign these orders. My rule is never to
sign such orders. While ninety and nine may be all right,
the hundredth may be all wrong and cause great annoy-
ance and expense. I simply say : ** Mr. Salesman, your
firm has employed vou to do business for them. They
know you, or should know you, and they expect that you
will do an honest business. Now if the people that know
you and have hired you cannot trust you to take orders
in a regular way, then I, who never saw you before, can-
not. Our firm is located here and your people can easily
look up our commercial standing, and if it is such that
they do not wish to ship us goods on an order from one
which they are supposed to know, then we cannot do
business." That is the only safe way.
I do not mean to say that the traveling salesmen are as
a class dishonest. Far from it. Many of my most pleas-
ant acquaintances are such. I accept what they say with-
out question, and they in turn accept my order without
signature. But it is the hundredth man, the one that
wants your order backed by your signature and guaran-
tee, and that on his own blank, it is he who " sews vou
up,'* to use a little slang of the day.
This is a statement which nearly every druggist
knows to be true. I know it by experience and let me
be the first to confess to the truth of the Latin proverb,
" Expertentia docet."
CI^TRD PRIZe PJIP6K.
Good
an Art in Itself*
By Myron Puff,
Brooklyn, N. Y,
•ip OODS well bought are half sold," The first factor
\jr necessary to good buying is a proper conception
of what your customers will like and buy. This in many
cases is not what the buyer's personal taste might indi-
cate. In other words, many goods must be purchased to
suit the desires of the customer and not those of the
buyer.
BUYING FOR CASH.
The second necessity to good buying is the practice
of paying cash, thereby getting the benefit of every dis-
count. A cash buyer frequently can secure a lot of goods
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at a figure below that at which a man who takes more
time to pay in could get them.
STUDYING THE MARKET.
The market must be followed in the trade reports on
quinine, morphine, citric acid and many other chemicals.
Crude drug prices undergo frequent changes, and when
they are used in sufficient quantities the market price
from week to week must be known to the man who would
buy best.
INTERCOURSE WITH SALESMEN.
The buyer should be courteous, observant and well
informed — courteous to salesmen who endeavor to sell
to him, because they are as a rule gentlemen and are en-
titled to treatment as such. In addition it i§ to the ad-
vantage of the buyer, for the sake of the information he
may gain, to know what the salesman has to offer in the
way of prices and new goods. By a refusal to talk to a
salesman or see his goods opportunities may be lost which
would perhaps prove of value in future buying.
KEEPING POSTED ON ADVERTISING.
The buyer should be well informed not only in regard
to goods old and new in the market, but in regard to the
amount and character of advertising being done to sell
the goods. To be thus informed he must be in frequent
conference with the clerks who wait upon the counter.
He must not only read the news and fiction in his daily
papers and the illustrated weeklies and monthlies, but he
must study the advertising pages as well.
KEEPLNG TRACK OF TRADE CIRCULARS.
It is advisable to file all trade circulars in such a way
that they may be found at a moment's notice. An in-
dexed address book containing names and addresses of
manufacturing and jobbing firms should be kept.
Catalogues should be kept by running a string
through the upper back corner and hanging them on
hooks. They should be arranged by classes, as. for in-
stance, those of several plaster manufacturers all on one
hook, and the various branches of the trade in the same
manner.
HOW TO BUY STAPLE DRUGS.
Goods which are standard, every-day sellers, such as Ep-
som salt, ground flaxseed, powdered magnesium carbonate
for citrate, etc., should be purchased by the barrel and when
the market price is low. Rochelle salt, seidlitz mixture,
sodium bicarbonate and borax are best bought in fifty-
pound boxes; quinine sulphate in one-hundred ounce
cans is not too much for the average store. It is better
to carry a very complete stock, even if you buy only a
small quantity of each article. This applies particularly
to the finer class of chemicals and to some proprietary
medicines and toilet articles.
SPONGES
should always be seen before purchased. If a bale or
box should not run as represented by the samples you
have seen taken from a section of it. it should be returned.
GET ON THE JODBING LIST.
In every case where you can handle a sufficient quan-
tity of the manufacturer'^s goods, it is best to put yourself
on his jobbing list, even if you have to hustle the sale of
the goods a little more in order to do it. This applies to
pharmaceutical manufacturing firms, perfumers, etc.,
plasters and bandages, and to those proprietary goods
which are sufficiently well established to warrant a steady
sale.
BUYING ALCOHOL.
In the large cities it is the practice of many to pur-
chase alcohol week by week in five or ten gallon lots, for
the reason that they think the evaporation should they
buy by the barrel would be so great that its cost would
be greater than by procuring it in the smaller lots. My
personal observation has led me to. think that the waste
made in transferring from the containers in which it is
received in the smaller lots into the receptacles of the
druggist is far greater than the evaporation ensuing
when bought by the barrel.
HOW TO CARE FOR STOCK.
Goods purchased in large quantities are best kept
usually in the container in which they are received, all
of which should be plainly marked before putting away.
All drawers used for keeping crude drugs, seeds, etc.,
should have a tin lining with a cover, opening up fully
half the length of the drawer, as a protection against
mice or rats, dust and moisture.
Perfumes, cigars, toilet articles, etc., should be promi-
nently displayed as near the entrance as possible, as these
are the goods which sell principally by display.
A RECEPTACLE FOR SMALL PACKAGES.
For the keeping in a convenient way of small bottles
of chemicals, ounce packages of herbs, pills put up in
small boxes and many other goods in small packages, one
of the best fixtures is a revolving cabinet which stands
about four feet high, having four sides, each side con-
taining three rows of drawers about two inches deep. It
is surprising to see the amount of goods which can be
stored away in this manner, goods which otherwise would
occupy much space on shelves. The top of this cabinet,
if it can be placed back of the prescription counter, is verv
useful as a desk for one or two prescription books.
HAVE PACKAGES PUT UP READY FOR SALE.
To make possible the rapid serving of customers in
the busy hours, the various pills, such as quinine in dif-
ferent sizes, cathartic comp., rhubarb conip., antibilious,
etc., should be boxed and wrapped in the hours when
there is less doing at the counter. The same plan should be
followed with Rochelle and Epsom salts, cream of tartar,
borax, compound liquorice powder, insect powder, in fact
everything which will keep well in packages and which
is frequently called for. Most of these articles, for the
convenience of the consumer, should be sold in small card-
board boxes. For insect powder, plain tin boxes with a
shake top should be used. They can be wrapped with
paper and a label pasted on.
KEEP SALABLE ARTICLES CONVENIENT TO HAND.
Time, labor, consequently money, are saved by ar-
ranging goods that sell most frequently ^s near as pos-
sible to the point at the counter where the customers are
usually met. The customer may fopn a very poor opin-
ion of a man who is daily seen walking a long distance
in his store for an article frequently called for. In fact,
I have known customers to ask why certain articles were
not kept on the side of the store where they were waited
on, instead of away over on the other side.
ABOUT STOCKING PROPRIETARY GOODS.
Proprietary goods should be stocked as soon as che
demand shows itself, but in as small quantities as pos-
sible. It is better to establish a reputation for keeping
that which is wanted than to stand behind the counter
and tell the would-be customer that you haven't it be-
cause you never had sufficient call to warrant your keep-
ing it. Many pharmacists do this to their detriment, but
to the advantage of their more enterprising brother, who
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has, because he saw the article well advertised and had
a couple of calls for it, risked 50 cents or $1.00 in stock-
ing a quarter of a dozen of it.
In buying tooth, hair and other brushes, combs, etc.,
it pays to provide a complete line ranging from the lowest
to the highest prices, stocking largely in the medium
priced ones, which gell the most rapidly.
Good buying, like good salesmanship, is an art in it-
self, and fortunate indeed is the retail pharmacist who
combines in himself these two most desirable requisites
for a successful business life.
STORE MANAGEMENT.
Cooducted by V« A* Dawson.
In addition to publishing a series of articles covering the commer"
cial side of pharmacy^ the editor of this department will en^
d^avor to discuss, criticise, advise and give information on
any question pertaining to the business management of the
drug store propounded by readers of the American Druggist.
This feature of the department is intended to constitute a bust-
Z^ ftess query column for the readers of the American Druggist,
and all queries regarding business matters addressed to it will
be freely answered.
THE SHOW WINDOW- {Continued.)
AMONG the tools required by the window trimmer
are a claw hammer and a small tack hammer, a
cross-cut saw and also a key-hole saw for sawing out
curved wood, a wood or steel square, a wide three-foot
rule that may also be used for a straight-edge, a stout
jack-knife and a mat maker's knife.
Fig. 32. — Mat Makers* Knife and Handle.
This is the knife used by makers of picture mats. It
is a tool of the greatest utility in cutting paper or card-
board either in true, straight lines or in various fancy
shapes. The blade is a thin piece of the finest tool steel,
nine inches long and half an inch wide, the cutting edge
being ground to a very thin double edged point. The
blade is held in the handle at any desired length by a set
screw. This handle costs $1.25 and the blades 25 cents
each.
Few mat makers use a handle like this, however, but
make one in this way : A piece of soft, thick paper about
three inches wide and two feet long is dipped in water to
stretch and render it pliable; the paper is then coated
with paste on one side and the paper wrapped around
the upper part of the knife blade, rolling it on smooth
and tight, where it is allowed to dry. When thoroughly
dry the paper forms a strong, light handle that is better
than the regulation handle because less heavy and clumsy.
Whenever the paper handle works loose it may be held
securely in place by shoving a wedge of soft wood in
between handle and blade at that part of the handle
nearest the point of tjie knife.
A small whetstone is needed to keep the knife point
sharp, as cutting through paper rapidly dulls it, and
when the point has become worn down to the thicker
part of the blade it will be necessary to have it reground.
materials used in window trim.
Of the materials used in trimming, other than lumber
or fabrics, copper wire is probably the most important.
This may be bought in bulk coils at about thirty cents a
pound, and as it can be used over and over again, a few^
pounds last a long time. The smaller sizes are most use-
ful, 12 to 20 gauge; they are practically invisible when
used for hanging displays. Copper wire is so strong
and ductile that it can be put to innumerable uses in mak-
ing displays, taking the place, in many cases, of string,
nails or framework. String should never be used for
hanging a horizontal curtain across the back of the win-
dow^a thing so often seen in otherwise well dressed
windows ; the sagging line of a curtain thus hung is most
unsightly and slouchy looking. A well stretched copper
wire will hold a light curtain in a perfectly straight line
if the window be not of more than the ordinary width ;
where the width is out of the usual or the curtain is of
heavy material the wire upon which the curtain is hung
may be supported in the center by another wire suspended
from the ceiling.
To stretch the wire previous to putting it up fasten
one end to a door knob or other strong projection, uncoil
a little more than is to be used and then pull, gradually
putting the weight of the body in the pull. Twelve feet
of small gauge wire may be stretched a foot or two in
this way before it will break, and when well stretched
will hold considerable weight without sagging.
Whenever tacks are used for putting up draperies
smaller sizes should be used — say, 2, 3 or 4 ounce.
Better still than ordinary tacks are the thumb tacks as
used by artists for fastening paper to the drawing board.
There are thumb
tacks made of bent
steel wire or of
pierced steel that may
DC bought of whole-
sale stationers at a low price. With the aid of these tacks
the trimmer's work can be done silently and swiftly.
Fewer tacks are needed to do the work than where or-
dinary tacks are used, and the tacks are practically in-
destructible and may be used over and over. They dis-
figure woodwork less than the ordinary tack and admit
of taking down the trim quickly and in as good condition
as when put up.
Old packing boxes will furnish n^ost of the lumber
necessary for trims; about the only kind that it will be
necessary to buy will be such long strips as are used in
making frames for background screens. It is a good
idea to accumulate a lumber pile, keeping an eye on the
packing boxes as they come in for nice, smooth, thin
boards, and carefully removing with a nail puller such
boards and laying them aside for future use. The wire
nails now universally used in packing boxes will supply
al the nails that will be needed in building backgrounds
or foundations for the trims.
coating compounds.
Mention has already been made of the use of pre-
pared calcimine for coating frames. This comes on the
market in packages of various sizes and under different
trade-marked names, as made by different manufacturers
--e.g., " Alabastine," " Muralo," " Calcimo," " Muresco."
etc., or they are sometimes called " cold-water paint."
They differ from ordinary calcimine in that they contain
no glue, most of them being more like plaster or hydrau-
lic cement in nature, though some contain casein as a
binding material ; they cost five cents a pound or there-
abouts.
A few pounds of the white is the only kind necessarv
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to keep on hand, as this may be tinted to any desired
color with aniline dyes. Any of the lo-cent package
dyes may be used for this purpose, a saturated watery
solution of the dye being added to the white calcimine
to give the desired tint. These dye solutions are useful
in many other ways, and a stock of the principal colors
should be kept on hand as part of the trimmer's arma-
mentarium. " Dark blue," " cardinal red," " yellow,"
'' grass green," " golden brown," and black are the pack-
age titles of the colors that will best answer the purpose.
To make the solutions put a package of the dye in a
four-ounce bottle and fill with water, adding a drachm
or two of formaldehyde solution to prevent mold. Dis-
tilled water is best, as natural water sometimes affects the
brightness of the solution. This will make super-saturated
solutions, and as the saturated solution is decanted off for
•use more water can be added to the bottle until all the dye
is finally used up.
Besides tinting calcimine, these solutions, either full
strength or diluted, may be used for dyeing or painting
wood, dyeing or spotting tape or bandages for lattice-
work, dyeing cloth, paper, grasses, etc., or as paints or
inks in drawing or writing. A colored edge may be put
on crepe paper by dipping the end of a roll of paper in
the dye, and, as will be explained later on, these dye
solutions may be used as a basis for making the paints
used in card sign writing.
Silver and gold paint are indispensable materials in
window trimming. It will be found best to keep a sup-
ply of the powders on hand with the liquid separate.
Perhaps the most satisfactory kinds to use are Gersten-
dorfer's Our Favorite gold bronze powder and aluminum
bronze powder, with the same maker's Our Favorite
enamel liquid mixed with the powders at the time of
using. Bought in bulk these are much cheaper to use
than the small retail packages of gold or silver paint.
• Glue and paste are likewise indispensable ; for the
former any prepared glue will answer. The paste should
l>e a good thick, heavy wheat flour paste. In fastening
crepe paper to a framework it is necessary to use glue, as
the moist paste soaking into the tissue paper causes the
paper to uncurl and makes it so tender that it parts at a
touch. Paste may be used for most other purposes, pro-
vided it be adhesive enough to set quickly.
DRUGGISTS' COURSE IN OPTICS
Goodiiclcd by C H. Browne M«D«»
Prc^dent of the Philadelphia Optical CoUefce
This series of papers is designed to furnish information which
is required by druggists for the intelligent handling of a line
of optical goods. The first of the series appeared in our issue
for September 24^ 1900,
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF VISION. {Continued.)
CONVERGENCE.
CONVERGENCE is the act of directing the visual
axes of the two eyes to the same point at some near
distance, and it is accomplished by the action of the inter-
nal recti muscles. The act of convergence is intimately
associated with the act of accommodation, so that for
every increase of the one there is a corresponding increase
of the other.
The object of convergence is the directing of the yel-
low spot of each eye toward the same point, so that the
rays from any one point may strike the same portion of
the retina of each eye, producing a similar image on cor-
responding portions of the two retinae, and thus produc-
ing singleness of vision. This simultaneous use of both
eyes is called " binocular vision," and in order that it may
be pleasant and satisfactory the eyes should have the same
refraction and the same acuteness of vision, and both
must be properly directed to the same object. There is
then an image formed on the retina of each eye, and the
impression of the image carried to the brain by each optic
nerve; but as the images are formed on corresponding
parts of the two retinae, and as they are exact reproduc-
tions of each other, they are so combined by the brain as
to give the impression of a single object. The particular
advantages of binocular vision are the appreciation of
solidity and the more accurate determination of distance.
Double vision (diplopia) at once results when the
image of the object is formed on parts of the two retinae
that do not exactly correspond in the two eyes, because
then the two images are so dissimilar- in brightness 'and
clearness that the brain is unable to fuse them into one.
The nearer an object is approached to the eyes the
more strongly they must be converged, and the greater the
effort of accommodation that must be exerted by each eye.
Hence in converging our eyes to any one point we also
at the same time involuntarily accommodate for the same
point, as the muscles of convergence (the internal recti)
and the muscle of accommodation (the ciliary muscle)
are supplied by the same cranial nerve and consequently^
act in unison.
In order to test the power of convergence prisms may
be used, and are placed before the eyes with their bases
outward. The strongest prism which it is possible for
the eyes to overcome — ^that is, the highest degree prism
which does not produce diplopia on looking through it at
a distant object (such as a candle flame, which is the best
object to use for this test at a distance of 20 feet) — is
the measure of the strength of the convergence. This
varies in different individuals, usually ranging from 20
to 30 degrees — that is, a prism of from lo to 15 degrees
may be placed before each eye with their bases outward,
and the strength of the convergence is sufficient to over-
come the prisms and preserve singleness of vision. ^
Prisms placed before the eyes in the opposite position
— that is, with their bases inward — ^assist the convergence,
and this fact is often made use of in the correction of
those cases of asthenopia that are dependent upon an
insufficiency of the internal recti muscles.
The amount of positive convergence can be measured
in the following manner : The patient takes the test object
in his hand, a small bead on the end of a pin will answer
very well, holds it about 10 inches in front of his eyes
and looks at it intently with both of them. The bead is
then brought slowly nearer and nearer until it finally ap-
pears double; it is then withdrawn and reapproached
until the nearest point is found at which a single image
of the bead can be maintained. The distance between the
eyes and the bead is now measured and shows the amount
of positive convergence in meter angles.
When both eyes are directed simultaneously to a single
point, as is the case in binocular vision, the distance of
the object may be estimated with considerable accurac3^
by the degree of convergence of the visual axes required
for its fixation. Since the degree of convergence neces-
sary is in proportion to the proximity of the point of
fixation to the observer, another impression of different
kind, but of equal importance, is also produced by binocu-
lar vision, when the object has an appreciable volume and
thickness, and when it is placed at a moderate distance.
Owing to the lateral separation of the two eyes and
the convergent direction of their visual axes, they do not
both receive from the object exactly the same image.
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Cream of Current Literature
A summary ot the lracito« i*rticl>»k in cont«mporary pharmiicruticiii p«>Hodir Ib
Pharmaceistliclie Ceatralludle.
The Energy of Assimilation in Plants, By Th.
Bokorny. — As plants assimilate carbon dioxide and other
simple carbon compounds while animals need albumen,
carbohydrates and fats in order to exist, the power of
assimilation in plants is worth studying. The author per-
formed a series of interesting experiments in which he
showed the increase which takes place in a given weight of
plant after a certain time of growth. Thus he found that a
mold increased a thousand times in dry weight in four
weeks if grown at the temperature of a room in a weak
solution of glycerin and inorganic salts. He also ob-
tained a noteworthy increase in the amount of dry sub-
stance found in cultures of yeast, and proved that this
assimilation of a plant during growth can be increased
either by passing air through the nutrient solution or by
fermentation. In this manner the increase of dry sub-
stance amounted to almost three times the original within
a few days. The best nutrient medium for yeast was
found to be a solution containing 5 per cent, of cane
sugar, ^ per cent, of monopotassium phosphate and
y2 of I per cent, of ammonium sulphate. Among the
numerous sources of carbon which may be used in assimi-
lation experiments with plants are methyl alcohol, formal-
dehyde, acetic acid, lactic acid, tartaric acid, pqjtones,
etc. Algae, which are normally devoid of starch and
other green plants, form starch when grown in appro-
priate solutions of these substances. A series of experi-
^ ments were performed with solutions of formaldehyde in
order to observe the assimilation which can go on in this
n^edium. An increase of dry substance from 0.07 to
0.12 Gm. was observed in growing spirogv'ra nitida in a
solution which was composed as follows :
Sodium siilpho formaniidate .0.3
Disodium phosphate 0.2
Calcium nitrate 0.1
Magnesium sulphate 0.025
Potassium chloride 0.05
Monopotassium phosphate .0.02
Neijtralized ferric chloride a trace
Quantitative Determination of Sugar in Diabetic
Urines. — When there are only traces of sugar in a speci-
men of urine good relative results may be obtained by
titrating with Fehling's solution in the following manner :
It is well known that such urine gives, with the ordinary
titration, a dirty and inexact color reaction when the pro-
portion of sugar to various other constituents is not a
favorable one. This is not the case when the urine is
rich in sugar and is diluted before applying the test.
Therefore one only. needs to add enough sugar to re-
establish the favorable relation between the glucose in
the urine and the other substances which interfere with
reaction. For this purpose a solution of glucose of the
strength of i or ij^ per cent, should be prepared, the
exact proportion of sugar therein determined, and equal
parts of this solution and of the urine should be mixed
for titration. The calculation of the actual amount of
sugar contained in the urine before this addition of sugar
is very simple. Thus, for example, if the glucose solu-
tion contained T.42 per cent, of glucose and the mixture
of equal parts of urine and glucose solution was found
to contain by analysis 1.02 per cent, of glucose, then the
amount of glucose excreted in the urine would be:
1.02 = 0.31 Gm. (April 10.)
The Naphta Substances as Poisons for Fish, Other
Animals and Bacteria, By J. Kupzis. — ^The author's ex-
periments as regards the effects of naphta, petroleum
and similar substances upon fish and other animals
led him to the following conclusions: (i) The crude
naphta products, petroleum ether, benzine, ligroine, etc.,
contain poisonous constituents which act injuriously upon
fishes. (2) The petroleum, kerosene, machine and cyl-
inder oils which come from the factories in well purified
condition do not contain such poisonous constituents, but
they act as poisons when they are exposed to the air and
sunlight. The toxicity of the naphta fish poisons depends
upon the amount of these toxic substances dissolved in
water. The poisonous hydrocarbons, phenols, the vola-
tile acids and the acids of crude oil are so easily soluble
in water that thev are alwavs toxic. The salts which
are present in water favor the solution of certain poison-
ous constituents of some of these products. (3)The
naphta acids are deadly for lobsters, frogs and cats, and
are not harmless to dogs. Doses of from jyi. to 15
grains do not seem to produce any injurious effects in
man. They are excellent antiseptics, and can be used
as disinfectants. (April 17.)
BttlMn Commcfdaly April*
The Assay of Oil of Mustard. By P. Roeser. — ^The
German Pharmacopoeia requires that 100 parts of mus-
tard-seed should contain 0.6 of oil of mustard. A num-
ber of processes for the assay of oil of mustard are based
upon the transformation of this oil into thiosinamine,
which is easy to effect by the simple addition of ammonia.
This thiosinamine, when treated bv certain metallic salts,
yields its entire content of sulphur, and gives a precipi-
tate of metallic sulphide, which may be recovered, dried
and weighed. The latter is rather a delicate operation,
for the sulphide is easily changed in the air. Therefore,
certain volumetric processes, which were more rapid,
were employed. Thus a known quantity of silver nitrate
was added to the thiosinamine, and the amount of silver
which was not transformed into sulphide was measured.
Gadamer used for this purpose an acid solution. The
author suggests that the ammoniacal solution be not
changed, and that the silver be titrated, according to
Denige's method, which is as follows: 5 Cc. of a solu-
tion of the essential oil of mustard in the strength of i
per cent, in 95 per cent, alcohol are placed in a graduated
flask holding 100 Qc. Ten Cc. of ammonia are added,
the 10 Cc. of the decinormal solution of silver nitrate.
The mixture is frequently agitated by rotatory move-
ments. At the end of 24 hours enough distilled water is
added to make too Cc, the whole is filtered and 50 Cc,
are removed and placed in a glass beaker with 5 C'\
of a solution of potassium cyanide (decinormal with ref-
erence to the decinormal solution of silver nitrate), be-
ing equal to the latter volume for volume, and the ex-
cess of cyanide is titrated with the decinormal solution
of silver nitrate after the addition of eight drops of a
slightly ammoniacal solution of potassium iodide, i to 20,
a slight excess of silver nitrate producing a turbidity in
the clear liquid.
The number of cubic centimeters of silver nitrate (n)
is doubled (n -f n) for the 100 cubic centimeters. Mul-
tiplied by 17, this number represents the amount of sil-
ver nitrate which was decomposed into sulphide, a quan-
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337
tity which, multiplied by 0.7294, gives the amount of
silver sulphide which corresponds to this. This last
quantity, multiplied by the co-efficient 0.4305, gives the
amount of essential oil of mustard that is contained in
0.05 Gm. if the oil tested is pure.
Repeftoifc de Phaniiade» May*
Phosphotnannitic Acid and Phosphotnannitates, By
L. Portes and G. Prunier. — Some years ago the authors
published a process for the preparation of calcium
glycero-phosphate, which since then has become the
standard. Their present study includes an experimental
research into the question as to whether phosphoric acid
forms ethers with other polyatomic alcohols besides gly-
cerin, such, for instance, as mannite. If such was the
case the question was. Could this product of etherifica-
tion be obtained in a pure state? As early as 1856 Ber-
thelot prepared manni-phosphoric acid, but since then
nothing has been published on the subject. The authors
not only prepared phospho-mannitic acids and salts there-
of, but also determined the most useful methods of puri-
fying this product. The following reactions show the
difference between sodium phospho-mannitate and neu-
tral sodium phosphate. Sodium phospho-mannitate, in
a 5 per cent, solution, becomes partly decomposed on
boiling, does not give any precipitate with ammonium
molybdate, nor with the magnesium sulphate solution,
but gives a precipitate with uranium nitrate; a white
precipitate soluble in an excess of water with silver ni-
trate ; a precipitate soluble in an excess of nitric acid with
the acid nitrate of bismuth ; a white precipitate soluble
in acetic acid with lead acetate, and finally gives a volu-
minous residue of carbon on calcination. On the other
hand, a 5 per cent, solution of sodium phosphate does not
decompose on boiling; gives a yellow precipitate with
ammonium molybdate; precipitates with magnesium sul-
phate solution ; and with uranium nitrate gives a yellow
precipitate, which is insoluble in an excess of water with
silver nitrate ; a precipitate insoluble in an excess of nitric
acid with acid nitrate of bismuth ; a white precipitate in-
soluble in acetic acid with lead acetate and no carbon
residue on calcination.
The Preparation of Fowler^s Solution, By M. Meis-
termann. — The author points out the defects in the proc-
ess of preparing Fowler*s solution as prescribed by the
French Codex. The arsenious acid slowly replaces the
carbonic acid, and it takes about two or three hours to ob-
tain a complete solution. The arsenic, in the form of
" porcelain," resists solution far longer than the vitreous
arsenic. The process which the author employed has
been adopted by a certain number of foreign pharmaco-
poeias. It consists of placing i Gm. of arsenious acid in
a flask containing 250 Cc. with i Gm. of potassium car-
bonate and I Gm. of water. The mixture is heated and
allowed to boil until completely dissolved. Fifty Cc. of
distilled water are then added and heated until boiling.
After the solution is cooled a sufficient quantity of water
is added and the preparation is completed in the usual
manner. The whole process does not require more than
IS minutes.
The Preparation of Suppositories ivith Extract of
Krameria, Bv M. Meistermann. — The author submits
to the commission in charge of the revision of the French
Codex the following method of preparing suppositories.
A mixture is prepared containing
Cacao butter . . .* 9 Gm.
Extract of krameria .3 Gm.
Extract of belladonna 0.,3 Gm.
Extract of opium 0.3 Gm.
To make 3 suppositories.
The extract is powdered and mixed with 2.25 Gm. of
powdered gum arabic. Then 6.75 Gm. of powdered
cacao butter are added ; in other words, the amount neces-
sary to complete 9 Gm. with the 2.25 Gm. of gum. The
mixture is treated as a pill mass, and enough water is
added to obtain a sufficiently soft paste. No fear need
be entertained of adding an excess of water. The mass
is now divided in a pill machine and the suppositories
are rolled something like the fumigating candles that
were formerly rolled. In this manner very homogeneous
suppositories may be obtained, and the author has used
this process for a number of years without hearing the
slightest complaint from either physician or patients.
The idea of employing this process occurred to him
when he was faced with the necessity of preparing the
following formula :
Mercuric protoiodide 1 Gm.
Cacao butter enough to make 10 suppositories.
It is evident that in this case it was impossible to em-
ploy heat in the preparation of the suppositories, so the
author was obliged to employ the method here described.
BoQelioo Ghlmico Fffmaceatiooy BSarch.
The Chemical and Toxicological Detection of Mer-
cury. By Prof. Dioscoride Vitali. — The author had been
intrusted with the investigation of the body of a man
who had died under suspicion of corrosive sublimate
poisoning, and who had been buried 15 months before.
The first thing that he did was to destroy the organic
substances by means of the ordinary method with hydro-
chloric acid and potassium chlorate, as well as by the
addition of manganese chloride, which, according to Klip-
penberger, helps to destroy all organic substances. The
fat which remained even after this destruction was sa-
ponified and tested in the following manner : After hav-
ing been well washed it was boiled for a long time and
treated with an alcoholic solution of potassium hydrate.
The remaining aqueous solution of soap was now treated
with hydrochloric acid to slight excess, and on cooling
the fatty acids were separated, the residue washed and
concentrated with mild heat. A current of sulphureted
hydrogen was now passed through the acidified liquid,
but no turbidity resulted, so that no mercury or other
metals precipitated by this reagent were present.
On passing sulphureted hydrogen through the liquid
obtained after the separation of organic compounds and
of fat, a marked turbidity and a blackish sediment was
obtained, filtered, washed and dried. This compound
was found to be insoluble in nitric acid, but soluble in
nitro-hydrochloric acid. The solution if evaporated on
a water bath left a residue which was soluble in water
and gave the reactions of mercury. The author thinks
that this insoluble compound is formed by the decomposi-
tion which takes place in the mercuric sulphide under the
action of nitric acid and heat, the sulphide separating into
sulphuric acid, sulphur and mercuric nitrate. The latter
with the remaining unaltered sulphur forms the white and
insoluble compound which was noted. The formation of
this insoluble compound, in the course of the ordinary
method of analysis, may be a source of error, as generally
the appearance of such an insoluble compound would ex-
clude the presence of mercury in the eyes of the chemist.
Therefore, in order to avoid such an error, whenever an
insoluble white powder appears after treatment of the
insoluble sulphides with nitric atid and heat, this powder
must be washed and dissolved in nitro-hydrochloric acid,
in which solution the characteristic reactions of mercurv
mav be obtained.
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\ieries and Ansivers
We ahall be gled. In this depertmcnt. to respond to calte for iBformatloo oa all phermaceutic matters.
Seltzogene Apparatus.— G. H. N. writes: "Can
■you give me any information about D. Fevre's Seltzogene,
an apparatus which works something like the capsules of
liquid carbonic acid for manufacturing carbonated bev-
erages in the home. Would there be any sale for such an
apparatus in the United States ? "
The old-fashioned seltzogene of which our corre-
spondent makes inquiry has long since been displaced by
the modern siphon. The seltzogene was an apparatus
consisting of two globes, an upper and a lower. The
lower globe, filled with water, was connected by a tube
with an outlet at the top, operated in the same manner as
a siphon, by means of a spring faucet. The upper globe
was charged with a mixture of tartaric acid and sodium
bicarbonate, the acid being added first, sufficient water
being poured in to effect solution. As soon as the sodium
bicarbonate was added the seltzogene was closed tightly
to prevent the escape of gas. The pressure of gas result-
ing from the decomposition by the tartaric acid of the
sodium bicarbonate contained in the upper globe was
sufficient to expel the water when the faucet was opened.
The apparatus belongs to a period antedating the dis-
covery of liquid carbonic acid and the development of
the American soda fountain, and it would, in our opinion,
be a waste of both time and money to attempt to create
:a demand for it in this country.
State Board Examination Questions.— W. C.
JMcI. writes : " I have been a subscriber to your most in-
teresting journal now for two months, and in fairness to
you I must admit that a careful study of its pages has
opened my eyes more to practical pharmacy than did my
<two years in college. In your last edition (March 24, p.
167) you published information in your Queries and An-
swers department concerning the State Boards of Illinois
and New York. I was much interested in the comparison
<lrawn. Would it be asking too much to request you to
publish in your next issue similar information concerning
the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Boards? What I de-
sire to see is the typical list of questions on chemistry and
pharmacy from the two States.
" And also, to further test your patience, I should like
you to publish the answer to the following question sub-
mitted by the New Jersey State Board in their last exami-
nation under the head of Toxicology : ' Name three
poisons derived from animal sources and give their anti-
dotes.' "
We are sorry we cannot oblige our correspondent in
the matter of printing typical lists of questions on chem-
istry and pharmacy as put by the Boards of Pennsylvania
and New Jersey, as we are not in possession of the exami-
nation questions of either of the two boards named.
In regard to the toxicological question of the New
Jersey Board of Pharmacy, this might be answered in a
number of ways. It has some of the elements of a
" catch " in it, and we are inclined to question the bona-
fides of the examiners in putting such a question. Among
the poisons known to pharmacists which would come
within the category of animal poisons are cantharides,
snake venom and tyrotoxicon. By a liberal interpretation
of the word " derive " one might be able to include among
the poisons derived from animal source, prussic acid,
potassium cyanide and ammonia ; but, assuming that the
three poisons that we have named are the ones which the
examiner had in mind in putting the question, the appro-
priate antidotes for them are as follows :
Antidote for Cantharides. — There is no chemical anti-
dote for cantharides. Treatment should be directed to-
ward the immediate evacuation of the stomach contents
by the use of a stomach tube or a quick emetic like zinc
sulphate or mustard. Demulcents, such as white of eggt
flaxseed tea or gruel, should be given, oils being avoided,
since cantharidin is soluble in oils. Stimulants are ad-
ministered and the body temperature maintained by the
application of artificial heat. Convulsions are controlled
by the administration of an occasional whiff of chloro-
form or ether.
Antidote for Snake Venom. — If from a bite, the
wound should be sucked or cut, and the bitten part cau-
terized with silver nitrate, nitric acid or a red hot iron.
Washing the bite with ammonia or solution of potassium
permanganate is also recommended. The poisonous prin-
ciple of snake venom is an albuminoid, exceedingly diffi-
cult of antidoting. Of late a serum called antivenene has
been found efficacious in saving life. The patient should
be freely stimulated with brandy or whisky, and the ad-
ministration of strychnine sulphate hypodermically has
been resorted to with good results.
Antidote for Tyrotoxicon. — Tyrotoxicon poisoning is
treated in the same manner as ptomaine poisoning. The
stomach should be immediately washed out by siphoning
with a stomach tube; castor oil in ounce doses should
then be administered and the operation of this hastened
by an enema. Depression should be relieved by nitro-
glycerin in one-hundredth grain doses, accompanied
with teaspoonful doses of brandy or whisky every ten or
fifteen minutes. The body temperature should be main-
tained by the application of hot water bottles or heated
bricks incased in flannel, and hot fomentations should be
applied to the abdomen.
Labels for Shelf Bottles.^— F. A. B. asks how to
make " a suitable mixture to use as labels on shelf bottles
for imitating a regular glass label. It is desired to print
the name of the substance contained in the bottle on the
surface of the label material after it has hardened."
The nearest approach to a substance answering this
description is obtained as follows : Lay a coat of strained
white of egg over the label, and immediately put the ves-
sel in the upper portion of a common steam pan, or other-
wise expose it to a gentle heat until the albumen coagu-
lates and turns opaque, and then take it out and dry it in
an oven at a heat of about 212 degrees F. ; the opaque
white film will then become hard and transparent and
resist the action of oils, spirits and water. The labels on
bottles containing acids or alkaline solutions should be
either etched upon the glass by hydrofluoric acid or be
written with incorrodible ink.
"Peroxide of Silicates."— Country Subscriber
asks us to inform him where he can obtain the article
" peroxide of silicates," used for the destruction of potato
bugs, etc. He says he formerly obtained it from Thomas
B. Farrington, agent, 422 West street. New York, but
now cannot find either the agent or the preparation.
We regret our inability to thr(5w any light on the
whereabouts of either " peroxide of silicates " or the
agent therefor. The name of this article is evidently
coined, and in the words of the immortal Betsy Prig, " we
don't believe there ain't no sich a person."
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
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Syrup of Kola. — A. W. C. (Venezuela) asks us to
print one or more fonnulas for the manufacture of syrup
of kola from both the solid and the fluid extract for use
at the soda fountain.
While formulas for so-called syrups of kola are fairly
numerous, it is difficult, owing to the bitter taste and lack
of flavor of kola, to produce a really satisfactory article
unless other ingredients are added to render the syrup
palatable and give it a distinctive flavor and taste. The
formula quoted below carried oflf'a prize in an American
Druggist prize contest some six years ago. It reads as
follows :
Fluid extract kola (fresh nuts) 3 IJ.
Claret wine 3 xlj.
Raspberry fruit Juice 3 iss.
Liquid acid phosphate 3 &▼•
Fruit acid, (citric acid, 1 part; water, 2 parts) 3 U*
Syrup, 10 pounds sugar to 1 gallon water q.s. Olv.
Solution of carmine, q.s. to color deep red.
\[ix.
Serve without ice cream. Use i ounce in an 8-ounce
thin mineral water glass. Draw solid and stir gently
with a spoon when glass is nearly full.
The formula next quoted is by H. B. Dunham, who
was awarded a prize for it in an American Druggist
prize competition :
CHAMPAGNE KOLA.
Grape Jelly' 1 pound.
Tartaric acid .1 drachm.
Dissolve both in a little hot water and add :
Fluid extract of kola 5 drachms.
Extract of yanlUa 3 drachms.
Acetic ether 5 drops.
Pelargonlc ether 5 drops.
Hock candy syrup 1 gallon.
Serve without foam.
^ Orape JoUy ii put up in wooden paili and sold in grocery atorea
at 9c per pound.
As for a syrup having solid extract of kola as a basis,
we do not put much store by this. The solid extract has
nothing in its flavor and everything against it as the basis
for a kola syrup. It is occasionally used in cordial syrups,
which, it may be remarked, are bitter to the taste. The
following is a typical formula, which, however, we decline
to recommend:
Kola extract 1 ounce.
Kola wine 3 ounces.
Angostura bitters 3 drachms.
Foam extract 1 ounce.
Caramel color % ounce.
Simple syrup 2 quarts.
Mix thoroughly.
Kola syrups of any desired flavor may be made by
adding fluid extract of kola to any selected flavored syrup,
as vanilla, orange, banana, or pineapple, in the propor-
tion of 2 drachms of the fluid extract of kola to 32 ounces
of the flavored syrup.
The Number of Registered Pharmacists in
Great Britain and the United States — W.— The
number of registered chemists and druggists in Great
Britain is stated in a recent issue of the Pharmaceutical
Journal at 15,600. It is difficult to obtain figures of the
exact registration in the United States, but 43,000 would
be near the mark.
Dealers in Camel Hair Pencils.— P. & Co.—
These pencils, or brushes, are not made in the United
.States, and the principal importer, to whom application
should be made for samples and prices, is Leopold Meyer,
84 Warren street. New York.
BOOK NOTES
The Soda Wateb Fobmxtuuiy. A Guide for the Modem Soda'
Water Dispenser and a Compilation of the Most Recent
Reliable Formulas for Dispensing Hot and Cold Soda. Col-
lected by E. G. Eberle, Ph.G. Dallas: Texas Publishing
Company, 1902. Pages 5 to 217.
This little work opens with a brief sketch of the early
history of soda water, followed by introductory sugges-
tions concerning methods of manufacturing and dispens-
ing. Some of these are original, and some frankly bor-
rowed with due credit. The author acknowledges his-
indebtedness to the shears and paste pot, but has used a
certain degree of judgment in selecting the formulas, and
in some places has adapted them to the use of the ordi-
nary soda dispenser. In addition to the large number of
soda water formulas given, there is an appendix con-
taining formulas for various preparations which are more
or less called for in the drug store, such as chewing gums,,
vermin destroyers, etc. In fact, one's sense of the eternal
fitness of things is rather shocked by finding paragraphs-
on cockroaches and insect powder sandwiched in between
the formulas for cold soda and those for hot. Unfor-
tunately, however, there is some excuse for the associa-
tion, as many druggists know only too well. The book
is one that will prove useful, though containing but little-
that is new.
Wkb8ter*s Interitational Dictionaby of the E50Lisa
Lanovaoe. New edition* Prepared under the supervision*
of Xoah Porter, D.D., LL.D., editor in chief. Twenty-flve-
thousand words and phrases. W. T. Harris, Ph.D., LL.D.,
editor in chief.
The library of every retail druggist should contain a
copy of the new International Dictionary of the Englishr
Language, which in its present form is a most val-
uable book of reference. In addition to the matter con-
tained in the body of the present volume, which has been-
thoroughly revised and brought down to date, there is
an appendix of some 25,000 words and phrases covering'
the recent introductions into the English language, most
of which have been brought about through the marvelous-
industrial development of the past quarter of a century.
Lloyd's Study in Pharmacy.
To the Editor:
Sir — I notice with great interest and pleasure your
note on page 249 of the American Druggist for May
12, in which you refer to capillarity phenomena in con-
nection with the fascicles [A Study in Pharmacy]^ I am
sending out. In my opinion, your surmise will be cor-
rect if I am permitted to bring before your readers the
original work I have done in this direction. Up to this-
time I have simply been presenting a line of research in
the work that others have done to show that what I have
accomplished is original and has not been previously an-
nounced. I am ready now to begin the issue of the
fascicle touching upon my own work.
Yours truly, John Uri Lloyd.
Cincinnati, O., May 24, 1902.
PAMPHLETS, ETCr RECErvnSD,
A Manual of Toxicology. A Concise Presentation of the
Principal Facts Relating to Poisons, wltn Detailed Direc-
tions for the Treatment of Pofsonihg. Also a Table of
Doses of the Principal and Many Kew Remedies. By
Albert H. Brundage. A.M., M.D.. Phar.D:, Professor of
Toxicology and Hygiene in the Brooklyn CoUege of Phar-
macy. Vice-President of the Board of Pharmacy of the-
State of New York. etc. BrooHyn; 1901'. Pkges vill.-364. [^.].
34°
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
BUSINESS BUILDING.
Goodocled by U. G. Manning*
The DepaHment Editor will be pleased to criticise advertisements,
suggest improvetnents, and answer all questions coming
within the scope of this department.
KEEP ON CALLING.
MOST of the people who have good chances of getting
to heaven— which includes a good share of drug-
gists, I suppose — have at some time lived upon a farm
and have been sent to call the cows home. You trudged
back over the farm until you got within hailing distance
and then, hooking your toes over a silvery rail, elevated
yourself to the top of the fence and called, " Cm, boss;
c'm, boss."
Did they come at the first ^call? Well, hardly; never
did for me, at least. You had to keep on calling " Cm,
boss," for two or three minutes, when finally the old
brindle would look up, gaze toward you, and then go on
grazing. More calls, and then with a parting yank or
two at the grass, one or two of the cows would start, then
others, until finally the whole herd got in motion and
you could slide down from your perch and open the bars,
knowing that the calling had accomplished its purpose.
It was not the first call or the second or the last that
did the business ; it required all of them.
It is a good deal that way in trying to bring in folks.
They are pretty hard to start sometimes. But there's no
use in giving up with the first call or the second : if you
stop then, these calls might as well not have been uttered ;
you ve got to keep on calling to make effective the breath
already expended.
Persistent calling always brings them, and after they
get to coming, you are more than repaid for the effort
which at first seemed wasted.
jl Ji Ji
CRincnSM AND CX>MMENT.
NOTE ITS STRENGTH.
Geo. B. Evans, Philadelphia, recently opened an addi-
tional store. His announcement is a characteristic one
and is worthy of careful reading as an example of the
strength of moderate statement. It takes skill to prepare
advertising of this kind, and takes some moral courage
to use it, because people unconsciously discount the state-
ments' in advertising, and it usually seems necessary to
make strong statements — I believe it often is necessary.
But with prestige back of it such ads are unusually
strong. The unusual quality in them makes them at-
tractive and convincing. This is the ad:
ANOTHER EVANS' STORE.
DRUCiS AND OHi^TS.
Opened j-esterday at
1012 Market Street.
It Is the same as all other Evans' stores — such a store as
you would approve of if you knew all our methods and the
profits on each article. There is no fuss and feathers : there
are no " sales ; " there is nothing sold at a loss : no pretense
of philanthropy. But the dealing Is of the highest and fairest
sort and the prices are lower than at any other drug store in
the city and. on the whole, lower than at other stores where
such articles are sold,
Evans* gift rooms are unique. Not in Philadelphia, nor In
any other city In the United States, is there another such col-
lection of gifts, that makes so little strain upon the pocket- •
book and helps the giver so quickly by their multitude of sug-
geations. Twenty-fiye cents often does the work of a dollar
— not by giving you a dollar article for twenty-five cents, but
by giving you something for twenty-five cents so full of
qnalntness, beauty or originality that a dollar could not do
more.
GET IT AT EVANS'.
Whenever you want drugs, prescriptions, ready-made medi-
cines, leather goods, toilet articles, sick-room helps, bric-a-
brac, cut glass, china, or other gifts — get it at Evans*, and
save time and money and enjoy every minute of your eliopping
besides.
OEORGE B. EVANS.
Jl Jl Jl
SUMMER SUBJECTS.
F. Potts Green, Bellefonte, Pa., sijbmits three soda ads.
They are all good ads, pretty much what soda ads should
be, though there is a wide limit permissible as to the way
HOT?
Well, let us cool you off. Sit down
in front of our Soda Fountain.
What will you have ? Chocolate ?
Strawberry? Pine Apple? Vanilla?
or shall it be Lemon, Orange,
Peach, Nectar, Coffee, Sarsaparilla
or Ginger Ale? Perhaps you
would prefer an Egg Phosphate or
Alaskiana — they are loc., but are
both meat and drink, or shall it
be an Ice Cream Soda or a Sun-
dae? We have 'em all. Shall we
start the fan? We can certainly
cool you off at
GREEN'S
PHARHACY,
Bush HoMse BIk. BELLEFONTE
these facts can be presented. These ads are well written
and nicely displayed. Mr. Green states that the three
ads sent were used during one week. Equally good a<ls
changed that often should make an impression on people
and bring results. One of these ads is reproduced.
Jl Ji Jl
THE WRONG SUGGESTION.
An unusually good little ad from Hunter's Phar-
macy, Montgomery, Ala., was lying on my desk the other
day, where it caught the eye of a caller, who remarked
as he picked it up, " Who's dead ? " The heavy black
border instantly suggested mourning to him. If he had
been some one who had sickness in his family the idea
would have struck him with still greater force. It might
or might not occur to others, but an association of ideas
is revealed which shows the importance of little things.
The ad is all ri^ht, but a border of this kind should sel-
dom or never be used on a small ad. A light face border
will make the ad stand out better, while danger of the
mourning effect is avoided.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
341
PHARMACY IN THE AMERICAN MEDICAL.
Delegfates from the Ame^icaa PixArmaccutical Associ-
ation Address the American Medical Association —
Pharmacy's Message to Medicine— Valuable Papers
Contributed in the Section on Materia Mcdica«
The fifty-third annual meeting of the American Medical
Association was held at Saratoga Springs from June 10 to
June 13, inclusive. Nearly 2,000 physicians were present,
though the number in attendance was not so large as at the
St. Paul meeting last year. Some 360 papers were presented
In the 12 sections by 3t50 different authors. In pursuance
of the plan inaugurated some years ago, the American Phar-
maceutical Association had been invited to send delegates
to the section on Materia Medica, Pharmacy and Therapeutics.
In i^sponse to this request delegates were appointed, and
several of these were invited to prepare and read papers
before the section.
Dr. A. B. Lyons presented a very thorough study of the
ohemlstry of the mydriatic alkaloids, pointing out the con-
fusion into w^hich chemists had fallen on this head. This
confusion was due partly to the fact that hyoscyamine, which
is the most widely distributed of the mydriatic allcaloids, oc-
curs in j)ractically all the solanaceous plants, and is very
easily decomposed, yielding atropine, and in the same manner
8copolamine (which name Dr. Lyons thought should be sub-
stituted for hyoscine, the latter name having been applied to
a mixture) on decomposition yields atroscine, a name which
he thinks should be applied to the other alkaloid found in
conjimction with scopolamine. He pointed out the need of
definite assay methods for these alkaloids, which need chem-
ists were, so far. unable to supply, the mos^ satisfactory test
being the so-called physiological one of Dr. Squibb.
SOME NEW SUGAR TESTS.
Dr. Lyons also presented a paper on Some New Sugar
Tests. In this communication he showed that the copper,
bismuth and indigo tests, depending as they do upon re-
duction, are inconclusive (though not wholly valueless), since
normal urine contains reducing substances. The author gave
In detail the methods employed in removing these reducing
agents, such as uric acid and creatinin. He discussed the
newer reduction tests, including methylene blue, litmus blue,
safranin, potassium terrlcyanide the bismuth and coffee test,
Johnson's test, which the author considers the most useful
l>ecause so easily made, and his own modification of that test.
The author mentioned various other methods of determining
the amount of glucose present, and showed an improved in-
strument for use in the fermentation test. Prof. C. S. N. Hall-
lier. of Cliicago, who was a delegate of the American Pharma-
ceutical Association and secretary of the section, presented a
pai)er on External Preparations and Their Therapy, and also
read a communication on *' Dosage of Liquid Medicines: A
Simple Plan for Greater Accuracy and Metric Measures.**
Prof. Joseph P. Remington, of Philadelphia, another of
the delegates of the American Pharmaceutical Association,
submitted an essay on The United States Pharmacopoeia of
1900: Its Importance to Practitioners, which was read by
title, the author being absent The same course was taken
with a paper from another delegate from the American Phar-
maceutical Association— namely, William C. Alpers, of New
York. Among the pharmaceutical delegates present were Dr.
Jokichi Takamine, who arrived direct at Saratoga Springs
from a visit to Japan; Joseph W. England and Prof. C. H.
I>a Wall, of Philadelphia; Dr. H. R. Slack, of La Grange, Ga.,
and Caswell A. Mayo, of New York. The latter having been
called upon by the chairman. Dr. George F. Butler, to ad-
dress the section as a representative of the American Phar-
maceutical Association, in response to this request spoke as
follows:
QREETINO FROai PHARMACISTS TO FHYPICIAKS.
'* While I am personally gratified to have the honor of
speaking for the American Pharmaceutical Association and
through this section to the American Medical Association, I
cannot but regret that Pliarniacy sliouhl have so poor and
inadequate a spokesman. For Pharmacy has a message to
Medicine, and I could wish tliat this message might be con-
veyed by some one witli the profound scientific attainments
of a Charles Rice, tlie force of a C. A. L. Rood and the
oratorical ability of a Marion Sims. That message is that
progress is lacing made in plmrmacy as well as in medicine;
that this prov:ress in pharmacy contributes materially to
the proj?ros.s of medicine, and that the interests of the two
callings are so closely related that whatever benefits phar-
macy must necessarily benefit medicine.
" New fields of usefulness are opening up for the pharmacist
as well as for the physician. It is not alone in the manu-
facturing laboratory, in the production of new compounds and
the Invention of new and improved methods of administering
drugs that pharmacy is making progress. The development
in medicine, which has given us pathologists, laryngologists,
otologists and even proctologists In lieu of physicians, has also
given us the clinical chemist who, relieving the physician of
the necessity for making his own chemical examinations, lays
before him all the data necessary for the establishment of a
chemical diagnosis, If one may use such a term. This field Is
one in which there is opportunity for good work on the part
of the pharmacist and one in which there is a rapidly spread-
ing interest. In the educational advancement which has pro-
duced the clinical chemist in pharmacy, the American Phar-
maceutical Association has been a potent factor. Organized
Just 50 years ago, it has incessantly and insistently fought for
the betterment of pharmacy In every direction, and I deem
it a happy omen, both for medicine and for pharmacy, that
the two bodies, which stand for the highest ideals in both
callings, should, in this section, be brought into such intimate
relations. We feel that the recognition accorded pharmacy in
the invitation to send delegates to this section is a step in
the right direction, that this recognition has already been pro-
ductive of good in the ranks of pharmacy in stimulating higher
ideals, and that we may be able to be of much service to
medicine through the Intimate association made possible by
this representation. Dr. Wood and Dr. Laird have confessed
a need for a more thorough knowledge of the mydriatic drugs
in their pharmaceutical aspects as a means of enabling th%
pharmacologist to intelligently study their action. This neec
it is the province of pharmacy to supply, and in such paper?
as that presented to your section this morning by Dr. Lyons,
of the American Pharmaceutical Association, we may be of
real service to medicine in clearing up hitherto unsolved
problems. We trust that the members of the American
Medical Association will continue to extend this courtesy to
the pharmacists of the United States and we feel confident
that if this is done there will never be any cause on the
part of the members of the Medical Association to regret the
step, but that they will rather come to look upon pharmacy
as an honorable specialty in medicine rather than a separate
and alien calling. ^
" In closing, allow me to thank you, Mr. Chairman, and gen-
tlemen of the section, for the courtesy extended to the dele-
gates from the American Pharmaceutical Association."
THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSCXIATION.
A Record Breakias: Mcetrnj: Both in Attendance and
in Interest— Two Hundred New Members— Protest
Agrainst the Manufacture of Vaccine Vitxss by the
State— Staadins: by the N. A. R. D.
o*T w./^'^"^^'^'^* annual meeUng of the Massachusetts
Mate Pharmaceutical Association was held at Masonic Hall
^orthampton, on June 3, 4 and 5. It was a remarkable meet-
ing, for It recorded the largest attendance, the most new mem-
bers (over 200 applications), and a most spirited contest for
selection for the Board of Pharmacy vacancy,
o^ ^ Reception Committee met the delegates at noon of the
da and they were later welcomed at the first session by
the mayor. Reply was made by Mr. Curran, of Holyoke.
President Heinritz then called Vice-President Flynn to the
chair and delivered his annual address. He recommended among
other things, that the association remain in the N. A * R D •
urged more activity in the doings of the A. Ph. A.; com-
mented favorably upon the good feeling existing between
the members of tlie Board of Pharmacy and the M. S P A •
favored the Worcester plan; recommended prizes for papers-
publication of a monthly bulletin, and an appropriation of
91.)0 for the Committee on Legislation. (This was later in-
creased to $200.).
The secretary and treasiu-er next read reports. The latter
sliowed a balance of about $1,200. Reports were also received
from the committees on Trade Interests and Local Organiza-
tion. Messrs. Hubbard and Wheeler, delegates to the last
X. A. R. D. meeting, then made tlieir report. Tliev rocoiii-
nuMidcd withdrawal from the X. A. R. D. Tlil^: was^eferred
to tlie (^)nimitteo on I'residenfs Address. Tlie Committee on
Xomiiiatious for the Board of Pharmacy vacancy recommend-
34 »
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
ed the names of Fred. A. Hubbard, William F. Lawyer and
Cornelius P. Flynn. Tbis was adopted on a roll call vote.
At the next session, William W. Bartlett, Ph. G., read the
report of the Committee on Legislation and exhibited the pen
with which Governor Crane signed the Sunday bill. Mr.
Sheppard presented the lesolutlon of William C. Durkee,
Ph.G., protesting against the State's manufacture of vaccine
virus. This was adopted. Prof. Charles F. Nixon then read
a paper on Antitoxin Serum and Vaccine Virus, and also
read the paper of Harry B. Mason, Ph.G., on The Chemistry
of Minerals, and that of Professor ScoviUe on Laboratory
Notes.
At Wednesday's session President Fleischner, of the Con-
necticut Association, and Dr. Garst. of Worcester, were pres-
ent and were given the freedom of the floor. The Committee
on President's Address reported favorably upon the recom-
mendations. Adopted. President Heinritz and William J.
Bullock were elected delegates to the N. A. R. D. George
W. Cobb read an interesting paper on the Commercial Side
of Pharmacy.
At the afternoon session Col. John W. Lowe, of New Haven,
was present. Ofllcers were elected as follows: President,
William J. Bullock, New Bedford; vice-presidents, Cornelius
P. Flynn, Boston; L. A. Lamson, Hopedale, and Charles E.
Bard well, Holyoke; secretary, James F. Guerln, Worcester;
treasurer, Thomas R. Nichols, Salem; trustees of Permanent
Fund, Henry Canning, F. B. Mole and J. F. Whiting. It
was voted tha^ those members who were in arrears for
dues since 1896 be dropped from membership. It was also
voted to remain in the N. A. R. D. for one year and to re-
quest the latter organization to at once send organizers to
Massachusetts.
The banquet took place in the evening at the Norwood
Hotel, and it was a pronounced success. President Heinritz
was in the chair. William W. Bartlett, Ph.G., spoke for
" The Ladies;" Fred A. Hubbard for " The Past Presidents;"
William F. Sawyer for the "M. C. P.," and Charles F.
Nixon for the "Board of Pharmacy." Prof. Charles F.
Heebner and William J. Bullock, president-elect, also spoke.
At Thursday's session the prizes for the various events
were awarded. Those for papers were awarded to Harry B.
Mason, Ph.G., George W. Cobb and Prof. William L. ScoviUe.
Then followed the installation of officers.
The members have reason to be pleased with the results
attained and much credit is due the officers and the druggists
of Northampton for the energy displayed.
THE MISSOURI ASSCXIATION.
The Twenty-fourth AnoutA Meeting: a Gtcat Success
—Valuable Papers Read and Discussed— Work of
the N. A. R* D.— Report of the Board of Pharmacy.
The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Missouri Pharma-
ceutical Association was called to order at Pertle Springs, by
President Dr. Otto F. Glaus, at 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 12.
The meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. Frank Y.
Campbell, of Warrensburg. Col. W. C. Coleman, of Warrens-
burg, delivered an address of welcome, which was responded
to by R. L. Hope.
First Vice-President R. L. Hope occupied the chair while
President Claus read his annual address. The colleges of
pharmacy of the country were commended for the good work
they are doing. He called special attention to the National
Formulary now being revised and recommended that every
member assist the Revision Committee in making the work
complete and as near perfect as iwssible. The good work of
the N. A. R. D. was dwelt upon, and special attention was
called to the state of affairs in St. Louis to-day as compared
with that of two years ago. He pointed out that much of
the credit of this was due the National Association. The A.
Ph. A., its golden Jubilee in September, and the importance
of every druggist belonging to it were all ably handled. He paid
tribute to the officers and members, and especially the travel-
ers, who had helped to make the present meeting a success.
Treasurer Wm. Mittelbach read his annual report showing
a balance of $300 on hand on June 1. The report showed
there were 326 members in good standing and 44 members
far in arrears with their dues, and at a subsequent session
these were ordered suspended. The books \\%¥e audited by
Theo. F. Hagenow, Bruno Batt and F. C. Wessner and re-
ported to be correct.
KG ADVBRTISnCBNTS IN THB PROCEEDINGS.
Dr. H. M. Whelpley read his report as secretary of the
association. He said that most of his report was to be found
in the proceedings and there was not very much left for blm
to say. He wished the association to pass upon the question
of whether or not he should solicit advertisements for the
proceedings. This was discussed pro and con. Dr. Whelpley
explained that some associations secured enough money from
this source to pay for publishing the proceedings, ^ome of
the members thought this a very good plan, and considered
such advertising of great value to the advertiser. The major-
ity of the members, however, took a different view of the
<|uestion and strenuously opposed the idea. They considered
it was simply begging from their friends, that such advertis-
ing was of very little value, and it was finally voted to publish
no advertisements In the proceedings.
Francis Hemm, of St Louis, T. A. Moseley, of Harrison-
ville, and Paul L. Hess, of Kansas City, were appointed as a
Committee on Time and Place of holding the next meeting.
At the close of the meeting they reported in favor of Pertle
Springs as the place and the second week in June. 1903, the
time. There were several other places suggested, but the
committee looked over the records and found this to be the
largest meeting in the history of the association so far as
attendance of active men^bers were concerned, and that the
attendance had been large ever since the meetings had been
held at Pertle Springs. The report was adopted.
Prof. Francis Hemm, chairman of the Committee on Papers
and Queries, reported the following papers on hand. All of
these were read and discussed during the meeting: Indian
Pharmacy, by J. F. Llewellyn; Uranium Acetate, by Carl G.
Hinrichs; The Question of Modem Substitution Must be Just-
ly Dealt With, Prof. Francis Hemm; Immunity, by J. F.
Llewellyn; Demonstration of Microscopical Mounting, by Dr.
H. M. Whelpley; Methyl Salicylate in the United States Phar-
macopoeia, by Prof. Gustavus Hinrichs, and Notes on Pure
Food and Drug Legislation, by Wm. Mittelbach.
The following new members were proposed, passed upon
by the council and elected during the meeting:
H. L. Tucker, Blue Springs; A. C. McGowan, Sedalia; S. S.
Bontelie, McBaine; C. W. Tritschler, St Louis; C. C. May, St.
Louis; G. W. Cammack, Pittsburg; F. W. Dailey, Mayvlew;
J. C. Wirtheim, Kansas City; Wm. Eysel, Kansas City; Dr.
F. W. Dailey, Mayview; P. W. Comack, Plattsburg; T. A
ZImmerscheid, Sedalia; Frank O'Reilly, Kansas City; F. A
Moses, St Louis; H. C. Glover, Sullivan, 111.; C. W. Bartells,
Gallatin; E. G. Bauer, St Louis, and J. S. English, Paris.
The council recoipmended and the association voted to ap-
propriate $50 to the N. A. R. D.
The committee on deceased members reported suitable
resolutions on the death of the following members: A. P. Kalt-
wasser, St. Louis; A. H. Rester, St Joseph; Miss Ida M.
Samms, Clinton; J. C. Power, Los Angeles, and A. P. Gano,
Kansas City.
Dr. H. M. Pettit and Prof. Francis Hemm reported for the
Committee on National Formulary. The association unani-
mously recommended W. B. Keams, of Bunceton, to Governor
Dockery for reappointment on the Board of Pharmacy. Mr.
Keams* term of office will expire July 1, 1902.
WORK or THB BOARD.
A. Brandenberger, secretary of the Board of Pharmacy,
made a report on the year's work of that body. He said that
42 persons had been registered on examination and 55 been
granted certificates on diplomas from approved colleges of
pharmacy. He said that the per cent of successful candidates
at the examinations is remarkably small. When asked in
what branches they seemed especially weak he said, " In
everything.** The board especially requested the members
of the association to take more interest in the instruction of
their apprentices. Many of those who apply for examination
have never consulted a book nor apparently made any other
preparation. At a recent examination only three out of
twenty-seven passed. Mr. Brandenberger told In detail how
the examination was conducted and gave a large number of
the questions asked and some of the answers given. He said
that it very rarely happened that a graduate in pharmacy
failed to pass. He said the questions and examination papers
are kept on file and he would be pleased to have them in-
spected by the members of the association.
Dr. H. M. Whelpley spoke in regard to the approaching:
meeting of the A. Ph. A., urging the members to turn out and
send as large a delegation from Missouri as possible. Wm.
Mittelbach, Paul L. Hess and Francis Hemm also spoke in
regard to that organization, pointing out its advantages, the
good work which it bad accomplished, and last, but not least
how that association had honored the druggists of Missouri
by electing one of its members to the highest office in the
association. A communication from Chas. Caspari, jr., gen-
eral secretary of the association, was read, inviting the mem-
bers to be present and participate In the golden jubilee of that
organization.
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343
Theo. F. Hagenow reported as a delegate to the annual
meeting of the N. A. R. D. He called special attention to
what that association had accomplished for the St Louis
druggists.
The committee reported that exhibits had been made by
the Melller Drug Company, the Mofflt West Drug Company,
Mllllkln & Co., Albert Wright, perfumer, and Fischer &, Co.,
capsules. They recommended that the next committee be
given Instructions as to amount of space to be allowed each
contributor and the character of exhibits desired.
Secretary Whelpley called attention to the fact that next
year the association would celebrate Its sliver Jubilee, and he
thought the members and committees should work to make
the meeting worthy of the occasion. The Entertainment Com-
mittee were Instructed to bear this In mind and see that some-
thing suitable was arranged for.
A. Mueller read the report of the Committee on Drug
Adulteration. The result of their Investigations showed the
ground drugs on the market to be In very good condition.
A vote of thanks was extended the retiring officers, com-
mittees, the pharmaceutical Journals of the country, the citi-
zens of Pertle Springs and Warrensburg and every one who
had helped make the meeting a success. Officers were elected
as follows I
Presldeiat, R. L. Hope, Centralla; first vice-president, J. F.
Llewellyn, Mexico; second vice-president, Louis Schurk, St
Louis; third vice-president W. D. Powell, Exccllo; treasurer,
Wm. Mlttelbach, BoonvlUe; recording secretary, Dr. H. M.
Whelpley, St Louis; assistant secretary, H. C. Wesner, Wind-
sor; local secretary, F. V. Murray, Warrensburg. Members of
the council: Dr. Otto F. Clans, St Louis; Dr. H. M. Pettit
CarroUton; Theo. F. Hagenow, St Louis; Paul L. Hess, Kan-
sas City; A. Brandenberger, Jefferson City.
The newly elected president announced the following chair-
men for the various committees for the year:
Trade Interests, J. Griffiths, Kansas City; Papers and
Queries, Prof. Francis Hemm, St. Louis; Legislation, A.
Brandenberger, Jefferson City; National Formulary, Dr. H.
M. Pettit CarroUton; U. S. Pharmacopoeia, Carl G. Hlnrichs,
St. Louis; Deceased Members, C. B. Loehr, Kansas City,
Transportation, C. L. Wright Webb City; Drug Adulteration,
A. Mueller, Webster Grove; Entertainment. Paul L. Hess and
L. A. Seitz; Membership, Ed. G. Orear, CarroUton; Attendance,
T. A. Mosely, HarrisonvlUe.
The association did not hold a session Thursday afternoon,
but the members joined with the travelers and paid the War-
rensburg druggists a visit.
The meeting closed Friday forenoon with the Installation
of officers and appointment of committees as above. The at-
tendance was large and especiaUy at the sessions. The enter-
tainment features were Uke those of former years. They
were held after four o'clock each day. so as not to interfere
with the sessions of the association.
The CofmectfCttt Assoctatio£«
The twenty-sixth annual meeting of the Connecticut Phar-
maceutical Association was held at New London on June 17
and 18 at the Pequot House. A strong effort was made to
bring about harmony in Hartford, where a price-cutting war
has been going on for some time past and it is hoped that the
efforts may prove successful. J. A. Leverty, of Bridgeport
read a paper on Co-operation In Pharmacy, and Capt John
K. Williams presented a series of notes on practical phar-
macy which proved highly interesting. The by-laws were so
amended as to provide for the admission of traveling sales-
men as associate members.
Officers were elected for the coming year as follows: Presi-
dent A. L. Dickinson, of Danbury; first vice-president J. A.
Leverty. of Bridgeport; second vice-president R. H. KimbaU,
maceutical Association was held at New London on June 17
of Hartford; secretary, Charles A. Rapelye, of Hartford;
treasurer, John B. Ebbs, of Waterbury.
The Delaware Assoctatioh*
At the annual meeting of the Delaware Phacmaceutlcal
Society, held at Smyrna on June 10, Prof. Henry Kraemer, of
Phlhidelphia. read a paper on " Some of the factors influencing
the quality of drugs." Herbert K. Watson, of WUmhigton,
presented an interesting contribution on " The sterilization of
citrate of magnesia." William Poole presented a resolution
of respect to the memory of Dr. Charles Rice, which was
carried unanimously.
It was decided to apply for membership In the National
Retail Druggists' Association, the Delaware society having
withdrawn from membership last year.
The society recommended Oscar C. Draper, of WUmlngton,
and William F. Dunn and C. B. Raymond, of Smyrna, to
Governor Hunn to select one to be a member of the State
Board of Pharmacy.
The following officers were elected: President Bldad L.
Clark, of Dover; vice-presidents, WllUam Poole, for New Cas-
tle County; C. B. Raymond, for Kent County, and R. M.
Kaufman for Sussex; secretary, F. W. Fenn, of WUmlngton;
treasurer. Oscar C. Draper, of WUmlngton; Executive Com-
mittee, John M. Harvey and Joseph P. WllUams, of Wilming-
ton, and Elmer Outten, of Lewes.
The G>]of ado
ft
The thirteenth annual meeting of the Colorado Pharma-
ceutical Association was held at Denver on June 10 and 11.
A committee was appointed to confer with the State Medical
Association regarding proposed changes In the Pharmacy
law. It was agreed that the members would decUne to take
out the $25 State liquor tax law and would discontinue the
sale of liquor. The foUowlng names were submitted to the
Qovemor from which to select a member of the Board of
Pharmacy: H. Reynolds, A. L. Clark, C. J. Clasrton, W. L.
Shockey, A. W. Scott. S. L. Bresler, F. J. Ford, John Martin,
Charles H. WeUs, E. Ewlng.
It was decided to hold the next convention at the Ramona
Hotel, Manltou. about the middle of June, 1903. The election
of officers resulted as follows: President, A. W. Scott; first
vice-president, C. J. Clayton; second vice-president D. Y.
Wheeler; secretary, C. B. Ward; treasurer, J. Fetzer.
BOARD OF PHARMACY ELECTION.
Board Isfnores Attomey-GeneraPs Decision — ^East Side
Assocfatfon Applies for a Pcfcmptory Writ of Man-
damtis — ^Motion Denied by * Justice of Suprenie
Courts Who Criticises Notice Issued by the Board-
Reference to Citizenship Requirement Characterized
as ** Improper ^' and ^ Mere Surplusagfe^ Having: No
Binding: Force ^—Election Passes Off Smoothly—
C« O* Big:cIow Elected by a Qose Vote* ,
The past two weeks have been filled with incident for local
pharmacists. Pleaders of the Amebicait Dbuooist are familiar
with the ambiguous wording of the amendment to the phar-
macy law, which, according to an opinion handed down by
the Attorney-General of the State, had the effect of ending
the term of all five members of the board for the eastern
branch, despite the fact that the amendment conflicted with
another section of the pharmacy law proTiding that the term
of only one member of the board should expire annually. The
local board decided to ignore the opinion of the Attorney-
General and issue a notice of election for one member only
to succeed Clarence O. Bigelow, whose term expires this year.
This notice was published in the Amebicak Dbugoist for June
0, on page 814. The hours fixed by the board being deemed
inconyenient and too short, the board, on the representations
of the local pharmaceutical associations, issued on June 9 an
amended notice to the eifect that the election would be held
on June 17 between a.m. and 8 p.m.
The New York Retail Druggists' Association through coun-
sel secured a writ calling upon the board, through its secre-
tary, Sidney Faber, to show cause why the board should not
call for an election for all five members of the eastern branch,
instead of for one member. Counsel for the association also
asked for a decision on the alleged impropriety committed by
the board in restricting the qualification of those entitled to*
vote to citizens of the State of New York.
The hearing took place before Justice Blanchard in Part 1,
Special Term, on Friday, June 18. Former Supreme Court
Justice Joseph F. Daly appeared for the New York Retail
Druggists' Association, and the Board of Pharmacy was repre-
sented by Wm. L. Perkins. Briefs were submitted by counsel
for both parties and an immediate decision asked for.
On Saturday, June 14, Justice Blanchard handed down a
decision denying the application, so far as it related to the
issuance of a new call for an election, but sustaining the con-
tention of counsel for the New York Retail Dmgngists' Asso>-
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elation in regard to tJie right of non-citlasens to vote. The
decision in fnll read as follows:
SUPBBMB COURT— SPECIAL TBBM. PART I.
By Blanchakd^ J.
People ea rel N. Y. Retail Druggists* Association vs. State Board
of Pharmacy of State of New York. — ^Thls Is an application for a per-
emptory writ of mandamus to compel the State Board of Pharmacy
to Issae a new call for a meeting to De held in June of this year. The
tlrst claim advanced by the relator Is that the notice calls for the
election of but one member of the State board, whereas it should pro-
vide for the election of five. The solution of this Question Involves a
construction of Chapter 218 of the Laws of 1902. This act^ amended
Subdivisions 2 and 4 of Section 190 of the- Public Health Law. ^ By
Subdivision 3 of the Public Health Law it was provided that there
should be five members elected from what is in the act designated the
Eastern District, and It was therein further provided that those elected
the first year soould by lot choose the length of the term of each
member, so that the term of one member should be for one year, the
term of another for two years, one for three years, one for four years
and the last for five years. It Is the relator's contention that the
amendatory act of 1902 is complete In Itself and provides for a new
6 Ian of election of members of the State board from the Bastern
^strict, and that If there are inconsistent or conflicting provisions
remaining In the old act they must necessarily give way to the new.
Without entering upon a detailed discussion of the provisions of the
' act and the amendments adopted at the last session oi the Legislature,
It Is sufllclent to say that. If the construction urged by the relator is
adopted, it would be In effect a determination that the term of office
of ute members of the board was shortened to one year, thus repealing
by implication Subdivision 3 of Section 190 of the Public Health Law.
liils subdivision is not referred to In the amendment of Subdivisions
2 and 4 by the law of 1902. The original statute and the amendments
must be read as one act. as though passed at one time (Goldman vs.
O'Kennedy, 49 Hun, 160; Lyon vs. Man. R'y, 142 N. Y., 303). I
think that it was not intended by the amendment to Subdivision 4 to
change the terms of office of the members of the State board as is pro-
vlded for by Subdivision 3. To construe this otherwise would be a
violation of well settled principles of the law applicable to the con-
struction of statutes (Davis vs. Supreme Lodge. 166 N. T.. 166, 167)
and a repeal by implication of a portion of the statute which can be
reconciieo with the new enactments. I conclude, therefore, that it was
not Intended to make any change in the term of office of the members
of the board, and that the term of but one member expiring this year,
the election of one member is all that is called for. It is further con-
tended by the relator that a new notice is necessary under Subdivision
4 as amended, because the meeting Is called for 2.80 p.m.. and that
that hour would not afford opportunity for the 4,500 pharmacists
qualified to vote to cast their votes. It appears, however, that this
has been remedied by an amended notice to the effect that the elee>
tion would be held between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. This would seem a suffi-
cient and reasonable time for the election. The relator further com-
plains that the notice is Improper In that it restricts the qualification
of those entitled to vote to citizens of the State of New York. I think
that portion of the notice improper, for no such restriction Is con-
tained in the statute, and, if otnerwlse qualified to vote as provided by
the statute, this would not act as a disqualification. However, the act
simply provides for a notice, stating the time and place of the meeting,
and the restrictions voluntarily Inserted In the notlcie may be regarded
as mere surplusage and as having no binding force. I am, therefore,
of the opinion that the notice, as sent, Is a sufficient compliance with
the statute and no new call Is necessary. The motion should be denied,
without costs.
The election accordingly took place at the College of Phar-
macy, 115 West Sixty-eighth street, on June 17. The polls
were opened promptly at 9 o'clock a.m. by Acting President
Dr. Albert H. Bmndage, who read the official announcement
of the election, together with an excerpt from the pharmacy
law defining the qualifications of voters. No person, he said,
was eligible to vote unless he was a resident of one of the
counties of New York or Westchester, and a member of the
New York State Pharmaceutical Association, and a licensed
pharmacist or druggist, or a member of an incorporated phar-
maceutical association or society, in one of said counties,
whose members are required to be licensed pharmacists or
druggists. He named Sidney Faber as clerk of election, and
George S. De Lacey, assistant clerk of election. Inspectors of
election were appointed by him as follows: A. G. Searles (for
the New York State Pharmaceutical Association), S. V. B.
Swann (for the Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association); Oscar
Goldmann and Gharles S. Erb (for the German Apothecaries*
Society), Peter Diamond (for the New York Retail Druggists*
Association), L. B. Epstein (for the Drug Clerks' Circle), Louis
Garbarlno (for the Italian Pharmaceutical Society), Theodore
Trau (for the New York Pharmaceutical Clerks* Association),
Dr. A. L. Goldwater (for the Greater New York Phai^maceu-
tical Socle^).
The clerk of election was kept busy receiving ballots from
the moment the polls opened. S. V. B. Swann, secretary of
tthe Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association, was the first
voter to deposit his ballot. Up to noon 237 ballots had been
oast. Everything ran along very smoothly until a member of
the Italian Pharmaceutical Society discovered that he had
deposited his ballot in the box reserved for credentials. When
he attempted to rectify his mistake and vote again, objection
was made by Insi)ector Diamond, of the New York Retail
Druggists* Association. His objection was overruled by Act-
ing Chairman W. L. Bradt, of Albany, who was In charge of
tlie election during the temporary absence of President Brun-
•dage. Mr. Diamond took an exception to the ruling of the
'Chair and asked that his exception be noted. Inspector Searles
thereupon addressed the chair and entered a pointed objection
to the methods of Inspector Diamond and his assistants In
coaching members of the New York Retail Druggiats' Asso-
ciation and of the Drug Clerks* Circle for voting. President
Bmndage, who had meanwhile returned and assumed direc-
tion of the voting, cautioned Mr. Diamond againat elec-
tioneering or assisting voters, and requested him to at once
desist from the practice, which, he said, was objectionable.
It was seen early in the day by the friends of Mr. Bigelow
that unless some steps were taken to bring out their vote he
would lose the election, so the telephone was brought into
requisition and saved the day for him. The polls were closed
at 3 o'clock p.m., when tellers were appointed as follows:
Arthur C. Searles, George Schweinfurth and Peter Diamond.
The counting of the vote was conducted by Mr. Searles and
occupied nearly an hour. The vote was very close, standing
thus:
Joseph Weinstein, 204.
Clarence O. Bigelow, 210.
Mr. Bigelow was then declared elected and the result was
accepted by both sides, thus concluding a most harmoniously
conducted election. Dr. Bmndage made an admirable pre-
siding officer, and much favorable comment was heard on all
sides regarding the excellent judgment which he displayed in
deciding knotty points as they arose. He was absolutely
Impartial and fair in all his decisions.
MANHATTAN ASSOQATION IN SESSION*
Endowed Bed in Presbyterian Hospital for Members —
Gift of A* C* Searles -NumefOtts Aequisitians to
Membership List — Many Re|ectk>ns — ^Little Intefest
Taken in Syracuse DtuggiMis^ Movement to Amend
the F.TCfsc Law — Members
The first provision of its kind ever made for a druggist
attacked by sickness or disease was announced at the June
meeting of the Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association, when
Arthur C. Searles, the chairman of the Committee on Finance,
offered the use of an endowed bed in the Presbyterian Hos-
pital for members of the Manhattan Pharmaceutical Asso*
elation whenever it might be needed. The use of the bed can
be obtained upon application to the secretary of the asso-
ciation, who will communicate with the donor, and no delay
need be experienced in the way of formalities. The announce-
ment by Mr. Searles was greeted with every mark of approval
and his offer gratefully accepted.
The meeting was called to order by President Charles S.
Erb on June 16 at 9:20 o'clock p.m., with a fair attendance
despite the Inclement weather. The minutes of the preceding
meeting were read by Secretary Swann, and after a slight
verbal correction by Mr. Searles, adopted. Treasurer George
H. Hitchcock reported disbursements during the month
amounting to $34.15; Income from dues, $168.75; this, with a
balance in the treasury from the previous month of $87.50,
leaving a net balance in the treasury of $167.10. Reports of
various committees were called for. Felix Hlrseman, chair-
man of the Committee on Legislation, expressed pleasure in
stating that his labors had not yet begun. A. C. Searles for
the Committee on Finance reported the auditing of several
bills, and called the secretary's attention to a charge for letter
heads, which he deemed excessive. F. O. Collins, for the
Committee on Trade Interests, reported progress. For the
Committee on Membership, W. H. Ebbitt reported seventy-one
applications. The names were read by the secretary and bal-
loting was proceeded with under a suspension of the rule, and
fourteen applicants were rejected. The names and addresses
of the fifty-seven new members elected are: Sophia Norwalk,
1101 Union avenue; Walter Mohr,366 West Twenty-fifth street;
Eppo Frey, 156th street, comer Union avenue; Louis F. Carell,
913 Forest avenue; Emil J. Maring, 2436 Second avenue; Fred
Kleinschmldt, 579 Columbus avenue; Glacomo Rosapepe, 3
Elizabeth street; Guiseppe Lisantl, 3 Elizabeth street; Ralph
Robbius, 539 Lenox avenue; Joseph L. Well, 67 Wall street;
Boros KohosofF, 1414 Fifth avenue; Henry Jacoby, 33 Avenue
B; Samuel Epstein, 331 Madison street; Herman L. P. Dehn-
hoff, 306 Hudson street; Paul Doege, Unionport road. Van
Nest; Louis J. Besthoff, 359 Second avenue; Fred J. Congleton,
2621 Broadway; Edward W. Graupner, 700 Second avenue;
Joseph Link, 193 East Houston street; NicoM Oalivl, 261 Eliza-
beth street; Emll Castka, 1370 First avenue; Marlborough
Hall, 1322 Broadway; Harry Collins, 455 West Fiftieth street;
Charles H. Lowe, 761 Amsterdam avenue; Solomon Scheuer,
1674 Avenue A; George Schoenchen. 622 Ninth avenue; Oscar
C. Weinman, 173 Seventh avenue; Henry A. Salmon, Hudson,
comer Canal street; Henry A. Weingarten, 450 Third avenue;
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JohB WaldmaB, 842 East Seventy-first street; Bdward H.
Schaff/798 Eighth avenu^; Gh. Bernstein, 61 Eldrldge street;
Bdward P. Pfaff, 279 Lenox avenue; Thomas J. Fumlval, 163
West Sixty-fourth street; Howard J. Herchenrader, 1734 Am-
sterdam avente; Edward Sher, 1344 Park avenue; Joseph de
Biaso, 71 Thompson street; Lawrence Zulo, 248 Mott street;
Ernest R. M. Pecoraro, 45 Spring street; Wesley C. Foster,
866 Sixth avenue; Alexander J. Silverman, 483 Brook avenue;
Jacob Nichman, 30 Avenue D; Frederick K. James, 700 Eighth
avenue; Frederick K. Schmidt, 328 East Forty-third street;
Max Auerbach, 1998 Webster avenue; Henry W. Kleber, 803
Second avenue; Otto P. M. Ganis, 1893 Second avenue; Julius
Goetze, 868 Lexington avenue; Timothy Kahn, 956 East 165th
street; Severio A. Mascia, 599 Morris avenue; Louis Schnaier,
101 West Seventy-sixth street; Emil Eisentrager, 1530 Madison
avenue; Emil Eichler, 1735 First avenue; William Roschen.
301 Third avenue; Frank L. Kirchoff, 2183 Third avenue; Chas.
H. Bjorkwall, 439 Manhattan avenue; Fred H. Helbig, 121
Amsterdam avenue.
A report by George E. Schweinfurth of the proceedings of
the Conference Committee of the various associations which
met to nominate candidates for the vacancy in the Board of
Pharmacy was read by the secretary. The report, which
closed with a statement that ** although the meeting was not
harmonious, good feeling prevailed," was ordered received
and placed on file. A communication was read from the Syra-
cuse Druggists' Association in reference to the proposed
amendment to the Liquor Tax Law which the association in-
tends to submit for ratification by the New York State Phar-
maceutical Association at the Blmira meeting. Secretary
Swann moved that the delegates from the Manhattan Phar-
maceutical Association to the Elmira meeting be given power
to confer with the Syracuse delegates and extend support, but
this motion' was opposed by several members, who contended
that the present law was satisfactory to druggists, and if an
attempt were made to get a license to sell liquor at retail
pharmacists would lose their present privileges. The matter
was disposed of by referring the letter to the Legislative Com-
mittee. A Committee on Revision of the By-Laws was asked
for by Secretary Swann, and a motion was adopted looking to
the appointment of three members for that purpose. On mo-
tion of A. C. Searles, seconded by Oscar Goldmann, the candi-
dacy of C. O. Bigelow for election to the Board of Pharmacy
to succeed himself was indorsed.
After adjournment the members were invited upstairs by
the Entertainment Committee, where an elaborate luncheon
awaited them. The wants of the gathering were attended to
by Fred Borggreve in a manner which endeared that enter-
prising and genial gentleman to all. In addition to refresh-
ments for the inner man there were music and singing by
the R. D. B. A. Glee Club, and the entertainment on the whole
was voted a complete success, the committee in charge at the
close being tendered a rising vote of thanks.
BROOKLYN DRUGGISTS CONVENE.
Kxcfsr Matters Discussed — ^Kings Cotinty Still in the
N. A* R* D* — ^Appropriation Voted and Deleg^ates
Elected — Trading; Stamps Denounced — Diamond
Locket for Senator Audett*
The regular monthly meeting of the Kings County Phar-
maceutical Society was held at the Brooklyn College of Phar-
macy on Tuesday, June 10, President Oscar C. Kleine, pre-
siding. After the minutes of the previous meeting had been
read by Secretary Tuthill and approved, five new members
were elected, as follows: Walter Bryan, M.D., Albert W.
Cole, F. E. Crispin, O. J. N. Dleckmann, Wm. J. Lindemann,
Paul Nicolai and C. S. Ramee.
Dr. P. W. Ray, treasurer, reported a balance on hand in
the 80Ciety*s treasury, on June 10, of $491.75, and in the
college treasury on May 20, $2,932,10.
A communication was read by Secretary Tuthill from the
Syracuse Druggists' Association relative to amendments to
the State Excise Law and recommending the adoption of a
modified liquor tax license for pharmacists which would
allow the sale of 32 ounces of liquor without a physician's
prescription, the license fee to be $100 in places of 5,000 or
more population, and from that figure down to $50 in places hav-
ing fewer inhabitants. The communication, which asked that
the matter be brought up at the State Association meeting,
was referred to the Legislative Committee. The opinion was
expressed at. the meeting, however, that it would be absurd
to think that a druggist should haf e, for $75 or $100, the
same rights as are enjoyed under the present retail license.
which costs $400 or $500. Much doubt was expressed that
such an amendment would be passed by the State Legislature.
One of the most important matters that came before the
meeting was the question of withdrawing from the National
Association of Retail Druggists. Inquiry among members
of the society showed that some favored withdrawing, while
others believed the organisation should continue its member-
ship in the N. A. R. D. A compromise, however, was effected,
it being suggested that Instead of withdrawing or of paying
the full dues based on the pro rata representation that the
King^ County Society is entitled to, the amount of ^G
be paid to the N. A. R. D., thereby continuing the society's
membership in the National Association and permitting of
representation by two delegates. Wm. Muir was nominated
and elected a delegate to serve with W. C. Anderson.
Attention was called by Secretary Tuthill to the fact that
the trading stamp people are again in evidence in Brooklyn.
A motion was passed disapproving the trading stamp sys-
tem, and that postal cards be sent to all members of the
society notifying them of the reappearance of the system In
Brooklyn.
William Muir spoke of the approaching State meeting and
urged members to attend. Secretary Tuthill made a few
remarks about the new college building. Subscriptions for
the building fund were taken up at the meeting, amounting to
over $500, one of those present. Dr. A. D. Lindemann, a
graduate of the college, alone giving $100.
A very handsome gold watch charm, or locket, set with
a large diamond, presented to State Senator Arthur J. Audett
by the Kings County Pharmaceutical Society, was shown at
the meeting. It was presented to Senator Audett as a token
of appreciation of the valuable services he rendered at Al-
bany last winter in pharmacy legislation.
President Kleine announced the following standing com-
mittees for the ensuing year:
Legislative Committee-^Wm. Muir, T. J. Prance, Adrian
Paradis, A. B. Hegeman and C. O. Douden. Committee on
Trade Interests— William C. Anderson, J. G. Wlscherth and
J. H. Dahlbender. Revision of Pharmacopoeia— Jno. F. Geld-
ing, A. P. Lohness, H. W. Schimpf, A. C. Mangan and Jno.
Ketterle. Library Committee— B. H. Bartley, J. A. ScheUing,
J. H. Droge, Andrew Myhr and C. A. Kunkel. Committee on
Affairs Pertaining to Pharmacy— W. P. De Forest, Jos. E.
Ried and F. E. Niece.
EXCISE CASES DROPPED.
Governor OdeU Believed to Have ^ Called Off ^ State
• >lt»MV» i ^
The State Excise Department's crusade against retail drug-
gists in this city and through the State, which created such
a stir some time ago, has apparently come to a full stop. So
far as can be learned the department has not yet instituted
proceedings against any of the 200 odd retailers who were
charged with having violated the provisions of the liquor tax
law in that they sold liquor without a physician's prescrip-
tion; and present indications are that the cases will be
dropped, if they have not been already. The excise authori-
ties, for some reason or other, seem to have suddenly ac-
quiesced,* although not because of any general compliance on
the part of the accused parties with the department's Invita-
tion to contribute $500 each for alleged Infractions of the
excise law. With possibly very few exceptions, druggists
who received the notices have ignored them beyond placing
the matter in the hands of counsel, either individually or
through their various associations.
Henry M. Cantwell, of Cantwell, Moore & McDonald, at-
torneys, retained by the members of the Manhattan Pharma-
ceutical Association to look after the interests of those mem-
bers who were accused by the department, told a representa-
tive of the AujEBiCAN Druggist that the excise authorities
had not taken any further steps In the matter, and he did not
expect that they would. "The wide publicity given to the
department's wholesale crusade against druggists," said he
"together with politics, no doubt caused the department to
abandon what it set out to accomplish. The fall campaign
is coming on and it is my opinion that the party in power
do not care to have this excise matter used against them
at the polls, as it probably would be. None of the members
of the Manhattan Association have complied with the notice
and druggists who did are now sorry, doubtless, for their
action. I don't believe you will hear anything further from
the matter. If the Bxcise Department does begin proceed-
ings, we are, of conirse, fully prepared to put up a strong
defense." *
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William Lh Perkins, of Butler & Perkins, counsel to the
Kings County Pharmaceutical Society, declined to discuss
the excise matter, saylng^ that as he had been retained by
druggists in Ihese cases he did not think it proper for him
to talk for publication.
Tliat politics has had something to do with the dropphig
of the excise suits by the State Commissioner is a belief
held by others as well as Mr. Cantwell. An up-State phar-
macist, for instance, told an Ahkbican Dbuogist reporter
that recently a prominent druggist of that section went to
GoTemor Odell and informed him that it was proposed to
make a State issue of the matter if the Excise Commissioner
should continue his suits against druggists, and the Republi-
cans would lose the vote of every druggist in the State. On
this representation, it is said, Excise Commissioner Oullinan
was requested not to push the cases.
GICEATEIt NEW YOILK.
ONtMUf.
JAMES HABTFOBD.
James Hartford, vice-president of the Schoellkopf, Hart-
ford & Hanna Company, dealers in crude drugs and chemicals
and aniline colors and coal tar products at 100 William street,
died on Thursday night, June 12, in the German Hospital, this
city, from the effects of an operation which has been per-
formed the day previous. The intelligence of his death came
as a shock and surprise to the drug trade, of which, for many
years, he had been an influential member. Mr. Hartford was
bom in Queens County, Ireland, in 1846, and was thus 56
years of age at the time of his death. He received a part of
his education in Kilkenny College, and served an apprentice-
ship to the drug business with the firm of Boileau & Boyd, in
Dublin. In 1878 he was registered as a member of the Phar-
macuetical Society of Ireland, having passed the requisite
examination, and the year following he went to London, where
he was employed as buyer by the firm of Burgoyne, Burbidges
& Co. In 1883 he came to the United States and settled in
New York, entering the employ of McKesson & Bobbins. The
firm of Schoellkopf, Hartford & McLagan were formed in
1888, and were succeeded in 1900 by the present firm of
Schoellkopf, Hartford & Hanna Company.
Mr. Hartford was instrumental with the late Alfred Henry
Mason in founding the New York Section of the Society of
Chemical Industry, and seldom missed a meeting. He was a
charter member of the New York Drug Trade Clul), a trustee
of the Chemists' Club, a member of the American Chemical
Society, and one of the council of the Drug Trade Section of
the New York Board of Trade and Transportation. He is
survived by a widow and one child.
HABBY O. HIBBABD.
Harry C. Hibbard, secretary of the Carter Medicine Com-
pany, died at his residence in Brooklyn on June 6 at the age
of 58. While Mr. Hibbard was not very widely known among
the drug trade, his 23 years' connection with the Carter Medi-
cine Company brought him into contact with a good many
wholesalers and members of the Proprietary Association, and
he was greatly esteemed for his probity of character and
genial disposition. It is only a short time since the Carter
Medicine Company lost another valuable servant in Joseph
A. Toy.
BOSWBLL VAN BUSKIBE.
Roswell Van Buskirk, the inventor of Sozodont, died sud-
denly at St. James' Hospital in Newark, N. J., on May 19, at
the age of 78. Mr. Van Buskirk was bom in PeekskiU, N. Y.
When 21 years of age he went to Newark, establishing a drug
business at the northwest comer of Broad and Market
streets, the store now occupied by Charles Holzhauer. For
about 20 years Mr. Van Buskirk continued in business, and
then sold out to Mr. Holzhauer, after accumulating consider-
able money. His name is very widely known in connection
with his discovery of Sozodont. He is survived by one son
and three daughters.
DANIEL W. HESELTIlfE.
Daniel W. Heseltine, a leading citizen of Portland, Me.,
and one of the best Imown druggists in the State, died at his
residence in Bast Deering, a suburb of Portland, on June 14,
aged 45. He learned the drug business of W. W. Whipple in
Portland. In 1877 he opened a pharmacy on Congress street,
Portland, and was for a time in partnership with George O.
Tuttle. The deceased was prominent in the Maine Pharma-
ceutical Association and the Board of Pharmacy. He served
as president of the former for nine years, and for several years
was chairman of the latter. He was a man of remarkable
personal popularity, being genial and companionable. A widow
two children and two sisters survive him.
C. T. Boswell, a prominent retail dmggist, of Bockford, 111.,
spent a few days recently in the local drug trade.
Willis H. Lowe, president of the WUlis H. Lowe Company,
of Boston, visited New York last week, where he was a guest
at the Drug Trade Club.
An involuntary petition in bankruptcy has been filed against
the George B. Wray Drag Company, of Yonkers. The debts
of the company amount to |60,(K)0.
Dr. F. Engelhorn, head of the firm of C. F. Boehringer &
Soehne, of Mannheim, Germany, is in New York looking after
the interest of the American branch of his widely known
house.
Members of the German Apothecaries' Society enjoyed their
annual outing at Glenwood, L. I., on Thursday of last week.
The usual games, bowling matches, etc., were indulged in, and
the affair proved a most successful one.
George Leinecke's drug store, at the comer of Mott and
Houston streets, seems to be a favorite mark for burglars.
Although within a stone's throw of police headquarters, it was
robbed for the second time several days ago.
The Davis Lawrence Company, of New York, have been
incori>orated to manufacture pharmaceutical preparations
with a capital of $100,000, and the following" directors: W. V.
D. Lawrence, J. S. Bates, of New York City, and Robert Colt,
of New London, Conn.
An incorporation of Interest to New York druggists is that
of the Tremont Drug Company, capitalized at $10,000, with
the following directors: F. T. Doll, William C. Figner and
Richard Grant. Mr. Figner is well known as the head of the
Strickland Drug Agency.
E. A. Schaefer, a well-known pharmacist, of Pittsburgh,
and Prof. Julius A. Koch; of the College of Pharmacy, of that
city, visited members of the drug trade here a few days ago on
their way home from Porto Rico, where they spent some time
making a tour of the island.
A certificate of Incorporation has been issued at Albany to
A. H. MissUdine & Co., of New York City, who are to operate
retail drug stores throughout the city. The capital stock of
the firm is placed at $25,000, and the following directors are
named: A. H. Misslldlne, C. S. Dumphe and C. P. Colwell.
Judge Adams, of the United States District Court, has
granted a discharge in bankruptcy to Wm. H. Rlker, of 122
West Seventy-fourth street, formerly a well known druggist
at Sixth avenue and Twenty-third street, who filed a petition
in bankruptcy on September 4, 1900. with liabilities $192,841.
The Wlcke Drug Company, of Brooklyn, have been char-
tered by the Secretary of State, to deal in drugs, chemicals,
medicines and merchandise. The capital stock Is $100,000,
divided into shares of $100 each, and the directors are, for
the first year. Louis Wlcke, Emma Wlcke and Julius Moje, of
Brooklyn.
The latest invention of the non-refiUable bottle genius pro-
vides for the insertion in the glass during the process of manu-
facture of the bottle of a coin, of one cent denomination, so
that the consumer will destroy the bottle to get the cent. R.
W. Pokrop. of New Haven, Conn., has been issued patent No.
698,135 on this idea.
John N. Peterson, the well known member of the Bayonne
(N. J.) Pharmaceutical Association, who was married recently,
was presented with a wedding present in the shape of a
handsome gold plated stand and vase by the members of his
association at the last meeting in May. The presentation was
made by President Charles H. Landell.
The many friends of Thomas F. Main, president of Tarrant
& Co.. will be glad to learn that a number of gentlemen con-
nected with the drug trade have interested themselves in the
affairs of his firm, and have in hand a plan for the pur-
chase and reorganization of the business. The sale of the
business at public auction takes place at 21 Jay street to-day
at 2 p.m.
The most successful June meeting in the history of the
New York College of Pharmacy was presided over by Presi-
dent Chandler on June 17, between 50 and 60 members being
present. After disposing of the routine business. Professor
Coblentz gave a stereopticon exhibition of fancy German
postal cards, which was followed by a collation and several
Informal talks.
W. C. Alpers. who now conducts the Alpers pharmacy, at
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47 West Thlrty-flrat street, bas sold his store at Saratoga
Springs to his former clerk^ Oharles H. McDowelL Mr.
Alpers opened the store in Saratoga a year ago. His successor
is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, class
of '88, who was formerly In the employ of Caswell, Massey
& Co., Broadway and Twenty-fifth street.
Prof. J. H. Beal, of Scio, Ohio, passed through New York
last week on his way to Longpott, N. J., to consult with Pro-
fessor Remington on affairs connected with the revision of
the United States Pharmacopceia. Professor Beal is a mem-
ber of the State Legislature of Ohio, and has been largely
instrumental In securing a revision of the State Pharmacy law,
which is now considered one of the most ably drawn measures
on the statute books.
A lire among the drug^ in the cellar of the drug store of
Frank Gundlech at 106th street and Columbus avenue
caused a stampede among a number of people drink-
ing at the soda fountain. A negro porter went into the
cellar for some drugs and, upon lighting a match, saw sev-
eral packages buruing. He shouted " Fire! " and this cleared
the store quickly. Above the store Is a large apartment house,
and these apartments were also quickly emptied. An alarm
was sent in and the fire was extinguished with loss of about
$1,000.
Nothing has been learned of the whereabouts of William
G. Vogt, a druggist, of Mineola, L. I., who disappeared from
the village, leaving his wife and three weeks' old baby be-
hind him, several weeks ago. A Mrs. Schenck disappeared
from Mineola simultaneously with Vogt, and the impression
is that the couple have gone to Havana, Cuba. All that re-
mained of his drug business was sold on June 5 by the sheriff
of Nassau County, under an execution in favor of Henry B.
C. Kuehn, wholesale druggist, of Brooklyn, on a judgment
for $69.
A well attended meeting of the Bushwick Pharmaceutical
Association was held on Monday evening, June 9, with Presi-
dent E. Wagner in the chair. After routine business had been
transacted the rest of the evening was given to social enjoy-
ment, a pleasant feature of the occasion being the phonograph
entertainment furnished «by Henry Koob. There were several
visitors present, among them being Drs. Kirk, Bartruff,
Schneider and Muir. The Bushwick Association was origi-
nally formed to lend its support to the N. A. R. D. It is now
a permanent organization to promote harmony and good fel-
lowship in the trade. Messrs. Wagner, Koob and Oscar C.
Kleine were named as delegates to the State meeting at Bl-
mira.
Interest 2n the Elinfara Meetmf •
Several prominent members of the trade in this city left
to-day to attend the annual convention of the State Pharma-
ceutical Association, which begins in Blmira to-morrow. Not
a few of the delegates experienced considerable difficulty in
securing satisfactory hotel accommodation, but they will, no
doubt, be well taken care of by Elmira pharmacists. Unusual
interest centers in the convention this year, and particularly
in what action will be taken on a number of important mat-
ters, such as the excise problem, amendments to the State
Pharmacy law and membership in the National Association of
Retail Druggists. An article on the excise question appears
elsewhere in this issue, and the subject is also discussed edi-
torially. It is rather uncertain whether the State Association
will withdraw from the N. A. R. D. or not Some of the dele-
gates will very likely urge withdrawing, while others will
argue strongly for continuing the membership in the national
organization. The latter will point out that while the N. A.
R. D. has not accomplished all that was expected of it in this
city, it has, nevertheless, done a great deal of good work;
that absolutely nothing would be gained by withdrawing,
whereas continuing the membership would materially aid the
national body In ultimately attaining its object. In other
words, they believe the N. A. R. D. should be encouraged
rather than discouraged in its work. The State Association
will, no doubt, deprecate continual tinkering with the State
Pharmacy law. However, It may be deemed necessary to in-
troduce a bill next year to eliminate the ambiguity in the Hill
amendment passed at the last session of the Legislature, rela-
tive to the election of members of the Eastern branch of the
State Board of Pharmacy. If this is done the suggestion will
probably also be made that in the elections In the Middle and
Western sections the voting franchise be extended the same
as it was in the Eastern section, the idea being to have the
practice uniform In this respect. In support of this proposi-
tion it is urged that the Hill amendment has proven to be a
great stimulus to organization work.
WES1[iaW;^W YORK.
Buffalo Membm of tfie State AiMdation XTUl Co to Bbnifa In a
Spedal Car— Large Delegation Expected— XTanti of the Boffalo
Bilefnbcn in the XTay of Pltsms— N« A* R. D. to Gome In for
a Roasting— R Y. S. P. A* Has a Rodin Pkkle f or Of fidal of
the National OfganUatioa— Obiefvatioas on a Typewriter and
lU Work.
{From our Regular Correspondent.)
Buffalo, June 20.— The Buffalo druggists are going to the
annual convention of the State Pharmaceutical Association
at Elmira in a special car and expect to be able to fill it
without any difficulty. The delegation promises to present
the outward appearance of a political club bound for the
periodical fight up country somewhere over the candidates
for office, though it does not appear that there is any politics
In the movement. Peace and pleasure sometimes make as
good a showing, as war and this is one of the times. It does
not appear that Buffalo wants much of anything, and it also
appears that she can have what she wants without any
demonstration.
FBBIilNQ TOWARD THB N. A. R. D.
There are Indications that the burning question at the
convention is to be something like this. " How best and most
thoroughly to roast the N. A. B. D." If it happens that
some one else has a better formula than any one from the
western metropolis of the State, that ** some one " will prob-
ably be given the chance, for thoroughness and dispatch are
the requirements; nobody cares who turns on the fire. It
appears that the officials of the National Association have
been informed of the rod in pickle for them, and Secretary
Wooten has used the typewriter quite freely and voluminously
to show that nothing he la about to be accused of has really
been committed and nothing is in anybody's mind but the
most positive support and following of the State Association.
Nobody thought of putting Organizer Bottume on the travel-
ing circuit for any but the most fraternal reasons, and, really,
if he had not been started out through Western New York
getting up new associations before the Buffalo meeting waa
held last fall he would have been withdrawn before he was
started out. As it was he simply couldn't stop— or something
to that effect. ,, .^ . ^ ,
Still the typewriter does not seem to prevail, so it is freely
charged that the late work of the N. A. B. D. has been
directly exercised to undermine the State Association. Presi-
dent Stoddart's message before the comhig State meeting
will take up the cud— but that is another story.
ABOUT A RETAIL DRUG OOUBINE.
A Buffalo paper makes the statement that efforts are on
foot to combine the drug stores of that city, with some pros-
pect of success. It quotes President Stoddart, of the State
Pharmaceutical Association, as saying that he had been
approached on the subject. When asked about the story by
the American Druggist correspondent, Mr. Stoddart said
there had been something of the sort broached from the
direction of New York, but he was paying no attention to it
" Do you think such a thing possible ? " was asked.
" There are plenty of drug stores in the city that could be
bought," he said rather dryly, " though I doubt whether they •
would be the stores that would be wanted in a combine."
He added that Stoddart Brothers would hardly sell out
for any price that a combine promoter would be likely to pay.
The new wholesale store of the Pharmacal Drug Company,
of Buffalo, began to take orders on June 16.
MINOR NEWS HAPPENINGS.
John M. Andrews, late of the Sherman drug store, at Clyde,
has engaged as managing clerk with J. A. Lockle, Buffalo.
Carl Westling, of Jamestown, and a graduate of the Buffalo
College of Pharmacy, has taken a clerkship wth Hugh A.
Sloan, Buffalo.
There are still several delinquent druggists before the
courts in Buffalo, cited there at the instance of the Western
Branch of the State Board of Pharmacy. A fine of ^
appears to follow a trial pretty regularly.
The June meeting of the Western Branch of the State
Board of Pharmacy has a list of 27 candidates for license
to consider. The plan is to hold the examination and then
pass on the papers at once, so that the six months' work will
be complete; then a full report can be made at the meeting of
the full board, which will be held at the State Association
as a matter of convenience.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
MASSACHUSETTS.
PENNSYLVANIA-
The Board of Hcaltb Advocatn State MamsiacHfre of Vacdne
Vifw— New QEHcm for the GoUigc— liv^ Canvas for the
Vacant Pfaoe oo tibo Board-EzfiibitB at tfio Medical Meeting*
(.PrtMfi our Regular Oorre$pondent.)
Boeton, June 20.— The Massachusetts Board of Health re-
ported to the Legislature recently Its inyestlgation of the
feasibility of manufacturing vaccine lymph. The board
recommends extending to the manufacture and distributing
of free vaccine lymph the system which has been in vogue in
regard to diphtheria antitoxin since 1806. The pharmacists
of this State are opposed to such manufacture by the board,
deeming it both unnecessary and carrying paternalism too
far. A vote was adopted at the recent meeting of the M. 8.
P. A. opposing the board in this project
OyFICKBS SLXCTXD BY THE COLLKQE.
A meeting of the trustees of the Massachusetts College of
Pharmacy was held at the college building June 9 for election
of officers. William D. Wheeler. Ph.G., was selected for presi-
dent Mr. Wheeler was graduated in the class of '90, of which
he was valedictorian. He has served the institution as trustee
since 1892 and has acted as secretary for eight or nine years.
He is prominent in pharmaceutical and public affairs and a
successful pharmacist He has been president of the M. 8.
P. A. and has been a Common Councilor and legislator. His
place of business is at 21 Massachusetts avenue. The other
officers are as follows: Vice-presidents, LinviUe H. Smith,
Ph.6., and Irving P. Gammon, Ph.Q.; secretary, George B.
Coleman, Ph.G.; treasurer, John G. Godding, Ph.G., and audi-
tor, Thomas B. Nichols.
THE CAHDIDATB8 FOB THE BOARD APFOINTICENT.
The recent meeting of the M. 8. P. A. was a scene of much
activity owing to a contest for selection for membership on
the delegation from which a successor will probably be chosen
to the vacancy caused by Amos K. Tilden's retirement from
the Board of Pharmacy. That is one reason for the record
breaking attendeance. J. Audley Thompson, who started his
campaign several months ago, was present and had supplied
the delegates with circulars setting forth his claims. But
Peter J. McCormick, of Downey & McCormick, Thompson
square, Charlestown, caused the most excitement temporarily,
for his friends journeyed to Northampton in a specially char-
tered car, and they looked after his interests in a creditable
manner. Neither of these candidates were successful, how-
ever, as the committee's recommendation of Messrs. Hubbard,
Sawyer and Fljmn was adopted by the association. But this
has not ended the contest wholly and it seems there is some
likelihood of its being continued on a sectional basis. That
is, it is claimed that the selection of Mr. Hubbard will leave
Boston without a representative. Mr. Hubbard is from New-
ton and Messrs. Sawyer and Flynn are Bostonians. All are
well and favorably known to the trade and Gk>vemor Crane
certainly has an excellent list from which to make a selection.
EXHIBITS AT THE MEDICAL XEETIirO.
The annual meeting of the Massachusetts Medical Society
was held at Mechanics' Building on June 11. There were
several exhibits of pharmaceutical products artistically ar-
ranged. Chief among these were the displays of the Armour
Laboratory, Armour & Co., Chicago, presided over by M. L.
H. Leavitt Ph.G.; Sharpe & Dohme, Baltimore, their Interests
being looked after by their New England representative,
Julian Forster; Parke, Davis & Co., Detroit in charge of B.
Plummer, who. is at present doing detail work in this vicinity;
Frederick Steams & Co., Detroit whose products were dis-
played by Albert Lamb; Schlotterbeck & Foss. Portland, Me.,
in the hands of Dr. Carter; Charles H. Phillips Chemical Com-
pany, New York, with Dr. Milliken officiating. The Inde-
pendent Pharmaceutical Company, of Worcester, and Otis
Clapp & Sons, of this city, were also among the exhibitors.
NEW ENGLAND NOTES.
Beverley's (Mass.) aldermen have decided not to grant any
sixth class licenses.
A. L. Upson, Cambridge, Mass., was recently fined |100 for
ihe alleged illegal sale of liquor. He appealed.
At the recent horse fair at Lowell, Mass., the handsome
pair of hackneys owned by C. I. Hood were awarded the blue
ribbon. Mr. Hood has been holding a farm sale and has re-
ceived excellent prices for many of his blooded cattle.
Arrests by tfie Camden Board of Health— DmggMs Fined for Sell-
ing Drags Below the Standard of tfie U & ?•— li U. S. P.
DistUled Water a PoMlbiltty? Question to he Invertlgale^-
Effect of tiie Coal Strike on PUlade^hla Dra ggist s P r epa ring
for the Semi-Centennial of the A* Ph. A.— A Laige Attendance
{From our Regular Correefiondent.)
Philadelphia, June 20.~While the hot weather has caused
a suspension of activity by the State Pharmaceutical Board
In tl\is city, it is not the case in Camden, across the river.
While the latter city is in New Jersey, it is often considered
a suburb of Philadelphia, since the Delaware Biver is all that
separates the two cities. The Camden Board of Health is
stirring matters up, and many druggists have recently found
to their sorrow that such a board was in existence. This
board has been making a careful investigation relative to
the sale of Impure drugs and other goods, and on what was
claimed to be good evidence a number of druggists were ar-
rested for the sale of weak tincture of opium and tincture of
iodine. The druggists made no defense and were fined. The
same board also arrested a druggist for the sale of distilled
water, it being claimed that It was not up to the standard
of purity required by the U. S. P. This druggist in defense,
said he had purchased the water from a leading wholesale
drug house in Philadelphia and believed it was as pure as
could be made.
It was ascertained that the druggist had purchased the
distilled water from the house he mentioned, but It had been
bought some time ago. This house now has Its chemists at
work, and It is believed that a test will be made to determine
what is really good distilled water. Some chemists say ttiat
water cannot be distilled to meet the requirements of the
U. S. P., as to do so it must be free of all organic matter.
This, It is claimed, it Is almost Impossible to accomplish, and
If the water Is not used as soon as it is distilled it will soon
deteriorate.
THE SKMI-CEKTENNIAL OF THE ▲. PH. A.
Strenuous efforts are being made to make the next meeting
of the American Pharmaceutical Association the greatest in
the history of the association. The committee that has the
entertaining of the visitors in charge has received suffidoit
replies to its communication as to who was going to attend
to permit It to say that the attendance will be one of the
largest in the history of the association. This committee
is now working upon a programme which, it Is thought will
be ready to be given out within a few days, as this week it
will be submitted to the council of the A. Ph. A., which is
the authority to whom all questions are referred for final
action. There is an earnest disposition on the part of the
trade here, jobbers, manufacturers and retailers alike, to
make the celebration worthy of the event, and they are put-
ting forth their best efforts to give the association a memo-
rable visit to this city. To entertain the visitors it Is estimated
that it will require at least $6,000, and many of the houses
have liberally contributed. It Is believed that there wlU be
no trouble in securing the necessary funds, as all are anxious
to do all they can to make the affair a success.
EFFECT OF THE GOAL STRIKE ON PHILADELPHIA DBUOOI8T8.
The anthracite coal miners* strike is still being felt by the
wholesale druggists. The bulk of the drug trade in the coal
region was done with the druggists in this city, and since the
strike the orders have fallen off to such an extent that at the
present time there is practically no business being done in
that regioiL It is an ill wind that blows no one good. The
shutting down of the hard coal mines has caused the manu-
facturing establishments in this city to use bituminous coal,
and shortly after work begins in the morning the sky is over-
cast with a dark cloud of smoke, which settles on the build-
ings and on the people. The inhaling of this smoke has
greatly aggravated bronchial troubles, and the retail drug-
gists are doing a thrivhig business in throat mixtures. Dr.
Solis-Cohen, a specialist In throat diseases, said that It was
his belief that breathing a smoke laden atmosphere was very
injurious to weak throats, leading on to catarrh and other
like diseases.
Outside of the strike region the drug houses in this city
are doing a good business, and since the first of the year
there has been a steady increase from all points throughout
the country. The trade with the South has shown a steady
improvement and nearly all houses here have representatives
throughout that territory.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEOTICAL RECORD.
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OHIO.
Tlhlrlictli QwwtifMif^jftififMf Ezcfdics of the Qncifiiiati GoUcfe — De-
ffcflt Goof crffed In the Zoplogioil Gafdto— Slot MiGhmci Batted
Out rfooi Poet Ottice SubitatiiMif*
\m
UGAN.
Ftttllier Gooiolldatloo In Capfulai— A Snnifliicf Oistfaie for Phar-
macevtical XTofkcta— Newi and Notea of the Slate Phimiariiti
(Frwn fmr Begu^r Correspondmi.)
Clndimatl, June 15.— The thirtieth annual commencement
and banquet of the Olndnnati Oollege of Pharmacy was held
Jane 5 at the Zoological Gardens. The attendance was the
largest in years and the novelty of holding the exercises in
the open, and under spreading trees, to the accompaniment
of musiCt was a pleasing innovation. Rev. Hugo Bisenlohr
opened the exercises wilh prayer, and Prof. Adolph Leue
followed with an interesting address, in which he discussed
the dispensing and compounding of drugs from remote ages
to the present time. Prof. Charles T. P. Fennell gave a most
interesting resumd of the work of the college, calling atten-
tion to the fact that the first graduate was present at this
commencement, Ck>l. Andrew Bain, the present secretary of
the college,* and chemist of the City Hospital. Prof. A. O.
Zwick, who was to have made an address, was delayed. Di-
plomas were awarded to 25 graduates, as follows:
BftdielorB of Pharmacy. Fh.B. — Qeo. H. Arkenan, Louis A Becker,
Harold O. Brower, Chaa. F. Bachanan, John li. Dil% Jr., Herman Da-
rand, Harry G. Oann, Walter G. Garber, Anna Uare, Arthar Hen-
dricks, F. C. Langfriti, jr.. Ward H. Lee, H. C. McKim. J. B. Martin,
A y. Monter, NT P. Sfeinhart. Geo. A. Nees, Jas. M. Riffe, O. B.
Bdialch, Bngene Bchenek, W. C. Schuler, Jr., Gordon Strawn, Brady G.
Wllliamo.
Pharmaceutical Chemists. Ph.C. — Maud B. Johns, Ph.B. ; William
H. Gansa, Ph.B. ; Bdw. A Onm. Ph.B.
The degrees were conferred by President John Ruppert.
Among the graduates was Mrs. Anna Hare, one of the Dea-
conesses at Ohrist Hospital, who will now dispense drugs at
the institutiouvin addition to her other duties. John Dils, Jr., was
given a silver medal for excellence in materia medica. Her-
man Durand carried off the prize for having the highest
average in practical chemistry, and another prize, the college
medaL J. B. Martin also received a medal for displaying
the greatest knowledge in practical chemistry. In the depart-
ment of pharmaceutical chemistry two gold medals were
awarded, one to Wm. Henry Gansz and another to Bdward
A. Ohm, who were tied for first honors. Two hundred guests
were seated at the banquet on the club house veranda. Dr.
J. Bichberg acted as toastmaster, and the following responses
were given: "Law," Judge Carl L. Nlppert; "Pharmacy,"
Prof. Julius Greyer; "Journalism," E. G. Burkam, managing
editor of the Times-Star; " Women in Pharmacy,' Mrs. Anna
Hare; " American and Foreign Pharmacy," Fred. Weissmann.
At the meeting of the Alumni Association the following of-
ficers were elected: President, Charles A. Apmeyer; vice-
president, Edward A. Ohm; secretary, W. H. Gansz, and treas-
urer, Charles P. Fennel. Miss Johns, Herman Durand, Miss
Shrock and Harry Gansz compose the Executive Committee.
NO BLOT MA0HINB8 Of POST OFFICE SUBSTATIONS.
A score or more of Cincinnati druggists who are specially
appointed subagents of the Government, through having
branch post oflices in tJieir stores, are perturbed over a Gov-
ernment order received last week by Postmaster Monfort, in
charge of the Cincinnati post office. The order is to the effect
that there must be no gambling devices of any sort in any
place where there is a branch post office. This means that
aU the penny slot machines must go or the druggists in whose
places they are maintained must give up their commissions.
Cincinnati authorities tolerate the penny slot machines, and
there are very few drug stores In Cincinnati where the ma-
chines have not been installed. They are a large source of
direct revenue to the smaller druggists, who receive but little
compensation for their work as subpostmasters, though there
is little question but that the Government commission brings
them indirectly a not inconsiderable amount of business, so
that they find themselves in a dilemma when called on to
abandon one or the other.
« •
OHANGBB IN ▲ LANDMARK.
B. H. Weatherhead, whose retail establishment occupies
one ef tke Most prominent corners In Cincinnati, at Sixth and
Vine streets, will immediately make extensive Improvements
and alterations, following other building improvements In
the neighborhood, espedidly the new Grand Opera House.
He has given a Boston architect an order for plans costing
llOvOOO, and the work will be commenced within a few weeks.
Dr. Weatherhead is one of the oldest and wealthiest drug-
gists in the State, and his old store has been regarded as one
of the city's landmarks.
{Frwn our RegtUar Cwrre$pondmt.)
Detroit, June 20.— Parke, Davis & Co. have bought another
capsule factory. This time it is that of Frederick A. Hubel, at
the comer of Fourth and Abbott streets. Late last year Parke,
Davis & Co. acquired the works of the United States Capsule
Company, at Joseph Campau avenue and Wight street, and
the business of the two capsule companies will be combined
in the structure formerly owned by the United States Com-
pany and in an additional factory adjoining, which is being
completed at the present time. The factory of Hubel was
simply a branch of the concern on Joseph Campau avenue.
The Hubel sale has given the lawyers something to do, as
Charles W. Moore has brought suit to obtain $4,000 from
Hubel for alleged services rendered in effecting the transfer
of the factory. He says he was compelled to visit New York
several times.
PABKK, DAVIS ft 00. 'S ANNUAL OUTINQ.
There were doings on the docks on the morning
of June 11. A fieet of three steamers lay with steam up
and fiags fiying, while 3,000 or 4,000 light hearted young peo-
ple, and older ones, trooped aboard to participate in the big
annual excursion of the employees of Parke, Davis & Co.,
with their friends. Lowering clouds broke away, and with
bands playing and colors fiying, the squadron pointed for Bols
Blanc. Here the discussion of lunches and the athletic sportB
consumed the day. Cash prizes were given. An exhibition
game of basket ball between the Parke, Davis & Co. team
of the recent Y. M. C. A. series and the team of the Twenty-
first Essex Fusiliers, of Windsor, Canada, resulted in a vic-
tory for the former men by a score of 18 to 3. Judge Phelan,
of the Becorder's Court, umpired a game of baseball between
two nines of girls, and barely escaped with his life and his
long locks. The girls said his work was punk, and proved ex-
pert umpire baiters. The main office and the shipping depart-
ment were unable to finish their ball game. Praise is being
given Leon C. Fink for his able direction of the excursion.
Every possible detail had been looked after by himself and his
lieutenants.
DETROIT NEWS NOTES.
The State Board of Pharmacy is conducting examinations
at the Star Island House, St. Clair Flats. A list of successful
candidates will be obtained for the next issue of the American
Dbuogist.
The young ladies most in favor with members of the De-
troit Drug Clerks' Association are expectant, ^or on Thursday
evening, June 26, the annual " moonlight " will be given on
the "Promise,*' which will steam up to Lake St. Clair and
back. Finney's orchestra will be aboard and at the service
of the 300 couples who are expected.
In 1894 Bichard Bichardson, William W. McGregor and
Charles Jacobs, residents of Ontario, Canada, were indicted
by a jury in the United States District Court here on the
charge of smuggling opium. Months ago McGregor volun-
tarily pleaded guilty and was fined $50 and costs by Judge
Swan. Last week Bichardson wandered in and received the
same prescription. Lack of evidence will let Jacobs off.
The Detroit Drug Specialty Company, Limited, have suc-
ceeded the Detroit Drug Specialty Company. The corporation
are capitalized for $200,000, of which $100,000 is fully paid
in. These are the officers: President, John M. Bour, Toledo;
vice-president. Grant N. Hackett; treasurer, Howard C.
Marshall. The firm will occupy quarters at 125-127 Jefferson
avenue. With Increased capital and larger facilities, the in-
corporators believe the company are destined to grow rapidly.
BinCHIGAN ITEBHS.
^ Another sanitarium will soon be placed at the top of Lake
avenue hill. Battle Creek. Local and outside capitalists are
interested, and it is hoped to start building at once.
Prominent Battle Creek physicians have organized the
Alvord-All worth Company, Limited, to succeed J. E. All worth,
manufacturing chemist Officers: Chairman, Dr. A. W. Al-
vord; secretary. Dr. D. D. Duggan; treasurer. Dr. B. M. Olin.
Medicines will be manufactured*
On Thursday and Friday, June 26 and 27, the Ikiichigan
State Medical Society meets in Port Huron. It is hoped to
increase the membership from 650 to 2,000. Many Detroit
physicians are scheduled to appear on the programme of the
convention.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
ILLINOIS.
Jobbcft Place a Penalty oa Small (Mafi— Teamiten^ Strike Fcaicd-*
Tdcphooc Tfoubfei Sattlcch-Vetcfaa DruggSeti to Meet— Aa
AcqanMoa to iht TeadUosr Staff of the Northwestern Uoi-
venity.
(i^ffi our HeffiUar Correspondent)
Chicago, June 16.— With the double purpose of putting an
end to the practice of some druggists who have been sending
a number of small order to several houses, instead of one
big one, and also In the hope that they can prevent a strike
among their teamsters, the wholesalers have decided to charge
an extra 10 cents on every order amounting to less* than $5.
For a month or more there has been great danger of a strike
among the teamsters. Every one, of course, knows of the
trouble at the stock yards, but it is not generally known
that a general tie-up among the wholesale drug houses has
been imminent. One wholesale house (Lord, Owen & Co.)
were, in fact, tied up for some hours recently, but the trouble
was adjusted. The teamsters have been granted an advance
amounting to 20 to 25 per cent, by the wholesalers for over-
time. This overtime work is said to have been caused by the
druggists who " split *' their orders because several salesmen
call on them. The wholesalers say they would rather have
the entire order given to one house, as they want to get the
teamsters to the barns earlier and keep them good natured.
" We don't want the druggists' 10 cents," said one of the
wholesalers, ** but we do want to avoid trouble with the team-
sters."
TELEPHONE TfiOUBLES SETTLED
The long standing trouble between local druggists and the
telephone company has, apparently, been settled. The com-
pany are to install nickel-in- the-slot instruments and the drug-
gist is to guarantee the company 30 cents a day. This will
be for a single line instrument and has no connection with
the party line plan. On all receipts over 30 cents, the druggist
la to receive 40 per cent. There will be absolutely no free
calls. At all places where the Instrument pays $10 a month
the druggist can have his choice between the 5 and 10 cent
apparatus. This plan, which is the result of conferences be-
tween a committee representing the C. R. D. A. and officials
of the company, will come up for ratiflcatlon at the next meet-
ing of the association on the second Tuesday in July. Al-
though the plan is more favorable to the corporation than
to the stockholders, it will probably be accepted on the
ground that the terms are as good as can be obtained. It
was hoped that the entry of the Illinois Telephone & Tele-
graph Company into the field, with their promise of cheap in-
struments, would cause the Chicago Comiwny to make big
concessions, but it was found that it would be a long time
before the new concern will begin to make installations In
outlying districts. One feature of the agreement is that the
druggist is to be provided with slugs, which he can sell, and
he will also have a cut oif switch back of the prescription
case. By this plan the druggist will be enabled to prevent
any one from using the Instrument who has not first pur-
chased one of the slugs of him. The agreement is the result
of long and hard work on the part of representatives of the
C. R. D. A.
THE YSTEBANS TO MEET.
The coming meeting of the veterans will be as unique as is
the organization itself. It chances that the meeting , is
scheduled for Derby Day and T. N. Jamieson, father of this
body, has decided that every one is to go to the Derby. So,
on the day of the big race, any one who wishes can go to
Grand boulevard and see all the well known druggists of the
city pass on tallyho. There will be some outsiders there
too, for Dr. Euno Sander, who has been made an honorary
member, will attend, and he will be accompanied by Dr.
Whelpley, the president of the American Pharmaceutical
Association. Prior to the trip to the race track there will be
a luncheon, and after the big event has been decided, all will
sit down to a banquet at the Heidelberg. All this enter-
tainment Is to be given at the personal expense of Mr.
Jamieson, whose " day " it always is amongf the veterans.
DAVID C. ECCLES APPOINTED A MEMBER OF THE FACULTY OF
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.
David Charles Eccles, the new Instructor of Chemistry of
the School of Pharmacy of Northwestern University, is the
only son of Dr. R. G. Eccles, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr. Eccles
was born in Brooklyn, December 10, 1877. He graduated from
the High School in 1895. His study of chemistry began under
the care of hia father in 1881, was contlniied later under Pro-
fessor Hale, secretary of the American Ohesilcal Society, and
finally under Professors Chandler, Bogert and others at Oolnm-
bia University. In 1885 he passed the examination of the
Regents of the University o^ the State of New York and re-
ceived the advanced academic diploma. In 1887 he passed
the Board of Pharmacy of the City of New York with so hlgb,
a marldng that two of the examiners (Drs. Diekman and Jel-
liife) voluntarily congratulated him on his achievement In
1800 he graduated from Columbia University with the degree
of Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. His thesis won him
much praise because of its completeness. It gave every step
in the methods of producing antipyrine, the theoretical con-
siderations involved and the history of the successive steps.
When presenting it later to the American Chemical Society
he exhibited samples of all the intervening bodies l>etween
aniline and antipyrine, each one of which he had personally
synthetized. He later produced a wholly new synthetic or-
ganic substance which on theoretical grounds promised to be
a valuable addition to our materia medlca. It is a condensa-
tion product of valerianic aldehyde with antipyrine. This
body will be reported at the Pittsburgh meeting of the Ameri-
can Chemical Society. In 1801 he received the degree of
Master of Arts from Columbia University. During the winter
of 1801-1802 he served as Instructor of Chemistry at the Wash-
ington State College at Pullman, Washington, under Professor
Fulmer, Dean of the college.
CHICAGO NE\7S.
« Herman Kirschsteln, who had a drug store at Sixty-third
street and Normal avenue, killed himself June 14 by drink-
ing poison. He was despondent because of the death of his
wife.
Edward J. Schumacher, of 1012 Lincoln avenue, was found
dead early one morning recently in the doorway of Benz's
drug store, 1002 Belmont avenue. It is supposed that he was
taken ill and went there for help.
The Yolkmar Chemical Company, which will do business
in Chicago, have been granted incorporation papers. The
capital is $2,500 and the incorporators are: Robert L. Shepard,
Howard W. Hayes and William N. CottrelL
The clerks who have joined the union say that within a
snort time they will have cards put up in "union" stores.
As the membership of the union is not large, i% is hardly
likely that this action will have any material effect.
Porter B. Fitzgerald, who, in addition to being well known
through drug circles, is also an active charity worker, has
been re-elected secretary of the Bureau of Charities, which
position he has held for several years. Mr. Fitzgerald is also
on the Executive and Financial Committees.
After having suffered the loss of goods valued at fl,000,
Sidney Youmans, 3360 State street, has finally captured the
man who is supposed to be responsible for his losses. The
prisoner is Paul Shiepan, 17 years old, who implicates three
other men. The thefts have gone on> for five months. Mr.
Youmans slept in the store, rigged up burglar alarms, kept
several dogs and had a detective stationed in a closet, where
he could keep watch, but all in vain. Finally he rigged np
a burglar alarm on the cover to an unused sewer pipe In the
basement and caught Shiepan after a hard fight
WESTERN NBXTS NOTES.
A. T. Elder has succeeded Lorenson ft Elder, at Marshall-
town, Iowa.
Meeker & Fry, of Nichols, Iowa, have been succeeded by
J. P. Meeker.
A. L. Speaker & Co., of Montour, Iowa, have sold out to
Speaker & Milllgan.
Denton & Ward are now in possession of the store of R. A.
Denton & Co., at Mclntire, Iowa.
E. W. Speedling has secured entire control of the store
formerly owned by Speedling & Speedling, at Marble Rock,
Iowa.
A new store is to started at South Haven, Mich., in the
Colonial Hotel, by Nevins & Bruin. Mr. Nevins was formerly
clerk in Van Ostrand*s pharmacy at the same place.
The Smith Drug Company, of JanesviUe, Wis., have re-
cently opened up in new quarters. The firm now have a
very handsome store, workmen having been employed there
for the last three months.
F. L. Brown, who has a wide acquaintance in the drug
trade at Knox, Ind., has started in business for himself, hav-
ing recently purchased a stock of Morrisson, Plummer & Co.
Mr. Brown owns the building and will have a thoroughly
modem store.
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
35'
'She Drug and Chemical Market
Th« pricm quoted in tkia report aro thoM curront In the wholeeele market, and higher prlcea are paid for retail loU.
The quality of gooda frequently neceeeitatea a wide range of prlcea.
Condition of Trade*
New York, June 21, 1902.
TRADE in the several departments has not been of a
very extensive character since our last, there being
the usual diminution of orders characteristic of the stun-
mer months. All things considered, however, it is really
surprising that the trade voltune reaches the proportions
it does at a time when demand falls oflf and producing
• activities are interrupted. The demand for most staple
lines continues good, and there is every reason to believe
that the business results of the month will compare fayor-
ably with the corresponding period of previous years.
Animation was imparted to a rather lifeless market by
the announcement on the 19th inst. of a sharp decline in
the price of quinine by both domestic and foreign manu-
facturers. While lower prices on this staple had been
expected for some time past, none expected so heavy a
drop as 3c per ounce. The announcement of the decline
was made immediately after the results of the Dutch bark
sales were known on Thursday, much lower prices pre-
vailing at this auction than at the previous sale, the unit
being 7>^ Dutch cents, as against 8 6-10 Dutch cents, the
former price. All brands of quinine are now quoted on
the basis of 25c in bulk, and the sudden drop has de-
moralized the outside market as well as the market for
Java, and no prices have as yet been established for either.
Another interesting feature of the market is the position
of cod liver oil, which has advanced in price daily since
our last issue, until now it is difficult to procure any of
the better known brands at less than $40.00, while up to
$42.00 is named. Up to the announcement of the drop
in quinine this oil was the leader in interest, and the
market is still excited in the face of diminished supplies
and higher cables from primary markets. The tendency
of values is still upward, both here and abroad. Continued
keen competition among manufacturers has sent down
the price of cocaine 25c, and the market remains un-
settled. Other changes are noted in succeeding para-
graphs as follows : #
HIGHER.
Cod liver oil,
Manna, small flake,
Cuttleflsh bone, small,
Menthol,
Bergamot oil,
Pennyroyal oil.
Rhubarb, Canton,
Isinglass, American,
Canary seed, Smyrna,
Barium nitrate.
Strontium nitrate,
Japan wax.
LOWER.
Quinine,
Cocaine,
StrophanthuB, Kombe,
Serpentaria root.
Senega root,
Benzoic acid,
Thymol,
Celery weed.
Chamomile flowers,
Buchu leaves, short.
Ipecac root.
Salad oil,
Codeine,
Millet seed.
DRUGS.
Alcohol continues held and selling at the trust price of
12.41 to 12.51, as to quantity and seller, for grain. There
have been no transactions of any magnitude since our last.
and the business passing seldom rises above Jobbing propor-
tions. Wood is in more active demand, though without
quotable change in price, the range standing at 65c to 70c for
96 per cent and 97 per cent., respectively.
Arnica flowers are held at the range of 9c to 10c, with
jobbing sales at these flgures, though this Is the oif season.
Balm of Gilead buds are seeking buyers with increased
freedom, and the market has an easier tendency, with hold-
ers now naming 30c to 32c as acceptable.
Balsams.— Copaiba is working Into better position, owing
to diminished stocks and freer demand for the better grades,
Central American doing especially well. While prices are
quotably unchanged, the statistical position is distinctly favor-
able to holders, and values are firmly maintained at the pres-
ent range of 36c to 40c; sales of Para at 45c to 50c. Fir,
Canada, is offered with less reserve, but the trade require-
ments are Umited, and the market is somewhat weak at ^.50
to ^.GO. Oregon is nominally held at 75c to 85c. Peru re-
mains quiet ind purchases can be made at $1.20 to |1.25.
Tolu has not varied in the interval, and the limited demand
is being met at 26c to 28c.
Buchu leaves, short, are offered with less reserve, though
holders of prime grades continue firm in their views. There
have been offerings of new goods dowh to 23c, but the
quality is said to be a trifle off, and not prime green, as repre-
sented. Much of the business passing is between dealers, and
the range of the market is 24c to 26c.
Calendula flowers show a rather wide range of prices, ow-
ing to difference in quality and views of holders. In most
instances 35c is demanded, though sales have been made
down to 31c.
Chloral hydrate reflects the influence of competition among
holders, and more of an effort is apparent to increase the
distribution, with the sales at 85c to 90c for crusts in bulk, and
90c to 95c for crystals.
Cocaine has been reduced in price by the leading manu-
facturers, to meet the cut of an independent producer, who
quoted at 25c below the established range. All brands are
now quoted on the basis of $3.75 for 25-ounce lots or more.
Codeine is unsettled by competition, and it IS generally
understood that the established range of prices is being
shaded, though no open cut has been announced, pure in
bulk being quoted $3.40 to $3.70.
Cod liver oil, Norwegian, has developed remarkable flrm-
ness in the interval, due to conditions in the producing mar-
kets, which have stimulated the demand, while the available
supply is extremely limited. While small sales were made
at the close at $40, the trend of values is steadily upward, and
it is doubtful if any new oil could now be obtained below
$42, though it is claimed that old oil can still be bought at
$38. In its issue of June 7, the London Chemist and Drug-
gist prints a note from its Bergen correspondent to the ef-
fect that the Norwegian market has been excited on account
of very bad news from Finmarken, where the flshlng has
come to a standstill, partly on account of stormy weather,
but chiefly owing to lack of flsh. Prices are rapidly rising.
In a cablegram it is stated that the catch of cod up to June
4 amounts to 41,500,000, against 37,700,000 at the same time
last year. This has yielded 18,800 barrels of oil, against
30,000 at the corresponding period of 1901. These flgures
would seem to indicate that the difference in production is due
more to the poor quality of the liters than to a lessened catch.
Cables from Norway to the New York market, under date
of June 17, report sales there at the equivalent of $42 to $43
laid down here. It Is believed that the greater part of this
year's production has passed into a few flrm hands, and some
dealers say they would not be surprised to see a $60 market
before the next consuming season is over.
Cuttlefish bone is held with increased firmness in view of
stronger advices from primary sources, though no actual
price changes have been announced, except in the case of
Jewelers* small, which has advanced to 44c to 45c, as to qual-
ity and quantity, with a Jobbing business.
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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
Chamomile flowers are recelTing increased atteDtion and
the arrival of new crop, German, has contributed to an easier
market, though quotations are nominally unchanged, Roman
being held at 15c to 18c, (German 22c to 23c and Hungarian at
12c to 15c.
Ergot remains quiet, though without quotable change in
price, the requirements of consumers being met at 89c to 40c
for German and 40c to 42c for Spanish.
Formaldehyde continues in good seasonable demand, and
witl^ some scarcity of spot stock quotations are well main-
tained at 15c to 16c for 38 to 40 weight per cent and 14^ to
15c for 40 volume per cent.
Jdniper berries are in small supply and offered sparingly
at 3c to 3%c.
Lycopodium is passing out quite actively in a jobbing way,
and the market is slightly firmer in tone, though ordinary and
Pollitz are yet quoted 52c and 53c respectively.
Manna, small flake, is mounting steadily upward, in conse-
quence of freer demand and res&lcted spot supplies. Sales
are making at the range of 48c to 50c. It will be August be-
fore the new crop makes its appearance in this market. .
Menthol Is cabled higher abroad, and local dealers generally
have advanced their quotations to the range of $4.25 to $4.50,
but little business results, as buyers are unwilling to pay the
prices demanded.
Morphine is in moderately active demand, both for imme-
diate and contract delivery, and the market is sustained at
ntanufacturers' quotations, or, say, $1.95 to $2.05.
Opium continues weak and neglected and case lots have
sold during the interval at $2.82%. The inside quotation of
the market on Jobbing quantities is $2.85, though it is con-
ceded that a firm offer of 2^ under quotations would not be
turned down. The prospects for any advance in price are
slim in view of current crop reports. The new crop is said
to be large and should be about ready for shipment about this
time. In a report from Smyrna the new qualities are said to
be rich in intrinsic render, which is generally the case when-
ever there is a large crop, for the farmers, having a C3nsider-
able supply of the natural gum, do not have recourse to adul-
teration to increase their product From Constantinople word
is received that the crop prospects are excellent, though hold-
ers show no sign of any serious giving way.
Quinine is again the leader in interest owing to a decided
drop in prices following the sale of bark at Amsterdam on
the 19th Inst. The sale passed off at a decline of from 12 to
13 per cent, and soon after the result was cabled to this mar-
ket a reduction of 3c per ounce in the price of quinine was
made by both domestic and foreign manufacturers, so that
now all brands ar^ quoted uniformly on the basis of 25c in
100-ounce cans, P. & W.*s announcement reading—" Phila-
delphia, June 19, 1902. We reduce our price of sulphate of
quinine 3c per ounce, and now hold (in lots of 100 ounces and
over) as follows: 25c per ounce, 100-ounce cans; 25^ per
ounce, 50-ounce cans; 26c per ounce,' 25-ounce cans; 27c per
ounce, 5-ounce cans; 30c per ounce, 1-ounce cans; 32c per
ounce, 1-ounce vials." The demand has not been stimulated in
any way by the decline, and interests as a rule is confined to
jobbing quantities.
Thymol is a trifle lower, with sellers at $2.20 to $2.26, which
is said to be below the Import cost
GHEMIGALS.
Acetate of lime continues in moderate demand and firm
at 0.95c to Ic for brown and 1.35c to 1.40c for gray.
Arsenic, white, is held steadily at 3%c to 3%c, as to quality
and quantity. Red is dull but steady at 7c to 7^c.
Blue vitriol has sold well In a large way during the inter-
val, and prices are well sustained at 4%c for carload lots,
while jobbing parcels command 4%c to 5c.
Brimstone, crude seconds, is held a shade firmer in view of
diminished supplies; store lots quoted $23.50 and export
$22.50.
Carbolic acid is finding a seasonable consuming outlet and
previous prices are well maintained.
Chlorate of potash is dull, only a small jobbing demand
being reported at 8%c to S^c, as to quantity.
Citric acid is steady and in good demand at 33c to 33%c for
domestic, and 33c for Sicilian, in kegs.
Cream of tartar has been more actively inquired for since
our last and the market is a shade firmer, though sales are
making at 19c to 19%c for powdered.
Oxalic acid is jobbing fairly at 4%c to 4%c for German, and
4%c to 5c for English, as to grade and quantity.
Quicksilver is In moderately active demand at unchanged
prices, or, say, 64^c to 65c, as to quantity and seller.
Sal ammoniac has been in rather better demand for both
prompt and forward delivery, with the sales at 9^ to 9^
for lump, and 5%c to 6c for white granulated.
Salicylic acid is a trifle irregular and unsettled, though no
open price changes have been made, and such sales as came
to the surface were at 33c to 35c.
Saltpeter is without important change; moderate sales of
refined are reported at 4%c to 5^c, as to quality and quantity.
Strontium nitrate has been in good seasonable demand by
firework makers and the quotations for jobbing lots have
been advanced to 8c. Barium nitrate has shared in tiie Im-
provement and 6c is now asked for the latter.
Tartaric acid has sold quite liberally during the interval
and the market appears steady at 27%c to 28c for powdered
and 27c to 27%c for crystals.
ESSENTIAL OILS.
Anise is jobbing very slowly, and while moderate sales are
making at our quotations of $1.10 to $1.25. it is possible to
buy in a large way on the spot at a few cents under the Inside
quotation.
Bay is in small supply and values are well sustained at
the range of $2.50 to $3.00 for bulk and $3.25 to $3.35 for 22-
ounce bottles.
Bergamot is passing out to the trade in limited quantities
at a slight appreciation over previous values, the range being
quoted at $1.80 to $1.95, an advance of 10c.
Cassia is without improvement The selling value is 60c
to 65c for 75 to 80 per cent and 57^ to 60c for lower grades,
with still lower prices named on offers to arrive.
Clove is firm at 57^ to 60c, and the tendency may be said
to be upward, though only a moderate inquiry is experienced.
Cubeb Is easier, but quotations are nominally unchanged,
the sales during the interval being at $1.00 to $1.15, as to qual-
ity and quantity.
Bthereal (heavy o^l of wine) has been In active demand, and
with spot supplies limited, the market is firm at $5.25 to $5.75.
Lemon continues in good demand at steady prices, the
range being 70c to 775c, as to quality and quantity, with the
tendency upward.
Lemongrass is scarce on spot and held at $2.00 to $2.10,
but new crop to arrive offers a shade lower.
Pennyroyal has met with free attention and some holders
have advanced their quotations during the IntervaL While
there are sellers at $1.35, it is doubtful if any large quantity
could be had at that figure, as the tendency Is distinctly up-
ward, and a further advance in values is expected.
Peppermint maintains Its firm position and prices In the
country are as yet above the present New Yotk i^uity. While
some large transactions have come to the surface In which
the price realized was $1.70, there are export orders for H.
G. H. in the market at $1.90, though $1.96 seems to be the
best that can be done. Meanwhile sales of bulk are making
at $1.80 to $1.85.
Sassafras, natural. Is In limited supply. Though 39c to 40e
Is yet named in most instances, the Inside quotations of some
holders is 40c;' artificial is held and selling at 29c to 30c.
Spearmint continues scarce and in request and the market
is well sustained at $1.45 to $1.75, as to quality and quantity.
Wintergreen is in demand and scarce, and sales of natural
are reported at $1.50 to $1.60, as to quality and quantity.
GUMS.
There are no new features of interest to report In this de-
partment. Trade in druggists* varieties has been moderately
active during the Interval, though sales in excess of jobbing
quantities have been the exception, and the demsnd seems to
be confined to the requirements of the moment.
ROOT&
Althea, cut continues in moderate jobbing inquiry, with
the sales at 23c.
Gentian is working into better position, owing to continued
strong markets abroad, but quotations are nominally un-
changed at 4c to 4%c.
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353
Ginseng is in more abundant supply and values are a shade
easier, the reyised quotations being |8.75 to ^.00 for Southern
and ^.00 to |6.00 for Northern.
Golden seal is scarce on the spot, but prices are as yet quot-
ably unchanged, 52c to 58c being named for prime old on the
spot. New spring dug is offered from the West at a concession
from the inside figure.
Ipecac, Garthagena, is easier, and prices show a decline to
11.10 to $1.15; Rio has also receded a trifle, and $2.45 to $2.50
will now buy.
Jalap offers a shade more freely, but stocks are not urged
below Oc to 9%c.
Pareira brava continues scarce, and in demand, with lie
quoted as inside.
Senega, Western, is lower, recent sales being at 47c. South-
em is also easier, and the revised quotation is 52c to 55c.
Serpentaria is less freely inquired for, and a slightly easier
feeling has developed, with spot quotations reduced to 35c to
37c.
SEEDS.
Anise, Italian, Is held at 9^c to 10c and is finding sale in
a small way at this range; Star is held and selling at 16c to
17c.
Canary, Smyrna, is held with more firmness and 3c is now
quoted inside; Sicily is steady and in moderate demand at
previous prices.
Caraway, Dutch, is irregular and unsettled under the in-
fluence of speculative manipulation, and sales are making at
5^ to 5%c, without, however, stimulating the demand.
Coriander is finding a moderate sale in a Jobbing way at
unchanged prices.
Hemp, Russian, is scarce and firm at 3%c to 3V^c.
Millet is dull and neglected, and holders are easier in their
views to the extent of offering at l%c to 3^.
Strophanthus is in better supply and easier for the two
varieties, Kombe being quoted at $1.00 to $1.05, and Hispidus
at 45c to 50c.
Drttmmefdom Notes*
Cleveland, O.— A. B. Hende^, the popular representative
of that well-known drug house, Lehn & Fink, of New York,
was in town recently booking large and numerous orders. Mr.
Hendey is sure of a fine business whenever he touches at
Cleveland.
H. C. Van Meter is here pointing out to the physicians and
the public the merits of " Bckay's Albumenized Food " for in-
fants and convalescents. As a .slight recreation he calls upon
the pharmacists and takes gross orders for immediate ship-
ment.
G. E. Shawde, representing the Knickerbocker Brace Com-
pany, made a short stop at Cleveland and secured several
nice orders.
COLOBADO TBAV1SLEB8.
The Traveling Men's Auxiliary to the Colorado State Phaiv
macal Association was completed after the adjournment of
the annual meeting of the Colorado Pharmaceutical Associa-
tion, which was held at Denver on June 10 and 11. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: President, D. Y. Wheeler; vice-
president, J. C. James; secretary and treasurer, O. C. Wattles.
The members are D. Y. Wheeler, J. C. James, Q. C. Wattles,
E. Ackerman, W. M. Schroeder, S. 6. Hatfield, O. L. Chase,
W. J. Waters, F. J. Quereau, O. B. Dean, Allen Austin, John
T. Flaven, Harry L. Aller. C. C. Brigham, F. C. Gilds. S. H.
Burroughs, C. C. Dailey, W. S. Stratton, George Little, B. W.
McCandlass, F. A. Horan, A. J. Lily, R. R. Urquhart and J.
E. Serwe.
laSSOUBI TRAVKLEBS' ASSOCIATION.
The Missouri Pharmaceutical Travelers' Association, in
session at Warrensburg, June 11, elected the following officers:
President George L. Parsons, Kansas City; first vice-presi-
dent, O. B. Dickinson, Indianapolis; second vice-president, B.
S. Hubbard, New York; third vice-president. J. C. Jeffers,
Philadelphia; secretary, Oscar B. Ott, Sedalia; treasurer,
Henry Stolle, St. Louis; Council, C. W. Loomis, Kansas City;
George Bennett, St. Louis; W. B. Leach, St Louis; B. B.
Moore, Detroit; O. W. Swift Cleveland.
HINTS TO BUYERS
For sunburn sell Witchhazel Jelly, made by the Mayell &
Hopp Company, Cleveland, Ohio. Write them for free ad-
vertising matter, mentioning the Aicbbican Dbugoibt. Now
is the time to push this jelly.
The growth of the demand for Dentacura has been some-
thing phenomenal; not only has the dental profession taken
it and Introduced it, but the whole public has become inter-
ested. The result is a strong and persistent demand, which
every druggist should be in a position to supply.
The Nailitza Company, 71 Wall street have a spot remover
which can be used with safety on all kinds of fabrics, and
which has the unique advantage of containing no benzine,
naphtha, or other dangerous ingredients. Write to them for
introductory terms, which are very liberal to druggists.
The Pabst Malt Bxtract "The Best Tonic," is a staple
product which every druggist ought to carry in stock. Write to
the Malt Extract Department, Pabst Brewing Company, Mil-
waukee, Wis., and get a liberal supply of free advertising
matter.
Robert Shoemaker & Co., Philadelphia, put up a ground
oxide of zinc in French oil of sesame, benzoinated, which,
when properly diluted, makes a perfect U. S. P. ointment
Write them for descriptive circular, mentioning the Akkuoak
Dbugoist.
Druggists who pride themselves on their prescription trade
should correspond with Merck & Co., who will furnish them
literature concerning Merck's products, for distribution among
local physicians. A little special exertion in this line will
frequently do wonders in building up a prescription trade.
One of the oldest and most reliable of the digestive prep-
arations on the market is Shlnn's Liquid Rennet made by
James T. Shlnn, Broad and Spruce streets, Philadelphia.
Write him for descriptive matter concerning his preparation,
which, when once introduced, keeps selUng on its merits.
H. A. Hyatt 410 North Broadway, St. Louis, has issued a
very attractive little catalogue for amateur photographers,
which offers some valuable suggestions to druggists who han-
dle goods in this line. Write him for a copy of this cata-
logue, as it contains some excellent ideas.
We take pleasure in inviting the attention of our readers
to the advertisement of Robert Shoemaker & Co., of Phila-
delphia. As drug millers and manufacturers of certain
specialties this house stands, as it has always stood, very
high In the esteem of the pharmaceutical profession.
The Buckeye Paint & Varnish Company, Toledo, Ohio,
make a paint which is particularly suited for sale among the
drug trade, as it is put up in convenient form in all the popular
shades and can be sold at a price which makes it one of the
most economical paints on the market Write them for quo-
tations, mentioning the Aicsbican Dbuqoist.
Druggists who wish to keep posted on new remedies should
write to the Fischer Chemical Importing Company, 14 Piatt
street, for the literature which they furnish concerning the
preparations handled by them, which include some of the
latest additions to materia medica. When writing them kind-
ly mention the American Dbugoist.
Some druggists are almost tempted to believe there is no
such thing as pure wax. In this they are in error, for the
different grades of beeswax manufactured by Theodor Leon-
hard, Paterson, N. J., are precisely what they are represented
to be. If your Jobber does not keep these brands in stock
write to the manufacturer, and he wiU send you samples free.
The excellent advertising of J. H. Barker & Co. continues
to attract attention. Soluble chocolate made by this house
has won a very high place for itself in the esteem of the
druggists; those who are not familiar with 'it may obtain a
sample by addressing the house at 03 Bedford avenue, Brook-
lyn, N. Y.
Ammonol is an antipyretic and analgesic which has been
very highly recommended by various authorities as being
practically free from the depressing effects which follow the
use of most drugs of this character. Full data concerning
the use of this drug can be obtained by applying to the
Ammonol Chemical Company, New York City, mentioning the
Amebican Dbugoist.
Antiphloglstine continues to hold the interest of the prac-
ticing physician, and by reason of the fact chiefly that he
gets results from it After that there is, of course, the clever
AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.
adverHBlng of ttie Denver Cbemlcal Mfg. Compsuy, of New
York, wtilcli le doing much to maintain tbia Interest AnU-
IthloslBtlne Is an article whlcb every drugglat should cany
in Btock, for tlie demand Is dally Increaelng.
The eEcellent metbyl spirit manufactured by tbe Man-
battan Spirit Company has won a well merited place In tbe
esteem of manufacturing and retail pbarmacists. For all
purposes designed for external ase, tbls article U fully tbe
equal of grain alcohol. Further Information may be obtained
by addrming tlie Manhattan Spirit Company, of Buffalo,
N. T.
McAvoy'a Malt Marrow contaJns very little alcohol and a
great deal of the valuable and tonic qnalitles of the malt It
can be sold at a good profit by droggists, and those who want
to handle something in which they do not have to compete
with the corner grocer should write to McAvoy Extract De-
partment Chicago, 111., tor agency and free advertising mat-
ter, mentioning the Auebicas Dbuooibt.
The Ttlden Company, of New Lebanon, N. T., make a
hydrocyanate of Iron which is rapidly growing In popularity
among physicians. Its use In epilepsy has been followed
with such uniformly good results as to almost tempt one to
regard It as a specific In that disease. Druggists who want
to keep posted In new remedies should write to the Tllden
Company for full data concerning tbls preparation, mention-
ing the AuERicAiT Druooist.
Sodium phosphate has become a household remedy, and
Its purity Is, therefore, a matter of much Importance. Drug-
gists who dispense the M. C. W. brand of the pnre granulated
salt need' never have any doubt aboot the quality of the
goods they are sending out, as Malllnckrodt makes a specialty
of tbls article, putting It up In cans and In cartons, and
- guaranteeing Its purity. The M. C. W. brand can l>e obtained
of all Jobbers.
Druggists who care anything about the quality of the goods
Issuing from their stores would do well to Investigate the
question of package borax. The Paclflc Coast Borax Com-
pany were compelled some time ago In self protection and
pro bono publico to put out their goods In small and con-
venient packages. When buying borax In this shape, drug-
gists will be certain that it Is the real borax and not bicar-
bonate of soda or some other substitute.
English prepared chalk, manufactured by the Thomas
Mfg. Company, of Baltimore, has many points to make it
desirable In tbe eyes of the pharmacist. It is presented In
the form of small cones, and arrives at the hands of the user
In excellent condition. It Is offered in both pink and white
and packed In convenient boxes. Tbe concern also manu-
factures an excellent article of whiting. These goods are
carried by all wholesale houses In the United States.
The Ideal Hair Brush has an air cushion liack. Siberian
bristles, and Is finished In the very best style. This air
cushion back makes It particularly valuable for people with
tender scalps, and the Siberian bristles are of the highest
quality, which last twice as long as the ordinary cheap grade
of bristles. Write to Henry L. Hughes, 78 Monroe street
Chicago, for descriptive circular, mentioning the Amkricah
DRL'oaiST.
The Meyereord Company, Chamber of Commerce Building.
Chicago, make an opalescent decBlcomanta sign, which Is one
of the most effective and economical methods of advertising
a specialty or a proprietary preparation which has ever been
placed before the proprietary trade In America. Any one
ordering these signs in large quantities can obtain them at a
rate which is absurdly low In proportion to the excellent ad-
vertising etfect produced by them.
Charles Austin Bates, of the Vanderbilt Bnlldlng, New
York City, who Is recognized as an expert In advertising mat-
ters, states that over 8600,000,000 la spent every year In ad-
vertising. A very large portion of this, however. Is not well
spent, and he has pertected a plan which he believes will
enable him to teach advertising In a way that will bring per-
fect methods within tbe reach of alt. Write him for full de-
tails, which will be sent free of charge. In writing, please
mention the Ausbican Druooist.
The Autikamnla Chemical Company give full warning to
the trade that they will not permit any substitution where
antlkamnia Is ordered by the physician or asked for by tbe
customer. They give the retail dealer a liberal margin of
profit and do everything In their power to protect him, and
In return they expect tbe retailer to give andkamnla when
anUkfcmnla is asked tor. Tbia certainly is no more tbao
fair, and we trust that their representations will be soffldent
to deter any one who may be tempted to do so from endeavor-
ing to send ont imitations m preference to antlkamnia.
A most valuable adjunct to the druggist's meana of draw-
ing attention to his store is a little booklet issued by W. P.
Young, 38 Monmouth street Springfield. Mass., entitled " How
to Take Care of the Horse." Mr. Young Invites dmgglats to
send him a list of all horse owners In their neighborhood, and
will mail to each address furnished a copy of this booklet
with the druggist's imprint This has been found to bring
people to the store with prescriptions taken from tbe t>ook to
be put up. Those who may be skeptical as to bow this la
going to work are Invited to write for a copy of the book Itself,
which will fully convince them.
Agurin la a double salt of theobromine sodium and sodinm
acetate which may be considered as a pure diuretic and
a most powerful one. Various teachers In Germany have
experimented with this drug In the dropsy of cardiac disease
and have fonnd It a prompt and valuable diuretic, free from
any Irritating effect upon the digestive organs or kidneys. Tb«
diuretic value of agurin is further confirmed by the conclu-
sions presented by Dr. A. C. Barnes in a discussion before tbe
American Therapeutic Society at Its recent meeting In New
York City. Agurin Is supplied by the Farbenfabrlken of El-
berfeld Company, 40 Stone street New York City, who will
be pleased to furnish complete data concerning Its uses to
applicants mentioning the Ajcebicait Druooist.
Falrchild Bros. & Foster, whose essence of pepsin has be-
come a staple pharmaceutical, now put It up In 2-plnt glass
stopper shelf bottles. Every druggist who has not already
received one of these can obtain one by ordering two pints
of the preparation In a glass stoppered bottle from bis whole-
saler, the price bemg tbe same as when put up In the regu-
lar 2-pliit packing bottle. Only one of these shelf bottles
will be supplied, however, to each drug store, and druggists
who have obtained one should therefore not order another.
since It cannot be supplied. The bottle Is a very handsome
one, with ground gissa stopper and glass label, and will be an
ornament to every druggists' shelf. Bear in mind that In
order to secure this bottle It Is necessary to order two pints
of Fairchlld'a Essence of Pepsin In a glass stoppered bottle.
The bottles are not furnished empty.
Tbe Chattanooga Medlcme Company. Chattanooga. Tenn..
have two staple preparations in wine of cardul nod Tiied-
ford's blsck draught Write them for free advertising mat-
ter, mentioning the Ahxricai* Druooist.
The M. Winter Ldmber Company, Sheboygan, Wis., have
among their various specialties in the matter of store and
office fixtures a kitchen cabinet
which Is Illustrated herewith, and
which Is a necessity In every
kitchen where any effort at all
Is made to keep up with the
times. This kitchen cabinet
would prove a valuable feature
in every kitchen, as its arrange-
ment is such as to greatly facili-
tate the work of the cook and
housekeeper. It is made In sev-
eral different styles, all of which
are Illustrated In the catalogue of the M. Winter Lumber
Company. Write them for a copy at once, mentioning the
Ambbicah Druooist.
The New Era Cork PuUett.
We lltnstrate herewith the New Era Cork Puller No.
2, with bottle holder, which la the latest achievement In the
line of cork pullers made by the C. T. Wil-
liamson Wire Novelty Company, 3691 Mul-
berry street, Newark, N. J. This la one of
tbe neatest, most efficient and most compact
mechanical cork pullers ever placed before
the public. It Is Simple, swift and sure in
action. It never strips or untwists, has no
complicated Inside parts to get out of order
and Is finished In highly polished nickel, mak-
ing a most attractive as well as most useful
adjunct to the soda counter. Write the
manufacturer for descriptive matter, mentioning the Aicericax
Dbuqqist.
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